By Michael N

Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com on May 31, 2000.
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By Breedlove
Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com on May 30, 2000.

This is the first installment of a six part Breedlove series evaluating the 2000 Astros. Read the rest of this entry »

By David in Jackson
Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com on May 23, 2000.

It’s a tough time to be an Astros fan — especially in Jackson, Mississippi.

1. The team stinks.
2. Our much-hyped new stadium hosts an AL-style of ball we had disdained, and has been ridiculed as Coors South.
3. That hill is stupid and Roger Cedeno’s spleen is at risk every day.
4. The team’s AA affiliate plays in Austin, not Jackson’s Smith-Wills Stadium.
5. The Jackson DiamondKats, an expansion team in the Independent Texas-Louisiana League, got beat 16-4 the other night by a team from Greenville, Mississippi.

So what to do? Read the rest of this entry »

Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com.
First of all, let me inform everyone that ripping the owner of a teats-up Major League Baseball franchise is an amazing way to get people to come out of the woodwork and write responses.

Contrary to popular belief, no threats were forthcoming from Drayton’s office.  No harsh words were uttered. I stopped checking my brake lines after a couple of days.  So, no, the reason I haven’t written a column has nothing to do with being tied to train tracks of any sort.  I am very much alive and kicking. Read the rest of this entry »

By Michael N

Editor’s note – This article originally appeared on AstrosConnection.com on May 8, 2000.
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