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Batter up! Stros 2009 Season Preview
Today is Opening Day for the Major League Baseball season and Houston, so it's time for HCT's annual preview of the Stros' upcoming season (previous annual previews since 2004 are here). The Stros opening day roster is here over...
Stros 2008 Season Review, Part Five: Season Recap and Report Card
The Stros 2008 season has been over for over a week now, so it's time for my final review of the 2008 season (prior 2008 season reviews are here) and my grading of the Stros players for the 2008...
Stros 2008 Season Review, Part Three
Inasmuch as Major League Baseball is taking a break for the All-Star break, I decided to post the third part of five periodic reviews of the Stros' 2008 season a game or so early (previous parts for the 2008...
Dragged into the mud
The collateral damage of Roger Clemens' questionable approach to disputing his use of steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs is already extensive. It now appears that the best player in Stros history may get pulled into the public fray. As...
Baseball Prospectus 2008 is here
Baseball Prospectus 2008 is now shipping, so it's time to order your copy in plenty of time for the beginning of the MLB season. In terms of improving your understanding of baseball, it's the best $14 you can spend....
The latest boondoggle?
Anne Linehan, Kevin Whited and Cory Crow note this week's "are you kidding me?" moment from City Hall -- two Nancy Sarnoff/Chronicle articles reporting on the trial balloon that Mayor White floated about building a second large convention hotel in...
A special Houstonian
I criticized Craig Biggio for the way in which he ended his playing career with the Stros, but I have never questioned that he and Jeff Bagwell are the best players ever to have played for the Stros. Bidg is...
First it was the moldy roof, now this!
At this rate, Drayton McLane is going to make a full-time living out of suing subcontractors who were involved in the construction of Minute Maid Park. McLane's latest lawsuit, reported in this Houston Business Journal ($) article, seeks to recover...
Stros 2007 Review, Part Ten: Season Recap and Report Card
It’s been a week now since the Craig Biggio Farewell Tour drew to a close during the final eighth of the Stros’ disappointing 2007 season. With the end of the season, the tremendously successful Biggio-Bagwell era in the history of...
Stros 2007 Season Review, Part Five
At the quarter pole of this season, I observed the following: Stros management, for all their declarations of trying to field a playoff contender, is really biding its time this season as Biggio trudges toward his 3,000th hit. There is...
The Stros' legacy of bad trades
This earlier post explored the possibility that Stros management got snookered in the trade for pitcher Jason Jennings because of possible undisclosed arm problems. After serving a stint on the disabled list with elbow inflammation earlier this season, Jennings has...
Who are the top all-time Stros hitters and pitchers?
The Chronicle's Brian McTaggert gets it right in naming the four best hitters in Stros history: Jeff Bagwell: The club's most prolific power hitter is the Astros' all-time leader in homers (449), RBIs (1,529) and walks (1,401). He won the...
The Nardelli paycheck
Last week, this post noted Henry G. Manne's op-ed regarding the myth of shareholder democracy being some sort of panacea to all sorts of corporate agency cost problems. As if on cue, Professor Manne's op-ed was followed by Home Depot's...
Stros buyout Bags' contract
The Stros made official yesterday what had been expected for the past couple years -- the club did not pick up the option year on injured slugger Jeff Bagwell's contract. As noted earlier here, Bags is easily the best player...
Stros 2006 Review, Part Ten: Season Recap and Report Card
With the League Championship Series matchups now set, it's time to put the Stros 2006 season to rest. At least the Stros' late season surge was fun while it lasted, but it ended in the same manner as too many...
The best and worst of the Stros
As the Stros play out the string of the 2006 season amidst the beginning of the football season, the Stros' lone slugger -- Lance Berkman -- quietly reached another milestone in his quest to become the best hitter in Stros...
Conn Gen fires back in the Bagwell disability claim lawsuit
This earlier post examined the initial exchange between the parties in the Houston Astros' lawsuit against Connecticut General Insurance Co. over the insurer's denial of the Stros' claim under the disability insurance contract that the Stros bought from the...
What might have been
This NY Times article checks in on Mets centerfielder, Carlos Beltran, who the Stros rented during their incredible second half drive to win a 2004 post-season berth and come within a game of their first World Series. Beltran had a...
The first salvo in the Bagwell disability claim lawsuit
Connecticut General Insurance Co. -- the lead insurer on the Stros' disability insurance policy on the best player in the history of the Houston Astros Baseball Club, Jeff Bagwell -- has fired the first salvo in the Stros' lawsuit against...
Richard Justice's revisionist thinking
Chronicle sports columnist Richard Justice wrote the following answer to a question in his blog recently (toward the end of the blog post): I love [disabled Stros slugger Jeff Bagwell] to death, but his big contract and him not wanting...
Lance Berkman is a funny guy
Amidst the Stros disappointing season, slugger Lance Berkman (42 RCAA/28 HR's/.403 OBA/.617 SLG/1.020 OPS) is having another outstanding season, slugging his way to production that is second only to the Cardinals' Albert Pujols in the National League. In last night's...
The Jason Grimsley Affair
This NY Times article reports on the criminal investigation into alleged illegal use of steroids and human growth hormone by journeyman Major League Baseball pitcher Jason Grimsley, who retired from the Arizona Diamondbacks yesterday after the media reported on the...
The Bagwell disability claim lawsuit
As noted earlier here, the Stros have initiated a lawsuit against Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. over the insurer's denial of the Stros' claim under the disability insurance policy on the best player in Stros franchise history, Jeff Bagwell. Previous...
Stros 2006 Review, Part One
This is my first periodic review or the Stros' season in my third straight year of blogging the club, and the first 10% of the season has has initially justified my generally rosy pre-season outlook. The club has burst out...
Batter up! Stros 2006 Season Preview
It's Opening Day today in Houston as the Stros take on the Marlins this afternoon at Minute Maid Park, so it's time for my annual preview of the Stros upcoming team and season (last season's preview is here). Let's first...
The risk of being a baseball icon
As noted earlier here, objective research does not support the current conventional wisdom that widespread steroid use in Major League Baseball is largely responsible for the home run records that were set over the past decade. Nevertheless, while continuing to...
Update on the Bagwell disability claim
The Chronicle's Stros beat writer, Jose de Jesus Ortiz, reports today that the insurer of the Stros disability insurance policy on slugger Jeff Bagwell has denied the Stros' claim that Bagwell's arthritic right shoulder has rendered him disabled under the...
Bags to start season on DL
As predicted by this earlier post, first baseman Jeff Bagwell -- the greatest player in the 46-year history of the Houston Astros franchise -- announced today that he would begin the 2007 season the disabled list and that his arthritic...
Five questions about the Stros
As Spring Training winds down, freelance writer and longtime Stros follower Bob Hulsey addresses five questions about the Stros upcoming season. Check it out. By the way, word from Florida is that Jeff Bagwell will either begin the season on...
More on the Bagwell muddle
Chronicle sportswriter Richard Justice continues in this column with his illogical broadsides on Stros owner Drayton McLane over whether the best player in Stros history -- Jeff Bagwell -- is disabled from playing Major League Baseball (previous posts here, here...
More muddled thinking on the Bagwell situation
The Chronicle's Richard Justice -- who ignited a remarkable amount of muddled thinking regarding the Stros' claim under the club's disability insurance policy on its star firstbaseman, Jeff Bagwell (related post here) -- continues with the nonsense in his column...
The Bagwell non-issue
The silliness about the Stros-Jeff Bagwell situation continues over at Richard Justice's blog: And the Drayton McLane-Jeff Bagwell dispute is a story with legs. What if the insurance claim is rejected, and Bagwell ends up on the field in spring...
What's exactly so "ugly" about the Bags-Stros situation?
Why do some media reporters make up disputes where none exist in connection with an already newsworthy story? In his most recent column, Chronicle columnist Richard Justice updates the status of Stros firstbaseman and future Hall-of-Famer, Jeff Bagwell. As regular...
My kind of Econoblog
The Wall Street Journal is running another chapter in its free Econoblog series, and the current installment pits the original Sports Economist Skip Sauer against Sabernomics' John-Charles Bradbury discussing the free agent market in Major League Baseball this winter. Among...
Comparing bad off-season deals
Inasmuch as Roger Clemens still has not let the Stros know whether he is going to play next season, the Stros have been twiddling their thumbs so far this off-season considering silly notions such as re-signing Brad Ausmus rather than...
Reflections on the 2005 World Series
Well, for Stros fans, the end of the 2005 World Series certainly did not turn out not to be as fulfilling as the ride to get there. Nevertheless, the past two days have been a ton of fun and filled...
Stros 2005 Review: 2005 NLCS Preview
So, after vanquishing the Braves for the second straight season in the National League Divisional Series, the Stros (89-73) face a 2005 rematch of the thrilling 2004 National League Championship Series against their arch-rival -- the St. Louis Cardinals (100-62)....
Stros 2005 Review: National League Division Series Preview
Didn't we just preview a series between these two teams? For the fifth time in less than a decade, the Stros and the Braves -- two of the most successful National League clubs during that era (see this timely Wall...
Stros 2005 Review: Stros enter the stretch run
After almost writing off the Stros' playoff chances a couple of weeks ago, a couple of future Hall of Famers turned in the type of remarkable performances that might just make the difference in pushing the Stros into the National...
John McMullen, R.I.P.
John McMullen -- who went from savior of the Houston Astros franchise to one of the more reviled owners in Houston professional sports history -- died yesterday at his home in Montclair, New Jersey. McMullen was 87 years old. McMullen...
Stros 2005 Review: It's not looking good for the Stros
Despite the best pitching season in the club's history, the Stros' (72-64) chronic lack of hitting is making it increasingly unlikely that the team will be able to win enough of their final 26 games to secure the National League...
Andy Pettitte
Pitcher Andy Pettitte is the subject of the fifth in the ongoing series about the key Stros players (previous posts here, here, here and here). Pettitte is the hometown boy (Deer Park High School in suburban east Houston area) who...
Stros 2005 Review: Player myths and the Stros' playoff chances
The bloom is officially off the Stros' (63-54) streak after the lowly Pirates (51-67) took two out of three from the Stros over the weekend, including the last two in which the Stros could not manage a run. Ouch! Thus,...
Stros 2005 Review: Checking in on the Stros
Since last checking in on the Stros (60-51), the club has cooled off a bit, losing four of their last seven games. However, the Stros come home for their longest homestand of the season on the uptick, as Jason Lane's...
Bidg and Berkman
In the Stros romp over the Phillies last night, Craig Biggio and Lance Berkman hit back-to-back home runs twice, once in the first inning and then again in the third. By the way, in case you hadn't noticed, the Stros...
Stros 2005 Review: Checking in on the Stros
When journeyman Eric Bruntlett (-5 RCAA/.262 OBP/.333 SLG./.595 OPS) jacks a three run yak in the 14th inning to pull out a Sunday afternoon win and finish off a 7-4 roadie, you know it's time to check in on the...
Stros 2005 Review: Checking in with the Stros at the halfway point
What a difference a year makes. Last year at this time, this post about the Stros reflected the overwhelming pessimism that surrounded the team -- the hitting was lousy and the pitching staff was reeling from the loss of Wade...
Checking in on the Stros
My son Cody and I attended the Stros' (33-40) Sunday afternoon game against the Rangers (38-35) and enjoyed the 10-inning 3-2 win behind the solid pitching of Andy Pettitte and the game-winning single of 3B Morgan Ensberg. The Stros have...
Stros 2005 Review: Critiquing the Stros
Although the Stros (20-32) just won their second series in a row, the club is clearly not a contender for a playoff spot this season. Thus, Houston Chronicle sportswriter and fellow blogger Richard Justice and I have been corresponding regarding...
Bags opts for shoulder surgery
In a last ditch effort to salvage another season or two of his career, longtime Stros 1B Jeff Bagwell has decided to undergo surgery on the arthritic right shoulder that has been deteriorating over the past several years. As noted...
Stros 2005 Review: Checking in on the Stros
Okay, so it appears that I was wrong in my prediction about the Stros this season. The Stros (12-19) are already 8 games behind the Cards in the National League Central race and struggling to stay out of last place...
Stros activate Berkman
The reeling Stros (11-16) get a nice boost today as the club's best hitter -- Lance Berkman -- is expected to play tonight in the Stros' game against the Braves (17-11) in Atlanta. Berkman has been rehabilitating his right ACL...
Stros 2005 Review: Stros sweep Reds and head out on the road
The Stros rode strong pitching from the Rocket, Brandon Backe, Roy O. and Brad Lidge over the weekend in sweeping the Reds, 3-2, 4-3, and 5-2. The Stros finish their first home stand of the season at 4-1, although the...
Batter up! Stros 2005 Review: Stros 2005 Preview
With Spring Training concluded and Opening Day on Tuesday approaching, it's time for my preview of the Stros and the upcoming Major League season. My first year of blogging coincided with last year's magical Stros season in which the club...
What a way to start spring training
This week started well yesterday when the mailman delivered the always eagerly awaited copy of the Baseball Prospectus, which is flat out the best annual baseball book on the market. So, in anticipation of reviewing this year's edition, I cruised...
Why some baseball teams are chronically bad
In this earlier post about the Stros failed effort to re-sign Carlos Beltran, I observed that sometimes the best deals for a ballclub turn out to be the ones that the club doesn't make. Despite the overpriced contracts that the...
Is it time for Drayton to sell the Stros?
Drayton McLane has done a pretty darn good job of running the Stros. During his tenure, the club has been in the top tier of performance among Major League teams and a consistent playoff participant or contender. Under his tutelage,...
The mismanagement of the Houston Rockets
Although I have followed basketball most of my life, I find it difficult to generate any enthusiasm for the Houston Rockets. It has not always been that way. I moved to Houston in 1972 at about the same time as...
Gerry Hunsicker resigns as the Stros' GM
Gerry Hunsicker -- the most successful general manager in the history of the Houston Astros -- resigned Monday after nine years as the club's general manager. Hunsicker's tenure as Stros GM coincided with the most successful decade in Stros' history....
Stros' first off-season moves
In two moves that surprised no one familiar with the Stros, the club announced that it was exercising its option on the contract of outfielder Craig Biggio and declining its option on second basemen Jeff Kent. As a result, the...
Cards top Stros to win NLCS
Scott Rolen hit a two out, two run yak in the sixth off of Roger Clemens to break a 2-2 tie and lead the Cardinals to a 5-2 win over the Stros in Game 7 of a thrilling 2004 National...
Cards force Game 7
Well, I think it's safe to say that Dan Miceli will not be pitching for the Stros tomorrow. Miceli served up a walk off gopher ball to Jim Edmonds in the 12th inning as the Cardinals edged the Stros 6-4...
Stros stun Cards to take NLCS lead
Brandon Backe pitched eight innings of one-hit, shutout ball and Jeff Kent hit a three run walkoff yak in the bottom of the ninth as the Stros beat the Cardinals 3-0 on Monday night at a deafening Juice Box to...
Stros pull even in NLCS
Carlos Beltran and Lance Berkman continued their incredible post-season hitting, and Brad Lidge and Dan Weaver provided clutch relief pitching as the Stros came back to edge the Cardinals 6-5 in a heart-pounding National League Championship Series thriller at a...
Stros 2004 Review: NLCS Series Preview
The Stros and the Cards tee it up tonight in Game 1 of the NLCS in St. Louis, and it you go by the statistics from the season to date, the Cards should win in a cakewalk. However, statistics are...
Stros finally conquer the Braves
Carlos Beltran hit two key yaks and then Bidg and Bags keyed a five run outburst in the seventh to put the game away as the Stros beat the Braves 12-3 in the fifth and deciding game of their National...
The sad life of Ken Caminiti ends
Former Stros third baseman Ken Caminiti, who was a unanimous pick for the 1996 National League MVP while playing with the Padres, died Sunday at the age of 41 of a heart attack in the Bronx. Caminiti is survived by...
Stros cruise by Braves
The Stros glided into Atlanta and easily took the first game of their National League Divisional Series with the Braves 9-3 behind Lance Berkman, Carlos Beltran, Jason Lane, and Brad Ausmus' yaks and the gutty pitching performance of Roger Clemens....
Stros 2004 Review: Stros-Braves Playoff Preview
The media is all aflutter with the fact that the Stros have never beaten the Braves in three previous playoffs (in 1997, 1999, and 2001), but that fact is irrelevant to the current series. Only five of the Stros' 25...
Stros get closer; Giants keep pace
Jeff Bagwell hit a massive two-run Crawford Street yak and the Stros overcame some jittery fielding with solid relief pitching as they remained on top of the NL Wild Card standings with a 4-2 victory over the Rockies on Friday...
Stros take Wild Card playoff lead
Bags singled in the go ahead run and Berkman doubled in Bags with the insurance run in the seventh inning as the Stros beat the Cards 6-4 on Wednesday night at a rollicking Juice Box. The win completed an unlikely...
Stros pull within a hair of Wild Card playoff lead
Jeff Bagwell drove in both of the Stros' runs, Brandon Backe and Chad Qualls set the table for Brad Lidge, and Lidge shut down the Cards in the ninth to lead the Stros to a 2-1 heart-pounding win over the...
Stros continue to tease
Raul Chavez improbably drove in a career-high five runs, Jason Lane went 3-for-4 with and scored twice, and Morgan Ensberg went 4-for-5 with two runs scored as the Stros hung on to their slim playoff hopes with an 11-7 win...
Giants trounce Stros
The Stros' chances for the Wild Card playoff spot were pushed to the brink of extinction Tuesday night as the Giants pounded the Stros decisively 9-2 in City by the Bay. The loss puts the Stros two games behind the...
Stros gain ground
Jeff Bagwell cranked a two run yak and drove in three runs as the Stros gained ground in the National League Wild Card playoff race by beating the Brew Crew 4-3 on Saturday nigth at the Juice Box. The win...
Stros hang tough
Roy O aggravated his sore ribcage but pitched seven strong innings, Mike Lamb hit a seventh inning go-ahead yak off of Stros-killer Ben Sheets, and Brad Lidge pitched two innings of brilliant relief to lead the Stros to a dramatic...
Stros streak hits 12 as they take the lead for the NL Wild Card
Roger Clemens won his 326th career win as the Stros cranked four first-inning yaks to beat the Cincinnati Reds 5-2 Wednesday afternoon and tie a club record with their 12th straight win. The Stros have now won 13 of their...
Stros continue incredible roll
Brandon Backe hit his first Major League yak and allowed only one run in seven innings to keep the Stros in the thick of the National League wild-card chase with an 11-5 rout of the Reds at the Juice Box...
Stros are officially unconscious
After creating the go ahead run in Saturday night's game, Mike Lamb went nuclear on the Pirates on Sunday afternoon at the Juice Box in leading the Stros to their ninth straight win, 10-5. The Stros have now won 11...
Stros remain smokin'
Jeff Bagwell, Carlos Beltran, Craig Biggio and Jose Vizcaino homered and the Rocket won his 325th career win as the Stros beat the Pirates in the first game of their weekend series at the Juice Box, 8-6. The Stros are...
Don't pinch the Stros, they might wake up
Brandon Backe hurled six shutout innings in only his third start as a starting pitcher and JK pummeled to yaks as the red hot Stros blasted the Reds in Cincy at the Great American Ballpark, 8-0. The win was the...
Thank you, Michael Barrett
What a difference a week makes. Last Sunday, Roy O nailed Michael Barrett and the Cubs pounded the Stros so badly that I wrote off the Stros playoff chances completely. Just to make sure, the Cubs pounded a listless Stros...
Stros continue hot streak
The Stros won their 10th game in their last 13 as they edged the Cubs on a windy Saturday afternoon at Wrigley, 7-6. You know things are going well when you score three runs on an infield grounder, and that's...
This is the way it was supposed to be
For one afternoon, the Stros shook off the weight of a disappointing season and hammered the cocky Cubs with five yaks in winning easily at Wrigley on Friday afternoon, 15-7. Things got a little chippy again between the Cubs' Michael...
Cubs continue treating Stros like the Stros treat the Phils
Brandon Backe came crashing back down to earth after his winning firt starting performance of last week as the Cubs cruised past the Stros 8-3 in the clubs' first game of a four game weekend series in Chitown. Backe gave...
Cubs crush Stros
The much anticipated pitching matchup between the Stros' Roy O and the Cubs' Kerry Wood deteriorated into an old-fashioned beanball contest as the Cubs pounded the Stros 11-6 on Sunday afternoon at the Juice Box. The shenanigans began in the...
Joe Sheehan on the Stros: "Time to say good-bye"
Joe Sheehan is one of the best writers at the incomparable baseball Baseball Prospectus. Yesterday he penned the following summary analysis on what has happened to the Stros this season and the prospects for the future: For the Astros, Roger...
Stros exit New York meekly
The Stros looked like a team that needed to catch a flight as they could muster just two singles against four Mets pitchers and lost on Thursday afternoon at Shea Stadium, 2-1. Andy Pettitte looked uncomfortable as he struggled with...
Expos rub Stros' noses in the dirt
The Expos won their first series on the road this season by taking advantage of the Stros' feckless offense in winning Sunday's matinee at the Juice Box against Roger Clemens, 5-2. There will be much knashing of the teeth in...
Everett hurt in Stros win
Stros shortstop Adam Everett suffered a broken bone in his left wrist as the Stros beat the Expos 4-0 Friday night behind Roy O's nifty five-hitter. Everett was hit by a pitch from Claudio Vargas in the fourth inning that...
Braves cruise over Stros
The Braves' John Thomson dominated the Stros' hitters in leading the Braves to a 5-4 victory Wednesday night at the Juice Box. Thomson threw just 79 pitches in seven innings and gave up two runs on only four singles. Meanwhile,...
Stros down Reds
Adam Everett's eighth-inning suicide squeeze drove in the go-ahead run and Roy O beat the Reds again as the Stros came from behind to win 7-5 in Cincy on Sunday afternoon. Morgan Ensberg had three RBIs for the Stros, including...
Stros-Reds' game suspended
Bags singled home the tying run during a deluge in the top of the sixth inning and a third rain delay forced the umpires finally to make dinner reservations and call a suspended game between the Stros and Reds on...
The Rocket rocks on
The Rocket pitched seven innings of five hit ball as the Stros continued their domination of the hapless DBacks by winning 6-1 in the third game of their four game series on Wednesday night at the Juice Box. As usual,...
Stros pound DBacks
Roy O pitched seven shutout innings and Adam Everett cranked two solo yaks as the Stros downed the Diamondbacks, 10-3 on Tuesday night at the Juice Box. Oswalt was masterful as he struck out five while giving up only two...
Stros pummel Brew Crew
Pete Munro pitched seven shutout innings and Mike Lamb drove in three runs with a pair of doubles to lead the Stros over the Brewers 9-1 on Sunday in the rubber game of their weekend series at the Juice Box....
Stros lose again
The Stros might as well be in "Groundhog Day." The story goes like this: Stros take lead. Stros blow lead. Stros lose. Munro pitched well and deserved to win. However, Weathers and Harville stunk in relief and gave up a...
Stros are getting monotonous
The Stros losing campaign continued Saturday afternoon as the Padres beat them at the Juice Box for the second game in a row, 7-4. The Stros are now 44-46 and have dropped four straight and eight of 10, falling two...
Stros sink to new low
The Stros officially hit oblivion on Sunday afternoon as they they hacked away with futility at Jose Lima's change up and lost the third of their four game series with the Dodgers, 7-4. Roy O started on three days rest...
Stros break latest three game skid
Roy O had his game face on and Jose Vizcaino did his best imitation of Lance Berkman as the Stros salvaged the final game of their series against the Padres, 5-1. Oswalt was steady and unyielding, giving up six hits,...
Stros lose again
The punchless Stros continued their quest to become an afterthought in the race for a playoff spot as they lost their second straight game to the Padres at Petco Park on Tuesday night, 5-3. The hapless Stros are now 42-41...
Stros back to reality
The best thing that can be said about Sunday afternoon's Stros-Rangers game is that I decided to go to Saturday night's game instead. The Rangers used Sunday's game for extra batting practice and pounded the Stros, 18-3. The Stros tried...
Stros bullpen blows another one
Sammy Sosa cranked a walk off yak on the first pitch from Brad Lidge in the bottom of the tenth Thursday afternoon to give the Cubs a 5-4 win over the Stros in the rubber game of their three game...
Stros fall to Cubs
Bidg's drop of a fly ball in the seventh resulted in two unearned Cub runs and a 7-5 Cub victory over the Stros in the first game of their key three game series at Wrigley. Neither Kirk Bullinger nor David...
Roy O and Beltran step up
Roy O pitched eight innings of shut out ball and Carlos Beltran scored the only run and made a spectacular catch to take away another as the Stros salvaged the third game of their weekend series with the Rangers, 1-0....
Stros win third in a row
The struggling Stros are showing signs of life thanks to the lowly Pirates as they reeled off their third win in a row at the Juice Box on Tuesday night, 5-4. Roy O pitched a gutty eight innings, giving up...
Angels down Stros
The Angels jumped on the Rocket for nine hits and five runs in just over four innings on Saturday night as the Angels beat the Stros in the second game of their weekend series at the Juice Box, 6-4. Bags...
You just never know
In their most improbable win of the season, the Stros scored a run in five different innings to beat the Brew Crew in the final game of the Stros marathon two week, 12 game road trip, 5-4. Playing without Lance...
Stros salvage one in St. Louis; updated statistical analysis of season to date
Roy O pitched six strong innings and Miceli, Lidge and Dotel shut the Cards down in the final three innings as the Stros escaped St. Louis with a 3-2 victory. The Stros are now off to Seattle for a three...
Stros beat Cards; season evaluation to date
Bags, Lance Berkman and Mike Lamb all cranked two-run dingers Sunday afternoon and Tim Redding pitched seven and a third shutout innings as the Stros won the final game of their weekend series with the Cardinals, 7-1. Redding (3-3) allowed...
Another milestone for Bags
Stros first baseman and future Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell played in his 2000th career game last night. Bags has been good for so long that it is easy to take him for granted. Although he is clearly in the...
Stros pound Brew Crew
The Astros hammered the Milwaukee Brewers this afternoon, 13-7, behind the pitching of Wade Miller and the hitting of Jeff Bagwell and Richard Hidalgo. Miller went 6 innings and gave up 2 runs on four hits, while Bags went nuclear,...
Batter up! Stros 2004 Review: Season Preview
The Astros (or "the Stros" as they're known locally) open the 2004 Major League Baseball season this evening at 6 p.m. in Minute Maid Park against the San Francisco Giants. Ace Roy Oswalt will pitch for the 'Stros and Kirk...
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