Astros give tips, advice to local youngsters Brownsville Herald Broadcaster Alex Trevino, infielders Jose Altuve and Jimmy Paredes, and pitcher Fernando Rodriguez made several stops in the city as part of their Astros CAREavan tour. In their visit to Lucio Middle School, posters to welcome them filled the halls.
Chicago Cubs Signing of Kerry Wood Smacks of Pandering Bleacher Report Cubs fans universally love Kid K, but he's no longer the phenom who struck out 20 Houston Astros in just his fifth major league start. If you watched him pitch that day, you would have assumed the Hall of Fame would be polishing up a bust of him for ...
Ten possible new names for the Houston Astros Yahoo! Sports (blog) Crane seemed less certain that the Astros would be renamed, but he definitely was floating a trial balloon when reminiscing about the Colt .45s, the name of the franchise from its inaugural season in 1962 until 1965. The likes of Rusty Staub, ...
Boston Red Sox: 20 Reasons They'll Run Away with AL East Bleacher Report The 26-year-old Melancon racked up 20 saves in 25 chances for the struggling Astros in 2011. He ended up 8-4 with a 2.78 ERA in 71 appearances. He held opponents to a .234 batting average and struck out 66 batters while walking 26.
