One of the local FM radio stations here in Houston is celebrating “Baseball Week” all this week, with baseball-themed interviews (including Jose Canseco and the guy who is auctioning off Barry Bonds’ 762nd home run ball and who sounds like he is perpetually stoned), Astros updates, and other various items. And, God bless ‘em, they [...]
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There are not many things more beautiful to me than a ballpark open for the first time in the spring, or a perfectly executed hit and run, or a majestic homerun that clears a park. I can always find beauty in the simplest of forms at a baseball game, and there are not many things [...]
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On September 11, I attended the Astros-Cubs game here in Houston that the Astros won 5-4 in 11 innings thanks to a Luke Scott walk-off triple off of Ryan Dempster. During games, as is my custom, I will usually try to pick up on some interesting trend, or notice something I have never seen before, [...]
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I can’t tell you how much talk oxygen is wasted in this town talking about Adam Everett. People just can’t make up their mind whether they love him or hate him, whether he should be here or on his way out. On a team where the biggest struggle this season has been offense, someone who [...]
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As of today, I will also be blogging about the Astros on www.fangraphs.com. I wrote about Fangraphs a few weeks ago as one of my obsessions and favorite places to play around online, and I highly recommend you check it out; not just the Astros page, but the whole site.
The Astros blog (done from the [...]
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