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Astros beat writer at The Athletic | crome @theathletic .com

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The A's played Carrie Underwood's "Before He Cheats" while they introduced the Astros' starting lineup today.
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Trey Mancini is a world champion.
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Did this kid hire Scott Boras between innings?
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Alex Bregman just told his brother AJ that the #Astros drafted him in the 35th round “Check Twitter bro”
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Quite the crowd for Altuve/Bregman/Correa’s first round of batting practice. When they arrived, a man banged a trash can three times behind home plate before running off.
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Dusty Baker said Joe Kelly told Carlos Correa "nice swing, bitch" following the strikeout.
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There are brooms
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Yuli Gurriel: "I don’t know what’s going to happen in the offseason, but I want to say thank you for the Houston Astros and the fans for the best seven years of my life.” Gurriel said he does want to play next season and would like to come back to Houston.
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Carlos Correa addressing the 2017 ALCS against the Yankees: "They scored one run in the first game, one run in the second game, they scored one run in Game 6 and they scored no runs in Game 7. If you expect to win with three runs in four games, you’re out of your mind."
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Brian McCann is throwing a ceremonial first pitch to Evan Gattis before Game 1 of the World Series
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The Astros had a “dress like Zack Greinke” day for their flight to Anaheim, according to Yuli Gurriel’s Instagram story.
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Dusty Baker on Jeremy Peña: “He may be the only Dominican dude I know that went to the University of Maine.”
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“Bury me in the H,” Lance McCullers Jr said
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Dusty Baker: "You gotta love this team, well some people hate this team, but you gotta respect this team.”
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Zack Greinke is 7-for-26 in his postseason career. Mike Trout is 1-for-12.
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Carlos Correa: "I’m just f--ing proud of this team man. It’s been an unbelievable ride. I’ve never had more fun playing baseball than I did this year with this group of guys.”
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Jose Altuve brings the trophy to his family.
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The Nationals and some Nationals fans took out two full-page ads in this morning's Houston Chronicle
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What a time to be alive. A member of the ballpark security team at Roger Dean Stadium — wearing an official polo with SECURITY in big letters on the back — just spent Alex Bregman's entire plate appearance banging a trash can before every pitch. Bregman struck out looking.
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Martin Maldonado played most of the second half with a broken hand and a sports hernia that will require off-season surgery
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Correa is in Astros camp.
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Carlos Correa said he “loved it” that Eduardo Rodriguez mimicked his point to wrist celebration. He said “that is the way baseball should trend” and commended Rodriguez for having fun and pitching a good game.
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Jose Altuve said the fan told him “we have to win this game, I spent all my money.” Altuve said once he saw the guy was wearing an Astros jersey, he knew he would be OK
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Lance McCullers Jr: "A pretty classic Astros win. Good pitching, good defense, timely hitting. And away from home, imagine that."
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White Sox reliever Ryan Tepera on the Astros: "They've had a reputation of doing some sketchy stuff over there. We can say it's a little bit of a difference. I think you saw the swings and misses tonight compared to the first two games at Minute Maid."
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I have never seen a ball hit that far, to that part of this ballpark.
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Justin Verlander said he prefers Whataburger over Torchy's.
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Jose Altuve went 0-for-16 in the ALDS and the Astros still swept the Mariners.
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Jose Altuve, in response to a question about the Astros' slow offensive start: “I think this is our sixth game. We’ve won four. Next question.”
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Jose Altuve: "Even though I don’t do any bat flips or nothing, I’m really happy about the home runs I hit.”
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Jim McIngvale will throw out the first pitch before Game 6 of the World Series. Andy Grammer will sing the National Anthem. George Strait will call "Play Ball"
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The Astros and Yordan Alvarez are in agreement on a six-year, $115 million contract extension, a person familiar with the situation says.
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116.7 mph off the bat and 438 feet for Yordan Alvarez.
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Dusty Baker always talks about how respectful Shohei Ohtani is toward him, how he tips his cap at the Astros' dugout and waves at them. Twice in that at-bat, Ohtani fouled a pitch off Martín Maldonado. Both times, Ohtani bent down to check on Maldonado and patted him on the back
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José Abreu: "The only thing I can say is thank you. The person that’s not grateful with what life has given them isn’t going to reach many goals. I can’t say anything other than thank you. I’m just very grateful to be here.”
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In his first season back from Tommy John surgery, 39-year-old Justin Verlander finishes the year with a 1.75 ERA in 175 innings. It is the lowest ERA in a 162-game season by a qualified American League starter since Pedro Martinez's 1.74 mark in 2000.
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Dusty Baker on the coronavirus: "Personally, I'm not afraid of any virus at this point in my life. I've been through a stroke, been through prostate cancer. I refuse to let anything take the luster off of life for me."
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Carlos Correa on Kurt Suzuki
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Dusty Baker on Ryan Tepera: "He can say what he wants to say. I had never even heard his name before we played the White Sox. I'm not bothered by it. Most of my life, they've been talking stuff on me anyway. Let them talk."
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Alex Bregman interrupted Charlie Morton's postgame interview. Bregman: "You look great, Chuck." Morton: "Aw, thanks pal, you too." Bregman: "I'm talking physically. Handsome." Morton: "OK"
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Gerrit Cole is officially the Astros’ Game 1 starter in the World Series.
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If the Astros are sad, they are not projecting it. Jose Altuve, Aledmys Díaz and Yuli Gurriel are hamming it up during a live BP against Framber Valdez. Gurriel just took him deep, bat flipped and the entire dugout lost it.
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An airplane dragging a banner reading "HOUSTON ASTERISKS" is flying around the Oakland Coliseum as the Astros take batting practice.
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Father of the year Framber Valdez
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Would probably behoove the Astros to play Chas McCormick and Yainer Diaz every day and try to hit them both higher than seventh and eighth in the batting order.
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The Astros won 5-4. They lead the ALCS 3-2. That may be the greatest win of this team's golden era.
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The Astros will play the Dodgers in the regular season.
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The ESPN broadcast is telling a story of Ed Orgeron's "pastime" of drinking styrofoam cups filled with coleslaw as he drove to work as Arkansas' assistant strength coach in the last '80s
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The Astros just announced a press conference scheduled for Noon CT tomorrow at Minute Maid Park. No details given and no specifics of who will be present.
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After Trey Mancini singled for the second time today, a fan below the press box yelled: "That's two hits, Dusty! You can't keep him out of the lineup forever."
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Bryan Abreu said he watched the end of the game alone in the clubhouse. Asked what he did when Jose Altuve homered, Abreu replied "I was just really mad. I would have loved to be outside and celebrating with my teammates. But being here for no reason, that pissed me off."
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The Astros won 13-6. They are 2-0. Jeremy Peña had a memorable night. Kyle Tucker hit two of the team's six home runs. Tens of people watched it on Apple.
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Justin Verlander and Kate Upton are donating every paycheck they receive from MLB during the baseball shutdown. They will pick a different organization each week and give it an entire week's paycheck amid the coronavirus pandemic -
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Zack Greinke said today was the mandatory day he must report to spring. He arrived 10 days after pitchers and catchers reported. "I just found out we don't have to come these other days. If I would have known that 15 years ago, I wouldn't have been coming for a while now."
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Carlos Correa lets it eat. The opening statement.
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Gerrit Cole got asked "what makes the Astros so good" and then went just completely baseball savant for a minute and a half about the pitches he made tonight and what the Astros' hitters did. It's worth watching
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Yuli Gurriel’s farewell to Houston
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People booed Rob Manfred very loudly.
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For bar trivia five years down the road, Kendall Graveman took the final plate appearance by a traditional pitcher in a major league game.
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Kyle Tucker is unintentionally hilarious.
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"Ight imma head out" - Kyle Tucker
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I'm convinced you could cryogenically freeze Michael Brantley for a few years, thaw him out when needed and he'd still hit .285 in the big leagues.
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Zack Greinke on Dusty Baker keeping him in the sixth: “It’s nice having someone have confidence in me. Since I‘ve been here, they haven’t seemed to have confidence in my ability. It was nice having that happen at an important time like that.”
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That was epic. And if that's it for Justin Verlander's Astros career, quite a way to go out.
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Framber Valdez threw up deuces amid the boos. Justin Verlander smirked. Kyle Tucker waved.
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Carlos Correa: "I know a lot of people are mad. I know a lot of people don't want to see us here. But what are they going to say now?"
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I feel like I’ve asked the same question over and over the last two Octobers: what allows the Astros to keep doing this despite so much turnover? Between swigs of red wine, Justin Verlander gave me maybe the best answer yet -
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The Astros won 9-2. They are 4-0. That was a four-day ass kicking.
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Thanks to everyone for following along this wild ride. Be safe, don’t get arrested and celebrate accordingly. See you soon.
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Ryan Pressly: “I guess we’re not allowed to pitch inside in the big leagues anymore … I’m human. I will miss inside. To warn me after something like that and to throw me out after questioning it, you have to be better than that.”
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Luis Garcia and the most videoed bullpen session in spring training history
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The Astros managed this game with the intensity and aggression of a mid-June afternoon getaway day game. Here comes Dusty Baker.
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You ever thrown one in high school, college, little league? Phil Maton: "I have no idea. Probably doubt it." You ever seen one? Maton: "Yeah, in the second inning today."
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Ronel Blanco, a 30-year-old right-hander making his eighth major-league start and who signed for $5,000 as a 22-year-old out of the Dominican Republic, has no-hit the Toronto Blue Jays at Minute Maid Park. It is the 17th no-hitter in Astros history.
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What a shot by @karenwarrenHC of Astros third base coach Gary Pettis at today’s game.
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Kyle Tucker’s big winter continues. Caught the final out of a World Series, got engaged, played for Team USA, about to take 600 plate appearances without the shift and — perhaps most important — got added to the H-E-B commercial lineup
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Martín Maldonado after the Astros' comeback: "Something that’s funny was I was watching a fight last night and the guy that won the fight said 'Karma is not a bitch, it’s a mirror.'"
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The Astros got walked off by the Nationals. Enjoy your Sunday.
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Justin Verlander's Astros career: 102 games started 2.26 ERA 2.89 FIP 0.833 WHIP 11.4 K/9 187 ERA+ 3.87 postseason ERA Two Cy Young Awards
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Ryan Pressly said some scar tissue in his knee broke off. He was expecting it to happen at some point. He said he will be ready to go for the World Series.
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Astros ace and reigning American League Cy Young winner Justin Verlander is out for the remainder of the season with an elbow injury, two people with knowledge of the situation tell the Chronicle -
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Yo, J.J. Matijevic just homered off Gerrit Cole and flipped his bat halfway toward the Astros' dugout.
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Jose Altuve: “This is my second home. I was born in Venezuela, but Houston is my second home … Hopefully I want to stay here my whole career.” Altuve’s current contract expires after 2024.
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Yuli Gurriel won his first Gold Glove.
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The Astros really miss Michael Brantley.
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Dusty Baker said he was listening to Tupac and Slim Thug this morning.
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I shook Gerrit Cole’s right hand once.
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What's the most expensive thing you've ever touched?
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Martín Maldonado had surgery today to repair the sports hernia he played with for the final few months of the season.
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J.P. France, a former 14th round draft pick signed for $1,000, has a 2.87 ERA after his first 14 major-league starts. He's thrown into the seventh inning during seven of them. What a remarkable revelation he's been for a team that desperately needed it.
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Michael Brantley said "we were close" to a deal with the Blue Jays, but said there is "unfinished business" in Houston.
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Oh no. Albert Almora Jr. just hit a foul ball at Minute Maid Park that appeared to strike a child in the stands. Almora is down and being consoled by Joe Maddon. The entire Astros infield is shaken. Play has been stopped.
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Martín Maldonado said he’s picking up Christian Vázquez tomorrow and bringing him to the field. The two are friends and played winter ball together.
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Martín Maldonado has been in touch with Justin Verlander for the last few days as his trade negotiations progressed. Maldonado said it got more realistic at 9:30 today. He found out the trade was happening when Verlander sent him a text this afternoon “Let’s fucking go,” it said
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Some A's fans are now booing their own team, which seems a tad overdue.
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Jason Castro should probably play more.
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Carlos Correa said he told Framber Valdez during the sixth inning brouhaha with Yandy Diaz: “Your job is not to go out there and be the bigger man, your job is to help us win this ballgame.”
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Dusty Baker on Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa: "It's like Tom Brady and Gronkowski."
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Lance McCullers Jr.: "Joe Kelly threw a ball behind Bregman's head on 3-0 on purpose. Not only did he take it upon himself to send a message, but he wasn't even a part of that team. We knew coming into the game he likes to go off script. What he did was unprofessional."
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The Astros have activated Yordan Alvarez.
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Kyle Tucker and George Springer
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When did you start thinking "no-hitter?" Aaron Sanchez: "Not really ever." Joe Biagini, interrupting: "Yesterday."
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