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Humber on his way to OKC

Astros County (Astros County) — According to Brian McTaggart , Phil Humber has cleared waivers after being designated for assignment. He has accepted his assignment to Oklahoma City and will join the team today in Sacramento.

13 hr 9 min ago

Astros Stats

Astros County ((Not Hank) Aaron) — I have very mixed feelings about the DFA's of Ankiel and Humber. One the one hand, they very clearly were not getting the job done, and it was becoming painfully obvious that they had no future on...

14 hr 19 min ago

Notes from the Reid Ryan Press Conference

Astros County (Astros County) — A few things to takeaway from this Reid Ryan Press Conference: *Reid Ryan: If we take care of the fans, the fans will take care of us. *Reid Ryan : Baseball is Jeff's department. I'm here...

14 hr 21 min ago

The Astros are buying the Hooks

Astros County (Astros County) — Fox26's Mark Berman just tweeted that Jim Crane has announced Reid Ryan as the new Team President of Business Operations. The 2nd half of his tweet was much more interesting: Astros owner...

14 hr 31 min ago

The Astros will get $77m in TV revenue this year

Astros County (Astros County) — Not too shabby, huh? Via FanGraphs ( and via Awful Announcing ), we find that the Astros will receive $77.93m in television revenue in 2013. This also tells us that the Astros have the largest...

15 hr 51 min ago

PreStros Morning Report: May 16

Astros County (Astros County) — Oklahoma City (24-15) The RedHawks were down 2-1 heading into the 7th inning, but erupted for four runs in the 7th and tacked on two more in the 9th for a 7-2 win over Sacramento. Brett...

19 hr 2 min ago

Is Phil Humber the most unlikely pitcher to ever throw a perfect game?

Astros County (Astros County) — Phil Humber took the mound at Safeco Field on April 21, 2012 for his second start of the season. In his previous start against Baltimore, he pitched well enough: 5.1IP, 6H/1ER, 7K:3BB. Coming...

1 day 12 hr ago
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Reaction to the Reid Ryan hiring

Astros County (Astros County) — This seems to be the Series Premiere of the new romantic comedy "Everybody Loves Reid Ryan." Here's some reaction for you: Jose de Jesus Ortiz : In last 15 hours, I've spoken with over a dozen...

1 day 14 hr ago

Mock Draft time!

Astros County (Astros County) — Two notable Mock Drafts have come out today, so let's see what they think the Astros will do three weeks from today. Keith Law : Insider-only, so we won't pull anything other than the mention...

1 day 16 hr ago
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Confirmed: Reid Ryan to become next Team President

Astros County (Astros County) — Jon Heyman is reporting that Reid Ryan will be the next Astros Team President. Heyman: Ryan was first reported by Houston TV broadcaster Marc Berman of FOX 26 Sports to be a "strong...

1 day 16 hr ago

So Reid Ryan, huh?

Astros County (Astros County) — News broke last night (while we were all collectively unavailable to put up any posts about it) that the Astros (1) are on the verge of naming George Postolos' successor, maybe even Friday, and...

1 day 19 hr ago

From the Office of the County Clerk: G41 - Astros @ Tigers

Astros County (Cockroach) — Dallas Keuchel (0-1, 4.43) vs Max Scherzer (5-0, 3.61) Holy crap, Brandon Barnes! As a bases-loaded blast by Miguel Cabrera soared through the air deep to right-center field, Houston hearts...

2 days ago
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Pre Stros Morning Report 5/14

Astros County (cardsjason) — AAA Oklahoma City (23-15) The Redhawks scored a run in the bottom of the 9th in a walk off win to defeat the Salt Lake Bees 3-2. The first Redhawk run came in the bottom of the 3rd. Austin...

2 days ago

Phil Rogers: Postolos resigned because of Crane

Astros County (Astros County) — Once they were BFFs. Hanging out and negotiating deals in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Now, the Chicago Tribune's Phil Rogers says that Postolos resigned out of frustration with Jim...

3 days ago
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Response to the response

Astros County (Astros County) — Okay, I felt as though this was worth a separate post after having received some comments along the lines of: It appears the Astros blogosphere got all worked up into a lather before they had...

3 days ago
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Update on the Astros Wives Organization and the HAWC gala

Astros County (Astros County) — We break our day-long radio silence temporarily to give you an update (all via Jose de Jesus Ortiz ) on the issues with the Astros Wives Organization and the Houston Area Women's Center. Note:...

3 days ago

Going Dark for HAWC

Astros County (Astros County) — Seven hours later, I'm still pretty pissed about the Astros Wives decision to cancel the fundraiser to benefit the Houston Area Women's Center. As a result, Astros County is joining other Astros...

3 days ago

I've just about had it

Astros County (Astros County) — There's not an easy way to consider the fact that maybe your favorite team (or at least the wives of your favorite team's players) is awful. And I don't mean "awful" in the sense of a win-loss...

4 days ago

From the Office of the County Clerk: G39 - Astros @ Tigers

Astros County (Cockroach) — Bud Norris (4-3, 3.40) vs Anibal Sanchez (3-3, 1.97) The Astros lost another ballgame tonight. Here's hoping they didn't just lose much more than that. Both Jose Altuve and Bud Norris left the...

4 days ago
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The Case for Extending Jose Altuve

Astros County (Astros County) — Perhaps you heard yesterday, but somewhere in the Astros latest loss to the Rangers, the Cubs locked up Anthony Rizzo to a 7-year/$41m deal. There are two club options in Years Eight and Nine...

4 days ago
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