With the Houston Astros moving from the National League to the American League, owner Jim Crane is toying with a name change...or is he? The Dallas Morning News reports that Crane, regarding a potential name update for his team, said: "We're going to study the information both from the fans and from all sorts of marketing people,” but also volunteered that, “I'm not saying we're going to change. We haven't made the decision yet whether we're going to change.” more ›

The Houston Astros showed their appreciation for Round Rock Express manager Jackie Moore, calling the 50-year veteran up to the major leagues to serve as bench coach for the rest of the 2007 season. The 68-year-old Moore has been in professional baseball for half a century, starting as a catcher and outfielder in the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox organizations. He played one season in the majors, spending the majority of the 1965... more ›

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Poor New Orleans Zephyrs. The team probably hoped to play a solid game tonight, then head out for some victory beers afterwards. Then the pitching rotation is announced, and oh, snap! The Round Rock Express will utilize the services of seven-time Cy Young winner Roger Clemens to obliterate their opponents tonight at the Dell Diamond. The traditional Friday night fireworks at the Diamond should be a fitting cap to a rare night with a legend in a small ballpark. more ›

We have been told by our top-secret baseball sources that Roger Clemens will be returning to the Houston Astros this year. The date has not been set and the announcement has not yet been made official, but you can take it to the bank. If we're wrong, drinks on us. more ›

"Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack..." The sports gods are smiling on us today. As we wrap up March Madness tonight with the men's basketball championship, we also celebrate the unofficial national holiday known as Opening Day for Major League Baseball. We Seamheads are in wide-eyed excitement in anticipation of six months of the best sport in the world. Lo siento, futbol. And we are even more excited than usual, as our beloved... more ›

Yes, Roger Clemens helped raise fan interest and was a big part of the greatest season in team history (at least until he ran out of gas and was a non-factor late in the season). And for that he should be thanked, but Roger Clemens and his unscrupulous, egomaniacal agent, Randy Hendricks, are up to their old tricks, namely: holding the Houston Astros over a barrel with regard to next season. At baseball’s winter... more ›

The excellent sports columnist for the Houston Chronicle, Richard Justice, wrote a great piece today that shines a light on what is right with Longhorn baseball and what is wrong with Houston Astros baseball. The column details how the Astros had a chance two years ago to sign now national champion Drew Stubbs from Atlanta, Texas. Stubbs and his father asked for a specific contract, and not an unreasonable one at that, from any... more ›

The Houston Astros fought back from the middle of the pack last summer to finish with their best August-September run in franchise history and make a run deep into the National League playoffs, inspiring the Bayou City during the dog days of summer. Roger Clemens, after years of grandstanding and hemming and hawing about wanting to be closer to family, had finally come home and, on his way to his seventh Cy Young Award, sold out Minute Maid Park practically each time he took the mound. more ›

If you're a Houston Astros fan, you're probably wallowing in depression right now over the team's miserable season thus far. But up to the north, just beyond the reaches of I-35, there waits a small glimmer of hope. Well, he's actually a rather large glimmer of hope when you get down to it. more ›