Rob Hays

Nowadays, it’s de rigueur to dog on Drayton McLane. The long-time Astros owner is cheap and an overspender, too concerned with marketing and driving fans away with losing teams, leaves impact prospects to rot on the vine in the minors and won’t draft good players. I’m pretty sure he’s... continue reading on Houstonist

Or at least some new horses will be entering the stable.  On the heels of a horrible road trip last week, and a choke-job at home against the Rangers this weekend, the Astros moved decisively yesterday, calling up almost every promising player they had at Round Rock.  The new... continue reading on Houstonist

Now that all the appropriate (or inappropriate) public and private gestures have been made, it’s clear that the Astros and Roy Oswalt have decided to start seeing other people. An ace pitcher of Oswalt’s caliber doesn’t often make it to the trade market, so what should Ed Wade be looking... continue reading on Houstonist

Or, How To Pick The Right Basket In Which To Put Your Eggs Drive by a billboard advertising the 2010 Astros, and you're likely to see one of four players: Carlos Lee, Lance Berkman, Michael Bourn, or Hunter Pence. Even poorly-performing teams have to have marketing campaigns, and the... continue reading on Houstonist

Pop quiz, hot shot! It's the fourth inning, there's a runner on second base and no outs. You're at bat. What do you do? If you said, "get a hit", then you don't know the half of it, according to former Astros third baseman Morgan Ensberg. But not to worry,... continue reading on Houstonist