From Boston to Houston

Astros name new manager

By Sarah Rufca

Oct 27th, 2009 at 2:52 PM

After a month-long search since firing manager Cecil Cooper on September 21, the Astros today named Boston Red Sox bench manager Brad Mills as new team manager. According to the ...

Houston Astros Opening Day

Minute Maid Park

Apr 5th, 2010 at 6:05 PM

The Houston Astros open up their 45th anniversary season with one of the best pitching matchups you'll see all season. It's the Astros' Roy Oswalt vs. the San ...

The Houston Astros present "Faith and Family Night" featuring Jars of Clay

Minute Maid Park

Jul 31st, 2010 at 6:05 PM

Following the Astros game against the Milwaukee Brewers, "Faith and Family Night" features a concert by the Christian rock group, Jars of Clay, and an address by Lance Berkman. The ...

Headed to the showers

And...he's out! Astros fire Cooper

By Sarah Rufca

Sep 23rd, 2009 at 6:18 PM

After another disappointing season with no playoffs hopes in sight, the Astros have fired Cecil Cooper, the team's manager since August 2007. Richard Justice at the Chronicle argues persuasively ...

Houston Astros Memorial Day Game

Minute Maid Park

May 31st, 2010 at 1:05 PM

Baseball on Memorial Day afternoon makes for one of those All-American days that people wax poetic about. Of course, those people probably didn't have these 2010 Houston Astros on ...

Houston Astros vs. Philadelphia Phillies

Minute Maid Park

Apr 9th, 2010 - Apr 11th, 2010

The two-time defending National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies come to Minute Maid Park for their only visit this season, bringing plenty of star power with them. If you love the ...

Winless City

How bout them utility players! Baseball Tonight dismisses the Astros entire infield

By Chris Baldwin

Apr 15th, 2010 at 12:41 PM

The Houston Astros — still the only winless team in baseball, if you haven't heard — aren't being laughed at. They're being pitied. ESPN's Baseball Tonight analyst Tim ...

Minute Maid Park

A new baseball stadium with old-style charm

501 Crawford St.
Houston, TX 77002

BASEBALL'S RODEO REBEL

Astro Carlos Lee either really loves the rodeo, or really hates baseball

By Chris Baldwin

Mar 6th, 2010 at 11:24 PM

Chances are that if you took two days off from your job during an important planning conference to attend the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo — after having just returned from a ...

By the love of Roy

The worst team in baseball? The Houston Astros stake an early claim on calamity

By Chris Baldwin

Apr 10th, 2010 at 4:25 PM

It's hard to believe that the Houston Astros could be the worst team in all of baseball, but six days into the season, that's exactly where they find ...

Houston Astros vs. Texas Rangers

Minute Maid Park

Jun 18th, 2010 - Jun 20th, 2010

Area fans get the chance to see a first-place Texas baseball team. An exciting, Texas major league team. OK, it's the dreaded Texas Rangers, but this interleague series is ...

Tampa Bay Rays at the Houston Astros

Minute Maid Park

May 21st, 2010 - May 23rd, 2010

It's the first interleague weekend of the season in Major League Baseball and while this isn't one of the traditional eye-catching matchups (Fox drools for Mets-Yankees and Texans ...

"Pride in the Park" at Minute Maid Park

Minute Maid Park

Jul 10th, 2010 at 6:05 PM

She runs our city, but how is Mayor Annise Parker at pitching? See for yourself at "Pride in the Park" night where Parker throws the opening pitch. Join her and ...

He's in Charge?

Houston Astros manager Brad Mills completely out of the loop on Roy Oswalt's trade demand

By Chris Baldwin

May 22nd, 2010 at 1:27 AM

Roy Oswalt has officially requested to be traded from the floundering franchise that calls Minute Maid Park home. Of course, readers of CultureMap knew back on April 17 that the ...

A second win, break up those Astros!

Is Roy Oswalt winning his way out of Houston?

By Chris Baldwin

Apr 17th, 2010 at 5:29 PM

In a season where almost everything's (already) gone wrong, Roy Oswalt keeps proving he's still one of the few rights. Oswalt pushed the Houston Astros to their second ...

Southern Gentleman

Classy pitch: Roy Oswalt shows his character with full-page Houston thank you ad

By Jeremy C. Little

Aug 27th, 2010 at 5:44 PM

There are some professional athletes that many of us would love to punch in the groin if we could get away with it. Tiger Woods, LeBron James, and the hollow ...

Play Ball

Astros for sale? McLane enters negotiating window

By Sarah Rufca

Jan 12th, 2010 at 2:29 PM

Is there a new owner in store for the Astros? Drayton McLane, who has owned the Houston baseball team since 1993, reported Monday that he had entered into a 30-day ...

What doom & gloom?

Astros opening day: It's a tough job, but someone's gotta save the beer tokens

By Caroline Gallay

Apr 5th, 2010 at 5:10 PM

I can't reveal it because I was sworn to secrecy by a serious-lookin' fella named Lennie, but the password to St. Arnold's Brewery's wireless Internet is astoundingly ...

Best Tasting Lemonade Contest with Jeff Bagwell at the Children's Museum

Children's Museum of Houston

Apr 24th, 2010 at 10:00 AM

Do you like your lemonade sweet? A little tart? Sample 50 different combinations at the Children's Museum's Best Tasting Lemonade Contest as kids across the city run stands ...

It's down to Berkman

(Updated) I'll miss you, Roy Oswalt: With the good guy ace gone to Philly, the Astros will never be the same

By Sarah Rufca

Jul 29th, 2010 at 10:48 AM

Update, 3 p.m. - Roy Oswalt accepted the trade and waived his no-trade clause. The Houston Astros' ace is a Philadelphia Phillie. There's something about the Astros that inspires ...