Climbing Tal's Hill » Matt Cain http://climbingtalshill.com A Houston Astros Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Fri, 24 May 2013 19:30:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 New “whiff & run” strategy works for league’s worst team http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/07/15/new-whiff-run-strategy-works-for-leagues-worst-team/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/07/15/new-whiff-run-strategy-works-for-leagues-worst-team/#comments Sun, 15 Jul 2012 16:11:45 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=4171 The Houston Astros entered Saturday night’s game against Tim Lincecum and the Giants with 711 strikeouts, the most in the league. Lincecum, who has not been his freakish self this season, entered the contest having uncorked a league-high ten wild pitches. This combination of factors made for the perfect opportunity for the slumping Astros to try [...]

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]]> The Houston Astros entered Saturday night’s game against Tim Lincecum and the Giants with 711 strikeouts, the most in the league. Lincecum, who has not been his freakish self this season, entered the contest having uncorked a league-high ten wild pitches. This combination of factors made for the perfect opportunity for the slumping Astros to try out a new offensive strategy. Striking out on wild pitches could drastically improve the team’s on-base percentage.

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/07/15/new-whiff-run-strategy-works-for-leagues-worst-team/feed/ 0 Astros face another hot pitcher http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/06/13/astros-face-another-hot-pitcher/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/06/13/astros-face-another-hot-pitcher/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2012 02:07:16 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=3998 The Astros have been up against some impressive pitchers on their current road trip and tonight is no exception. Matt Cain, winner of six straight starts, will toe the rubber at A T & T Park for the Giants at 9:15 CDT. Left-hander J.A. Happ gets the start for Houston. Last night Giants’ lefty Madison [...]

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]]> The Astros have been up against some impressive pitchers on their current road trip and tonight is no exception. Matt Cain, winner of six straight starts, will toe the rubber at A T & T Park for the Giants at 9:15 CDT. Left-hander J.A. Happ gets the start for Houston. Last night Giants’ lefty Madison Bumgarner struck out 12 Astros in 6 & 2/3 innings and hit his first career homerun en route to a 6-3 win.

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]]> http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/06/13/astros-face-another-hot-pitcher/feed/ 0 N.L. West Division Preview http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/03/31/n-l-west-division-preview/ http://climbingtalshill.com/2012/03/31/n-l-west-division-preview/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:53:28 +0000 Greg Thurston http://climbingtalshill.com/?p=3508 With less than a week to go until the Astros open the regular season, it’s time to size up the competition. I’ve already dedicated a post to each of the teams that reside in the N.L. Central thanks to some much needed help from a few of our FanSided writers. Today I’ll be going it [...]

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]]> With less than a week to go until the Astros open the regular season, it’s time to size up the competition. I’ve already dedicated a post to each of the teams that reside in the N.L. Central thanks to some much needed help from a few of our FanSided writers. Today I’ll be going it alone as I preview the N.L. West, starting with the Astros Opening Day opponents, the Colorado Rockies.

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