Going to just do a quick overview of all the trades on the last 24 hours here:
Scott Posednik to the Dodgers for two minor leaguers
Benefit to the Royals- they make room for Alex Gordon to play every day in left field, with no one sharing the position, and they get two players who are further [...]

If you are a Houston Astros fan, you are in luck- though I bet the figures here can be applied to almost any park.
Since the Astros are so bad this year, the Houston Chronicle has set up a fun feature to get you to read their sports sections and I have to say it might [...]

Jeff Bagwell was named the Astros hitting coach yesterday after the team let go of Sean Berry.  It’s too bad that one of the strongest former Astros players is being called on now, with so little that he can do.  It’s just a marketing ploy- return a former popular player to the field so that [...]

How many of us have longed for the days when our favorite player stayed with our team for his entire career.  We talk about how free agency has killed what was once beautiful about this game.  We celebrate those rare few that manage to stay with their one team forever and ever.  I remember clearly [...]

Lance Berkman spoke with Jerome Solomon yesterday about in hypotheticals about the future of himself and the Astros.   Solomon does a great job of offering us the complete quotes, and not trying to make something more out of Berkman’s words than was there.  Simply put, the aging vet knows that the Astros organization best shot [...]

Yesterday was the Grand Opening of the Houston Urban Youth Academy in the Acres Home community.  The Youth Academy is modeled on one opened in Compton, CA four years ago, and provides free baseball and softball training as well as academic support to any student who wants it in the region.  Though the original academy [...]