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Off Day
“We’ve had off days before. We’ve had off days on days when we played.” – Whitey Herzog An off-day. A day for the Houston Astros front office to get together and decide what in the world they’re going...
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Oh, Silly Cubs Fans
Today my Google Reader presented me with an interesting find, an article called Know Your Enemy: Houston Astros at Bleed Cubbie Blue. The article is a fair interpretation of where the Astros sit...
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Weekend
First of all, many thanks to Susan, the lovely and talented Astros Fan in Exile, for heading to Kissimmee and forcing the Astros to give us our first Grapefruit League win since February 25. Russ...
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Flying The Coop
I’m becoming increasingly worried about Astros manager Cecil Cooper‘s mental health. Last year, despite rumors that he was alienating his veteran players, Cooper rode the team to a 86-75 record, third...
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Stung
It doesn’t matter that I’m largely pleased by the trades Houston has made this week, even if they mean two of my favorite Astros – Roy Oswalt and Lance Berkman – will be finishing their careers...
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The Thirty Greatest Astros of the Minute Maid Park Era
Minute Maid Park is now over a decade old, but when it opened, it signaled a very obvious change for the Houston Astros organization. Gone were the pitching-friendly confines of the Astrodome, and in...
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Introducing the 2011 MLB Some-Stars Teams…
Every year. Every year, I join in a chorus of statistical slaves railing against the fan vote, this year witnessed by Derek Jeter (14th in WAR* among AL shortstops, with a paltry 0.2) getting a...
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2012/13 Offseason: Infielders
By claiming Jake Elmore off waivers from the Diamondbacks, the Astros front office added an intriguing piece to the mix for the 2013 version of the infield. Essentially a middle infielder, he’s also...
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Lance Berkman Opens His Big Fat Mouth
Boy, I sure used to like to watch Lance Berkman. Watching him come up as an Astro, alongside Bagwell and Biggio, was a lot of fun. Watching him move around the field until he sank in at first base....
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Grading the Winter Meetings
Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow’s first Winter Meetings are in the rearview mirror, and as he leaves Nashville, it’s time to look back and see how he did with the team’s most pressing needs: Upgrade...
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