Chuck, Live from Kissimmee (pt 3)
Sure Footer, Fallas, McTaggart and Levine provide plenty of Spring Training coverage from Kissimmee, but if you want to hear about the real happenings – SnS style – the buck stops with Chuck. Chuck is a long-time SnS’er and has been an Astros Spring Training season ticket holder for the past four years. This year we’ve conned and cajoled him into periodically writing about his Spring Training observations for us here at TRWD. Enjoy! Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted under Featured, Monthly Awards
July is the month of All-Stars, pennant chasing teams making the start of their push and of course the MLB trading deadline. July is also the month where you expect some players to step up for a team if any hopes for post season glory is to be realized. The Houston Astros were no different [...]
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Posted under Bus Ride
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Posted under From the Bus Stop
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Posted under Series Previews
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Welcome to Houston Mr. Mills!
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Glad You Asked! Vol. 1, Entry 3.
Is there a correlation between Leadership and Management in sports/baseball? Is it important to be a leader as a manager and vice versa? Are we saying the same thing when we say “leadership” and “management”?
Astros @ Stem–The Beginning of the End
The last series before THE VOID, well for the Astros at least. It seems like only yesterday it was the first day of Spring Training and visions of 90 win seasons still danced in our heads. A few hits, a few runs, a disgruntled number one pitcher, an overused, oft-injured bullpen, and one manager later, and [...]
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