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What's Going ON?
June 28, 2008 by
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As things deteriorate in the Astros' club house, perhaps we should focus less on the assault and more on the deeper issues affecting the organization.
Examining the Wizard: Roy Oswalt, a Case Study in Luck
June 10, 2008 by
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The most detailed analysis on Roy Oswalt's struggles you'll find. Uses pitch/fx and advanced statistics to get at the meat of what's ailing Roy. The results will surprise you.
Examing the Wizard: The May Report
May 29, 2008 by
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Roy Oswalt's struggles are analyzed using pitch/fx data...brilliant!!!
The Long Ball: Public Enemy Number One
May 18, 2008 by
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Is a two game losing streak anything to fret over? A definitive maybe.
Indicted (Again) and a craaaazzzzy idea
May 14, 2008 by
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A law student takes a look at the Barry Bonds indictment and presents an argument and solution for the four man rotation.
The Astros, They\
May 13, 2008 by
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An insightful and intelligent look at whether the Astros are the real deal so far.
"So here's the quick and dirty of it: This team has been getting the hits that count, when they count, which so long as their plate discipline remains should hold true. Our pitching has been...
Lance Sets Records, Roy Bears Down, and Kaz Steals Us a Win
May 07, 2008 by
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Smart analysis of a clutch victory.
3rd 10 Game Recap (Though none are 10 Game Samples...)
May 05, 2008 by
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Continuing Dome-Dog's work of looking at what the numbers tell us about the Astros season so far.
Show Someone the Money (Astros Draft Preview)
April 28, 2008 by
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If ESPN can start breaking down the NFL draft in October, we can starting looking at the Astros' 2008 draft in April too.
Coop, You're Blowing It
April 27, 2008 by
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Everyone loves a blogger's rant about his team's manager.
Dude, you're blowing it
April 26, 2008 by
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"Dude, you're blowing it," was the favorite line of a dude-bra friend of mine who graduated last year, but Jose Valverde can congratulate himself on eliciting the phrase from me, with 96% of a loss tonight. 8 innings of shut out b...
A Modest Proposal
April 26, 2008 by
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Is it early in the season? Yes. Is it too early for a couple bloggers to start throwing out ideas about radical changes to the Astros? Never. Love the player, hate the contract, or some combination of the two- regardless, Carlos Lee is here to stay. Here is the good: Career Ave...
Lance's Distinction
April 26, 2008 by
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Sort of following in the same vein as yesterday's slugging percentage per pound statistic, I heard something interesting today concerning our own Lance Berkman. Apparently, The Society for American Baseball Research has determined that if Lance approac...
10 Game Recap: Searching for Silver Linings
April 26, 2008 by
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As promised, here is our 10 game wrap. For this, our inaugural edition, we decided to look at some raw statistics to see what they tell us about our dismal 3-7 start. Hitting PARHR<t...
On Park Factors and Luck
April 26, 2008 by
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**UPDATE 10:31AM** The links are fixed. Sorry, apparently blogger has changed since last year, annoyingly. Sorry for the inconvenience . Things improved tonight, That's as far as I had gotten with this post when Chieto Jr. was down 1-2 to Trevor Hoffman. I was about to write, ...
How Not to "Manufacture" Runs: The Cecil Cooper Story
April 25, 2008 by
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A very in-depth and intelligent look at the Astros shoddy base running in 2008.
2nd 10 Game Recap: Finding Solid Ground
April 24, 2008 by
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Since we waited an extra day, you guys get a bonus 11 Game Recap...that also means we get to do less work the next time around (9 games). In this eleven game span, we've been 6-5, a marked improvement from the last time we reported in this fashion. Our XW-L is 10-11 on the season, while w...
Playing by "The Book"
April 24, 2008 by
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Yesterday, I had the very delightful treat of sitting 4 rows back on the third-base line, just passed the Rockies Dugout. The seats were excellent, the company the best, and the Astros come-back victory was frustrating, but incredible. While I could hem and haw about how I don'...
oody No More
April 24, 2008 by
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It took more than a month's worth of starts, but Houston native Woody Williams has his first win as pitcher for his hometown team. His key two out single scored Adam Everett (who reached on one of the Reds three errors) and gave the Astros a 3-2 advantage. The score did ...
We're not worthy
April 24, 2008 by
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Dear Loyal Dome-Dog Readers, We are sorry for a gross negligence during that last three weeks or so. It has been a big three weeks in our lives. Evan is now a college graduate and has started a new job before he heads off to law school in the fall. Stephen has been over worked, yet fair...
How Bad is It???
April 24, 2008 by
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Adam Everett is gone, Brad Lidge is down for the count too. So, what's the damage? Today we'll focus on Adam Everett. I think the past few games have had just about every Astros fan wishing fervently that Carlos Lee had ev...
We suck, but not as much as some people
April 24, 2008 by
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Below is transcript of a conversation over AIM that Evan and I had about a Baseball Prospectus article: Evan is skip. higgyrunner786: http://baseballprospectus.com/article.php?articleid=6639 skipbayless1972: are these guys gonna blame everything on craig? higgyrunner7...
2nd 10 Game Recap: Finding Solid Ground
April 23, 2008 by
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An in-depth analysis of the 2008 Astros statistics, along with intelligent analysis of what the numbers can tell us.
Let it out
April 23, 2008 by
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Sometimes, you just gotta vent. Sabermetrics are fine and dandy. Stephen and I usually write objective, statistically based articles that we hope make people think and perhaps look a little more into the subject. This is not one of those articles. After "watching" the game on <a...
Playing by "The Book"
April 21, 2008 by
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An in-depth analysis of why Cecil Cooper was an idiot yesterday.
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