With Jim Crane trying to finalize the purchase of the Houston Astros from current owner Drayton McLane, it seems the Dodgers situation is having an effect.  Basically, no other owner wants an owner who is going to be in the headlines for the wrong reasons.  Guess there is such thing as bad publicity after all.  [...]

The Astros will celebrate Houston’s Hispanic community and culture on Saturday, August 20 when the team hosts Los Astros Night at Minute Maid Park. Festivities begin with Hispanic Street Fest from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at KBR Plaza, adjacent to Union Station on Crawford Street.
Street Fest will feature traditional Latin food and beverages and [...]

While many of us were excited to hear that MLB and the MLB Player’s Association were considering adding another playoff team, and creating a play-in game of the the two wild cards in each division, the latest talk about realignment might be a different story.
Sure, it has been strange that one league has 14 teams [...]

Today’s Trivia contest is being sponsored by Fundex Games. Fundex makes a lot of wonderful games, but they also feature a free jigsaw puzzle club, and a lot of MLB licensed products. Today’s prize is very cool. Its Scrabble, but with a baseball theme. The tile racks represent teams, [...]

Two teams this week chose to do the right thing, versus acting purely out of the best interests of the business, and that is only fitting after yesterday’s Scout’s Honor piece on Billy Blitzer.
Astros area scout, Terry Pendergrass turned in a local pitcher who had been considered a prospect before becoming paralyzed by jumping in [...]