Time For The Geek: Astros 2011 Battery Combinations
It’s that time…you know, the time when I get to start burying myself in the numbers from the 2011 season and trying to figure out exactly what went wrong. I’m a science geek, after all, and one of the...
View ArticleHouston, We Have A Rotation
During tonight’s game between the Houston Astros and their AA affiliate Corpus Christi Hooks some pitching information was released. By the way, the Astros won, 6-2. Jordan Lyles has been optioned to...
View ArticleHouston Astros: The Indians Are Coming To Town
I can’t help it. When I think of the Cleveland Indians, I think of the movie Major League. I’m sure I’m not the only one. But this is real life and this weekend as the Indians take the field at Minute...
View ArticleHouston Astros: Well, You Can’t Blame The Pitching
If you were watching last night, you were probably as nervous as I was in the top of the ninth. Here we were only four days since Dallas Keuchel pitched the Astros’ first complete game of the season,...
View ArticleHouston Astros: Is There An Upside To A Crappy Season?
I am cursed. I will adore and cheer on the Houston Astros even in a season like this one. Even in a season like the one they’re sure to have in 2013, I cannot turn away. I don’t know if it’s a...
View ArticleHouston Astros: In Case You Stopped Watching, And You Probably Did…
Most Houston Astros fans gave up in July. Remember that month? It was long, very, very long…and included only 3 wins in 27 games. That month seems to be so long ago now that September is big hits and...
View ArticleHouston Astros: When All Else Fails, Adjust
Please welcome DeAnna Williamson to the Tales From the Juicebox family. DeAnna is an avid Astros fan and can be found at Minute Maid Park for most home games. She lives in the Houston area with her two...
View ArticleHouston Astros: Sights and Sounds When Perfection is Looming
There are times in sports where you stop cheering for the win and start cheering for something else. Last night around the 7th inning, fully aware that the Rangers’ Yu Darvish was cruising through a...
View ArticleHouston Astros: And He Shall Be Called “Pitcher”
There was much ado about pitching last night; conversations on twitter and message boards, fan reaction at the ballpark. For years I’ve said, it’s about the pitching. Good defensive pitching can make a...
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