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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 >>

Last Night: Kool A.D., Fat Tony & Chingo Bling at Fitzgerald's

Kool A.D., Fat Tony, Chingo Bling, Franchise n Yung, Amber London Fitzgerald's August 14, 2012 Call it Underground Rap, or Alt-Rap, or Underground Alt-Rap, but whatever the fuck you call it, these guys won't really care. They are making music, spitting rhymes, touring the country, and having the ti ... More >>

Is It A Perfect Game If It's Against These Astros?

As you might have heard, San Francisco Giant Matt Cain threw a perfect game against the Astros last night on the west coast, retiring all 27 hitters with no hits, no walks, no errors. To which we say, eh. Against these Astros? We'd say it was more of an accomplishment that the Giants, who struggle ... More >>

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 >>

11 Modest Suggestions For Jim Crane

​After the Astros lose to the Chicago Cubs this afternoon, the 2011 MLB season will be one-thirds complete. And while it was expected the Astros would be bad, being the worst team in the National League was not expected -- an injury-depleted Minnesota Twins are the only thing keeping the Astr ... More >>

Play Ball, Baby

A new season for the Astros, and hopefully a new team.

One Man's Predictions for This Baseball Season

​Believe it or not, it's time, yet again, for the Major League Baseball season to get underway. That's good news for those of us who enjoy watching the best players in baseball play the best sport ever created. That's bad news, however, for us Astros fans because, well, the Astros suck. But ... More >>

One Guy's Thoughts On The Sports Year: 25 Things To Remember

So with the end of the year fast approaching, I thought I would take some time to revisit some of the highlights, and lowlights, of this past sports year. Your list is probably different, but these are the things that caught my attention this year. maxim.com Thanks for everything, Jenn​1. ... More >>

Breast Cancer Awareness: Five Bad Attempts

As any sports fan knows, October has been Breast Cancer Awareness Month -- uniforms and gloves and wristbands have been pink; outside of sports the Empire State Building and the White House have gone pink to remind women to get themselves checke.The campaign has grown tremendously since the San Fran ... More >>

Kaz Is Gone, But The Astros Pain Endures

Photo by Aaron M. SprecherWhen the world is upside down, Kaz won't still be around​Kazuo Matsui is gone. He is no longer a Houston Astros. Things are well with the world. All of the Astros problems are solved. World Series, here they come.Okay, not really. The Astros still suck. They're goin ... More >>

Roy Oswalt Bitching About No Run Support: The Astros Fun Season Continues

Roy-O, your ERA is doing more than enough talking for you​Today'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 >>

Bud Norris Makes The Astros Fun To Watch, For Once

Bud Norris CAN believe it's not butter​Color me shocked.Who in their right mind would have thought the Houston Astros, having the season they're having, would be able to sweep the St. Louis Cardinals?Especially yesterday with Bud Norris throwing perhaps the best game of his career as the team defe ... More >>

Carlos Lee Still, Somehow, Playing Outfield For The Surprisingly Despised Astros

Rare photographic evidence of Carlos Lee running​This 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 >>

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 >>

Drayton Keeps On Raking In The Dough, Even As The Team Goes Nowhere

​Here's a little something to remember the next time you venture out to Minute Maid Park. The Houston Astros are the 11th most valuable franchise in major league baseball. In fact, the team's franchise value increased over its value from last season, despite dropping attendance and awful play.S ... More >>

Astros Live Down To Expectations In First Series

Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher​Three games in. Three losses down. If there's one thing to say about the Astros, they know how to play down to expectations.A still-injured Roy Oswalt had one bad inning on Opening Night, but one bad inning was all that the San Francisco Giants needed as they defeated ... More >>

The Opening Day Street Festival Is in Full Swing

Photo by Marco Torres​It's not just a nice day out -- it's a nice Opening Day. And the street festival in front of Minute Maid Park is already in full swing.A ton of Clear Channel radio stations are on hand, there are interactive games, Junction Jack is walking around, and later this afterno ... More >>

One Man's 2010 Baseball Predictions (Cover Your Eyes, Astro Fans)

​The major league baseball season officially starts this weekend with two so-called major league teams playing on Sunday night (New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox). I was going to try and do a little Astros preview for today, but they're still trying to figure out who exactly is healthy and who ... More >>

Sharp-Dressed Fans

Billy Gibbons and other Houstonians share their favorite Astros memories.

Astros Second-Half Preview: Now Comes The Hard Part

So the second half of the season gets underway for the Astros tonight, and the team has 74 games left to secure a playoff spot. Of course, the Astros are a surprising 44-44, and they're only three-and-a-half games behind the NL Central leading St. Louis Cardinals, and they're only five games behind ... More >>

Out of the Park

The Houston Press discusses our national pastime with Lance Berkman.

This Season's MLB Predictions: The National League

With baseball season due to start next week, I thought I should put myself on the line and make some predictions. I made my American League predictions yesterday. Today I'm going to take a look at the National League, and on Monday, I'll take an in-depth look at the Astros as they prepare to open ... More >>

This Season's MLB Predictions: The National League

With baseball season due to start next week, I thought I should put myself on the line and make some predictions. I made my American League predictions yesterday. Today I'm going to take a look at the National League, and on Monday, I'll take an in-depth look at the Astros as they prepare to open ... More >>

John Royal's Top 25 Random Baseball Facts

There's this new list craze going around Facebook in which you list 25 random things about yourself. And the geniuses at the Big League Stew baseball blog got hold of this and made it into a list of 25 Random Things About Yourself As It Relates to Baseball. Thus... 1. I am happiest in a baseball ... More >>

John Royal's Top 25 Random Baseball Facts

There's this new list craze going around Facebook in which you list 25 random things about yourself. And the geniuses at the Big League Stew baseball blog got hold of this and made it into a list of 25 Random Things About Yourself As It Relates to Baseball. Thus... 1. I am happiest in a baseball ... More >>

Astros-Giants: Any Day Now Cecil Cooper Will Be Starting Brad Ausmus at First

Astros-Giants: Milo Hamilton Must Be Stopped!!!

August Brings Several Opponents Who Are Actually Playing for Something

John Royal’s Mid-Season MLB Progress Report and Predictions

An Open Letter to Fans of Miguel Tejada

Astros-Giants: Big Puma, Billy Jack and Doug Rader

Astros-Giants: Big Puma Takes It Easy, Only Gets One Hit

Astros-Giants: Big Puma Still on the Prowl

Steroids and Roger Clemens: Jose de Jesus Ortiz Hits a New Low

Astros-Diamondbacks: Back Down to Three Games Below Five Hundred

Astros-Reds: The Vaunted Offense Keeps Hitting

Astros-Phillies: Jose Valverde Blows (the Save)

John Royal Is Sick and Tired (No, Seriously)

Astros-Cardinals: Albert Pujols Goes Deep. Twice.

From Britney to U2: The 2007 NFL Preview

Nobody Puts Bigg in a Corner

Good Week for the 'Stros

Wednesday Astros Update

Buff Dudes

Cold Serial

The infamous Zodiac killer inspires another dead-end film

Ball Busters

The battle over Bonds's record-setting homer looks quaint four seasons later

Take Me Out...

...to the ball game. Lauding baseball-in-rock's finest moments.

On the House

Chris Lum's NoCal sound comes to H-town

Field of Nightmares

In The Fan, Robert De Niro would kill for the Giants -- literally

Beat the Heat!

1996 Summer Guide