Roy Oswalt 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.

With the World Series underway and the hated Yankees back in the Fall Classic, fans will have to wait on word concerning MLB news and the Houston Astros.

Brad Mills is the new manager of the Houston Astros. The 52-year-old Mills has been Terry Francona's bench coach in Boston for the past six seasons.

At last count, fans from 15 states and four foreign countries had signed the "guestbook". It's a Free Blog Weekend.

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Bob Melvin and Manny Acta, two men who were fired as managers in the first half of last season, interviewed with the Astros on Friday for their full-time managerial position with hopes of leading the way in Houston next year.

Upon hearing the Astros were in search of a full-time manager with plenty of experience, Phil Garner last week called president of baseball operations Tal Smith to give an endorsement of Bob Melvin, who had coached under Garner in Milwaukee.

Bob Melvin sees the Houston Astros being in better shape than the Diamondbacks were when he became their manager in November 2004.

Ned Yost says he knows how to turn around the Houston Astros . The former Milwaukee Brewers manager met with the team on Thursday, the third candidate to interview to become Houston's skipper next season.

Former Houston Astros manager Phil Garner confirmed Monday afternoon via a phone interview that he's one of 10 candidates for the Astros' managerial job, and will interview for the position on Saturday.

Mercifully, the Houston Astros 2009 season is over. 74 wins, 88 losses; a very disappointing year in the National League Central.

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

Astros general manager Ed Wade will have plenty on his plate this offseason, with the No.

Originally published October 5, 2009 at 11:03 a.m., updated October 5, 2009 at 4:54 p.m. HOUSTON a ' The Houston Astros' offseason rebuilding effort begins with finding a new manager.

Put this season in a bag and toss it far, far away. The Astros stunk up the place this year.

Major League Baseball in late September might be a warm-up act for the Fall Classic, but it isn't without its own theatrics on and off the field.

The Houston Astros, after 157 games this season, are 73-84, in fifth place in the NL Central, and 17 games back of the first place St.

Do you remember when the Astros used to be fun to watch? Yeah, you have to go back a while.

Houston Astros: I Know It's Difficult, but Let's Focus on the Positives... Houston, we have a problem.