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February, 17 2012
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| MLB approves sale of Astros; team to move to AL West in 2013 |
Thu Nov 17 12:55:32 2011 EST |
| Milwaukee, WI (Sports Network) - Major League Baseball has approved the sale of the Houston Astros to a group headed by local businessman Jim Crane, and also announced that the longtime National League franchise will move to the American League West for the 2013 season. Drayton McLane reached an agreement to sell the club to Crane in May for a reported $680 million. However, the decision to switch leagues may have lowered the sale price, as MLB.com reported the transaction to be $610 million. T |
| Angels name Servais assistant GM |
Fri Nov 4 19:19:27 2011 EST |
| learned a tremendous amount. I'm thrilled to join yet another top organization in the Angels, owner Arte Moreno, president John Carpino and general manager Jerry Dipoto." Servais, 44, spent 11 seasons in the major leagues as a catcher for the Houston Astros (1991-95, 2001), Chicago Cubs (1995-98) and San Francisco Giants (1999-2000). After retiring, he became a roving catching instructor for the Cubs before taking a job as a scout for the Colorado Rockies, where Dipoto was director of player per |
| Astros claim Bixler off waivers |
Thu Nov 3 14:02:10 2011 EST |
| Houston, TX (Sports Network) - The Houston Astros have claimed infielder Brian Bixler off waivers from the Washington Nationals. The 29-year-old Bixler hit .205 with a double, two triples and two RBI in 79 games for the Nationals in 2011. The versatile Bixler played all three outfield positions and three infield positions last season. In 147 career games with Pittsburgh (2008-09) and Washington (2011), Bixler has hit .187 with eight doubles, three triples and seven RBI. |
| Punchless Mets to move Citi Field walls in |
Mon Oct 31 14:26:15 2011 EST |
| ns in the National League this past season, the New York Mets will be moving the outfield walls at Citi Field closer to home plate. The Mets said Monday they will move in the walls in left and right field and lower the home run line to eight feet. They said the wall will be as much as 12 feet closer to home plate. Their 108 home runs this year beat only the San Diego Padres, Houston Astros and Pittsburgh Pirates among NL teams. They hit just 50 of the homers at Citi Field, which opened in 2009. |
| Former Angel Ricky Adams dies |
Fri Oct 28 20:28:03 2011 EST |
| Anaheim, CA (Sports Network) - Ricky Adams, a first-round draft pick of the Houston Astros in 1977 and a member of the Angels' 1982 Western Division championship club, passed away Friday in Rancho Cucamonga, CA following a lengthy bout with cancer. He was 52. Adams played 66 games as a utility infielder during the 1982 and 1983 campaigns. He spent 1985 with San Francisco before returning to the Angels farm system for his final professional season in 1987. All told, he played in 120 major league |
| Phillies decline options on Lidge, Oswalt |
Mon Oct 24 16:32:43 2011 EST |
| Philly seasons, he went 3-11 with a 3.73 ERA and 100 saves in 158 contests, adding a 1.77 ERA and 12 saves in 22 postseason trips to the mound. Oswalt came to the Quaker City thanks to a deal just prior to the trade deadline in 2010 from the Houston Astros. Following a 7-1 record and 1.74 ERA in 12 starts after his acquisition, the 34-year-old struggled to post a 9-10 mark with a 3.69 ERA in 23 starts in 2011. He never seemed to regain form after an early-season leave to tend to his family in h |
| MLB announces 2011 World Series umpires |
Tue Oct 18 13:56:20 2011 EST |
| k, NY (Sports Network) - Jerry Layne will serve as the crew chief for the 2011 World Series between the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals. Layne, a 23-year veteran, previously worked the 2005 World Series between the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros. This will be his 13th career postseason assignment. Joining Layne will be Gary Cederstrom, Ted Barrett, Greg Gibson, Ron Kulpa and Alfonso Marquez. Cederstrom was also part of the 2005 World Series crew, while Marquez worked the 2006 Fall Cl |
| Astros extend hitting, pitching coaches |
Tue Oct 11 11:37:25 2011 EST |
| Houston, TX (Sports Network) - The Houston Astros have agreed to terms on one- year contracts with hitting coach Mike Barnett and pitching coach Doug Brocail. Barnett was hired last November after serving as the Astros' minor league hitting coordinator from 2009-10. Brocail had served as interim pitching coach since June 14. The contracts mean the Astros' entire major league coaching staff will return in 2012. Following the 2010 season, third base coach Dave Clark, first base coach Bobby Meacha |
| Keys to winning the 2011 NLCS |
Sat Oct 8 13:43:29 2011 EST |
| dinals won six of the final seven matchups and swept the Brewers at Miller Park in late August. Only twice since the addition of the wild card have two teams from the National League Central met in the NLCS. It last happened in 2005, when the Houston Astros knocked the Cardinals out of the playoffs. With Philadelphia gone the Brewers, who set a franchise record by going 57-24 at home, will have home field advantage for this series. But it might not matter, as the Cardinals emerged victorious in |
| Oswalt tries to pitch Phils to NLCS in St. Louis |
Wed Oct 5 10:34:25 2011 EST |
| lies' "Phour Aces", Oswalt is no stranger to the big stage and owns a 5-1 mark with a 3.39 earned run average in 12 playoff appearances (10 starts). St. Louis is well aware of his big game reputation, as Oswalt clinched the NL pennant for the Houston Astros against the Cardinals back in 2005. "It's funny, six years later and I'm kind of in the same spot," said Oswalt, who went 9-10 with a 3.69 ERA in 23 starts this year. "I'm back in St. Louis and trying to move onto the next round." The 34-year |
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The NFL folded its development league
in Europe after 16 years Friday.
The decision was made so the league could put a stronger international focus
season games outside the United States.
The announcement came less than a week after the Hamburg Sea Devils beat the
28 in the World Bowl championship in Frankfurt before a
crowd of 48,125. Five of the league's six teams were based in Germany, while
the other was in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
season games outside the
United States. The first such game is October 28 in London, England between
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