Starting on the wrong foot. Houston Astros VS St Louis Cardinals MLB Tickets, Starting on the wrong foot. by Rox Girl on May 14, 2008 6:56 AM MDT You know the saying, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. This is from Tracy Ringolsby's wrap of last night's game: Francis was the victim of a three-run first inning, when the first four Arizona hitters singled, then three more runs in the second when, after back-to-back singles by Randy Johnson and Chris Young, left- handed-hitting Stephen Drew drove the first pitch he was thrown - a changeup.

Agent Spotlight: Bob McClaren When Bob McClaren crossed over in 2002 from being the Houston Astros? President of Business Operations to becoming a sports agent (he founded McClaren Sports, along with partner, old-college roommate and respected former Texas high school basketball coach Tommy Thomas, in May 2005) he was met with a rather ominous forecast.You?re going to the dark.side? his friend and now fellow-agent Barry Axelrod told him.[And] if you come over to the dark side, you may never be able to go back. McCl. Tickets.

Cain Solid Cain Solid by Jack Urban @ 2:09 am. Filed under 2008 Giants After another Barry Zito loss, the Giants rebounded with a 4-2 win over Houston. Matt Cain did a good job, but has still been somewhat inconsistent this year. The Giants need to take advantage of playing at home more than anybody else, it looks as if they might struggle on the road thoughout the season, and are 3-1 so far on this homestand. Cain was solid tonight, giving up just two runs over eight innings. One of the runs came. Houston Astros VS St Louis Cardinals Tickets.

Quality Defense, Pitching Spark Rangers To 5-2 Win Cheap Houston Astros VS St Louis Cardinals Tickets, Just nineteen days ago, the rapidly fading season of the utterly hapless Texas Rangers - who were coming off a disastrous 2-7 road trip that had sent their 2008 record plummeting to 7-16, placing them a full seven games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - appeared to be beyond saving. So, too, did Ron Washington's job. In fact, if we are to take Kevin Sherrington's Tuesday column in the Dallas Morning News as gospel, at least two high-ranking members.

Cain delivers on mound and with bat MLB, Matt Cain provided his own insurance run and limited Lance Berkman to only a base hit. Cain hit a solo home run and earned his first victory in three starts, and the San Francisco Giants snapped the Houston Astros' four-game winning streak 4-2 on Tuesday.

Houston Astros Mark World Food Crisis With All You Can Eat Thursdays The Houston Astros baseball team has introduced all you can eat Thursdays. On Thursday home games you can pay $35 and, in addition to a seat, get unlimited hot dogs, nachos, peanuts, popcorn, soda and water. Maybe this is being done in response to concern by the team that the rise in gas prices will hurt attendance this year. Another option the Astros could consider is allowing fans to bring their own food in the stadium. This would lower the cost of going to a game. Other teams allow out. Houston Astros VS St Louis Cardinals.

Nokia to Tackle Google, First in Mapping, Then Everywhere Nokia doesn't want you to think of its forthcoming mapping software for PCs as a Google Maps competitor. But press them, and Nokia executives will admit Google is the enemy. And with that particular enemy, there can be no compromise. At the Where 2.0 conference in Burlingame, Calif. today, Nokia showed an early, alpha version of Maps on Ovi. Ovi is Nokia's still-wet-around-the-ears social media site, where Nokia phone users will be able to share photos, video, music and other content from. Minute Maid Park.

Rangers Gameday: 5/13 Vs. SEA Tuesday, May 13th Game Preview Seattle Mariners (15-25) vs. Texas Rangers (19-21) Felix Hernandez (2-3, 3.42 ERA) vs. Kason Gabbard (1-0, 1.85 ERA) 7:05 PM CST in Arlington, Texas (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington) TV: FSN-HD | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 180 Mariners Rangers Pos. Player Pos. Player CF Ichiro Suzuki 2B Ian Kinsler 1B Miguel Cairo DH Frank Catalanotto 3B Adrian Beltre SS Michael Young LF Raul Ibanez CF Josh Hamilton 2B Jose Lopez RF David Murphy. Houston.

Farewell to Shea Stadium - The DVD Giveaway TX, We just concluded a tour of Citi Field, which continues to progress toward it's Opening Day, 2009 debut, and it is beautiful. Shea Stadium - well, let's just say it's not beautiful. But there have been moments which we're sure that any Mets fan will remember here. No, I don't mean pummeling a Phillies or Braves fan after too many beers. I mean, the games. The fine folks.&.E Home Video have put together a six-disk set of DVD's chronicling the six essential games played at Shea Stadium.

ESPN - Lance Berkman Stats, News, Photos - Houston Astros Minute Maid Park Tickets, Is Berkman hot, or what? For the month of May, he's batting .689, slugging 1.205, and the Astros are 9-1! (They also finished April 7-4, for a nifty 16-5 streak.) In one streak of 25 at-bats, Berkman had 19 hits (.760). Only two men have gotten 19 or more hits in 25 at bats in the past fifty years - and NONE in the AL. (The other National Leaguer was Pujols.).