Climbing Tal's Hill » Derrick Brannon http://climbingtalshill.com A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Fri, 24 May 2013 03:11:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 What Astros fans don’t want to hear http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/05/15/what-astros-fans-dont-want-to-hear/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/05/15/what-astros-fans-dont-want-to-hear/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 22:14:39 +0000 Derrick Brannon http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=6605 The Astros are definitely in the midst of rebuilding. Fans are screaming in agony, and begging for victories. People are consumed with signing free agents, making trades, and various other moves that are actually counter-productive to what the Astros are trying to do. With all of that said, I’ll say this: I want them to [...]

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]]> The Astros are definitely in the midst of rebuilding. Fans are screaming in agony, and begging for victories. People are consumed with signing free agents, making trades, and various other moves that are actually counter-productive to what the Astros are trying to do.

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]]> The Astros have historically been weak at shortstop. They were possibly at their best at that position when they traded for 31-year old, errr, 33-year old Miguel Tejada… after his prime. That said, today we’ll take a look at the shortstop position, and in doing so I’ll try to hold back my optimism about the present state of the position.

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/01/28/astros-around-the-horn-shortstop/feed/ 0 The Hall of Shame…ful Voting http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/01/13/the-hall-of-shame-ful-voting/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/01/13/the-hall-of-shame-ful-voting/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:56:31 +0000 Derrick Brannon http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=5410 On January 9th, 2013, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) got everything wrong. Each writer is allowed to cast ten votes annually. The 2013 ballot contained more than ten Hall of Famers, and not a single individual’s name was called. How can this be? This goes deeper than our shared love and sentiment for [...]

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]]> On January 9th, 2013, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) got everything wrong.

Each writer is allowed to cast ten votes annually. The 2013 ballot contained more than ten Hall of Famers, and not a single individual’s name was called. How can this be?

This goes deeper than our shared love and sentiment for Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio. This list contained Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, and Mike Piazza. How can one of the best pitchers, one of the best all-around players, and the best-hitting catcher of all time be overlooked?

Of course, we all know the answer.

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