Climbing Tal's Hill » Jeff Raymer http://climbingtalshill.com A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:09:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Thanks a lot Jeff (Luhnow) http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/02/10/thanks-a-lot-jeff-luhnow/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/02/10/thanks-a-lot-jeff-luhnow/#comments Sun, 10 Feb 2013 17:00:50 +0000 Jeff Raymer http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=5647 So I had an article all ready to go, then it happened.  The Astros traded Jed Lowrie to the Oakland A’s for three prospects.  There went my article, thanks a lot Jeff Luhnow.  All of the time, all of the words, all of the research, gone.  It was a bitter sweet moment to say the [...]

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]]> So I had an article all ready to go, then it happened.  The Astros traded Jed Lowrie to the Oakland A’s for three prospects.  There went my article, thanks a lot Jeff Luhnow.  All of the time, all of the words, all of the research, gone.  It was a bitter sweet moment to say the least, because I actually liked the trade for the Astros (really, really liked the trade for the Astros, but that has been covered extremely well already on this site, so no need to go into that aspect of this story here).  But my article was done, and I was back at square one.  The one word that comes to mind for a new staff writer is frustrating.

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/02/10/thanks-a-lot-jeff-luhnow/feed/ 0 The Ugly “P” Word: Patience http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/01/19/the-ugly-p-word-patience/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/01/19/the-ugly-p-word-patience/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2013 14:12:21 +0000 Jeff Raymer http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=5463 Patience is not usually a word that fans of any professional team like to hear.  It usually means that their team is not experiencing success, and likely will not be for a while.  Yet, this is exactly what the fans of the Houston Astros are being asked to show for the upcoming season (and probably [...]

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]]> Patience is not usually a word that fans of any professional team like to hear.  It usually means that their team is not experiencing success, and likely will not be for a while.  Yet, this is exactly what the fans of the Houston Astros are being asked to show for the upcoming season (and probably more).  Patience, as difficult as it sounds, is exactly what is needed.  Our patience with this young club, I believe, will pay huge dividends in the upcoming years for our Astros.   (more…)

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