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Spring Dugz: Houston Astros

You mess with the fat old bull you get the fat old horns!Today the Dugout continues its Spring Training tradition and its center-of-the-Earth-like journey through the NL Central with the Houston Astros, a team so into media coverage that you'd almost forget they play baseball. I like to think that Clemens is just a fan of...

Dan Wheeler Is No Brad Lidge

Here's a predictable story for you: the Houston Astros took a two run lead into the ninth inning this afternoon and with Dan Wheeler taking over for Brad Lidge as closer they actually held on to it. Wheeler retired the Cubs in order in the ninth tonight to pick up his first save of the season and preserve the Astros' 5-3...

Phil Garner Pulls the Plug on Brad Lidge

It's still early ... but don't tell that to Phil Garner. The Astros skipper announced before Monday's series with the Cubs that Brad Lidge would not be closing games "for the foreseeable future." From MLB.com: "Brad will not be closing as a general rule," Garner said. "There may be a situation where it will be right to do...

On Deck: Bizarro World In The NL Central

The Fanhouse's look at the day's most intriguing matchupsPittsburgh Pirates (4-2) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (2-4)-1:35PM Est.It's only a week into the season, but seriously, how many of you thought the Pirates would be in first place and the Cardinals would be in last place at this point? Raise your hands. If you raised...

Albert Pujols FINALLY Homers

OK, so Albert Pujols homering probably isn't the biggest story to come from the Cardinals' 10-1 drubbing of the Astros today, but when a guy like Pujols goes almost 20 at-bats to start the season without a homer, people tend to notice. He did finally go yard today against Jason Jennings in the third inning to put the Cards...