Phil Garner

The Best Managers in Astros History

With the Washington Nationals out of the playoffs, their former third base coach Bo Porter is now in the field manager of the Houston Astros. He's busy assembling staff - retaining Doug Brocail and Dave Clark as coaches doesn't exactly fill me with confidence however. As of now, Porter's just anoth ... More >>

The 15 Worst Astro Baseball Cards

Baaaaaaby Ruth!!!​It's Astros season again, which more than likely means copious losses, manly tears, beer bottles broken over televisions, and the testicular fortitude of a snake-charmer to get through nine innings of a game without the aid of alcohol, narcotics, or a distracting game of Angr ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Hey Astros: Call Frank Robinson, For Crying Out Loud

​Richard Justice is back on the Fire Cecil Cooper bandwagon, but this time, instead of Jeff Bagwell, he's back to urging Drayton McLane to hire third base coach Dave Clark. Clark has no major league managing experience, and he sucks as a third base coach. Yet this is the guy that Justice wants to ... More >>

Oh, The Changes I'd Make To The Astros

Photo by Aaron M. SprecherIf Ed Wade were gone...​The Astros Fan Blogger at Chron.com had an interesting post  late last week.The gist of the post was that Drayton McLane had just fired Ed Wade and that he'd made the reader the general manager, then he wanted to know the first five things one ... More >>

Racism and Cecil Cooper

Photo by Aaron M. SprecherCecil CooperApparently I'm a racist. I didn't know I was racist, but it seems that because I think Cecil Cooper is an idiot I'm a racist. At least that what's Jose de Jesus Ortiz blogs over at Chron.com. But here's the catch, Ortiz is responding to people accusing him of ... More >>

The Best Houston Astros Home Grown and Acquired Rosters of All Time

So I was fooling around on the interwebs yesterday, and between the launch of the MLB Network, the naming today of the new class for the Baseball Hall of Fame, and the coming of spring training, I was in a bit of a baseball mood. And I came across this blog detailing the All-Time Rosters for variou ... More >>

Astros-Diamondbacks: Ugly Weekend for Houston

Astros-Giants: Bad Calls from Cecil Cooper and Richard Justice

A compendium of Cure-related information

The Only One

John Royal's Top Twenty Sports Moments of 2007, Part Two

Jesus, Willie Taveras Just Isn't That Good

John Royal's Astros Recap. In Song.

Mail Call

Buh-Bye, Garner; Nice Work?; Union Station

Richard Justice -- So Close, Yet So Far Away

Looks Like Cecil Cooper Is Gonna Fit Right In

Sure, Phil Garner and Tim Purpura Are Out, and Cecil Cooper and Tal Smith Are In, But None of That Matters So Long As Drayton McLane Is Still Around…

For a Sucky Team, the Astros Sure Have Retired a Lot of Numbers

Re: Astros Fire Phil Garner and Tim Purpura

Seriously, How Is It Not Phil Garner's Fault?

The Astros Have Been Forsaken

Sounds Like Drayton's Gonna Fire Someone. Or Not.

Fire Phil Garner

You Close Your Eyes for a Minute, and They Give Up Six Runs

Mixed Media

Don't Forget the Other Suckie Astros

Rocked

Base Brawl

Astros Report Card

One Shy of the Record

Blame St. Louis and Trade Brad Lidge

They Sure Can Fit a Lot of Clowns in That Thing

Shouting "Fire" in a Crowded Dugout

Bring on the Reds! Please!

Astros Play-by-Play

Wednesday Astros Update

Astros Update

Friday Astros Note

Three in a Row

Wait, Was That Brad Lidge? We Could've Swore It Was Him for a Second

At Least Saturday Was Good for the 'Stros

What a Relief

Take That, Cardinals!

Who's in Charge Here?

Base Raps

Paul Wall and Chamillionaire each release Astros tributes, while rock radio churns out the cheesy montages

Game Four: A Bitter Sweep Ending

The Astros’ attempt to win without scoring somehow fails

Encore or Bust?

Stressing about the 'Stros begins anew

Curses Again

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

"I Didn't Create This Mess ..."