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Brewers Series Preview

Greg Thurston — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:32:49 +0000

After a disastrous homestand that ended with a lone victory the Astros head back out on the road. First stop: Milwaukee. The league’s worst road team (10-41 away from Minute Maid Park) will open a three-game series against the Brewers Monday at 7:10 CDT. Bud Norris goes to the mound for the Astros seeking to [...]

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Astros Catcher Situation

Brian Hamilton — Sat, 26 May 2012 14:35:44 +0000

When Ed Wade was hired as Astros GM in late 2007, the first thing he did was trade closer, Brad Lidge to the Philadelphia Phillies for Michael Bourn, Geoff Geary and Michael Costanzo. One of the next moves he made, was to completely revamp our scouting department. This move was a very unsung move and one that was long overdue. He brought in Bobby Heck as our director of amateur scouting and a year later Heck was promoted to assistant General Manager/Director of Scouting. Before joining the Astros, Heck served for eight seasons as the Milwaukee Brewers Eastern Scouting Supervisor, and was involved with the drafts of 2000-2007 which included drafting some of the Brewers core players such as Rickie Weeks, Corey Hart and former Brewer, current Detroit Tiger, Prince Fielder. Needless to say, Heck has an eye for talent and a successful track record. His first draft pick as scouting director for the Astros came in 2008 as the Astros selected Jason Castro, a catcher from Stanford, with the tenth overall pick in the first round.

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Hart, Weeks power Brewers past Astros

Greg Thurston — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:42:25 +0000

Jose Altuve‘s second inning homer gave Houston the early lead but things turned ugly for the Astros tonight in the bottom of the sixth inning. Bud Norris sailed through the first four innings and pitched out of some trouble in the fifth. The game was tied 2-2 entering the bottom of the sixth and that’s when Bud ran out of gas. Corey Hart and Rickie Weeks took Norris deep in a five run inning that blew the game open for the Brewers. Weeks exacted a bit of revenge after Norris plunked him with his first pitch of the game. Norris appeared to be retaliating for Mat Gamel’s takeout of Jason Castro at home plate during last night’s game.

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