First Year -- 1962 -- the Colt .45s immediately set a major league record for fewest farts given when they just went and slapped cigarettes and guns on everything.
Both Astros pitchers who'll be on their first opening day roster Thursday were longshots to ever reach the majors. --- Framber Valdez signed at 21 for a $10,000 bonus Scouting Framber Valdez: The story behind the Astros'... --- Josh James was a 34th-round draft pick 'Like a chainsaw taking down a national forest': The...
Just watched my 58th Colt .45s/Astros Opening Day. What a great W. Verlander really shone after the shaky start; all runs scored on HRs, and NO GIDPs.
The Astros offense as a team: .291 AVG (2nd) .361 OBP (2nd) .484 SLG (2nd) The Astros have been the second best offense in baseball although it felt like they were struggling up until recently
9 in a row. Sweep the Yanks and now the 1st place Mariners. That is announcing our presence with authority! We gettin kinda big in the rear view mirror, mariners?