It's about time to kick off one of our favorite things in all the world: Season Previews. Five years ago, they began as a semi-serious analysis and ended up as half-assed haiku. We're just gonna go with what we know. Wrapping up our preview of the National League Central, get a load of the 2012 Houston Astros.
One more year then it's
Adios National League
Selig has spoken
Berkman misses you
But not enough to return
Replace Carlos Lee
Jordan Schafer likes
Ganja peanut butter cups
But then, who doesn't
Amen Bud Norris
We hate Brian Wilson too
So effing stupid
Jed Lowrie at short
Altuve's his dp pal
Matt Downs just in case
Right and left filled by
Brian Bogusevic and
J.D. Martinez
Forget about Cust
That ship has long since sailed
No more bombs from him
Wandy Rodriguez
Should try lasting more than six
That would be helpful
Brett Myers eyebrows
Like fat caterpillars with
A 4.00 ERA
Wesley's the only
Left-hander in the bullpen
He must feel special
We bet the Astros
Are super pumped up to move
To the other league
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Via Los That Sports Blog
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February 18, 2012
From 1962-1964 the team we now know as the Houston Astros were called the Houston Colt .45s. During those three seasons the team went 196-288 and finished no higher than 8th in the National League standings. In 1965 the Colt .45s moved into the newly build Houston Astrodome and were renamed the Astros. [...]
Via The Victory Formation
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February 18, 2012
The 5oth anniversary of the Houston Astros is being celebrated this year. Good timing too, since there isn’t anything else to celebrate except the 10th anniversary of the name change from Enron Field to Minute Maid Park. Anyway, the team is celebrating their existence by wearing alternate jerseys this season. Most are familiar with their famed jersey from the Nolan Ryan...
Via Fox Sports Houston
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February 18, 2012
HOUSTON The success stories extend beyond the raw numbers, although the totals rattled off by Jimmie Lee Solomon, executive vice president baseball development, Major League Baseball, are impressive.
In the five years since Major League Baseball opened its first urban youth academy in Compton, Calif., that program has produced 175 graduates that have earned college baseball or...
Via Fox Sports Houston
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February 16, 2012
Maybe the word "moneyball" is so catchy that it has been trapped in the minds of many baseball fans. If the publisher of Michael Lewis' book had not chosen that title perhaps few of us would have ever remembered what the Oakland A's under general manager Billy Beane may have pioneered as simply a necessary financially base plan.
In reality all the A's did was...
Via Full Spectrum Baseball
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February 17, 2012
The Astros' roster is filled with low-risk/low-investment types who could provide your team with some value in deep, mixed league formats or those shallow NL-only ones.
Via Miami Herald
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February 18, 2012
The Houston Astros on Saturday signed seven players to one-year contracts, including infielder Brett Wallace, outfielder Brian Bogusevic and relievers Fernando Abad and Fernando Rodriguez.
Via mlb.com
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February 18, 2012
The Astros announced on Saturday that they have come to terms with seven players on one-year contracts and invited two Minor League catchers to Spring Training as non-roster invitees.
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February 18, 2012
The weather has spoken once again. The Astros announced Saturday that the final day of the Urban Invitational will be held at Minute Maid Park due to impending rain.
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