Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com.
I’ll admit, it’s been quite a while since I’ve talked large amounts of smack towards an opponent. So it’s time to get back in practice.
For all the magical comebacks that the Reds have produced, for all the great work their bullpen does, for all the gold chains that Greg Vaughn wears, all the “aw-shucks” crap that Jack McKeon has been spouting, the Reds will not win the division.Read More
By Lemongello
Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com on July 30, 1999.
Piled in the backseat and cargo bay of a ’75 pea-green Grand Torino wagon, the entire roster of the Firebirds in full uniform traveled along the freeway toward the Astrodome. This was back in the days when dads drank beer while they drove and seatbelts were for sitting on or whacking some other kid in the jaw. I am sure the back bumper scraped the pavement a time or two from the weight in the wagon. Read More
Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com.
Nearly 20 years ago, in the fall of 1979 the Houston Astros made history. They signed a free agent who was on what was supposed to be the downside of his career by the name of Lynn Nolan Ryan. The Astros would make Ryan the first million dollar-a-year man in baseball. The team he was leaving claimed that any .500 pitcher could replace Ryan.Read More
Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com.
Well, I just knew it’d be a matter of time before one of the esteemed columnists around here and I disagreed about something, and I’d have laid money that it’d be Ray K.Read More
By Clint B.
Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com on July 13, 1999.
Well, here we are- the midway point of the 1999 season. Lots of surprises have filled the world of baseball this season. Who would have thought that the Diamondbacks, who finished with the majors’ second worst record in ’98, would be in contention in the N.L. West? Who would have ever imagined that Cincinnati, instead of say Chicago, would challenge the two-time defending N.L. Central champion Houston Astros? Not many. Right now, there are lots of questions surrounding the state of the Astros. Sure, they have played extremely well under the horrific circumstances, but have lacked some enthusiasm the past month, and have let the Reds creep into the race and into first place after the Fourth-of-the-July weekend series split with Cincy. Here are some of the things I will expect in major league baseball’s second half. Read More
Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com.
Halftime…go to your individual corners, talk to your cut man and get some water. In what looks to be a wild second half, fans and players are going to need all the rest they can get.
Last year, the Astros, Braves, Padres, Indians and Yankees were leading their divisions at the all star break; only the Angels blew a mid season lead. This year there are races aplenty, including the D-backs against the Giants, Reds and Astros, Braves and Mets, Yankees and Red Sox and Rangers and Oakland. All are with-in at least 5 games of one another and all teams have the potential to get better. So now is as good a time as any to make some predictions for the second half of the season. Read More
