Geoff Blum News

Are you ready to be a champion? You are? I hope you know that championships are expensive, and, uh, well, the local baseball team is in kind of a bind.

Healthy again, Roy Oswalt got right back to beating the Cincinnati Reds. Oswalt came off the disabled list and struck out five in the Houston Astros' 5-4 win over the Reds on Monday night.

The new owner of the Chicago Cubs didn't wait long to make a promise: Tom Ricketts said the Cubs are going to win the World Series.

The Astros have made a handful of moves through the first month of the off season.

With the Astros facing uncertainty on the left side of the infield next season, the club re-signed veteran infielder Geoff Blum on Friday to serve as both a stabilizing presence on the field and in the clubhouse.

Third baseman Geoff Blum #27 of the Houston Astros fields a slow roller down the third base line at Minute Maid Park on September 23, 2009 in Houston, Texas.

Geoff Blum remained with the Houston Astros, as the infielder signed a one-year contract worth $1.5 million Friday.

The Houston Astros announced today that the club has named Brad Arnsberg as pitching coach for the 2010 season.

Ed Wade has made what may be the defining move of his tenure as Astros' general manager.

Brian Moehler began the season pitching on a bum knee and ended it on a bum knee.

When Astros third baseman Aaron Boone arrived at his locker following the Astros' 4-0 loss to the Mets in the season finale Sunday, teammate Geoff Blum was standing there to present him with a token of appreciation.

I know that with the horror that is the Houston Texans, many of you have forgotten that the horror that is the Houston Astros is still playing games.

Houston Top 1st - UMPIRES: Home,Jeff Nelson; First, Bob Davidson; Second, Tim Tschida; Third, Mark Carlson; - Michael Bourn grounded out second to first.

St. Louis Top 1st - UMPIRES: Home,Tim Timmons; First, Mark Wegner; Second, Rick Reed; Third, Jeff Kellogg; - Skip Schumaker grounded out short to first.

Dave Clark could sense it. So could Geoff Blum. There was somewhat of a different aura inside the Astros' dugout Monday night, even if the end result proved to be more of the same.

You're going to call me a flip-flopper and you'd probably be right. But the more I watch Miguel Tejada and see what he brings to this team, the more I want to see him back in an Astros' uniform in 2010.

As expected as this firing has been, it almost goes without saying that Coop's fate isn't completely on him.

Got an email from a Brewers' fan I know at the beginning of the game. He said that Cooper gave an interview in which he said that Geoff Blum was angry that he wasn't playing against Suppan because he has great numbers but he "had" to play the young guys.

Box W:D.Herrera L:S.Gervacio S:F.Cordero HR: HOU- K.Matsui CIN- D.Stubbs Houston Top 1st - UMPIRES: Home,Tim Welke; First, Jim Reynolds; Second, Chad Fairchild; Third, Bill Welke; - Michael Bourn walked.

The Astros hit five home runs that traveled a combined 1,975 feet on Wednesday night at Great American Ball Park, but it was a wild pitch that dribbled about 90 feet away from home plate that wound up costing them the win.