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Thud.

Tuesday night on a humid, rain-dampened diamond located in what used to be known as Joe Robbie Field, there was a dull almost inaudible noise. If you weren’t paying attention, you might have missed it. (Well you might have missed it if you somehow missed the 962 replays from differing angles in the constant and overwhelming effort of all-sports networks everywhere to bring you the “news” as they see it.) But as Craig Biggio’s weight came crashing down on his knee, there was a deep, but somehow quiet thud. And not just the thud of 190 pounds of hustle hitting the ground, but the thud of a season and an era coming to an end.

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Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com.

HOUSTON – In an interesting move described by a team official as, “the only thing that will make these damn fans happy,” Drayton McLane sold the Houston Astros to Santa Claus. The sale, which is pending approval by Major League Baseball, is expected to cost Claus in the neighborhood of 400 million dollars (US).Read More

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I talked the girlfriend into going to see the latest Bruckheimerarian epic known as “Gone in 60 Seconds” on Sunday night. It was the typical things-blow-up-I-eat-popcorn-by-the-bushel-girlfriend-who-can’t-sleep-through-my-snoring-falls-asleep-within-30-minutes mental masturbation that I have come to expect from the brain/wallet that brought us “Con-Air”, “Armageddon” and “Young Doctors in Love”. Read More