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  • Astros’ infield: Comeback players of the year?

    Astros’ infield: Comeback players of the year?

    Heading into the COVID delayed 2020 season, Astro’s fans had many concerns ranging from how well the Astros were going to fill in behind Gerrit Cole, Wade Miley, Roberto Osuna, Will Harris, and Hector Rondon, to how Yordan Alvarez‘s knees were going to hold up, to whether they would make it through a whole season…

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  • Astros’ position players: Early next man up

    Astros’ position players: Early next man up

    The 2020 season was a particular challenge for the Astros front office and dugout management when it came to pitching. Rather than a policy of Next Man Up, it became a policy of Next Men Up.

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  • Astros’ must-see TV through the years

    Astros’ must-see TV through the years

    In the early days of Astros’ baseball (the writer came here shortly after the move from Colt .45s to Astros), any TV appearance was must-see TV. Back in the ’60s, the Astros’ appearances on the TV were few and very far between. For a few years, their only appearance on local TV was Sunday road…

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  • Another year: How much has changed?

    Another year: How much has changed?

    “IT” will be brought up this season. But it feels like when it does, it will be with a more forced tone.

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  • Astros’ spring training decisions

    Astros’ spring training decisions

    Every season, every team has an ever-morphing set of decisions to make season to season. And so it is with the Astros as they come off the oddest year in baseball history. Some thoughts on some prime decisions that have to be addressed…

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  • Is it possible the most critical Astro doesn’t play?

    Is it possible the most critical Astro doesn’t play?

    It is a little bit of a trick in the title as the person we are talking about has never played for the Astros. He did play the game, pitching in 100 major league games in the 1970s, starting 75 of them, going 22-39 with a 3.91 ERA. Tommy John surgery was almost named after…

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