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MLB Preview 2012: The Houston Astros
Last year in this space I bashed the now former columnist for the Houston Chronicle Richard Justice for creating a false narrative in regard to the supposed youth movement the Astros were about to field. Justice had been arguing that the 2011 season was all about the performance of three young players, namely Brett Wallace, Chris Johnson, and Jason Castro. If this was all the season...
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Lyles, Happ fighting for spots in rotation
By Mark Mitchell
FoxSportsHouston.com
The theme of the Houston Astros spring training is competition, and one of the most contested battles is who will emerge to earn spots in the starting pitching rotation.
With Wandy Rodriguez, Brett Myers and Bud Norris assured -- use that word cautiously with this team - the first three spots in the rotation, a variety of candidates are vying...
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New Astros owner makes the big leagues
New Astros owner Jim Crane made it clear on the first day of spring training that there is more to his investment than money.
Baseball has been a part of him since he was a pitcher ''from (age) 7 to 22, nonstop,'' Crane said Monday while Astros pitchers and catchers participated in their first organized workout of the year.
''It's fun to get back here...
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Pepperdine baseball sporting old school Astros uniforms (Picture)
Pepperdine’s baseball team is sporting new uniforms this season that make them look like the old school Houston Astros. They’re getting fantastic reviews except for the UA logo square in the middle that Uni Watch aptly calls “a major turd in the punch bowl.” Except for the logo, I can dig ‘em. Let’s just hope Pamela approves.
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Astros open camp on positive note
It's appropriate Disney World is located only a short distance from where the Houston Astros officially opened spring training Monday at The Astros Osceola County Stadium complex in Kissimmee, FL. Like Mickey's wonderland, spring baseball is a time that players and fans hope that dreams can come true, so much that new Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow proclaimed today the...
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Mission Possible: Houston Astros and the Single-Season Loss Record
If you are wondering how bad the Houston Astros are, let me paint a picture.
If the teams formed to make a Monopoly board, the Houston Astros would be Baltic Avenue. Or to use a better analogy, the Houston Astros would be “Hamsterdam” from The Wire. In the show, the concept of “Hamsterdam” is to corner off all the drug dealers to an abandoned area of town...
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Astros hope to improve before leaving NL
The Houston Astros are entering their final season before moving to the American League in 2013, and that's not the only transition the franchise is facing. After 106 losses last year, Houston has a new owner, a new general manager and a bit of a clean slate as spring training begins.
Houston's pitchers and catchers have their first workout Monday, and the Astros are eager...
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Houston hosts MLB's annual Urban Invitational
HOUSTON The success stories extend beyond the raw numbers, although the totals rattled off by Jimmie Lee Solomon, executive vice president baseball development, Major League Baseball, are impressive.
In the five years since Major League Baseball opened its first urban youth academy in Compton, Calif., that program has produced 175 graduates that have earned college baseball or...
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DROP YOUR WEAPON
Astros remove gun logo from throwback jerseys
From 1962-1964 the team we now know as the Houston Astros were called the Houston Colt .45s. During those three seasons the team went 196-288 and finished no higher than 8th in the National League standings. In 1965 the Colt .45s moved into the newly build Houston Astrodome and were renamed the Astros. [...]
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Guns don’t kill people, just drawings of them on jerseys do
The 5oth anniversary of the Houston Astros is being celebrated this year. Good timing too, since there isn’t anything else to celebrate except the 10th anniversary of the name change from Enron Field to Minute Maid Park. Anyway, the team is celebrating their existence by wearing alternate jerseys this season. Most are familiar with their famed jersey from the Nolan Ryan...
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Season Previews: Houston Astros
It's about time to kick off one of our favorite things in all the world: Season Previews. Five years ago, they began as a semi-serious analysis and ended up as half-assed haiku. We're just gonna go with what we know. Wrapping up our preview of the National League Central, get a load of the 2012 Houston Astros.
One more year then it's
Adios National League
Selig has...
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Potential 2012 Houston Astros lineup
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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Report: Astros radio broadcaster Milo Hamilton to retire after 59 years
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...
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Report: Astros' Hamilton in final season
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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Why 2012 Is An Important Year For The Astros (Part One)
The Houston Astros were the worst team in baseball in 2011. They lost 106 games, finished 40 games behind the Brewers in the National League Central and traded away two thirds of their outfield. However, things aren’t pointing completely south for the Astros. In November, Jim Crane was unanimously approved by MLB as the new owner of the Astros, effectively completing the sale of...
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