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Thursday is an off day for the Astros. That gives you an opportunity to catch up on your reading. Here are a few interesting articles about the team. Read | Share

Astros President George Postolos calls it quits

In a shocking development Monday afternoon Astros President and CEO George Postolos abruptly resigned from his post. Postolos was a key player in Jim Crane’s 2011 purchase of the team and one of…Read More

Comcast debacle is widespread

Fans in Houston aren’t the only ones feeling the pinch of the Astros new RSN and its “unavailability”. With only 48 hours remaining until the Astros season opener, the network is still…Read More

Peter Gammons missed the boat

Last night esteemed baseball writer Peter Gammons fired off a series of tweets criticizing the Astros payroll strategy. Gammons went on to accuse the Astros of purposely tanking to secure high draft picks…Read More

My Frustrations with Jim Crane

I have never been a big fan of professional sports franchise owners striving to be in the limelight. I believe that we should only see an owner’s work on the field and very rarely in the media. Owners…Read More

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Jim Crane’s Report Card

It’s been over a year since longtime Astros owner Drayton McLane sold the team to a group of investors…Read More

Clemens’ latest statements contradict The Boss

The Roger Clemens comeback story just won’t go away. It’s like he’s Brett Favre and…Read More

The upcoming Clemens publicity stunt has me worried

So far, the Astros new ownership group and management team has been a breath of fresh air that most Astros’…Read More

Road back to the Astros goes through Sugar Land for Clemens

Where there is smoke, I think it’s safe to assume there is fire. So when I heard Roger Clemens…Read More

Minute Maid Park getting a makeover?

Tal’s Hill, Minute Maid Park’s ninety-foot wide obstacle that terrorizes outfielders and…Read More

Astros burn the house down and begin to rebuild it

The Astros are essentially an expansion team, lets just be real about it. Considering how the franchise…Read More

Astros To Replace Brad Mills at Seasons End

Late last night, Ken Rosenthal tweeted that the Astros will dismiss manager Brad Mills at seasons end.…Read More

Astros Sign Supplemental Pick Lance McCullers Jr.

As had been rumored all day, the Astros have indeed signed supplemental first round pick, Lance McCullers…Read More

Astros Remain Interested in Jorge Soler

Shortly after the Carlos Correa press conference yesterday, Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow was…Read More

End of Month State of the Team Report

It’s the last day of May and time for our second installment of the Astros “State of the…Read More

Rangers set blueprint in 4-1 win over the Astros

By no means am I ready to jump on the Rangers bandwagon or even get close to it. Just to make it clear,…Read More

Colt 45′s Gun Will Not be Removed

A few days ago, it was reported that Bud Selig and MLB had backed off of their dumb demand that the Astros…Read More

Crane “leaning heavily” toward a uniform change and fans will have input

A month ago when the sky was falling and the planet ready to explode thanks to Jim Crane pulling a great…Read More

Astros to pursue Jorge Soler

The closure of the Astros’ Venezuelan academy was the first tangible evidence that something was…Read More

Astros FanFest 2012: Talkin’ Baseball with the Front Office

The new Astros’ front office has done a very smart thing in interacting more and more with the…Read More