Category: Astros
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Astros 2020: What we are looking for
There are a lot of things that will happen in the 2020 baseball season that none of us has seen before and even four months ago could not have imagined ever happening: A regular season consisting of only 60 games. A regular season where your American League team will play more National League teams (5)…
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How to survive a 60-game season
Pal of the blog – old pro – had suggested writing a post about how teams might address this shortened season. The thought here was to wait until it appeared that a season might actually occur before writing about this. So, here you go.
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One Dad
This October 1 my dad, Don Peschong, will be gone from this earth for 19 long years. In honor of him on this Father’s Day weekend and in honor of all the dads out there, I would like to post parts of the eulogy I gave back then.
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Thumbs up or thumbs down for K-Tuck?
One of the most unusual things on display around this blog has been the very split judgments on the future of young prospect Kyle Tucker. Some folks are high on him and some folks do not hold high expectations for him at all. This is not taking a shot at anyone questioning whether he will…
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How good of a bridge builder is James Click?
A good friend of the blog, Old pro, threw out a number of ideas for blog posts the other day and so here is the first idea that we will address here.
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The Dome vs. Enron Field/Minute Maid Park
The Houston Colt .45s/Astros have spent their 58 seasons in three ballparks. For the purpose of this post, we will ignore the original Colt Stadium the temporary home of the Colt .45s for their first three seasons (1962-64) as the Astrodome was being built. It is best remembered for cementing the need for a domed…
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Astros 1981: A strange brew season
The 1981 season was one of the worst for baseball labor relations, especially with its affect on baseball’s relations with the fans. The walkout back in 1972 had knocked out an average of three games per team that year… a pittance. The 1973 and 1976 lockouts of players and the player walkout in 1980 all…
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Astros’ best recent draft pick? Correa or Bregman
Sports content in the media is a tough situation these days. That is why there are made up events like the Watt brothers playing tag. In the written word world of Chipalatta and mlb.com we are stuck speculating about the future or talking about the past. Recently, mlb.com posted the following interesting article that triggered…
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