Tag: sports
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Early Astros’ series: Red Sox
In a 162-game season, it is as silly to get excited about a five-game winning streak as it is to get depressed over losing the first 2 games of the season.
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The last season for a while?
After being a fan of the Astros for the last 60 seasons, this one feels a little different to me. Usually, springtime comes with a little joy and a lot of hope. But this season is tinged with melancholy due to the elephant in the dugout.
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Ready for the season to start
Every season is the same in one aspect. After many months of off-season and a solid 6 weeks of Spring Training, all fans are ready for the season to finally start. We are ready to stop speculation on personnel. We are ready to enjoy the personnel performing for real. This season, we are ready to…
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Astros’ 26-man roster: One week out
When the Astros complete their exhibition game with the Mets on Thursday, they will be one week out from their opener at Daikin Park against the Angels of Anaheim or Los Angeles or Hollywood or Alhambra or whatever heck their name is this year. They will leave Florida after Sunday’s game with the Cardinals and…
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Astros: Which area brings you the most concern?
In my mind, a baseball team is split into three areas – starting pitching, relief pitching, and offense. One could break this down into sub-areas like left-handed and right-handed pitching, infield and outfield, etc.
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Optimism: Hope springs eternal?
A couple of the comments the last few days from both Sarge and Chip were a bit on the downside. I know it’s tough when you stand back and look at your team, the Astros, where it seems like they have five solid infielders for four spots and 0 solid outfielders for three spots, and…
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The value of spring training stats…
Your loyal servant was perusing the Astros 2026 spring training statistics (to date) and was wondering how much it matters.
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Astros’ Spring Training: Under the radar
Had a note from Chip Bailey about a potential post discussing critical under-the-radar players for the Astros in 2026. I decided that was a great idea – and here it goes….
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