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Jose Altuve Needs to be the Leadoff Hitter, & Other Midday News
Who Will Hit Leadoff? A good leadoff hitter needs to get on base. They set the tone for not only the game, but for the team and the lineup as a whole. Yes they only bat leadoff once in a game and the…Read More
Jose Altuve Has Room to Grow
If you watched a majority of the 2012 Houston Astros games, 1) I feel your pain, and 2) you probably noticed Jose Altuve. Altuve was one of the few bright spots on the grease stain, known as the Astros.…Read More
Astros Around the Horn: Second Base
The point of the Around the Horn series is to dissect the possibilities of who will start the season at each position. Fortunately for the Astros and unfortunately for me, second base is one of the few…Read More
Player Card: Jose Altuve
Last season Jose Altuve came into Spring Training trying to nail down the starting job at second base. Although he was considered to be the favorite to break camp as the starter, nothing was written in…Read More
Star Performer of the Year Award
Choosing the winner of the 2012 Star Performer of the Year Award was a tough decision. In another disastrous season on the field for our Astros there were two players who stood out from a crowd of rookies…Read More
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Banged-up Astros still trying to compete
Even with the expanded September roster, Astros skipper Tony Defrancesco will have a hard time fielding…Read More
A lost season; By the numbers
At the end of each month the staff here at CTH posts a “state of the team report.’ That report…Read More
Tyler Greene gets a fresh start
Sometimes a change of scenery helps a player so much that it becomes necessary. Whether pressure or injures,…Read More
Star Performer of the Week (Aug. 6 – 12)
A rare two win week and the Star Performer Award is back. Wilton Lopez gets honorable mention for getting…Read More
Astros burn the house down and begin to rebuild it
The Astros are essentially an expansion team, lets just be real about it. Considering how the franchise…Read More
Who will be left after today’s deadline?
At this point, watching games has been reduced to expecting the worst and hoping for the best. The good…Read More
Should the Astros Trade Jose Altuve?
Let me start this by saying two things. First, I do not believe Jose Altuve will be traded. Second, I…Read More
State of the Astros time!
We come to July and we find the Astros leaking oil badly. The team has a ton of issues but let’s…Read More
Star Performer of the Week (June 25 – July 1)
The Astros finished the week getting swept in a three-game series in Chicago by the lowly Cubs, scoring…Read More
Houston Astros Injury Update
The Astros have not been bitten by the injury bug as badly as some other teams this season. But in the…Read More
Counting down to July 31st
So as the Astros begin to plateau and reach the level we all realistically expected, at least in the…Read More
Padres outlast Astros 8-7 in 10 innings
Some days you just have to shake your head and shrug your shoulders, last night was one of those nights.…Read More
Astros, Keuchel double trouble for Indians
For the first four innings it looked like another disappointing afternoon for Dallas Keuchel and the…Read More
Time for change has come for Astros
I’ll start by admitting that what i’m about to type will be written in the heat of the moment…Read More
The best middle infield in the National League
In a season were the phrase “who would have guessed” has become a staple when speaking about…Read More
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