Astros manager Brad Mills and pitcher Bud Norris spent quality time with fans at this year's FanFest and answered questions live from the audience and from online users. Mills and Norris shared tips on staying healthy, how to get great autographs during Spring Training and the recent CAREavan trip many players participated in.
Via Fox Sports Houston
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February 15, 2012
1. Jordan Schafer CF
Schafer has the skills and the speed to play center field in the major leagues. But skills do not equal production. Schafer first must prove he can stay healthy -- he has battled a broken wrist and a broken finger in recent seasons. Second, he will have to prove to management that he has seen the light, matured and is ready to move on since he was arrested in...
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February 15, 2012
Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster Milo Hamilton will announce Wednesday that 2012 will be his last season calling games on radio for the Houston Astros.
The team has called a press conference for 2:30 p.m. local time at Minute Maid Park, at which Hamilton is set to announce this will be his 28th and final year behind the microphone, the Houston Chronicle reported.
It will be the...
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February 14, 2012
Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster Milo Hamilton, best known for his call of Henry Aaron's 715th home run, is to appear at a Wednesday news conference.
The appearance comes in the wake of a Houston Chronicle report that 2012 will be his last season as the radio voice of the Houston Astros. The Chronicle reported the 84-year-old Hamilton told former Astros owner Drayton McLane...
Via Pro Sports Daily
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February 15, 2012
Houston Astros radio broadcaster Milo Hamilton will announce his intent to retire after the 2012 season on Wednesday, according to MLB.com's Brian McTaggart.Hamilton has announced in Major League games for 59 years and won the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award in 1992, which is presented annually to a broadcaster for major contributions to baseball.The 84-year-old has announced...
Via Fox Sports Houston
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February 15, 2012
HOUSTON (AP) -- Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster Milo Hamilton, best known for his call of Henry Aaron's 715th home run, is to appear at a Wednesday news conference.
The appearance comes in the wake of a Houston Chronicle report that 2012 will be his last season as the radio voice of the Houston Astros. The Chronicle reported the 84-year-old Hamilton told former Astros owner...
Via Fantasy Baseball Express
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February 15, 2012
It's February and than means you've likely purchased your first fantasy baseball advice magazine recently. Maybe you're up all night watching the MLB network or trolling twitter to see what's up with Nick Swisher. I love this time of year and I bet you do too! Having managed The Fantasy Man brand and Fantasy Baseball Express going into our seventh year, it's...
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February 15, 2012
This was not a retirement. Milo Hamilton made a point of that.
Hamilton has been on the radio for 66 years and spent the last 27 as the radio voice of the Houston Astros. At 84 years old, his voice is still strong and his wit is still sharp and he's still a night owl. So he hopes to stick on in some capacity or another until 2015, at least.
He hopes to make it to 70 years...
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February 15, 2012
Apparently the Congressional Baseball Game is an actual thing, and Ron Paul is a legend in it. Here’s video of the Texas congressman and current Republican presidential candidate doing his best Dale Murphy impression during the 1983 contest.
Paul started in right and had a final stat line of 2-for-3, double, HBP, 2 RBIs. He even holds the distinction as being the only congressman...
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February 14, 2012
Who knew that presidential hopeful Ron Paul could ball?
Check out this clip of Ron sporting a throwback Houston Astros jersey and blasting a hit in the 1983 Congressional baseball classic. The republican politician shows some patience at the plate and packs some pop in his bat by belting this long ball of the wall. If baseball skill dictated Presidential nominations, Ron Paul would...
Via SI.com
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February 15, 2012
HOUSTON (AP) -- Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster Milo Hamilton, who had the memorable call on Henry Aaron's 715th home run, will retire as the radio voice of the Houston Astros after the 2012 season.
Via Yahoo! Sports
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February 15, 2012
Baseball Hall of Fame broadcaster Milo Hamilton, who had the memorable call on Henry Aaron's 715th home run, will retire as the radio voice of the Houston Astros after the 2012 season. "It's been a wonderful time and how great for me to finish up my broadcasting of games in Houston," Hamilton said Wednesday.
Via Miami Herald
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February 15, 2012
Milo Hamilton, who has been the voice of the Houston Astros since 1985, announced on Wednesday that he intends to retire following the upcoming season.
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