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We found tickets to all 81 Astros home games in 2023. Some are cheap.
Dusty Baker's Houston Astros have 81 huge home games at Minute Maid Park over the course of the 2023 regular season. We found tickets for all of them.
Justin Verlander might be baseball's last 300-game winner — how the pitcher, the person and the sport got here
The game's evolution has made it harder than ever to rack up wins for a pitcher, which makes Justin Verlander's quest to win 300 all the more remarkable.
Pedro Martinez convinced Astros pitcher was 'drastically' tipping pitches in World Series
Lance McCullers is certain he was not tipping pitches. However, Hall of Famer Pedro Martinez — doing analysis for MLB Network — is convinced otherwise.
Bryce Harper tip sets off alarm bells of Astros pitch tipping: 'Mind boggling'
By the time Lance McCullers Jr. left the game with one out in the fifth inning Tuesday night, the righty had allowed five homers to the Phillies.
Phillies bury Astros in homer barrage for Game 3 win
In a display of brute force, the Phillies mashed five home runs in a 7-0 demolition of the Astros in Game 3 of the World Series.
Champagne bottle incident forces Astros to tweak plans against Yankees
The Astros pitcher said he was standing on the periphery of his team’s ALDS-clinching victory in Seattle last weekend, when somebody walking behind him contacted his right elbow with a...
MLB players rip owners, commish: 'Manfred gotta go'
Marcus Stroman had a simple reaction to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred’s announcement on Tuesday that he was canceling the first two series of the regular season due to the lack...
Astros starter has curious theory on Joe Kelly's taunt
The face Joe Kelly made was actually one of ... fear? The Dodgers reliever ignited a firestorm last month during a game against the Astros when he threw at both...
Hasty waiver moves can doom your fantasy baseball season
There is nothing more frustrating in fantasy baseball than when your team gets off to an ice-cold start. You spent countless hours researching players, analyzing statistics and studying the positions...
Astros starter takes MLB anger out on 's---ty' ESPN show
Lance McCullers was one of the major league pitchers displeased with the new rules to speed up pace of play. And watching coverage of it unfold on ESPN this morning...
Here's what other teams should learn from the Astros
The Astros finally got it right — and now every team will try to learn their secrets, then emulate them. It is natural. MLB, like all leagues, has a copycat...
Astros whip Dodgers in Game 7 to win first World Series
LOS ANGELES — Houston Strong, finally, in a year Space City desperately needed a lift from their beloved Astros. Yes, the Yankees had the Astros on the ropes in the...
The deepest and richest team in 2017 can make history
LOS ANGELES — The super team will not go down quietly. Welcome back to World Series Game 7, folks. Third visit in four years. On one side, you have the...
This is how Astros-Dodgers had to end
LOS ANGELES — Of course there will be a Game 7. How could there not be? The teams in the 113th World Series have been throwing and receiving haymakers at...
Dodgers topple Astros to force winner-take-all Game 7
LOS ANGELES — Hollywood endings are the best. Baseball has earned a Game 7. With a 3-1 victory over the Astros and Justin Verlander Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, the...
Brad Peacock gives the Astros just what they need
HOUSTON — Goose Gossage has to be loving this postseason and World Series. The three-inning-plus save is back in all its glory. A.J. Hinch followed the same script he followed...
Astros pound Darvish, Dodgers to take 2-1 World Series lead
HOUSTON — This is a city that needed a World Series win. Space City finally has lift-off in the toughest of years. Emotionally, the Astros had this one at hello...
Dodgers must answer the same question the 1998 Yankees did
HOUSTON — When you earn the right to cruise, you can go months without absorbing any real body blows. This is good for the flesh, but does the spirit get...
Astros pitcher mocks Yankees celebration during post-ALCS party
To the victor goes the spoils. And the ability to troll. The Astros stopped the Yankees postseason march Saturday night with a 4-0 victory in Game 7 of the American...
Yankees come up empty in Game 7 as season ends with a whimper
HOUSTON — In a clubhouse so quiet you heard the shower water hit the floor down the hall, the Yankees talked about next year shortly after this one ended in...