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via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 11 2010 By David Coleman

More photos " Tom Gannam - AP The day the legend was born... Browse more photos " Before we dive into another chock-full spring notebook, let's take a minute to talk about Bud Norris' fastball. We've spent a lot of time analyzing Young Master Norris, including all sorts of facts* more...

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Mills said first baseman Lance Berkman will have his left knee examined by team medical director

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 11 2010 By Stephen Higdon

Mills said first baseman Lance Berkman will have his left knee examined by team medical director Dr. David Lintner on Friday in Kissimmee. Berkman sprained the knee early in the camp but has returned to game action. General manager Ed Wade said Berkman has had the knee drained twice because more...

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ST Game No. 8: Houston Astros at Washington Nationals

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 11 2010 By David Coleman

More photos " Rob Carr - AP Kepp gets another start today Browse more photos " Grapefruit League Record for 2010 (which is meaningless anyway): 3-4 The game has been cancelled due to rain. No word whether Roy Oswalt will start tomorrow or if he'll get in some work back more...

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SBNation Previews the Astros

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 11 2010 By David Coleman

SBNation Previews the Astros Instead of worrying about Berkman's knee, how about reading what Evan, Stephen and I wrote about the Astros in 2010 more...

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From the geeks to the masses

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 10 2010 By Stephen Higdon

More photos " Rob Carr - AP Just look at that amazing concentration. Seriously. It's intimidating (something I never thought I'd say about Kaz Matsui). Browse more photos " Lately, I've had baseball on the brain more so than usual. I always have the Astros on the brain because it's more...

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ST Game No. 6: Houston Astros vs. Florida Marlins

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 10 2010 By David Coleman

More photos " Richard Drew - AP 1 day ago: Houston Astros second baseman Kazuo Matsui, right, from Japan, slides in to home plate ahead of the throw to New York Mets catcher Henry Blanco scoring in the fourth inning of the spring training baseball game with the Houston Astros more...

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What's in a (nick)-name? Come up with one for Astros' Mills

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 10 2010 By David Coleman

More photos " Rob Carr - AP Look, he's upset. He doesn't like his nickname. Let's give him another. Browse more photos " In the game thread today, a small discussion was brewing about nicknames and Brad Mills . Apparently, he brought the moniker 'Millsy' with him from Boston. Since more...

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ST Game No. 7: Houston Astros vs. Florida Marlins

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 10 2010 By David Coleman

More photos " Richard Drew - AP Houston Astros second baseman Kazuo Matsui, right, from Japan, slides in to home plate ahead of the throw to New York Mets catcher Henry Blanco scoring in the fourth inning of the spring training baseball game with the Houston Astros in Port St. more...

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The Rookie: Recharging the batteries

via Baseball,Mar, 10 2010

If you follow me on Twitter, you were aware. But otherwise, you may have been wondering what happened to that new baseball reporter in Orlando after Sunday's game. Well, nothing happened. I have handed the keys over to my colleague more...

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Thoughts on the Sloan Sports Conference at MIT: What can baseball fans take away from the nerdery

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 09 2010 By Evan Hochschild

To me, there's nothing better than discussing sports in an intelligent, critical fashion. Some people love debating politics, or recapping the previous night's episode of American Idol or The Office . There's just something about athletics played at its highest levels that brings out the chatter-box in me. What's even more...

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Astros vs. Baseball Tonight Crew

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 09 2010 By clack

Astros vs. Baseball Tonight Crew Berkman, Oswalt, and Pence go up against the ESPN Baseball Tonight Crew (Ravetch, Singleton, Kruk) for whiffleball HR challenge. Check out the video more...

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A few photos from Astros Spring Training

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 09 2010 By Trei Brundrett

A few photos from Astros Spring Training I took my oldest boy down to Astros spring training in Florida this last weekend, March 6 & 7. Saw the two games versus the Braves - one at home in Osceola County Stadium and the other away at ESPN Wide World of more...

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ST Game No. 5: Houston Astros vs. Toronto Blue Jays

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 09 2010 By David Coleman

More photos " Rob Carr - AP That knee doesn't look swollen to me... Browse more photos " Grapefruit League Record for 2010 (which is meaningless anyway): 2-2 Today's starters: RHP Bud Norris vs. LHP Ricky Romero Other pitchers scheduled today for the Astros are Tim Byrdak , Jeff Fulchino more...

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TCB's Players of the Week and Astros Spring Notes

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 09 2010 By David Coleman

More photos " Rob Carr - AP Which one of these three is your TCB Hitter of the Week? Browse more photos " Our friends over at The Dream Shake have a sponsor for their player of the week award. Before we could get a sponsor for TCB, I figured more...

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The Astros try Wesley Wright out as a starter and Baseball America covers the Houston College Classic

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 09 2010 By Evan Hochschild

More photos " Charles Rex Arbogast - AP Browse more photos " In one of her more recent blog posts , Alyson Footer devotes a few paragraphs to Wesley Wright and the possibility that he could be included as a starting pitcher on this year's team. At this point, I more...

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ST Game No. 4: Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 09 2010 By David Coleman

More photos " Rob Carr - AP In the two hole? Interesting Bradley. Interesting. Browse more photos " Grapefruit League Record for 2010 (which is meaningless anyway): 2-1 Today's starters: RHP Brian Moehler vs.RHP Tommy Hanson The line-up, brought to us by an Alyson Footer TwitPic : Kazuo Matsui - more...

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A Spring Training Fictional Interlude

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 09 2010 By David Coleman

And now for something completely different... I found this story I wrote back in 2005 just recently. It's about baseball, just not Astros baseball. All the events and names in the story were researched through Retrosheet and the like. I even pulled a couple of quotes from various newspapers of more...

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ST Game No. 3: Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 09 2010 By David Coleman

More photos " Rob Carr - AP Roy gets the nod today. Browse more photos " Grapefruit League Record for 2010 (which is meaningless anyway): 1-1 (both a .500 winning percentage and a .500 Pythag record). Today's starters: RHP Roy Oswalt vs.RHP Kris Medlen The line-up, per McTaggart this fine more...

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Before Astros spring game #3, Check out some linky goodness

via The Crawfish Boxes,Mar, 09 2010 By Evan Hochschild

More photos " Rob Carr - AP Jason Castro is a baseball player. Browse more photos " Have you always wanted to combine your love of both sabermetrics and school? Well, here's your chance to meld the two together . Looking at the class intro, I realized that I hadn't more...

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