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October 23, 2009
The Astros Have Problems Beyond Their Four Uninspiring Coaching Finalists
Manny Acta. Brad Mills. Phil Garner. Dave Clark. These four, uninspiring names are supposedly the Four. The Four out of which the Astros will choose a new manager. And I've got to admit. I'm pretty damn uninspired.Here's a brief rundown of why these guys probably won't be any good. Garner h ... More >>
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October 27, 2009
Our Condolences To New Astro Manager Brad Mills
Let me be the first to offer my condolences to Brad Mills. Now I'm sure Mills doesn't think he needs my condolences. After all, he just achieved his dream, which is becoming the manager of a major league baseball team.But that team is the Houston Astros.Mills, who accepted the job today, was ac ... More >>
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October 29, 2009
Game Time: Brad Mills Shows Bald Is Beautiful
The biggest story locally this week has probably been the Astros hiring of Brad Mills. While some see it as the dawning of a new era for the Astros, I for one am sad to see the pageant that was Star Search 2009 end.So many memories...watching Drayton and Tal parade all ten candidates around...hea ... More >>
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January 26, 2010
Baseball Is Coming: 25 Things To Love About The Astros This Year
Photo by Aaron M. SprecherBelieve it or not, but pitchers and catchers are reporting for the Houston Astros on February 19, 2010. Yes, the Astros are going to suck this year, but it's baseball, and I love baseball. That said, I realize that some of you might want some more specific reasons to get ... More >>
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February 19, 2010
11 Things To Ponder As The Astros Open Spring Training
Pitchers and catchers are reporting to Houston Astros camp today. The first workout is tomorrow. It's going to be a spring training full of questions for the Astros as management, the media, the players, and the fans try to figure out just what exactly this year's team is going to be like. As ... More >>
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March 17, 2010
A (Somewhat Limited) List Of Reasons To Watch The Astros This Season
Photo by Aaron M. SprecherSo I had a friend the other day asking me why he should bother with watching the Houston Astros this season. I went with the because-you-love-baseball answer, and he went the-Astros-aren't-baseball answer. And I've got to confess, looking at Brian McTaggart's proposed ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
Sharp-Dressed Fans
Billy Gibbons and other Houstonians share their favorite Astros memories.
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April 5, 2010
The Official 2010 Astros Preview, And It Ain't Pretty
So it's Opening Day today, a day generally reserved for baseball optimism. Unless you live in Pittsburgh or Kansas City, or...Houston. I know that Lance Berkman thinks that this team can compete, but seeing as how the Big Puma is starting the season on the disabled list with a balky knee, ... More >>
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April 5, 2010
The Weirdest Astros Videos On The Net, Starring A Drunk Charlie Kerfield And Phil Garner Hawking Burger King
As Houstonians, we have all grown accustomed to encountering each new Astros season with a slight cringe, all the while keeping our fingers crossed behind our back. There is always a chance that this could be "our" year, but we know better than to put all our chips in with the boys at this point. It ... More >>
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April 12, 2010
Astros Still Searching For That Elusive First Win, Believe It Or Not
It's easy to be angry at the Houston Astros now. But for a few notable exceptions, like Carlos Lee, the Astros are performing as expected.They were swept by the Philadelphia Phillies this weekend, just as they were swept by the San Francisco Giants to open the season. They were destroyed by g ... More >>
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April 12, 2010
Game Time: Watch Me Compare Astros GM Ed Wade To Jennifer Love Hewitt
The mood in the Astros clubhouse yesterday after the 2-1 loss to the Phillies was about what you'd expect. Michael Bourn tried to stay upbeat, citing that the team is fighting hard and they know they have good players. (Fortunately, unlike many around Minute Maid Park, Bourn sounded like he act ... More >>
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April 16, 2010
The Astros Will Not Be 0-162. 1-161, We're Not So Sure
The good news? The Houston Astros won a baseball game yesterday, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 to win get their first victory of the year (they lost 5-2 to St. Louis on Monday, and the Cards won 2-1 on Wednesday night). So those of you who picked the Astros to go 0-162 for the season j ... More >>
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April 20, 2010
The Astros Win a Series! The Astros Win a Series!
While sitting through the rain delay at Cougar Field on Sunday, I was following the Astros game on MLB.com and on Twitter. One thing I couldn't miss, besides the Astros losing again, were the number of tweets coming from the Astros beat writers about what was happening with Lance Berkman on h ... More >>
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April 23, 2010
Hey Astros, Here's a Thought: Bench Carlos Lee
The Astros Twitter feed was rather shocked that Carlos Lee couldn't bend over and make a play on a ground ball in left field last night. It's as if the Astros writers thought there was either a legitimate outfielder in left field, or that Carlos Lee actually gave a damn about anything that ha ... More >>
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April 30, 2010
Carlos Lee Still, Somehow, Playing Outfield For The Surprisingly Despised Astros
Rare photographic evidence of Carlos Lee runningThis is turning out to be a bad week for the Houston Astros.With a chance to get their record to the break-even mark, the Astros were instead swept by the Cincinnati Reds. Wandy Rodriguez is injured and has to miss tonight's start in Atlanta -- th ... More >>
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May 3, 2010
Can Roy Oswalt Sue The Astros For Non-Support?
The Astros: still playing the old, ineffective guysIt 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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May 10, 2010
Sean Berry Is Failing The Astros
The blame has to fall someplaceWith J.R. Towles gone, the Astros needed a new scapegoat to blame for their rotten season. It kind of appeared that Hunter Pence was turning into the one that Brad Mills was looking at for that role, as it was Pence that Mills has been continuously benching because ... More >>
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May 12, 2010
Game Time: Houston Astros 2010 Silver Linings, Volume 1: Their Players Stay Awake All Nine Innings!
Nap time for Mr. GriffeyHaving spent about fifteen years in the corporate world prior to getting into radio three years ago, I always promised myself that I would never be the radio guy who complains about actually having to go cover games. There are fans who would gnaw off their right arm to ha ... More >>
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May 17, 2010
Roy Oswalt Bitching About No Run Support: The Astros Fun Season Continues
Roy-O, your ERA is doing more than enough talking for youToday's big Houston Astros news comes by way of the Harris County Family Courts where sources are reporting that Astros ace, Roy Oswalt, has filed for divorce from the Houston Astros citing irreconcilable differences as the cause for the fa ... More >>
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June 9, 2010
Rice's Anthony Rendon: Start Sucking Even Worse, Astros, In Order To Get This Guy
Photo courtesy RiceSoon to be a rich manThe Rice Owls were coasting to a pretty easy win Sunday afternoon, leading Louisiana-Lafayette 8-1 in the bottom of the eighth inning. But the Cajuns had two men on and two out when Matt Goulas sent a rocket down the third base line. Rice third baseman Anth ... More >>
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June 21, 2010
Astro Roster Changes Finally Come, As Reality Sets In
The youth movement begins....Maybe it was getting swept by the Texas Rangers, or maybe it was losing two of three games to the Kansas City Royals.Maybe it's that the Houston Astros are 2-8 for their last 10 games, or that through 70 games they are one of the worst teams in baseball with a r ... More >>
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June 29, 2010
Dear Ed Wade: What Took So Long?
It's fun to watch the Astros againDear Ed Wade,I'm really wondering if you can yet provide me with a legitimate answer for why you kept Chris Johnson stuck down in Round Rock for so long this season?Yes, his defense has been as bad as advertised, but it's really been no worse than the defense of ... More >>
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July 6, 2010
Astros' Mid-Season Report Card: It's Ugly Out There
The Astros in 2010, symbolizedThe Houston Astros passed the halfway mark in games played this weekend, and after losing three straight to the San Diego Padres, the team's record for the season is 32-51. There are only two teams in baseball with worse records than the Astros, the Pittsburgh ... More >>
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July 19, 2010
Carlos Lee Goes AWOL: At Least Someone Noticed
Carlos Lee: Bats right, throws right, jogs all the timeSo the Astros were upset that Carlos Lee missed a voluntary workout in Pittsburgh on Thursday, and as a result, he was benched on Friday night.The puzzling thing is trying to figure out just why it is the Astros were upset. The workout ... More >>
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August 17, 2010
Dear Drayton: Be Like Nolan Ryan And Lower Some Prices
This could be you, DraytonDear Drayton,I know that you probably don't pay any attention to anything that I say. If you did, Ed Wade would be on the unemployment line, Carlos Lee would be playing rancher fulltime, and Pedro Feliz would be playing baseball in some independent league where he belong ... More >>
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September 23, 2010
Our Mother of Mercy
How far did cardinal go in tearing down Ike-ravaged church?
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January 11, 2011
Carlos Lee, Team Leader? Well, the Astros Have Had 25 Worse Ideas
Believe it or not, this guy's not actually running the Houston AstrosAstros Manager Brad Mills traveled to Panama last week to meet with his left fielder/first baseman/slacker Carlos Lee. The trip was billed as a bonding mission. And while there's nothing wrong with a manager an ... More >>
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April 7, 2011
Play Ball, Baby
A new season for the Astros, and hopefully a new team.
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April 19, 2011
Rick Adelman And The Rockets Agree To Disagree
Rick Adelman: Subbing is an art; his boss thinks it's a scienceThe press release was entitled "Rockets Agree to Part Ways with Rick Adelman," and read like this: Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey announced today that the team and Head Coach Rick Adelman have mutually agreed to part ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
The Houston Astros: As Bad As We Thought They Were
John RoyalUpset with the Astros, well the Aeros give you a reason to cheerOkay Houston sports fans. There's good news, and there's bad news. The bad news is that the Astros are 8-14 for the season and are, as expected, battling for the worst record in major league baseball. The good news i ... More >>
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May 13, 2011
Astros Finally Sold, Or So It Appears
Ding, dong, the wicked witch is dead. The Astros have, it appears, finally been sold. At least that's what Drayton McLane has told Mark Berman over at Fox 26. The papers are still being finalized, though it is hoped that the parties will sign off on the sale next week. McLane was not wil ... More >>
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June 13, 2011
Astros' Pitching Musical Chairs -- Somehow Brandon Lyon Got A Seat
Jeff Fulchino: The latest casualty"Fulchie's got the stuff, and he's had some success here the last couple years and we wanted him to go down and work on command of his pitches and being able to throw the ball over the strike zone with consistency," manager Brad Mills said. Okay, first thing ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Astros Pitching Coach Brad Arnsberg Fired: Four Things to Watch
You're outta here."It was philosophical differences between a manager and a general manager and a pitching coach. I don't want to get into the details. It's just been kind of rearing its ugly head the last two, three weeks, and I guess they felt like they had to make a move for the betterment ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
20 Things the Astros Can Do Now to Save the Season
And today's scapegoat is...When you're the worst team in the major leagues, and when attendance is falling off, and when the only thing people want to talk about is you switching leagues so they can see the Yankees and Red Sox more often, then you're a team that has problems. Serious problem ... More >>
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June 27, 2011
Sorry, But These Are Your Astros
The Astros are so bad...Richard Justice is shocked, shocked, that the Astros are the worst team in the majors. Shocked because there's just no way anybody could have foreseen the Astros being this bad. Bad, yes, but not on track to lose 100 games for the first time in team history. Bad, bu ... More >>
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June 29, 2011
25 Positive Statements About The Houston Astros
I'm positive that the Astros would have been better off with these three guys in chargeAs it hard as it might be to believe, there are some people, friends even, who think I'm being too negative toward the Astros. They'd like for me to say something positive, something that might, hopefully, ... More >>
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July 6, 2011
Since When Is It Okay For Minute Maid Park To Be Fenway Park South?
Back in the day, even celebrities like Janine Turner couldn't be shown at Astros games if they were pulling for the opposing teamI started working with the Astrodome DiamondVision crew on opening day of the 1988 season. And I worked on that video crew, either at the Dome or at Enron Field, t ... More >>
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July 11, 2011
Free Brett Wallace
Let Brett play.The Astros enter the All Star break with a MLB-worst record of 30-62. No team, not even the Chicago Cubs, is close to matching the team's ineptitude at this point. And if the Astros keep up this pace, they'll finish the season with a record of 53-109. (Feel free to insert you ... More >>
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July 20, 2011
Is It Time to Fire Brad Mills? His Treatment of Jose Altuve Might Give the Answer
Is it time to break out the #firebradmills hashtag?The Houston Astros made some exciting news yesterday. The good kind of exciting news. Not their normal kind of exciting news, and not the kind of exciting news that comes from a war-profiteer-who-has-problems-with-women-and-minorities-purch ... More >>
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July 25, 2011
15 Reasons To Keep Watching The Astros
Watch Ed Wade try to line up another job with the PhilliesI know most of you have probably tuned out on the Astros by the now. Hell, most of you probably tuned out on the Astros back in March. But it's still over a month until the Texans start disappointing everybody again. The NBA may not ... More >>
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July 27, 2011
The Astros Curse: They Are The Damned
The Astros have been damnedThe following is based on true facts, but names have been redacted to protect the innocent, and not so innocent... The Houston Astros are a bad baseball team this season. They're beyond bad. They're beyond awful. They're closing in on worst team in MLB history b ... More >>
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July 28, 2011
Come on Down, Casey
Why Casey Anthony Should Come to Houston
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August 1, 2011
Ed Wade: Burning Down The House
Ed Wade's theme songI was okay with the Astros trading Hunter Pence and Michael Bourn. This is the worst team in baseball, and changes needed to be made. Many changes needed to be made. I've been advocating the blowing up of this team for many years now. Many, many years. Yet coming in t ... More >>
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October 19, 2011
20 Ways the Astros Are Still Losing Even Though They're Not Playing
Yep, Ed Wade's even a fool in the movies.This past season was a painful one to watch and endure for Houston Astros fans. But even in the off-season the painful hits just keep on coming. 20. The owner of the Texas Rangers, Nolan Ryan, is getting plenty of airtime from Fox and TBS every nigh ... More >>
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October 31, 2011
So How Much Do You Really Know About the Astros and the DH?
There has been a strange uproar over the Astros' possible move to the American League. There's been whining over start times, bitching about Bud Selig, and much, much discussion about the designated hitter not being real baseball. And while people are upset, it needs to be noted that the As ... More >>
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December 23, 2011
The Year In Astros Baseball: Thank God That's Over
So let's continue our look back at the sporting year that was 2011 by taking a look at the Top 25 events to happen to the Houston Astros. 1. They finished with the worst record in team history, which was quite the accomplishment seeing as how the Astros were pretty damn bad for most of the ... More >>
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January 9, 2012
The Astros Lead the "Crazy Sounding Job Title" Standings; Six More to Consider
Most of you have probably been paying attention to the Houston Texans, what with them actually making the playoffs for the first time in team history. But there are other professional sports teams in this city, and one of those teams made some front-office moves last week, moves that will ho ... More >>
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February 8, 2012
Astros Media Day Kicks Off 2012 Season -- 5 Early Storylines
Milo: He's baaaackIn sandlot football growing up, we always had a saying after touchdowns that "losers walk," meaning the team that scored stays at that end of he field to kick off and the "losers" on defense have to march to the other end of the field to receive. So it's probably appropria ... More >>
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