Barry Bonds

One Man's Baseball Bucket List

The thought of baseball season is depressing for some people, primarily because the Astros are going to be so damn bad. But that doesn't bother me. I'm a baseball addict, and while the Astros will be bad, it's not really going to matter because I'll be watching baseball -- and thanks to Comcast Spor ... More >>

Now Houston Baseball Fans Know What It's Like to Hate the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Before I became enamored of rock stars, rock journalists, punk rockers, metal mavens, or DJs, the first idols in my life were Houston Astros players, namely Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell and the late Ken Caminiti. So on Wednesday, when the Baseball Hall of Fame failed to induct Biggio or Bagwell, or ... More >>

Bagwell, Biggio Don't Make HOF, but Neither Do Any Other Players

As expected, the most dynamic duo of players in the history of the Astros franchise, Jeff Bagwell and Craig Biggio, were shut out of the Hall of Fame voting, Bagwell for the second consecutive year. But, Bagwell and Biggio are in good company because no one on the nominating ballot made it in. Nobod ... More >>

2012: The Year In Zapruder, A Recap Of My Detailed Video Recaps

I'm not sure when it happened, but somewhere along the line in 2012, the Zapruder-style analysis of viral videos became my thing. Much like you'd go to Clay Travis on SEC football or to Peter King's Monday Morning Quarterback for the weekend that was in the NFL, when you the reader needed hardcore ... More >>

Suspicious Minds: Craig Biggio's Hall of Fame Induction in Doubt Due to Steroids

Baseball Hall of Fame voting brings out the stupid in many people, especially those people charged with casting the ballots. Amid cries of cheating and ruining the integrity of the game, a loud minority of the voters have made it clear they will never vote for any player who took PEDs. There are a ... More >>

The Return of Roger Clemens and Some Other Dumb Ideas for Jim Crane

I've been onboard with most of what the Houston Astros have done this season. The team needed to be blown up. New blood was needed in the front office, the dugout, and on the roster. All that has happened, and though the team has been bad, the promise of the future has kept me invested in this team. ... More >>

Friday Night: Childish Gambino At House Of Blues

Childish Gambino House of Blues April 6, 2012 "Real G's only; don't fuck up my alphabet." -- Childish Gambino, "It's On" Childish Gambino is Donald Glover and Donald Glover is Troy from a television show called Community and Troy from a television show called Community is funny as eff and that's g ... More >>

Some Modest Suggestions for Bud Selig, MLB Commissioner For Life

Yep, we're still stuck with this bozo​In case you missed the news last week, Bud Selig's contract to be the commissioner of Major League Baseball has been extended another two years -- this coming after Selig had announced several years ago that he was retiring at the end of his current contra ... More >>

Roger Clemens Ordered to Face Trial Again

Your favorite Astro, back in court.​In a not too surprising development, U.S. District Court Judge Reginald Walton ruled earlier this afternoon, after a morning of oral arguments, that double jeopardy did not attach during the aborted Roger Clemens trial earlier this summer. As a result, the ... More >>

Saturday Night: Space City Beat Battle At Warehouse Live

Photos by Jae Tovar/The Hive SocietyBlack Keys (left) and Space City Beat Battle organizer T. Piper​Space City Beat Battle Warehouse Live Green Room February 26, 2011 7:36 p.m.: Earlier this morning, our sons played their very first t-ball game. T-ball teams for 3-year-olds are six kids deep, ... More >>

Craig Biggio, Steroid User?

Wait, Craig Biggio did what?​Craig Biggio used steroids. Yes, you read that right. Craig Biggio used steroids. At least that's the latest allegation to come from Jeff Pearlman, the man who says Jeff Bagwell used steroids but refused to offer up any evidence of Bagwell using steroids. Of co ... More >>

Clemens to Be Indicted for Making False Statements to Congress

Falling Star: Clemens will be indicted on perjury charges.​Roger Clemens testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform over two years ago saying that his former trainer Brian McNamee had lied about his use of steroids. Today, federal authorities have decided the former Ho ... More >>

Game Time: Ken Griffey, Jr.: Baseball's Tracy McGrady?

Not as good as Tom Gordon. Who?​I'm not sure if the back-burnering of Ken Griffey, Jr.'s sudden retirement yesterday speaks more to the magnitude of the Jim Joyce/Armando Galarraga aborted perfect game fiasco or just how far the perception of Griffey as a sure-fire lock of a future Hall of Famer h ... More >>

John Royal's Top 25 Random Baseball Facts

There's this new list craze going around Facebook in which you list 25 random things about yourself. And the geniuses at the Big League Stew baseball blog got hold of this and made it into a list of 25 Random Things About Yourself As It Relates to Baseball. Thus... 1. I am happiest in a baseball ... More >>

John Royal's Top 25 Random Baseball Facts

There's this new list craze going around Facebook in which you list 25 random things about yourself. And the geniuses at the Big League Stew baseball blog got hold of this and made it into a list of 25 Random Things About Yourself As It Relates to Baseball. Thus... 1. I am happiest in a baseball ... More >>

Tejada's Turn Under the Grand Jury Microscope

When word came out that a grand jury had been convened to investigate Roger Clemens, Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane asked him to not come to the Astros camp for spring training. I wonder if Drayton is going to ask the same thing of Miguel Tejada. Because it is now being reported that the Fed ... More >>

Astros-Giants: Bad Calls from Cecil Cooper and Richard Justice

Fake Fireworks and Feminine Swimsuits: More Notes on the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing

Twelve Best Sports Books of All Time

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Astros-Giants: Big Puma Takes It Easy, Only Gets One Hit

Get Lit: Vindicated: Big Names, Big Liars, and the Battle to Save Baseball, by Jose Canseco

Astros-Phillies: Roy Oswalt Gets the Job Done

John Royal Is Sick and Tired (No, Seriously)

Play Ball: John Royal’s MLB Predictions

Tired of the Hype, But That's All There Is

Next month, Houston gets to be a cool kid. But only for a week.

Steroids, Baseball and Roger Clemens: Rocket and Brian McNamee Appear Before Congress Today

Steroids and Roger Clemens: Long Road Ahead

Tornado Burgers, New Year's Play, Anthony Bourdain

Clemens Press Conference Primer

Roger Clemens Juiced? Wake Me When It’s Over

Steroids and Roger Clemens

Coming Attraction: George Mitchell's Report on Steroids in Baseball

Anna Benson Is Hot. Oh, and Her Husband Is a Decent Pitcher.

Jesus, Willie Taveras Just Isn't That Good

Kanye West, Graduation

CD Review

From Britney to U2: The 2007 NFL Preview

Wednesday Astros Update

Astros Update

Friday Astros Note

Dear Diary

When Blood Comes to Town

Sorry. No Houston Here.

On the House

Chris Lum's NoCal sound comes to H-town

Play Ball

The greatest in the game come to Houston

Return of Los Vatos Rudos

Los Skarnales are set to release a new full-length with a new lineup

Robert Cray

Shoulda Been Home (Rykodisc)

Strike Three, They're Out

Press Picks

The Gospel According to John