Climbing Tal's Hill » Cliff Lee 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 Extra innings unkind to Astros http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/05/15/extra-innings-unkind-to-astros/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/05/15/extra-innings-unkind-to-astros/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 01:41:58 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=3796 Former Astro Hunter Pence hit two homeruns, including the game winner in the tenth inning of Tuesday’s 4-3 loss in Philadelphia. Ex-Phillie Brett Myers served up the game winner and the Astros dropped their fourth straight. Houston has lost all five of the extra-inning games they have been involved in this season. This one looked [...]

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]]> Former Astro Hunter Pence hit two homeruns, including the game winner in the tenth inning of Tuesday’s 4-3 loss in Philadelphia. Ex-Phillie Brett Myers served up the game winner and the Astros dropped their fourth straight. Houston has lost all five of the extra-inning games they have been involved in this season.

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/05/15/extra-innings-unkind-to-astros/feed/ 0 Phillies up next for Astros http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/05/14/phillies-up-next-for-astros/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/05/14/phillies-up-next-for-astros/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 23:05:47 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=3788 The Astros offense struggled in Pittsburgh over the weekend, losing two of three to the Pirates. Now the Astros travel eastward across the Keystone State for a quick two-game series in Philadelphia. The Phillies have had some offensive struggles of their own and find themselves floundering in last place in the N.L. East. How bad [...]

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]]> The Astros offense struggled in Pittsburgh over the weekend, losing two of three to the Pirates. Now the Astros travel eastward across the Keystone State for a quick two-game series in Philadelphia. The Phillies have had some offensive struggles of their own and find themselves floundering in last place in the N.L. East. How bad have things gotten in the city of brotherly love? We posed a few questions to Ethan Seidel to find out. Ethan is a staff writer at That Ball’s Outta Here (FanSided’s Phillies site).  Here’s what he had to say.

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/05/14/phillies-up-next-for-astros/feed/ 0 Rangers provide Blueprint for a Championship http://climbingtalshill.com/2011/10/16/rangers-provide-blueprint-for-a-champion/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2011/10/16/rangers-provide-blueprint-for-a-champion/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:34:40 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=2304 Last night the Texas Rangers claimed their second straight American League Championship with a blowout victory over the Detroit Tigers. The Astros can learn a lot from what their neighbors to the north have done to build a winner. The Rangers market size and fan demographic is similar to that of the Astros. The Rangers [...]

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]]> Last night the Texas Rangers claimed their second straight American League Championship with a blowout victory over the Detroit Tigers. The Astros can learn a lot from what their neighbors to the north have done to build a winner. The Rangers market size and fan demographic is similar to that of the Astros. The Rangers have been able to put together a winner despite recent financial challenges that forced MLB to auction off the franchise, which was on the verge of bankruptcy.

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