Astros Trade for Ty Wigginton

They sent Dan Wheeler to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays for utility player Ty Wigginton. I guess Tim Purpura didn’t learn his lesson after making basically the same deal last year for Aubrey Huff. At least that only cost us 2 middling minor-leaguers.
My initial reaction and the reaction around most of the websites was that [...]

Carlos Lee on Fire

The Astros won today against the Padres behind excellent pitching from Oswalt and the bullpen and more offense from El Caballo. Since the All-Star game, and especially the past week he has been crushing the ball. I heard him interviewed after the game and he said that he got a little pull-happy in June, but [...]

Roger Clemens Ad for ATT Wireless

I’m not as big a fan of Clemens as I was say at this time last year, but I don’t hate him like a lot of people. Anyway, I just saw a commercial for ATT Wireless that featured him and his wife that cracked me up. It’s similar to the ones where they show two [...]

New Astros Blog

Some guy who covers the Astros for MLB.com has started a blog. (h/t MLB4U.com)

Going to the Dogs

Among the sentient members of the news-consuming public, few are likely unaware of the federal indictment of Micheal Vick for running a dog-fighting and gambling operation. The most salacious details of the indictment are the ones about how losing dogs were treated. Dogs were apparently electrocuted, drowned and beaten to death once they passed their [...]