Long-Reads

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Showing posts with label 2011. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2011. Show all posts
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Melancon didn't throw anyone under the bus

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I know he's not an Astro anymore, but in an interview with Sean McAdam, Melancon reflected on the atmosphere surrounding the 2011 Astro...
Monday, October 17, 2011

The Astros offense and making adjustments

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So here's a random, thrown-together post about the Astros and the adjustments they were able to make. Let's get started. Maybe by th...
Friday, September 30, 2011

Remembering the predictions

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Let's go back and check on those predictions from Spring Training: ESPN's Steve Berthiaume : The Houston Astros will win the NL Cent...
Thursday, September 29, 2011

A knee-jerk reaction to game 162

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I imagine that I was like most baseball fans last night. Having convinced my spouse that what happened during Game 162 - for four different ...
Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Gene Collier has jokes!

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The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Gene Collier had, actually, a pretty good line about the Astros in today's column: Somehow, at least ...
Tuesday, July 5, 2011

BREAKING: Live Shot of Minute Maid Park

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This just about sums it up, no?
Thursday, May 19, 2011

Your 44-game comparison: 2011 to 2010

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So the Astros matched their 2010 record after 44 games at 15-29. Want a comparison? Me neither. But still: Year Record Avg/OBP/SLG K:BB XB...
Thursday, March 31, 2011

Opening Day 2011 roster

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So this is who the Astros will send out on Friday: Catchers Humberto Quintero J.R. Towles Infielders Brett Wallace Bill Hall Angel Sanchez C...
Friday, March 11, 2011

Boom - The Constable's first actual post at the Chronicle

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So The Constable has his first post up at the Chronicle, on attendance in 2011.
Thursday, January 27, 2011

Payroll: $80m-ish

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Brian McTaggart has your payroll estimate for 2011. Carlos Lee will account for 23.75% of the Astros payroll. /tears up
Thursday, January 20, 2011

Astros preview, via Brewers blog

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Bernies's Crew, one of our favorite Brewers blogs, posted their 2011 Astros preview, and it's in-depth, and well worth a read. Here...
Monday, December 20, 2010

ESPN has jokes

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It's not even Christmas, and ESPN is already running (Insider-Only) articles about how the Astros might as well not even bother in 2011...
Friday, September 17, 2010

Oh you like winning do you? Don't get used to it.

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So says Baseball Prospectus (Insider Only): Assuming that Ed Wade cannot make a huge splash in what will be a fairly thin free-agent market...
Saturday, July 31, 2010

Astros, Myers working on 2011 contract

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Richard Justice is tweeting that the Astros and Brett Myers are working on that 2011 deal: Astros "working" on getting Brett Myer...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

2011 Payroll

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Here's who we have on the hook for money in 2011: Carlos Lee: $19m Roy Oswalt: $9m Brett Myers: $8m (mutual option, or $2m buyout) Brand...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Further evidence Koby Clemens is moving on up

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Here's a long article on Koby Clemens from Sports Illustrated. A lot of it is information of which we were already aware, but Ricky Ben...