Bobby Valentine

Blogs
April 2, 2013
One Man's (Idiotic?) 2013 Baseball Predictions
The major league baseball season opened up on Sunday night with the Rangers traveling to Rangers Ballpark in Arlington South to face the Astros. Most of the teams started up yesterday, and the rest of the league will get underway today. With the season getting underway, it's time once again to make ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2012
The Knicks Play Hide-and-Seek in Order to Keep the Rockets from Signing Jeremy Lin
For every weird little occurrence in life, there seems to be an episode of Seinfeld to which you can circle back for an analogous situation. Even for something as innocuous as the Rockets' pursuit of Knicks restricted free agent guard Jeremy Lin. So here goes: Remember that episode of Seinfeld whe ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2012
In Which John Royal Predicts the Winner of the 2012 World Series
The major league baseball season officially started last week when the Oakland A's and Seattle Mariners played two games in Tokyo. Most of the other teams open on Thursday, and the Astros get started on Friday when they host the Colorado Rockies. Thus, here are my predictions for this season. NATI ... More >>
Blogs
October 16, 2009
With Drayton, Astros' Manager Search Is Sure To Suck
For some reason, Astros fans appear to be more concerned about the transfer of Jose Cruz from one useless job to another useless job than they care about whether the team actually gets a decent manager. Believe it or not, the manager of a team is far more important to the team's success than Jose ... More >>
Blogs
August 7, 2007
An Open Letter to Richard Justice
Calendar
July 10, 2003
Astro Author
Larry Dierker remembers the decades he spent with the home team