Climbing Tal's Hill » Jeff Luhnow http://climbingtalshill.com A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Mon, 20 May 2013 13:00:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Astros Morning Links http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/05/16/astros-morning-links-3/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/05/16/astros-morning-links-3/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 10:05:58 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=6608 Thursday is an off day for the Astros. That gives you an opportunity to catch up on your reading. Here are a few interesting articles about the team. I would probably consider just about anything,” Dierker said. “I would just be more curious as to what they have to say. It got my attention. Ultimate [...]

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]]> Thursday is an off day for the Astros. That gives you an opportunity to catch up on your reading. Here are a few interesting articles about the team.

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]]> You read that correctly. The Astros will go with a strategy that is not often used in today’s baseball world. Jeff Luhnow announced today that the Astros will go with tandem starting pitching in their minor league system. This strategy will stretch from Triple-A Oklahoma City, all the way to Low-A Quad Cities. (more…)

]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/03/28/astros-going-with-tandem-starting-pitching-in-minors/feed/ 0 Bo Porter Announces Rotation Plans Including Opening Day Starter http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/03/20/bo-porter-announces-rotation-plans-including-opening-day-starter/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2013/03/20/bo-porter-announces-rotation-plans-including-opening-day-starter/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:02:48 +0000 Yoni Pollak http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=5988 Bo Porter finally announced his plans on the starting rotation. Porter announced that Bud Norris would be the opening day starter, throwing the first pitch of the MLB season against the Rangers on ESPN. Porter acknowledged that the opening day starter would get around three more starts at home before the All-Star break. Norris had a 1.71 [...]

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]]> Bo Porter finally announced his plans on the starting rotation. Porter announced that Bud Norris would be the opening day starter, throwing the first pitch of the MLB season against the Rangers on ESPN. Porter acknowledged that the opening day starter would get around three more starts at home before the All-Star break. Norris had a 1.71 ERA at home last year, so giving him as many home starts as possible, benefits the Astros in more than one way. With Norris starting, Porter announced that Lucas Harrell will be the #2 pitcher behind Bud.

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