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HOUSTON -- Nine years after he led the Astros to a surprising playoff run that ushered in the golden era of baseball in Houston, A.J. Hinch will return to Minute Maid Park to try to end the Astros’ season as the manager of the upstart Tigers.
“Baseball, I'll tell you,
8 days ago
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CLEVELAND -- Just two days after he had a pair of base hits to help Triple-A Sugar Land clinch the Pacific Coast League championship \-\- and participated in the requisite champagne celebration that followed -- Astros’ No. 5 prospect Zach Dezenzo on Friday made his case to be on Houston’s
11 days ago
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HOUSTON -- When the Astros took the field on defense to start the fourth inning Wednesday afternoon, veteran Alex Bregman stood alone at third base. The Minute Maid Park speakers blared “Wanna Be a Baller” by Lil’ Troy, one of his walk-up songs, while he was shown on the video
12 days ago
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HOUSTON -- The Astros’ march to the 2024 American League West title was unlike any of their previous division titles in the past decade. They were 10 games behind the first-place Mariners on June 18 and written off by many. The golden era of Astros baseball was slipping away.
We
14 days ago
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HOUSTON -- With his team one win from clinching its seventh AL West title in the last eight seasons, Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez was out of the starting lineup for the series opener against the Mariners on Monday because of a sprained right knee. After the game, Astros manager Joe
15 days ago
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HOUSTON -- The Astros ran the gamut of emotions for 3 hours and 6 minutes Sunday afternoon at Minute Maid Park. It began with concern when slugger Yordan Alvarez left with a knee injury in the third inning, shifted to despair when their bullpen was tagged for seven late runs
16 days ago
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HOUSTON -- The significance of the moment wasn’t lost on Justin Verlander, who patted his chest to acknowledge the Minute Maid Park crowd and pointed toward the sky before disappearing into the home dugout perhaps for the final time.
17 days ago
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SAN DIEGO -- Shoeless Joe? Nope, that's Shoeless Jose.
In a moment that punctuated a wild Tuesday night at Petco Park, Astros star second baseman Jose Altuve was ejected after he ripped off his cleat and his sock to plead his case to plate umpire Brennan Miller. Altuve argued that
21 days ago
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HOUSTON -- There are three weeks remaining in the regular season and the Astros are still fighting for the American League West title, so trying to map how Houston’s playoff rotation may shape up would be a bit premature. A lot could happen in the final 19 games before the
29 days ago
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HOUSTON -- There are three weeks remaining in the regular season and the Astros are still fighting for the American League West title, so trying to map how Houston’s playoff rotation may shape up would be a bit premature. A lot could happen in the final 19 games before the
about 1 month ago
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HOUSTON -- Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez was starting to wonder if he’d ever hit another home run at Minute Maid Park, especially after rocketing a ball that had a 109.6 mph exit velocity in the eighth inning of Thursday’s win over the Royals and watching it get caught in front
about 1 month ago