Climbing Tal's Hill » Gio Gonzalez http://climbingtalshill.com A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 23 May 2013 15:15:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 MLB players got steroids from Miami clinic http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/01/31/mlb-players-got-steroids-from-miami-clinic/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/01/31/mlb-players-got-steroids-from-miami-clinic/#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:36:01 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=5578 Earlier today the Miami New Times published a story connecting several MLB players to a Miami anti-aging clinic run by some shady characters. In particular, Anthony Bosch, the son of a prominent Miami area doctor and founder of Biogenesis, is said to have provided performance enhancing drugs to several MLB players, including Yankees slugger Alex [...]

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]]> Earlier today the Miami New Times published a story connecting several MLB players to a Miami anti-aging clinic run by some shady characters. In particular, Anthony Bosch, the son of a prominent Miami area doctor and founder of Biogenesis, is said to have provided performance enhancing drugs to several MLB players, including Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez.

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/01/31/mlb-players-got-steroids-from-miami-clinic/feed/ 0 How good are the Washington Nationals? http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/08/09/how-good-are-the-washington-nationals/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/08/09/how-good-are-the-washington-nationals/#comments Fri, 10 Aug 2012 03:16:48 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=4365 The Washington Nationals have to be considered one of the favorites to represent the National League in the 2012 World Series. The leaders of the N.L. East arrived in Houston this week sporting  a .602 winning percentage. The Cincinnati Reds (.611) were the only team in baseball with a better winning percentage. The upstart Nats [...]

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]]> The Washington Nationals have to be considered one of the favorites to represent the National League in the 2012 World Series. The leaders of the N.L. East arrived in Houston this week sporting  a .602 winning percentage. The Cincinnati Reds (.611) were the only team in baseball with a better winning percentage. The upstart Nats took care of business with a four game sweep of the lowly Astros to reclaim the league’s best record. But is this Washington team built to succeed in the post-season?

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/08/09/how-good-are-the-washington-nationals/feed/ 0 Much like the Astros, Oakland has entered full rebuild mode http://climbingtalshill.com/2011/12/28/much-like-the-astros-oakland-has-entered-full-rebuild-mode/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2011/12/28/much-like-the-astros-oakland-has-entered-full-rebuild-mode/#comments Thu, 29 Dec 2011 04:25:13 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=2925 When the Astros launch their voyage into the American League West in 2013 they will have a hard time keeping up with the Angels and Rangers. But there is one team in the division that could prove to be an even match for the rebuilding Astros- the Oakland Athletics. By that time they could be [...]

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]]> When the Astros launch their voyage into the American League West in 2013 they will have a hard time keeping up with the Angels and Rangers. But there is one team in the division that could prove to be an even match for the rebuilding Astros- the Oakland Athletics. By that time they could be the San Jose Athletics. The Oakland franchise is currently in a state of upheaval, something Astros fans can relate to. The A’s traded closer Andrew Bailey and outfielder Ryan Sweeney to Boston today in exchange for outfielder Josh Reddick and a pair of prospects. Young closer to Boston, that has a familiar ring to it.

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