Tag: houston-astros
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Astros’ position players: Too many notes
There is a scene early on in the Academy Award winning movie, Amadeus, where Mozart has just finished presenting a new piece of wonderful music to his version of Jim Crane. Emperor Joseph II is the money man who pays the bill for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and kind of like Jim Crane, he believes he…
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Astros’ off-season: Show me the money
In 2025, the Astros crossed the luxury tax Rubicon for the second consecutive season, piling up approximately $245 million in obligations against an approximate luxury tax limit of $241 million.
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2025 Final: ChipalattAwards September
I’ve put this off as long as I could, but it is time to see if anyone actually should be awarded for the Astros mess of a September.
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Astros’ off-season outside-the-box thinking
As soon as the season was over, my baseball buddy, Justin, pulled me aside and started running down the list of things he said had to happen now that the Astros’ season was over.
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Dana and Joe
When we discuss the future of the Astros leadership including the GM Dana Brown, Manager Joe Espada and various assistant coaches, there is a question to be discussed.
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Astros’ off-season: Starting pitching review
It’s time to start looking at what was and what will be for the Astros. Today, let’s start with the pitching.
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Astros’ 2025: Why are they headed home?
Before this post addresses that question above, we will take a few moments to thank the Astros for a wonderful eight season run of playoff appearances and the two championships that the team brought to this city.
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We should have known something was up
We should have had a clue when… Spencer Arrighetti went down on April 8. But we kept believing.
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