As the Crowe Flies
By Will Martin Exactly twenty games remain in the 2013 season for the Houston Astros. In this their first season ever in the American League. Suffice to say this nucleus of youth and little payroll […]
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The Week That Was
By Will Martin Happy Labor Day from wet and rainy North Texas. From wherever you are spending this weekend I hope you have had fun with friends and family and the like. The good news […]
Ticketed for Jay-Walking
By Will Martin Sunday was spent switching off between the exhibition game with the Houston Texans playing the New Orleans Saints and the finale of a quick three game home set with our friends from […]
A Four Gone Conclusion
By Will Martin Over the course of a baseball season there will be many highs and lows, ebbs and flows, peaks and valleys, would’ves, could’ves, and should’ves. When you have no where else to go […]
It’s How You Finish!
By Will Martin No question about it. Baseball is a game of inches and of moments that can wipe away the collective effort of a team trying to do improve over a previous standard. Being […]
In Search of… Relief
By Will Martin Coming into the month of August a few objectives for the kids in H-town were successfully met as the trade deadline came and went. Bud Norris became an Oriole in exchange for […]
Just Shuffle and Deal
By Will Martin If there has been any team in Major League Baseball unafraid and uninhibited to get out of heavy debt in exchange for blue chip stock the last three years…can you say Houston […]
Blame It On The Neap Tide
By Will Martin How ironic that in a week that we celebrate an All-Star break, an anniversary moon landing, and the return to the diamond (to determine who shall be playoff worthy) the focus shall […]
A Moment with Bo Porter
By Will Martin Recently Bo Porter made his first visit to Arlington Texas as the Astros skipper. The very day the Astros arrived-July 5th-was a birthday for Skipper Bo. It would mark my first visit […]
It Only Took Three Months
By Will Martin Lo and Behold another Independence Day weekend comes to an end. With Sunday’s start start by Astros pitcher Erik Bedard one is reminded of the fickle fate of numbers on a day […]