Category: Dan Peschong
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Astros 2024: Anatomy of a division championship
The Astros clinched the 2024 AL West Tuesday night in a nail-biting 4-3 win that was a microcosm of the team’s season. Like the season, the early part of the game was a bit of a failure as Framber Valdez put the team behind the eight ball, giving up three runs in the first three…
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Astros 2024: Something from nothing
Examining the makeup of any contending (or non-contending) team’s roster often leads to interesting side stories. It is easy to be dazzled by the big names, the big free agent pickups, and the flashy trades and to ignore some of the under-the-radar moves that bring value to the team while not requiring high draft choices…
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Astros 2024: 5 reasons to be concerned …. or not
I’ve told this story before. My wife was a bit of a combative teen and would get into verbal battles with her parents. She once told her dad not to worry about her, and he said he was not worried…. he was concerned.
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Astros 2024: A bipolar year for the fans
This last Sunday was a typical day for the Astros’ fans this year. We felt good when the team swamped the red-hot D’Backs in the series’ first two games. But after watching future Hall of Famer Justin Verlander give away game three before the first beer was glugged, this crazy feeling continues to come back.…
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Astros 2024 Oddities
As anyone who may read this post knows, I almost always link present-day Astro occurrences with some happening in Astros and baseball history after my almost 60 years of fandom. Sometimes I’m sure it may be annoying. “Oh, here he goes again, telling us about the time Julio Gotay pulled the hidden ball trick in…
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Justin Verlander will be in a potential Astros’ playoff rotation…But should he?
Note – I wrote most of this before Verlander’s recent loss – so it is not based on that outing. First, here is a statement of fact.
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ChipalattAwards for August 2024
Pitching. Pitching. Pitching. The Astros went 18-10 in August. Despite playing three more games than in April, when they were 10-15, the Astros scored fewer runs in August (119 runs) than in April (121) in a month when they floundered. And this was due to a historically great month of pitching.
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Astros 2024: This day in the Renaissance Era
As our friends with Monty Python might say, now for something completely different.
ALL THINGS ASTROS 