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Blogs
May 17, 2013
Openings & Closings: The Bar Beat Gets Busy While Sushi Spots Shutter
Weeks like this one make it hard to believe I'm actually leaving this post next Friday, because what a whirlwind of activity we've seen in the last seven days. First is news of four exciting new bars heading to downtown, north downtown and Montrose. Two of those bars are from the Clumsy Butcher tea ... More >>
Blogs
May 16, 2013
The Ryan Express: Astros to Name Nolan Ryan's Son, Reid, as Team President
The Astros desperately want Nolan Ryan as part of their organization. Today, it appears as if they might get as close as they have been in a while. Multiple sources are reporting the Astros will announce the hiring of Reid Ryan, son of the Hall of Fame pitcher, as their Team President today after fo ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2013
PR 101: The Astros Could Learn a Lot From Other Houston Team Owners
Fame has a fifteen minute half-life, infamy lasts a little longer. - The Insider Owners of sports franchises never have it easy. From Charlie Thomas to Les Alexander, John McMullen to Drayton McLane, Bud Adams to, yes, even Bob McNair, fans are ruthless and we're talking Houston, not Philadelphia o ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2013
My Reply To The Astros' Statement About The Cancellation Of The Wives' Gala
"There's such a thing... as manners. A way of treating people. These fish have manners." -- Jerry Maguire There is no easy way to disband an event like the Astros Wives' gala, a fantastic annual spectacle that's simultaneously raised over $4 million in 23 years for the Houston Area Women's Center w ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2013
Top Five Things to Do in Houston Sports This Weekend: How To Fight Early Summer Boredom Edition
Despite a last gasp of cold air last week, it's warm outside and getting hotter by the minute. For me, the best day of the year is October 1. It's the probable end to hurricane season in Texas (if not the ACTUAL end for the Atlantic), the NFL is in full swing and the NBA is about to launch training ... More >>
Blogs
May 10, 2013
Astros Out To Prove Einstein Was Right About Insanity
Albert Einstein once defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. The Houston Astros didn't yet exist when he offered up this wisdom, yet it's hard to believe that he didn't have the Astros in mind when he spoke this. The Astros are giving Erik Beda ... More >>
Culture
May 2, 2013
Cinco de Mayo
Celebrating Mexican culture with family-friendly events and lots of parties.
Blogs
April 19, 2013
The Great CSN Houston Tax Scam
Everybody's pretty damn tired of the CSN Houston situation. Tired of being screwed out of Rockets games. Tired, maybe, of not being able to see the Astros get swept by the Oakland A's. Tired of watching CSN's Matt Hutchings constantly on the television and lying out of his teeth about who's responsi ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2013
Astros, Cougars, Owls and Problems with Starting Pitching
It's always about the pitching. No matter how good the offense, no matter how good the defense, if the pitching lets down, a team will eventually start to lose. Because offenses will cool down and defenses will miss plays. But if the pitching is solid, a team can overcome the other deficiencies. Th ... More >>
Blogs
April 10, 2013
The Most Valuable Player At Minute Maid Is....Astro Mascot Orbit?
We all know things have been pretty grim at Minute Maid Park this year. (Well, actually the past six or so seasons, to be honest.) Winning, of any sort, has been thin on the ground. Until now. Today we learned that one member of the Astros organization is willing to put in the time to make himself ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2013
Top Five Things to Do in Houston Sports This Weekend: Dirt, Clay, Mud and Cheerleaders
TGIF, my children. It's time to rev up the weekend and get yo butt in gear. You may want to lie around on your couch watching the Final Four or spend some time absorbing "culture" at a "museum." I say blow all that crap out of the water with an ass kicking good time like any red blooded American. Ho ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2013
The Last Ever (Possibly Maybe Forever) Disappointing Stand of the Houston Aeros
This time two years ago, the Houston Aeros were making their final push to secure a Western Division playoff spot. They were on a spurt of a fantastic play that would propel them through the end of the season into the Calder Cup finals where they came up just short of the AHL championship. Two year ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2013
Help For Hacks: A Comprehensive List Of Athletes Getting Paid More Than The Astros Entire Payroll
Comedy is a combination of hard work, creativity, timing, and -- depending on which comedians you talk to -- an ample amount of drugs may or may not be involved as well. I don't claim to be a professional comedian. Not even close. But I do think I have a decent ear for humor, an ability to discern ... More >>
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
April 1, 2013
Astros Opening Day 2013: Fans Weigh In With Hopes & Opinions On AL Baseball
For as long as I remember, I've been a baseball fan. Which is kinda strange considering I never played Little League, didn't learn how to hold a bat or catch a ball until my best friend taught me in high school, and my father's favorite sports team are fútbol-playing goats (Las Chivas Rayadas de Gu ... More >>
News
March 28, 2013
The Screwball Economics of Major League Baseball
As another season begins, MLB faces an unsustainable future - and you're picking up the tab.
News
March 28, 2013
The Astros: Out of Their League?
The Houston Astros take on a new season in a tough division with things all-new — uniforms, owner, manager, team and rules — not to mention a new/old mascot. And road trips to Dallas.
Blogs
March 28, 2013
For Astros Opening Day: Orbit, the Phantom of Minute Maid (VIDEO)
The Astros' 2013 season begins this weekend, and whether that's good or bad news depends on how much of a masochist you are. The team has been historically, utterly putrid the past two years, and detecting any signs of improvement in the recent offseason would require the most powerful neutron micr ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2013
Houston Astros 2013: Season Win Total Prediction (And Four Other MLB Season Win Total Predictions)
Maybe it's because football keeps our attention year round (what up, Ed Reed?), maybe it's because we're right in the middle of March Madness, or maybe it's just because as a city we've been beaten down by a half a decade of mediocre to bad baseball, but goddamn, this baseball season snuck up on me! ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2013
Another Visit Inside The Abandoned Astrodome, And Still No One Knows What To Do With It
It's been a common theme every year around RodeoHouston season: Houstonians start asking again about the plight of the Reliant Astrodome and arguing amongst themselves about what is to be done with the dilapidated Eighth Wonder. It's a giant elephant sitting in the middle of Houston's biggest annual ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2013
Who Needs The Astros When You Have The Cougars And Owls?
Houston Astros owner Jim Crane is tired of fan complaints about the crappiness of the Houston Astros. Give him $10 million and he'll gladly listen, but otherwise, just pay the team's highly inflated prices for Opening Day and shut up. It's not a very fan-friendly approach to take, especially when he ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2013
Is Ed Reed the New Carlos Beltran? Not Really
Since the Texans have signed no free agents that weren't with the team last year and have seen Glover Quinn, James Casey and Connor Barwin all leave for other destinations, the recent flirtations with Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed have been all Texans fans have to talk about. Nevermind the fact th ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2013
Baseball Fans: Even With A Story That Would Have Every Jury On Your Side, You Can't Win A Lawsuit For Getting Hit With A Foul Ball In Houston
If you get bored at an Astros game this year -- and chances are very good you will -- read the tiny, tiny print on the back of your ticket. Somewhere in that mountain of impossible-to-read verbiage is notice that by using tht ticket, you can't sue if you're hit in the head with a foul ball. One Ho ... More >>
Blogs
March 8, 2013
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 >>
Blogs
March 7, 2013
A Vintage, Awesome Anti-Drug PSA From Houston Astros Mascot Orbit
A few days ago while doing a Google search for vintage Astros stuff -- like one does -- I found 101 Astrodome Memories, a blog devoted to Dome anecdotes and Astros randomness. Amongst other stories of trips to the Dome, I found a great anti-drug PSA from Astros mascot Orbit, who came back this pas ... More >>
Blogs
March 4, 2013
Foul Balls, Philosophy and Baseball Gods: Notes from the Houston College Classic
Six teams. Three days. Nine games. Seventy-one innings, give or take a couple here and there. So was The Astros Foundation 2013 College Classic. And after sitting through all nine games and three days, it's safe to say that this weekend was anything but a classic of college baseball. Most of the ga ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2013
Boom Goes The Astros' Dynamic Pricing Model: Get Ready To Shell Out The Big Bucks
Are you an Astros fan? Do you love going to Opening Day? Do you have a good credit score? Well, if you want to attend this Opening Day against the Texas Rangers, you better have a fantastic credit score because you're going to need to get a bank loan to buy a ticket. The Astros have more than doubl ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2013
15 More Of The Worst Astros Baseball Cards Ever
Houston Astros 2013 spring training season kicked into high gear this week in Kissimmee, Florida, and fans are ready to see how the team fares in their new American League digs, which more likely-than-not means copious losses, beer bottles broken over televisions, and the testicular fortitude of a s ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2013
The Astros Will Suck, But They Do Have A Good Plan
The Houston Astros are a subject of much derision. They're a bad team with very few, if any, names on the roster recognizable to the average fan. They'll probably struggle to win 60 games. And there are national writers who think that the Astros are an embarrassment to baseball. I'm often critical ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2013
Here's Elton John In an Astros Jersey In 1986
Today, Houston Astros pitchers and catchers started returning to Kissimmee, Florida, for spring training in anticipation (and somewhat fright) of the 2013 season and their debut in the American League. Rewind: Rockin' Houston Site Is a Glorious Monument to Local Concerts Past In honor of baseba ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2013
Hey Astros, You Might Want To Hire Some Radio Broadcasters
The Houston Astros report for spring training next week. The first spring training game is on Saturday, February 23rd. And yet the Astros still do not have a radio broadcast team. Brett Dolan and Dave Raymond were dismissed the day after the 2012 season ended. In early October. And the topic as to ... More >>
Blogs
February 8, 2013
Night of 1000 Hashtags: #AstrosMovies Makes for A Hilarious String of Tweets
Movie hashtags and mashups are nothing new on Twitter, but on Thursday night (and bleeding over into Friday morning), a series of movie titles mashed up with baseball took over Twitter, at least here in Houston. It would appear that it didn't actually begin with the home town team (looking back as ... More >>
Blogs
February 5, 2013
Things You Should Know About The Astros Trade (Including: Yes, The Astros Still Exist)
The baseball world was rocked to its core yesterday by a five-player trade between the Houston Astros and the Oakland A's. While the definition of "rocked to its core" may vary among baseball fans -- and "barely took notice" would be an acceptable, indeed unassailably factual, equivalent -- the tra ... More >>
News
January 24, 2013
Rockets Blocked Out
Sources say Astros Stopped a deal to bring CSN Houston, Rockets Games to DirecTV.
Blogs
January 22, 2013
Jeff Bagwell Selling House for $15M, Includes Saltwater Pool, Wine Vault, Fitness Center, Putting Green
The only news lately for former Astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell is that he didn't get selected for the Hall of Fame for the second year in a row. There has been a lot of talk that the reason he wasn't selected was due to rumors of PED use mainly due to his associations with Ken Caminitti and other ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2013
Will The Astros Losses Still Count If You Can't Watch The Games?
If the Astros lose 100-plus games again this season, and nobody can see them play those games, do the losses really happen? If the Astros lose 100-plus games again this season, and nobody can watch it happen, will anybody really care? That's a bit of an exaggeration. People will be able to watch th ... More >>
Music
January 17, 2013
A Full Dance Card
The 2013 RodeoHouston lineup reflects Houston, not Texas.
Blogs
January 15, 2013
Visitor's Guide: 7 Things About Houston We Bet You Won't Find in Fodor's
With Houston landing at number seven on the New York Times list of places to visit in 2013 last week, I decided to give you seven things not to look at when you visit on Monday. Today, I go for the opposite approach. Houston is not exactly a beauty queen. I've heard that there is a formula for pote ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2013
Sources: Astros Blocked a Potential Deal That Would Have Brought CSN Houston, Rockets Games to DirecTV
According to sources with knowledge of the situation, the Houston Astros, who are part owners of Comcast SportsNet Houston along with the Houston Rockets and NBC, nixed an 11th-hour deal with DirecTV that could have put CSN Houston on the provider and delivered Rockets games to its subscribers at th ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2013
Whoever They Hire, The New Astros Radio Broadcasters Have Their Work Cut Out For Them
The Astros television broadcast booth was finalized last week. Bill Brown will return at the primary play-by-play voice. Alan Ashby will be the primary color analyst. When Brown doesn't work (he's doing a reduced schedule this season), then Ashby will do the play-by-play and he'll be joined in the b ... More >>
Blogs
January 14, 2013
Visitor's Guide: 7 Things We Don't Want You to See When You Come to Houston
Last week, many were surprised -- some even perplexed -- to see our beloved city on the annual New York Times list of places to visit in 2013. Houston was number seven on a list of 46 that included Rio, Amsterdam, Singapore, Hawaii's Big Island, Oslo, Bangkok and Paris. Yes, we were on a "must visit ... More >>
Blogs
January 3, 2013
Crystal Ball Part Deux: Looking Ahead to 2013 Houston Sports, Astros/Dynamo/UH/Rice Edition
Yesterday, we took a look at the futures of the Texans and Rockets. Predictions were made. Accusations were tossed about. But no one is Carnac the Magnificent. All we can really do is guess...except when it comes to the Astros.
Blogs
December 14, 2012
Looking Forward To The Astros In 2013
With 2012 coming to an end, let's kiss this lost year of the Astros goodbye and take a look at what's coming in 2013. The key word is "new," as in new uniforms, new logos, new TV network, new broadcasters, new players, new manager and coaches, and on, and on, and on. 5. Welcome to the American Lea ... More >>
Blogs
December 12, 2012
[PHOTOS] Light Rail Expansion Moving Faster Than You Might Think
Since 2004, anyone living or visiting the areas near Main Street, the Medical Center, the Museum District or Reliant Park has probably gotten to experience METRO Rail, for better or worse. Some ride it daily. Some get in accidents with it. Some just gawk. But, one of the busiest stretches of commute ... More >>
Blogs
December 7, 2012
25 Ways to Replace Jim Deshaies; You're Welcome, Astros!
As you know by now, Jim Deshaies has left the Astros, and is joining the Chicago Cubs broadcasting crew. In many ways, that's like making the jump from AAA to the majors since WGN is seen nationally while Comcast Sports Net Houston is seen just about nowhere. Now with Deshaies gone, the Astros are h ... More >>
Blogs
December 4, 2012
Astros Dismantling Continues As Color Man Deshaies Leaves for Chicago
Since 1997, the television voices of the Houston Astros, Bill Brown and Jim Deshaies, have been about as good as you can possibly get in baseball, or any sport, for that matter. Brown's dry delivery made the perfect set-up man for Deshaies's wit and insight. They pair was a match made in broadcast h ... More >>
Blogs
November 29, 2012
Houston's Bearded, Bald, Vegan, Hipster Athletes Getting National Attention
It ain't easy being a Houston athlete. Despite being the fourth largest city in America, we haven't exactly had a tradition of winning sports teams. The Rockets made big runs in the early and mid '80s before breaking through and winning back-to-back titles in the early '90s. Still, they haven't been ... More >>
Blogs
November 14, 2012
McCartney In Houston Update: 99 Percenters, Rail It Don't Park It
I just came back from snooping around the Minute Maid Park grounds to see what was shaking at the ballpark before tonight's Paul McCartney gig. I even got to sneak in a trip to the Astros team store. All the Altuve jerseys you can handle! There were already a few diehards milling around with signs ... More >>
Blogs
November 12, 2012
A Collection Of Taxidermied Bears On The Occasion Of A Texans Windy City Win
Yes, it's immature. Yes, it's kinda wrong, considering Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler was hit so hard his moustache flew off and he suffered a concussion and had to leave the game. And yes, it wasn't a high-scoring game at all and looked for more like a losing Astros score. But our bulls ... More >>
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