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This post at Baseball Musings talks about the Cardinals’ improved play of late and suggests they can make a run at the NL Central title, noting they are 7 1/2 games back right now and that is equal to the lead they nearly blew last year. While I’m always happy to remember how bad the [...]
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This is only indirectly related to the Astros, but the biggest soap opera of the season is over. Mark Buehrle re-signed with the Chicago White Sox, thereby removing one of the available starting pitchers from the trade market. Perhaps this makes Jason Jennings more valuable to a contending team.
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WSOP TV Schedule
The TV airings are happening much sooner after the actual events end than last year.
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The Astros cruise to an easy victory today, 8-3 and Roy Oswalt wins his 8th game of the year and 106th game of his career. That number is notable because it tied Roy with Nolan Ryan on the Astros all-time win list. J.R. Richard and Mike Scott are within easy range this year, at [...]
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Apple 2.0: Want a 3G iPhone for Christmas?
The latest bit of misinformation on this front comes from Robert Cringely, whose column for PBS this week is subtitled “Expect a 3G iPhone for Christmas.” “It is my understanding,” he writes, “that Apple and AT&T are planning a fall rollout for full 3G [...]
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MLB Trade Rumors: Rosenthal’s Latest: Andruw, Lidge, Gwynn Jr.
Brad Lidge is expected to remain an Astro. The main reason: Drayton McLane still doesn’t think his team is out of it. Most simulations a 2% chance or less of reaching the playoffs. If the Astros finally do acknowledge reality, they’d prefer [...]
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– Mets pitcher Dave Williams, July 8, 2007
Astros lead 8-0, bottom of the 4th.
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Topless bar battle about more than business | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle
Ivy Taylor imagines Houston without topless bars and gets a shiver down her back. Not just because she is a dancer, but because she’s also a mother of a child with special needs.
I read the first paragraph of this story from the Houston [...]
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