He has been a contributor to Dave Campbell's Texas Football since 1980, serving as high school editor from 1984 through 2000 and as Managing Editor from 1990 through 2004.

Houston Astros starting pitcher Jose Urquidy (65) pitches during the first inning of an MLB baseball game at Minute Maid Park, Sunday, September 20, 2020, in Houston. Carlos Correa, caught in a spring war of words with fellow big leaguers after he pushed back against criticism of the Astros’ 2017 sign-stealing scheme, hit a go-ahead home run in the seventh inning and Houston got another excellent long relief outing to stifle the Twins. Framber will smile through it. 3 of 5 Brandon Puls, Houston Astros retail operations manager, looks for a foul ball among the fan cutouts in the stands during the third inning of an MLB baseball game at Minute Maid Park… Meanwhile, Cristian Javier followed in Framber Valdez’s Game 1 footsteps with three innings of hitless relief, keeping the Astros tied after reliever Luke Raley gave up a game-tying double to Nelson Cruz. You can’t tell when they’re rattled. Perhaps that’s the case. Twins' Rocco Baldelli discusses home plate umpire Manny Gonzalez, Carlos Correa turns Game 2 tide with homer, defense, Even in the postseason, Astros' Kyle Tucker continues to hit, Astros insider: Inside the pivotal pickoff of Byron Buxton, Video: Breaking down Astros' sweep of Twins. Our MLB reporters debate if they're fighting for their legacies this postseason. Houston Astros starting pitcher Jose Urquidy (65) pitches during the first inning of an MLB baseball game at Minute Maid Park, Sunday, September 20, 2020, in Houston. They just had to play ball," said manager Dusty Baker, who has managed five teams to the postseason. "I don’t think they had anything to prove. Are the Houston Astros fighting for their legacy this postseason? Astros manager Dusty Baker is expected to use Urquidy and righthander Cristian Javier in a potential “piggyback" scenario similar to his use of Zack Greinke and Framber Valdez in Houston’s 4-1 Game 1 win on Tuesday. In Game 1, it was Jose Altuve’s bases-loaded, ninth-inning walk pushing the decisive run home. The Twins’ tormentors traditionally are the New York Yankees, but this year, in winning the AL Central, they drew the No. Here you will find every bit of Astros memorabilia that you ever dreamed of, and we will give you a quick photo tour of our visit yesterday. The Astros Team Store is located inside the South lobby of Union Station, attached to the now Minute Maid Park (formerly known as Enron Field). The Twins, meanwhile, lost its 18th consecutive postseason game, a streak that extends to 2004, and exited in the opening round of the playoffs – including two wild-card game losses – for the eighth time since 2003. Check out the food listings, seat sections, specialty locations and more at Minute Maid Park. SportsPulse: The Houston Astros were the embarrassment of the league heading into the season after the team's cheating scandal was revealed. Yet while scorned, the Astros are still laden with stars, and they got just enough from them to subdue the Twins. They will have a rested Lance McCullers Jr. for Game 1 and a bullpen that only needed one inning - the ninth in Game 2, pitched by Ryan Pressley - from their usual cast of relievers. But in two games at Target Field, Houston showed it will be hard to eradicate, naysayers be damned. Gifted a berth only because a 16-team, pandemic-inspired workaround granted them a reprieve after a 29-31 regular season, the Astros pitched with precision and got just enough punch from their scandal-plagued stars to defeat the Minnesota Twins, 3-1, on Wednesday at Target Field, and sweep the best-of-three wild-card series. "I know a lot of people were mad, I know a lot of people didn’t want to see us here," says Correa, "but what are they going to say now? The Astros blew a 3-2 lead in losing the 2019 World Series to the Washington Nationals, and it seemed the sign-stealing scandal robbed them of their mojo. With November 2019 revelations of their 2017 sign-stealing scandal casting a pall over their lone World Series title and resulting in the firings of general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Today at Minute Maid Park Astros Gift Cards Fan Features Directions Concessions Gate Opening Times Parking Passes Lost and Found Honda Club Level Astros Team Store Sponsorship Ballpark Tours Special Events Reference Guide A-to-Z Guide In Game 2, Correa’s 12th career postseason home run snapped a 1-1 tie in the seventh. Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Perhaps that’s the case. Game 1 is Monday. And suddenly, the Astros are sitting pretty moving on to the ALDS, with a berth in a fourth consecutive AL Championship Series in the offing. "It just feels good to win and have these guys happy and feeling good about themselves," Baker said. "That’s how their personalities are. Javier won’t show any emotion, at all.". Righthander Jose Urquidy will get the Game 2 start for the Astros on Wednesday afternoon in a potentially clinching American League wild card series game against the Twins at Target Field. Greinke started the game but was lifted after four innings as the Astros went with Valdez for the game’s final five innings. 6 seed Astros, who looked dispirited in finishing the regular season with five losses in their final seven games. See all that Minute Maid Park has to offer! But they’re men, now," Baker said of Valdez and Javier. After the shutdown mandated by the novel coronavirus, they received just one start from ace Justin Verlander before he suffered an elbow injury that will sideline him into most of 2021. A native of Tyler, he is a graduate of John Tyler High School, Tyler Junior College and The University of Texas at Austin. And why not?
"We weren’t really sure they were going to be on the team. The MLB Ballpark app is your mobile companion when visiting your favorite Major League Baseball ballparks. The Astros blew a 3-2 lead in losing the 2019 World Series to the Washington Nationals, and it seemed the sign-stealing scandal robbed them of their mojo. Hinch, the Astros faced withering criticism all spring. Luis Arraez was thrown at the plate on a relay from Kyle Tucker to Correa to Martin Maldonado, and the Twins scarcely threatened after. David Barron reports on sports media, college football and Olympic sports for the Houston Chronicle. Through scandal and plague, injuries and insolence, the Houston Astros remain unstoppable in the American League playoffs. He joined the Houston Chronicle in 1990 after stints at the Dallas bureau of United Press International (1984-90), the Waco Tribune-Herald (1978-84) and the Tyler Morning Telegraph (1975-78). After a relatively joyous postgame dance party, Correa indicated the Astros are on a mission of sorts - to power through an all-road postseason to prove to naysayers their exploits aren't merely the product of their illegal sign-stealing at Minute Maid Park. They were shut out in 16 of 18 innings in this series, with Valdez giving the Astros five innings of two-hit, shutout relief in Game 2. We won a series on the road, in Minnesota, so what are they going to say now? The Astros advance to Dodger Stadium, site of their 2017 World Series triumph that is now cloaked in controversy, to play the winner of the White Sox-Athletics series in a neutral-site, best-of-five AL Division Series. Jose Berrios will start for the Twins in the noon start, which will air on ESPN2.



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