blogs.chron.com - 6/16/2009
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The Texas Rangers are better than the Astros. There's not much argument about that. The Rangers are in first place, the Astros last. The Rangers are younger and have a deeper farm system. The Rangers are winning with a...
baseballreflections.com - 6/11/2009
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baseballreflections.com —
Image via Wikipedia The Lancaster JetHawks are the
Astros High-A farm team in the California League. For...
the last few years, Lancaster was the Red Sox ‘ California League team. That changed for 2009 when the Astros changed their affiliation. Jeff Lasky has been with ...
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The Future of the Astros…
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fourthandfifty.com - 6/10/2009
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fourthandfifty.com —
With the first round in this year’s MLB
Draft, the Astros selected Jiovanni Mier , a high...
school shortstop out of California. Here is some video on the young fella . Watch it, because it is likely to be the last time you see him, unless you make a road trip to one of the minor league ...
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Astros Draft – Can’t Touch This
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Odds And Ends: Harper, Pirates, Hanley
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
... Richard Justice of the Houston Chronicle says the Rangers have a better, younger, cheaper team than the Astros, but that doesn't mean Houston couldn't make things interesting this year. ...
Thursday Morning Astros, etc. Round Up
The Crawfish Boxes —
... are better, in just about every respect, as franchise than we are (besides that whole part about not being owned by a bank, of course). ...
Richard Justice: Rangers are better than Astros
Lone Star Ball —
... Houston Chronicle columnist Richard Justice has a blog entry up at the Chronicle website, contrasting the situation with the Rangers (who have been bad for some time, but who are currently in first and well-positioned going forward) with the Astros (who have been good for a long time, but who are currently not in good shape).
It is an interesting read -- Justice is very critical of Tom Hicks, whom he blames for the Rangers being bad for the past decade, and has a lot of praise both for Jon Daniels and Nolan Ryan.
And there are a ton of ...
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