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  • What must be said

    What must be said

    I was thinking about this whole “cheating” situation with the Astros and one of the things that came to mind was how my friends and I would play outside back in the day. It didn’t matter whether we were playing touch football on Terry Brown’s side yard or playing some one on one on David…

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  • Astros’ Monday musings

    Astros’ Monday musings

    On a gloomy Houston Monday after watching the Texans continue a story arc of sadness and despair, it is time to turn away from that and back to thoughts about the 2020 Astros.

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  • Astros 2020: Month by month, from the mouth of a seer

    I have this long-time friend. Let’s call him Mr. X.  Way back in 1975 he fell down the steps in his parent’s house bumping his head on his sister’s Pet Rock and ever since, strange things happen with him.

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  • Astros off-season: Arbitration on deck

    Astros off-season: Arbitration on deck

    The next step in the Astros’ offseason involves the team exchanging salary numbers by this Friday Jan. 10th with the arbitration-eligible players. They could come to terms with some of their arbitration-eligible players before reaching that exchange point, or during the time between exchanging numbers and holding hearings. Here is a look at all the…

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  • A quick look at losing Will Harris

    A quick look at losing Will Harris

    The latest Astro free agent pitcher to sign elsewhere (joining Gerrit Cole and Wade Miley) was Will Harris, who signed a 3 year / $24 MM contract with the World Champion (it hurts to type this) Washington Nationals. This transaction feels so unusual because in Games 6 and 7 of the World Series, Harris gave…

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  • Astros 2020: Areas to sustain and to improve, pitchers

    Astros 2020: Areas to sustain and to improve, pitchers

    First of all – we at Chipalatta wish you the very best in 2020. 

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