The Sugar Land Skeeters always seemed to have a distinct Houston vibe, even though they were half an hour from Dowtown. They started from pretty much nothing without any major league affiliation, built a really cool ball field in a suburb of the sprawling city … Read More

If nothing else, we can say that 2021, for Major League Baseball, was a better year than 2020. The shortened season was over and there were far fewer COVID-related issues than expected. The Astros were certainly happy to sweep 2020 under the rug after a … Read More

On Wednesday night, Major League Baseball officially declared a lockout after the players’ union and MLB officials were unable to reach agreement on a new collective agreement before the former CBA expired. Most people around the league do not expect this to be a long … Read More

Major League Baseball’s 26-year-old peace at work ended at midnight on Wednesday, when what many feared was inevitable finally happened: the sport’s first lockout since 1990 became a reality. With the expiration of the collective agreement, the owners essentially closed baseball indefinitely, a negotiating strategy … Read More

For a team that came within two games of winning the World Series and reaching the American League Championship Series for a fifth consecutive season, the post-season prize pool has been eerily quiet for the Houston Astros. Unlike previous years, when we’ve seen MVP awards … Read More

Astros are finished for the year. The Rockets are in the middle of one of the worst losing streaks … since last season (ugh). And the Texans won a match, but that was only the second win of the season. It seems like what a … Read More

Analysts expect the pitcher to sign with a team that desperately needs to bolster its rotation, narrowing it down to either the Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Houston … Read More

HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – In their third World Series appearance in the last five seasons, the Houston Astros had high hopes of bringing home their second title. An inconsistent offense throughout the series, reappeared in Game 6 on Tuesday night, November 2 in Houston, when the … Read More

HOUSTON — With their fading World Series hopes dependent on a strong pitching performance against the Atlanta Braves, the Houston Astros announced Tuesday that they would start Nolan Ryan in Game 6 on 10,268 days of rest. “We try to be really careful not to … Read More

TV ratings are up for the World Series along with its return to its usual format of games in each team’s city. Atlanta’s 2-0 win over it visited Houston in Game 3 on Friday attracted a rating of 6.1, 16 share and 11,232,000 viewers on … Read More