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The Royals-Rockies World Series of prep baseball
By jhornberg in Base Hits :: The Advocate's MLB Blog
There's a big high school baseball game later this week, and really, compared to what could have been on the bill, couldn't care less about it. [View the story "Those two teams are playing a huge game? Eh, so what." ...
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By jhornberg in Base Hits :: The Advocate's MLB Blog
One of the most fascinating websites involving baseball - when it's up and going - is MLB Trade Trees, which tracks the lineage of certain players and certain teams, and how some player in the late 1990s that you've never ...
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Astros revival run by its talented stable of arms
By jhornberg in Base Hits :: The Advocate's MLB Blog
The Astros aren't as bad as the doomsayers said they would be, and they've done it with pitching. Houston is under new management and building from the ground up. They entered the season with a bunch of kids, washed-up prospects, ...
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The pro ballparks I've been to
By jhornberg in Base Hits :: The Advocate's MLB Blog
I like to think of myself as a baseball fan. I try to get out when I can, with friends or on my own, to watch the sport first hand. Below shows where I've been, acknowledging that, no, I'm not ...
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Tal Smith will "help" the Sugar Land Skeeters?
By jhornberg in Base Hits :: The Advocate's MLB Blog
The Sugar Land-based expansion team in the Atlantic League named Tal Smith as a special adviser on Tuesday. I have only one question: Does this mean there will be a hill built in center field at the new Constellation Field?
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Ivan Rodriguez may not make the MLB hall of fame on first ballot
By jhornberg in Base Hits :: The Advocate's MLB Blog
[View the story "Is Pudge a first ballot hall of famer?" on Storify]Is Pudge a first ballot hall of famer?He certainly deserves it, but Canseco's accusations and a surly electorate could hurt his chances when it comes time to vote ...
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Is it time to let the Astrodome go?
By jhornberg in Base Hits :: The Advocate's MLB Blog
[View the story "Is it time to let the Astrodome go?" on Storify]Is it time to let the Astrodome go?It's sat for almost a decade, unoccupied. And as city leaders continue to hem and haw about it's future, it continues ...
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Astros rewind: The kids become a triple threat against Washington
By jhornberg in Base Hits :: The Advocate's MLB Blog
[View the story "Recap: The Astros triple threat, and the kids" on Storify]Recap: The Astros triple threat, and the kidsBreakdown of Thursday's 11-4 win over Washington.Storified by John Hornberg · Fri, Apr 20 2012 06:57:58Houston snapped a four game losing ...
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Rangers rewind: Breaking down Tuesday's 18-3 whacking of Boston
By jhornberg in Base Hits :: The Advocate's MLB Blog
[View the story "Rewind: Recapping Texas' win over Boston on Tuesday" on Storify]Rewind: Recapping Texas' win over Boston on TuesdayBreaking down the Rangers 8-3 trucking of the Red Sox in Boston, and more.Storified by John Hornberg · Wed, Apr 18 ...
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Astros Rewind: Monday's 6-3 loss to Washington
By jhornberg in Base Hits :: The Advocate's MLB Blog
[View the story "Astros Game Rewind, April 16 vs. Washington" on Storify]Astros Game Rewind, April 16 vs. WashingtonRecap of Monday's 6-3 Astros loss to the Nationals. Storified by John Hornberg · Tue, Apr 17 2012 05:24:16Chris Johnson with a 2-run ...