The Houston Astros, based in Houston, Texas, participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the National League Central Division. The Astros were founded as the Houston Colt .45's in 1962.
HOUSTON — Astros pitcher Roy Oswalt has been advised to continue his core-strengthening exercises after undergoing an examination on his ailing back Thursday in Dallas. Oswalt, who was shut down after his Sept. 15 start in Cincinnati, sought a second opinion on his back from by Dr. Andrew Dossett at Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Dossett [...]
HOUSTON — The final 10 games of the regular season figure to be rather excruciating for the Astros' coaches, who were informed by general manager Ed Wade on Monday they were free to pursue other opportunities in case they weren't asked back for 2010. The Astros are beginning a search for a full-time manager after [...]
HOUSTON — The scene inside the Astros' clubhouse was understandably one of joy and relief. Not only had the Astros just snapped a season-long nine-game losing streak that gave interim manager Dave Clark his first win, they made sure the St. Louis Cardinals postponed their National League Central-clinching celebration for at least one more day [...]
HOUSTON — Interim manager Dave Clark is trying to make the most of the short time he has at the helm of the Astros the rest of the season, which is why he's making an effort to communicate with his players. Clark, who has six years of experience managing in the Minor Leagues, says communication [...]
HOUSTON — The last thing interim manager Dave Clark wants to see the Astros do over the final few days of the regular season is go through the motions. And there are some good reasons for them to do just that. Clark, who took over the reins when Cecil Cooper was dismissed on Monday, has [...]
HOUSTON — Calling it the craziest 24 hours he's experienced in all his years in baseball, Dave Clark admitted he still had puffy eyes from spending much of Monday night returning calls and texts messages from well-wishers. Clark said he heard from dozens of friends, former players and family members after he was named interim [...]
HOUSTON — Dave Clark could sense it. So could Geoff Blum. There was somewhat of a different aura inside the Astros' dugout Monday night, even if the end result proved to be more of the same. The St. Louis Cardinals spoiled Clark's managerial debut by taking advantage of an uncharacteristically poor home start by left-hander [...]
HOUSTON — Coming off a disheartening road trip in which they went 0-6 against division rivals Cincinnati and Milwaukee and played nothing short of lackluster baseball, the Astros decided they couldn't wait until the end of the season to make a managerial change. Cecil Cooper, who was on the job for barely two years, was [...]
MILWAUKEE — This time the Houston Astros couldn't say they were in the game almost to the end before some sort of weird twist cost them. This time they were behind right from the start. Astros starter Felipe Paulino gave up two first-inning home runs and three altogether as the Brewers went on to a [...]
MILWAUKEE — It was at the end of July when the Houston Astros rolled into St. Louis and manager Cecil Cooper was thinking his club had the ability to stay in the National League Central race with the Cardinals all the way to the end of the season. But here it is September, and the [...]