Millsy embodies a lot of what’s right in baseball

From Boston.com

Red Sox manager Terry Francona chatted with the hosts of WEEI’s “The Dale and Holley Show” this morning, and much of the discussion focused on the departure of his good friend and longtime bench coach Brad Mills, who was named the manager of the Houston Astros yesterday. To read Francona’s comments in their entirety, [...]

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Let’s Look at Draft Picks Instead of the Cubs’ Game

The Cubs have scored 35 runs against the Astros in 4 days. That’s enough talk about that. Let’s look at something more encouraging.
Since my July 7 post, there have been 3 promotions (Wikoff, Martinez and Migl) and statistics have changed quite a bit. Brandon Wikoff has really [...]

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Astros Relief Core Comes Through in 11-6 Win

When your star pitcher goes out of the game with an injury in the second inning the day after an extra inning game, you figure that you are doomed.  That’s how I felt when Oswalt left the game with a lower back strain.  I figured there was no way [...]

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Ortiz Big Part of Astros’ Kerfuffle

Kerfuffle means disorder and the word was used in an article in the NYTimes.com today by Joe LaPointe.  I don’t think I have ever seen that word used in modern-day print, so I had to use it in the headline.  I also had to use it because it perfectly [...]

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Wounded NY Mets Come to Houston

New York is in Houston this weekend for a 3-game series and the Astros are seeing a team who is a shell of who they should be.  Of course, being a lifetime Astros fan, I have no problem with the Mets having problems winning.
I have not been a Mets [...]

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Astros Get Embarrassing Win

The final score should have been 10-1 in favor of the Astros.  Instead, it was 11-6 in favor of the Astros.  Yes, Houston won, but it was an embarrassing win for the bullpen.
Wandy was masterful going 7 innings and giving up one early homerun to Mark DeRosa.  He continued [...]

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Cards, Pujols Quiet at Minute Maid

The Astros were back home last night and facing the division leading St. Louis Cardinals.  This is an important series for Houston.  Before the game started, the Astros were 4 games out of first place.  With the 3-2 win behind a 3-run homer by Carlos Lee in the 4th, [...]

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Astros Start Second Half with a Burst

The Astros needed to make a statement when they came back from the All-Star break.  They needed the world to know that they were for real and they wanted to win the NL Central.  Unfortunately, they were going to have to make that statement against the team with the [...]

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End The Home Field Advantage

Keith Olbermann had an interesting post today about the All-Star Game. While I am not sure I agree with it completely, it is still an interesting take.
>> Read the article

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Back to the Astros’ Future

On July 12, MLB had its annual Futures Game showcasing some of the best prospects in baseball.  The Astros had two minor league players participating: Catcher Jason Castro and Pitcher Chia-Jen Lo.  While Castro is having a great season, Lo is not, but the Taiwanese pitcher was invited to [...]

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