... season and that is why they found themselves in a hold against the Pirates. That hole is gone and now the Astros look to win the season series against the Pirates by winning ... National League Central for the season, they would be happy... well, the Astros screamed past the Cardinals and currently sit in 3rd ... numbers to make the other team seem inferior. Lineup Houston Astros @ Pittsburgh Pirates 09/20 ...

... last weekend, Bud Selig infamously made the Astros play two games at a "neutral site", Milwaukee's ... brilliant idea of taking out a full-page ad in the Houston Chronicle, and expressed "profound sorrow" for all that was lost ... season. I truly believe that, and I think 99.9 percent of our teammates believe that. But no, we're the Houston Astros." Looks like another tremendous moment for the Bud Selig ...

Saturday night: Houston Astros, here I come! I was actually staying at a hotel near the airport that night (since I had an early flight and didn't want to get up any earlier than I absolutely had ... it doesn't feel enclosed. Let me tell you, it was nice to not have to sit in the heat and humidity of Houston at the end of August for a baseball game! After "Take Me Out To The Ballgame" during the 7th ...

Major League Baseball announced tonight that two Houston Astros games against the Chicago Cubs will be moved to Milwaukee's Miller Park because of the impact of Hurricane Ike on the Houston area. The games will be played at 7:05 PM on Sunday ( ... 14) and 1:05 PM on Monday (Sept. 15).If necessary, the third game in the Astros-Cubs series would be played on Monday, Sept. 29 at Minute ...

The Houston Astros, whose hotness I wrote about in the posting immediately below, have now gone cold. In two games against the Cubs, the Astros were no-hit last night by Carlos Zambrano and then were held without a hit for six innings ... Padres without a hit for that span. On Sept. 25-27, 1981, the Astros held the Dodgers without a hit for 16 consecutive innings.

Even though the Houston Astros traveled over 1,000 miles to play a home game due to Hurricane Ike. Nothing could prepare them for the fury of Carlos Zambrano. Zambrano became the second pitcher in the majors this season to throw a no-hitter after the Chicago Cubs cruised to a 5-0 triumph over the Houston Astros on [...]