My preview of the Astros is up at Pittsburgh Lumber Co. I think it all comes down to whether or not Roger Clemens re-signs with Houston. If he does, they’re more than capable of making a run. If he doesn’t, I don’t see how they can make the playoffs. There’s some interesting ESPN Insider content [...]
Archive | January, 2007
Climbing Out of the Canyon – Part 2
On Saturday, I started the Climbing Out of the Canyon series with Part 1, which previewed the 2007 Cardinals. Continuing on down the ’06 final standings, I’m ready for Part 2 and the Houston Astros. Phil Garner’s squad was almost able to capitalize on St. Louis’ late-season collapse–but close only counts in horseshoes and hand [...]
Batting Out Of Order
New post up at Pittsburgh Lumber Co. Does the batting order really matter in January? Or are we just bored? I think it’s the latter. Faithful fan that I am, I think everything will work itself out in March or April or May. We might still lose 100 games, but that’ll be because player(s) flop, [...]
Batting Out Of Order
Duffy-Wilson-Sanchez? Or Duffy-Sanchez-LaRoche? The Pirates’ lineup has been getting a lot of attention as of late (such as in the P-G here and here, on Pirates.com here, and at WHYGAVS and Honest Wagner), as there’s not too much else to talk about in the world of hardball at the end of January. The Bucs won’t [...]
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