Climbing Tal's Hill » Joe Blanton http://climbingtalshill.com A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Thu, 23 May 2013 21:11:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 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 The wavier wire provides the Astros with options http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/01/29/the-wavier-wire-provides-the-astros-with-options/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/01/29/the-wavier-wire-provides-the-astros-with-options/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:00:52 +0000 Alex Sandoval http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=3015 As contenders shop for free agents from the adult dinner table, the Astros choose to hang out at the kids table and spend their money frugally. With the bargain free agent signings of Jack Cust, Chris Snyder, and Zach Duke along with the wavier wire pick up of Fernando Martinez, the Astros are trying to plug holes on the [...]

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]]> As contenders shop for free agents from the adult dinner table, the Astros choose to hang out at the kids table and spend their money frugally. With the bargain free agent signings of Jack Cust, Chris Snyder, and Zach Duke along with the wavier wire pick up of Fernando Martinez, the Astros are trying to plug holes on the cheap. Could the Astros spend a few more dollars to acquire a better player? Probably. but as most have pointed out, it wouldn’t make much sense. So Jeff Luhnow will continue to see what bargains can be had and with other clubs needing to free up roster spots, the waiver wire offers them intriguing possibilities that might just do the trick. (more…)

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