Showing posts with label 1980. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1980. Show all posts

Saturday, August 2, 2014

Saturday Morning Hot Links!

*The Astros are raising ticket prices for season ticket holders for the first time since 2008, though the family deals will remain at the same price

*Mike Foltynewicz's parents reacted to his call-up.

*George Springer shagged flies before last night's win over Toronto.

*Members of the 1980 Astros appeared on a panel at SABR 44 in Houston yesterday.

*The Marlins ended up as "Losers" according to the Washington Post.

*2011 29th Round pick Wallace Gonzalez will be a tight end for the University of Utah this season.

Monday, October 15, 2012

Weekend Link Dump

*Awful news out of the organization, as Carlos Corporan and his wife Stephanie lost their 16-month old son over the weekend.

It came out this past April that Corporan's son had heart trouble, and had at least two heart surgeries as a premature baby. So everyone take a moment to offer one up to the Corporan family.

*John Sickels takes a look at how the Cardinals were built- sixteen of the 25 men on their post-season roster were acquired through the draft.

*"The best thing that could have happened to Jimmy VanOstrand was getting cut by the lowly Houston Astros."

*The Corpus Christi Caller-Times' Lee Goddard remembers the 1980 NLCS.

*The Sunshine Kids Foundation celebrated its 30th anniversary.