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  • Blogs

    May 10, 2012

    Rest of the Best: Houston's Top Mom and Pop Restaurants

    For the next 20 weeks, we'll be rounding up the runners-up to our 2011 Best of Houston® winners. In many categories, picking each year's winner is no easy task. We'll be spotlighting 20 of those categories, in which the winner had hefty competition from other Houston bars and restaurants. Family-r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Dear Fox Sports Houston: Your Astros Broadcast Suck

    Dear Fox Sports Houston: I realize this is your last season with the cable rights to the Houston Astros. I realize that at this time next year you'll probably be losing cable systems while justifying that Little League game you're putting on in primetime. I also realize that you're tied into Fox S ... 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

    March 26, 2012

    The All-Time Ultimate Astros Roster

    The Astros are celebrating their 50th season in major league baseball this year. The team's going to be rolling out the throwback uniforms on Friday nights, and they'll probably find other ways to celebrate their history before making a new start of it in the American League next season. I thought ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2011

    Carlos Beltran & Buyer's Remorse: Something To Make Astro Fans Feel Better

    Carlos Beltran: The Mets admit a mistake​It's been a disastrous, disheartening season for Astro fans, and it doesn't show any signs of getting better. So you try to take your bright spots where you can. Today's semi-bright spot is a frank admission of buyer's remorse on the part of New York ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 16, 2011

    The Drayton McLane Era -- Asking That One Question

    Plus: this. Minus: Tim Purpura​The end of the Drayton McLane Era as owner of the Astros is imminent. With today's announcement that local businessman Jim Crane's purchase of our hometown ball club, we can begin to evaluate the "Houston Astros, version McLane" in full. There are a handful o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 cheer​Okay 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 >>

  • Blogs

    April 29, 2010

    Morgan Ensberg On Bags, The Rocket And Milton Bradley

    Ensberg: from starry-eyed rookie to stat-head blogger​Last week I gave you part one of an interview I did with former Astros's third baseman Morgan Ensberg. Ensberg, now retired, is moving into the broadcasting field, doing college baseball game analysis for such networks as Fox Sports and ESPNU ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Game Time: The Caballo Chronicles, Volume 2: A Look at MLB's 20 Biggest Contracts Ever

    ​This is my second go round living in Houston. Prior to moving back here in the summer of 2007, the last time I was an H-town resident was between 1994 and 2001. As an Astro fan, that means I was here when the Bagwell/Biggio nucleus finally broke through in 1997 and made the playoffs, I was he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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 >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2010

    Baseball Is Coming: 25 Things To Love About The Astros This Year

    Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher​Believe 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 >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    Astros Are Red-Hot...For Now

     Is it actually possible? Is it actually possible that the Houston Astros could climb into first place of the NL Central this weekend? Can it really be that we'll wake up on Monday morning and discover that the Astros will be in a position to actually start pulling away with the division le ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    Scandal Of The Century -- No Obama Tickets Because Of Anti-Houston Discrimination

    U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat from California, decided to hold a contest to distribute his supply of tickets to the Obama inauguration.In order to win the coveted ducats, he asked people to tell him why they wanted to go.Winners were announced today. Also announced was the most blatant, stomach-t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 26, 2008

    Astros-Reds: The Magic Number Goes Down to One

    U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat from California, decided to hold a contest to distribute his supply of tickets to the Obama inauguration.In order to win the coveted ducats, he asked people to tell him why they wanted to go.Winners were announced today. Also announced was the most blatant, stomach-t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 4, 2008

    What’s the Deal with You Carlos Beltran Haters?

    U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat from California, decided to hold a contest to distribute his supply of tickets to the Obama inauguration.In order to win the coveted ducats, he asked people to tell him why they wanted to go.Winners were announced today. Also announced was the most blatant, stomach-t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    August Brings Several Opponents Who Are Actually Playing for Something

    U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat from California, decided to hold a contest to distribute his supply of tickets to the Obama inauguration.In order to win the coveted ducats, he asked people to tell him why they wanted to go.Winners were announced today. Also announced was the most blatant, stomach-t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 20, 2008

    Astros-Orioles: That’s Eight in a Row

    U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat from California, decided to hold a contest to distribute his supply of tickets to the Obama inauguration.In order to win the coveted ducats, he asked people to tell him why they wanted to go.Winners were announced today. Also announced was the most blatant, stomach-t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2008

    John Royal’s Roster of the Greatest Astros Ever

    U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat from California, decided to hold a contest to distribute his supply of tickets to the Obama inauguration.In order to win the coveted ducats, he asked people to tell him why they wanted to go.Winners were announced today. Also announced was the most blatant, stomach-t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2008

    Astros-Cubs: Shawn Chacon Breaks His No-Decision Streak, While Hunter Pence Decides to Date a Very Attractive Woman

    U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat from California, decided to hold a contest to distribute his supply of tickets to the Obama inauguration.In order to win the coveted ducats, he asked people to tell him why they wanted to go.Winners were announced today. Also announced was the most blatant, stomach-t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 22, 2008

    A Few Words for Brad Davies and Jose de Jesus Ortiz

    U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat from California, decided to hold a contest to distribute his supply of tickets to the Obama inauguration.In order to win the coveted ducats, he asked people to tell him why they wanted to go.Winners were announced today. Also announced was the most blatant, stomach-t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 6, 2007

    You. Can't. Be. Serious.

    U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat from California, decided to hold a contest to distribute his supply of tickets to the Obama inauguration.In order to win the coveted ducats, he asked people to tell him why they wanted to go.Winners were announced today. Also announced was the most blatant, stomach-t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2007

    Why John McMullen, Not Drayton McLane, Is the Best Owner in the History of the Astros

    U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat from California, decided to hold a contest to distribute his supply of tickets to the Obama inauguration.In order to win the coveted ducats, he asked people to tell him why they wanted to go.Winners were announced today. Also announced was the most blatant, stomach-t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2007

    The Astros Have a New Utility Player. The Chron Has a Not-So-New Story on Sports Radio.

    U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat from California, decided to hold a contest to distribute his supply of tickets to the Obama inauguration.In order to win the coveted ducats, he asked people to tell him why they wanted to go.Winners were announced today. Also announced was the most blatant, stomach-t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2007

    Jesus Ortiz Is a Fool

    U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat from California, decided to hold a contest to distribute his supply of tickets to the Obama inauguration.In order to win the coveted ducats, he asked people to tell him why they wanted to go.Winners were announced today. Also announced was the most blatant, stomach-t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2007

    Jesus Breaks the Story...Four Years Later

    U.S. Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat from California, decided to hold a contest to distribute his supply of tickets to the Obama inauguration.In order to win the coveted ducats, he asked people to tell him why they wanted to go.Winners were announced today. Also announced was the most blatant, stomach-t ... More >>

  • News

    October 27, 2005

    Ready to Rumble

    The Astros are on baseball's biggest stage, needing a comeback

  • World Series Guide

    October 27, 2005

    We're Kings of the World!

    Where to watch the World Series

  • News

    April 7, 2005

    Know Your Astros! Quiz

    Where to watch the World Series

  • News

    April 7, 2005

    Encore or Bust?

    Stressing about the 'Stros begins anew

  • News

    October 28, 2004

    Curses Again

    God, Drayton and dogged Astros fans awake from another World Serious dream

  • Best of Houston

    September 23, 2004

    Best Franchise Owner

    God, Drayton and dogged Astros fans awake from another World Serious dream

  • News

    September 16, 2004

    The God Squad

    With their own chaplain, the Houston Astros might be the most religious clubhouse in the majors

  • News

    July 8, 2004

    Center of Gravity?

    Tal's Hill at Minute Maid takes on an uprising

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