Climbing Tal's Hill » Casey McGehee http://climbingtalshill.com A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:00:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 The N.L. Central Farewell Tour: Pittsburgh Pirates Edition http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/02/14/the-n-l-central-farewell-tour-pittsburgh-pirates-edition/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/02/14/the-n-l-central-farewell-tour-pittsburgh-pirates-edition/#comments Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:12:51 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=3167 The next stop on our tour is the Steel City, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. I’ll have a Primanti Brothers sandwich and a couple of pierogies, please. Pittsburghers have always loved their local cuisine and their Steelers, but have had a hard time getting behind the Pirates for almost an entire generation. The Buccos have failed to record [...]

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]]> The next stop on our tour is the Steel City, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. I’ll have a Primanti Brothers sandwich and a couple of pierogies, please. Pittsburghers have always loved their local cuisine and their Steelers, but have had a hard time getting behind the Pirates for almost an entire generation. The Buccos have failed to record a winning record for nineteen consecutive seasons. Last year looked like it could be the year, but a late season collapse postponed the celebration.

Manager Clint Hurdle and pitching coach Ray Searage had a positive affect on a young Buccos team in 2011. Pittsburgh was tied for first place on July 25th when their inexperience began to show and things started to go south. Can the Pirates right the ship this season and put an end to the losing streak? Tom Smith, editor at rumbunter.com, has agreed to climb the hill with us and try to answer that question. Well, actually he has agreed to answer a few questions that Brian and Alex have posed about the 2012 Pirates. Let’s get started with Brian.

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/02/14/the-n-l-central-farewell-tour-pittsburgh-pirates-edition/feed/ 0 The N.L. Central Farewell Tour: Milwaukee Brewers Edition http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/02/10/the-n-l-central-farewell-tour-milwaukee-brewers-edition/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/02/10/the-n-l-central-farewell-tour-milwaukee-brewers-edition/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:45:13 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=3101 The next stop for our virtual tour bus is America’s dairy land. Milwaukee Wisconsin is home to the sausage races and some of the most dedicated baseball fans in the country. In 2007 scores of Brewers “bucket heads” pledged to pee their pants if the Brewers ended a 25 year drought by making the playoffs. [...]

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]]> The next stop for our virtual tour bus is America’s dairy land. Milwaukee Wisconsin is home to the sausage races and some of the most dedicated baseball fans in the country. In 2007 scores of Brewers “bucket heads” pledged to pee their pants if the Brewers ended a 25 year drought by making the playoffs. The Brew Crew came up short that year but won the wildcard in 2008. Last year Milwaukee won their first ever N.L. Central Division title. The Brewers moved from the American League East back in 1998. No team has switched leagues since, but the 2013 Astros will end that streak.

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In the late nineties Bud Selig (owner of the Brewers at that time) got taxpayers to chip in more than $300 million to construct a state-of-the-art baseball facility. Miller Park opened in 2001 and also served as the Astros home away from home in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike in 2008. That is a sore subject and I refuse to elaborate any further. Former Astro Wade Miller must have thought the park was named after him. Miller compiled a 6-1 record and a 2.00 ERA in eight starts there.

 

Brad White is our special guest this time around. Brad is the newest staff writer at Reviewing the Brew, a great site for comprehensive Brewers infotainment. Brad has agreed to climb the hill  with us and answer a few questions about the 2012 Brew Crew. In an attempt to properly initiate Brad, we tried to come up with some hard-hitting questions that only a real Brewers fan could handle.

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