Category: Dan Peschong
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Astros 2023: The Fat Lady finished singing

This post took a couple days to take its final form. What kind of post should this be? Fire Dusty? Skewer Kyle Tucker? Send Martin Maldonado to the (relatively) old folks’ home? Send Framber Valdez and Cristian Javier to a new therapist? Send me to a new therapist?
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Astros’ fans: We may never pass this way again

That is one of my favorite Seals and Crofts songs and very apropos to this evening’s mood. There is no other way to say it. Astro fans have been blessed. We have been blessed to have had Jose Altuve on our side for the last 13 seasons. We have been blessed to see what this…
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Astros – Rangers ALCS Playoff Preview

The Astros and Rangers will meet in what seemed like an unlikely ALCS pairing only a week and a half ago. Both teams barely squeezed into the playoffs, and the Rangers’ weekend collapse against the Mariners meant that they not only lost the AL West but would have to go on the road against the…
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Astros’ Game 4 ALDS clincher: A night of continued redemption

After a relatively easy 9-1 romp over the Twins in Game 3 of the ALDS, Game 4 was a tremendously tight and classic 3-2 win by the Astros. Who would have predicted the Astros to win in four games? Oh, yeah….. Astros and Twins are not exactly Twins, but… – ALL THINGS ASTROS (chipalatta.com) ….me.
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Astros and Twins are not exactly Twins, but…

The Houston Astros will be taking on the Minnesota Twins in one side of the ALDS, and though one person may get all the attention, the two teams have more in common than Carlos Correa.
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The Astros save the 2023 season

Perhaps if I had known it was this easy to inspire the team, I would have written this a long time ago….
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The Astros need to win — Period!

My son sent me one of those writeups yesterday that went over all the tiebreaker scenarios the Astros could get caught up in from two-way to three-way to four-way ties between the Astros, the Mariners, the Rangers, and/or the Blue Jays. My head started throbbing from the gazillion possibilities, and I work in engineering for…
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Astros 2023: Is it time for the white flag?

Looking at the title of this post, perhaps we are past waving a white flag because the Astros’ last two weeks have been the physical equivalent of surrender.
