Brad Mills is managing like its 1985
After the second game of the season, Alex questioned Brad Mills’ decision to bring Rhiner Cruz out of the bullpen with two outs and nobody on in the ninth inning with a four-run lead. More recently…Read More
Houston Hopeful- Joe Thurston
Add Joe Thurstonto the list of left-handed hitting career minor leaguers signed by Ed Wade and having little or no chance of making the team. My brother from another mother is 32 years-old and played 124…Read More
Luhnow adds four more to Astros staff
The Astros have added four new faces to the organization. Zachary Levine reports that Joe Pettini will replace Al Pedrique as bench coach and Jeff Luhnow has hired three new special assistants. Pedrique…Read More
World Series: Cardinals prevail, Rangers epic fail
Tony LaRussa added yet another feather to his managerial cap by guiding his underdog Cardinals to a World Series victory over the Texas Rangers. St. Louis crashed the post-season party on the final day…Read More
Mama, Fat Elvis is Coming Home
Albert Pujols has had a stranglehold on the first base position in St. Louis for almost a decade so it will be nice to see some healthy competition at the position going into 2011. Pujols is certainly…Read More
Fun with Numbers
29: Houston’s league rank in OPS and SLG% 28: Houston’s league rank in Batting Average, OBP,…Read More



