CRAIG BIGGIO RUMORS & GOSSIP
Sons of Clemens, Biggio, Pettitte drafted on Day 3
The sons of Roger Clemens, Craig Biggio and Andy Pettitte were among the players selected on the final day of the Major League Baseball draft Saturday.
Kacy Clemens, a Texas high school right-handed pitcher, was taken by the Houston Astros in the 35th round - 34 rounds later than his famous father went 30 years ago to Boston as the 19th overall pick.
Cavan Biggio, a Houston-area...
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Sorry Craig Biggio, You Weren’t That Great According To The MLB Hall Of Fame
The Baseball Writers’ Association of America announced its results for the induction of the 2013 class last week. For the 8th time in history no one will be entering the Hall of Fame this year. There were plenty of deserving players on the ballot but those players have been linked to performance enhancing drugs at … Continue reading »
Craig Biggio says lumping him with PED users “unfair”
Despite receiving the highest percentage of votes, Craig Biggio was not elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame. Biggio believes his snubbing at the hands of baseball writers has a lot to do with other stars who used performance-enhancing drugs.
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Biggio takes center stage during Astros' quiet offseason
Ex-Houston Astros star Craig Biggio stole the spotlight while his former team continued to have a quiet offseason. Biggio received the most support of any player on the 2013 Hall of Fame ballot, earning 388 of the 569 total votes cast (68.2 percent) and falling just 39 votes short of becoming the first player in Houston's 51-year history to officially represent the franchise...
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J.J. Watt wears Craig Biggio jersey to presser
Houston Texans defensive lineman J.J. Watt showed his support for retired Houston Astros star Craig Biggio by wearing his jersey to a Texans press conference Wednesday. It was announced earlier Wednesday that Biggio fell short of making the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Biggio received just over 68 percent of the vote from the Baseball Writers' Association...
Biggio got most votes in year where no one got in
Craig Biggio believes it's possible that he wasn't elected to the Hall of Fame because he was on the ballot for the first time with several big stars linked to performance-enhancing drugs.
Biggio, who has never been linked to PEDs, received the highest vote total in a year that produced no inductions to Cooperstown on Wednesday. Biggio, who is 20th on the career list with...
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January 10, 2013
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Baseball writers failed in denying Biggio Hall votes
While a lot of purists are sitting smug in their cocoons of self imposed perfection I look at this year’s Baseball Hall of Fame vote as a crying shame of self-righteousness. We can look at the facts, and we can look at the implications of perceptions, but we have to be careful when we start playing God over others.
Craig Biggio had more than 3000 hits, and he played over 250 games...
Cooperstown 2013: Craig Biggio
CRAIG BIGGIO First Year on Ballot PLAYING CAREER: Houston Astros (1988-2007) ACHIEVEMENTS: Career batting average of .281 with 3060 hits, 668 doubles, 291 home runs, 1844 runs and 414 stolen bases. Ranks fifth all-time in doubles and 21st all-time in hits. Became just the ninth player in the 3000 hit club to get all his hits with the same team. Holds the modern record for most times...
Biggio surprises ailing fan at Astros game
HOUSTON It seems like a lot to put on a ballplayer, asking him to mean something to a dying stranger.
Craig Biggio is neither priest nor pastor, neither surgeon nor psychiatrist. He is man who got 3,000 hits, all for the Houston Astros. Which is to say he is a hero, even if he'd rather not think of it that way.
"As far as being somebody's hero," he said, "...
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May 07, 2012
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Bagwell, Biggio will continue roles with Astros
Astros icons Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell will continue in their roles as part-time members of the team's front-office staff, according to new owner Jim Crane.
Since Biggio and Bagwell retired as players, they have been employees of the club under personal-services agreements (Bagwell also served as team's hitting coach in the second half of the 2010 season). They serve...
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February 16, 2012
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