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Hello all,
Finally, show 16 is up for your listening pleasure. We did recorded this show live at the Flying Saucer on Sunday March 25th, 2007.
Show Notes
Segment 1: Spring Training...
Hello all,
We are pleased to announce that our next show, show 16 will be recorded live at The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium. We will be upstairs in the Pub of Love. Well plan on...
Hello,
The 2nd spring training 2007 show is up for your listening pleasure.
Show notes
Spring training weeks 1 and 2 wrap up and review.
How are the astros doing as a team?
How are...
Hello,
Show 15 is in the can (cann?) and the robot people are doing their magic on it as I write. It should be up sometime this evening. But if you really miss our voices (uh yeah!)...
Like most teams during Spring Training, the 2007 Astros is team with questions. How these questions are answer will determine if the Astros is a five hundred club or the National League...
Hello all,
Sorry about the delay. I thought I had the show up last night but I forgot to hit publishduh! Anyways, here it is show 14. This is our first show as part of farpoint media.
Show...
Hello all,
As promised here it is our 1st ever jointcast with Dennis of StarStruck. This is a special extended show that we did during the Astros Fanfest and College Classic.
As always,...
Howdy!
Well, our time at the Astros Fanfest is over, and Sketkar and I had a great time. Other than the fact the Cougars went 1-2 at the College Classic, which was running also at
Well, today at the College Classic being held at Minute Maid Park, Sketkar and myself were joined by Dennis from Starstruck. We had a great time as we watched the UH Cougars beat the...
Today, Houston City Council annonced that January 30, 2007 is Jeff Bagwell day! Happy Bagwell Day!
Show 12 is available.
Show notes:
Astros related - all the resigning and addition. Astros avoid arbritation again.
Baseball related - Barry Big Head in the news again. Former Astros...
The Astros avoided arbitration by signing the rest of the fold. Morgan Ensberg, Adam Everett and Jason Lane all signed one year deals. Ensberg struggled last season signed for 4.35...
The Astros avoided arbitration with Brad Lidge as well. They signed him to a one year deal for 5.3 million dollars. I still think that the new pitching coach Dave Wallace was hired...
Richard Hidalgo recently signed a minor league contract becoming a Houston Astro again. His best year was with the Astros back in 2000 when he hit .314, 44 homeruns and 122 RBIs.
The Astros avoided arbitration with Mike Lamb when he agreed to one year contract for 2.7 million. Im personally happy about this signing. I think Lamb is a valuable left-handed bat...
Howdy,
The Astros signed Mark Loretta for a one year deal for 2.5 million. I doubt he will be an every day starter, but he is very versatile and can play most infield postions. Nice...
Show 11 is on enjoy!
Show notes:
Guess whos back?
Show format changes - new voice mail number is 206-203-1695.
Cincinnati Reds Podcast-Red Hot Mama
Bagwell retires
Key Astros trades/additions...
The Astros signed Dave Wallace as our new Pitching Coach. Wallace spent the last four years with the Boston Red Sox. Tim Purpura said on Sportsradio610 that he feels that Wallace...
YES!
We are still here
In this podcast, We salute the St. Louis Cardinals for winning the World Series.
Tip our hats off to Jeff Bagwell. Here is a great article by Richard Justice...
If there ever was a game that summed up problems with our Houston Astros, it was yesterdays. Usually, we have come to expect our offense to become more catatonic than they normally...
I had a conversation with Dwight Silverman last Friday night. He’s a Computer Columnist for the Houston Chronicle as well as their Blog Guru. Thing to note, The Houston Chronicle won...
Sorry that we been gone soooooo long.
Astros at the All Star Break
Asking a whole lotta questions.
Lambo alone isnt bright enough for answers!
Morgan Ensberg and Chris Burke both are nursing injuries. Ensberg missed a games over the weekend with a stiff shoulder and Burke left yesterday after being plunked. Both injuries...
In the Houston Chronicle dated 6/12, there was a great line..
Never-Ending Story
Wrote Bud Geracie in the San Jose Mercury News:
Johnny Drennen is the Class A kid who homered off Roger...
A New York Newspaper reporting today that Roger Clemens has signed with the Astros on a rate of 3.3 Million a month.
Nothing official from the Astros Front Office.
Much Rejoicing in...
Yes, already, show 8 for week of May 7, 2006. Well, Im still running behind and since Show 7 was late to begin with I delayed releasing show 8 until now. Anyways, I hope to get back...
Hello and sorry about the long delay on show 7. I tried to have it ready by last tuesday but just didnt get the time to put it up (Im just lazy, lol). Anyways, heres show 7 week of...
I wanted to take a moment and give a special thanks to Rob Arra and Chad Parker with Everlasting Images. Rob took the awesome photgraph of the first World Series Game played at Minute...
Sorry, I forgot to post some links that were mentioned in Show 6 (46).
Information on the Win Share stat.
Hardball Times Win Share Article
For the Baseball Simulation, Out of the Park
Out...
Howdy Yall
Got a couple of interesting tidbits for ya!
One.
The show is running late and sorry. We did record it already, but have not had a chance to finish editing it. Some social...
Hello,
Sorry about the delay, I tried to get the show up last night but it didnt happen. Anyways, Show 6 is ready for your listening pleasure
Astrocast.net: Lambo and Sketkar
lambo@astrocast.net...
Another week, another show. Show 5 is ready for download
Show notes: will follow here soon.
sketkar
Ah, yes
Show 4, week of April 9th, 2006 is ready for download. As always, we welcome all comments, emails and voice messages.
Show notes:
Proud member of Fresh Media Works
Voice messages...
Saturday Night, 4/8/06, I attended an Astros game and sat in Section 216. I took a microphone with me and got some comments from those around me. I have to say, I met some really
Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams, authors of Game of Shadows, has a new article with their paper, San Francisco Chronicle about Bonds and Gary Sheffield, titled Judge Reports
Last Night Roy O pitched a great game! On our way to go 162-0!
Also, kudos to the fans at Minute Maid last night for given Bagwell a great ovation. YAY!
Well, here is a mini podcast...
Surfing through other astros sites, I ran across Plunk Biggio. Interesting site, you should check it out. The site is more than just chronicles of all the times Craig Biggio has been...
An insurance claim the Astros filed for earlier this year in January to recoup about 16 million of 17 million they owe Jeff Bagwell has been denied. Jeff Bagwell was put on the 15
Ah, finally
Show 2, week of March 26, 2006 is ready for download. As always, we welcome all comments, emails and now voice messages.
Show notes:
Site updates, technical upgrades (new...
We are working hard to get our 2nd show up for download. Its almost done, just need to remove all the bad words, . Other site news, Im working on a brand new site look (theme) and...
The 2006 MLB season opens exactly one week from today. Everyone excited?
We thought, wed play manager and go through what we think will be the pitching rotation, fielding lineup and...
The Book comes out tomorrow, and Bonds has filed a lawsuit against the publisher and the authors. This is going to be interesting if it goes to court.
I know I know.
I said on the podcast enough of Barry Bonds. I still feel that way, but I wanted to take a moment and mention an article I came across while reading todays paper. There...
Hello all,
Finally, we got show number 1 done and ready for everyone to listen. Wed like some feedback on what you think of course, everything from the quality/bitrate, to intro/outro...
It has come to our attention that two San Fran writers are coming up with a book talking about Barry Bonds. From what I understand is that the main topic is his Steroid use. From
The World Classic is about to start. I have mixed feelings on this subject. Why does the Netherlands field a team? Why are their Americans playing on the Netherlands team? Matter...
Howdy Y’all!
First of all, let me apologize to those who did comment on the site during the end of last season. We had technical and timing issues during the season that “hopefully”...
Jeff Bagwell has been one of my favorite players since coming up in his rookie year. I know most people know him as great power hitter over they years. God only knows how many homeruns...
