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    May 18, 2011

    So You Want to Own a Baseball Team? Baseball Financing 101

    ​There are a lot of stories coming out about how the Astros are going to face a long climb to respectability. About how all of the team's problems can't be solved by spending money. About how we're just going to have to be patient while Jim Crane's baseball people rebuild the mess left behin ... More >>

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    May 14, 2010

    Bud Norris Makes The Astros Fun To Watch, For Once

    Bud Norris CAN believe it's not butter​Color me shocked.Who in their right mind would have thought the Houston Astros, having the season they're having, would be able to sweep the St. Louis Cardinals?Especially yesterday with Bud Norris throwing perhaps the best game of his career as the team defe ... More >>

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    May 3, 2010

    Can Roy Oswalt Sue The Astros For Non-Support?

    The Astros: still playing the old, ineffective guys​It was just last week that the Astros were 8-10, had won six straight and eight of their last ten, and were no longer the worst team in the National League.Since that time, they've been swept by the Cincinnati Reds and the Atlanta Braves. T ... More >>

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    April 13, 2010

    Another Weekend, Another Team Sweeps The Coogs

    Photo courtesy UH​It was not a good weekend, again, for Houston Cougars baseball. Just as they were swept by the Rice Owls over Easter weekend, this past weekend the Cougars were swept by the TCU Horned Frogs, one of the top-ranked teams in the country. And unlike the Rice games, where the Coug ... More >>

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    April 8, 2010

    Astros Live Down To Expectations In First Series

    Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher​Three games in. Three losses down. If there's one thing to say about the Astros, they know how to play down to expectations.A still-injured Roy Oswalt had one bad inning on Opening Night, but one bad inning was all that the San Francisco Giants needed as they defeated ... More >>

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    April 2, 2010

    One Man's 2010 Baseball Predictions (Cover Your Eyes, Astro Fans)

    ​The major league baseball season officially starts this weekend with two so-called major league teams playing on Sunday night (New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox). I was going to try and do a little Astros preview for today, but they're still trying to figure out who exactly is healthy and who ... More >>

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    December 4, 2008

    Ten Other Instances of "Sloppy Seconds"

    Sean Avery of the NHL's Dallas Stars was suspended for an indefinite period by the NHL on Tuesday for comments he made in Calgary on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, he made a comment about several players dating his "sloppy seconds." And I know most of you in Houston would rather talk high school fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2008

    Astros-Giants: Any Day Now Cecil Cooper Will Be Starting Brad Ausmus at First

    Sean Avery of the NHL's Dallas Stars was suspended for an indefinite period by the NHL on Tuesday for comments he made in Calgary on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, he made a comment about several players dating his "sloppy seconds." And I know most of you in Houston would rather talk high school fo ... More >>

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    August 14, 2008

    Astros-Giants: Milo Hamilton Must Be Stopped!!!

    Sean Avery of the NHL's Dallas Stars was suspended for an indefinite period by the NHL on Tuesday for comments he made in Calgary on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, he made a comment about several players dating his "sloppy seconds." And I know most of you in Houston would rather talk high school fo ... More >>

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    August 13, 2008

    Astros-Giants: Don’t Get Your Hopes Up, People

    Sean Avery of the NHL's Dallas Stars was suspended for an indefinite period by the NHL on Tuesday for comments he made in Calgary on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, he made a comment about several players dating his "sloppy seconds." And I know most of you in Houston would rather talk high school fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 11, 2008

    Astros-Reds: Houston Sweeps, Carlos Lee Injured

    Sean Avery of the NHL's Dallas Stars was suspended for an indefinite period by the NHL on Tuesday for comments he made in Calgary on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, he made a comment about several players dating his "sloppy seconds." And I know most of you in Houston would rather talk high school fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2008

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

    Sean Avery of the NHL's Dallas Stars was suspended for an indefinite period by the NHL on Tuesday for comments he made in Calgary on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, he made a comment about several players dating his "sloppy seconds." And I know most of you in Houston would rather talk high school fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2008

    Astros-Dodgers: All Hail Big Puma

    Sean Avery of the NHL's Dallas Stars was suspended for an indefinite period by the NHL on Tuesday for comments he made in Calgary on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, he made a comment about several players dating his "sloppy seconds." And I know most of you in Houston would rather talk high school fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 11, 2008

    John Royal Is Sick and Tired (No, Seriously)

    Sean Avery of the NHL's Dallas Stars was suspended for an indefinite period by the NHL on Tuesday for comments he made in Calgary on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, he made a comment about several players dating his "sloppy seconds." And I know most of you in Houston would rather talk high school fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 10, 2008

    Astros-Cardinals: Albert Pujols Goes Deep. Twice.

    Sean Avery of the NHL's Dallas Stars was suspended for an indefinite period by the NHL on Tuesday for comments he made in Calgary on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, he made a comment about several players dating his "sloppy seconds." And I know most of you in Houston would rather talk high school fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2007

    Trade Talk: Miguel Tejada, Jose Valverde, Chris Burke, Mark Prior and Lance Berkman

    Sean Avery of the NHL's Dallas Stars was suspended for an indefinite period by the NHL on Tuesday for comments he made in Calgary on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, he made a comment about several players dating his "sloppy seconds." And I know most of you in Houston would rather talk high school fo ... More >>

  • Music

    November 29, 2007

    Pro Athlete Musicians

    Athletes step off the field and into the studio

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    May 25, 2007

    Shouting "Fire" in a Crowded Dugout

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  • Blogs

    May 23, 2007

    Nobody Puts Bigg in a Corner

    Athletes step off the field and into the studio

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    May 21, 2007

    Astros 21-22

    Athletes step off the field and into the studio

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2007

    John Royal's MLB Predictions

    Athletes step off the field and into the studio

  • Music

    May 26, 2005

    Take Me Out...

    ...to the ball game. Lauding baseball-in-rock's finest moments.

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