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Butch Alsandor: May 2008 ArchivesI had a short visit with Michael Bourn in the clubhouse yesterday, before the Astros played their series finale vs the Cubs. I expected him to be a little down because of his struggles at the plate . Instead it was like talking to a man who just won the lottery. He was upbeat and poking fun at his buddies like Shawn Chacon. The first time young Michael Rockett saw a baseball game he was hooked. I know because his father Paul told me so. ...For some reason its easier for me to tolerate the Houston heat when I'm watching the Texans workout in it. You can't help but feel like a whimp if you whine about how hot it is, while these guys are running up and down the field. Of course, their level of compensation more than covers the hot and humidity issues. But even so, the players will do whatever it takes to stay as cool as possible and beat the heat. Take wide receiver David Anderson, who's entering his 3rd N.F.L. season out of Colorado State. Anderson has been a jack of all trades with the Texans. He's been a kickoff returner, a... As the Astros get set to open a weekend series on the road vs the Rangers, I thought it would be a great time to have a conversation with General Manager Ed Wade. Ed is the mastermind who pulled the trigger on deals that brought Miguel Tejada, Kaz Matsui, and Michael Bourn to Houston. His vision was to put together a hard hitting , high scoring team, and so far the Astros are delivering . But according to Wade , the one thing the Astros didn't count on was Lance Berkman becoming the reincarnation of Ted Williams. "We couldn't predict Lance doing his Ted Williams impersonation, everything we'v... After starting the first 41 games for the Astros, Miguel Tejada finally got a day off. It wasn't his idea. Astros skipper Cecil Cooper insisted. So Tejada, with his oakley's on took a seat in the dugout. You may have noticed the good folks at F.S.N. Houston have started playing Carribean music whenever Tejada is at the plate. Its all done in fun , and Miguel is from Santo Domingo . But that's not his favorite music. When he turns ... When I heard Annika was retiring from golf I thought, that's really sad. Don't get me wrong, the LPGA is not on my must see tv list. I really enjoy watching the big names like Ochoa, Creamer, Pressel, and Gulbis. But my d.v.r. is never full of women's golf . With that said, for me Annika is special and I know why. I was at Colonial when the 8-time LPGA Player of the Year took on the men, and actually beat some of them. The emotion and the energy surrounding her was incredible. We in the media are suppose to be beyond rooting for a specific player. But that day I became an Annika Sorenstam fan, a... Texans Assistant Coach Kyle Shanahan has been putting in a lot of time and effort preparing for his first mini-camp as the team's new offensive coordinator. But as always, timing is everything and Shanahan's job will keep him from Kyle and his sister attended the University of Texas with Ms. Bush . His sister was actually in the same sorority with the first daughter, and they were close friends . With Shanahan his job comes first, but he found some humor in the situation when I asked if he was attending the weddi... We've all heard of Senator John McCain's "straight talk" express . Well, Texans head coach Gary Kubiak also takes pride in telling it like it is . Kubiak wants his players to always know where they stand , and that was true this morning as the team opened a 3-day weekend mini-camp. During the first of two workouts on Friday, Texans Media Coordinator Zac Emmons asked me if I noticed anything different about the team's number 1 offensive. As I took a closer look it was clear as a bell. Number 76, the Texans no. 1 draft pick Duane Brown was in the starting lineup at left tackle. So much for bringing th... If the pitchers were throwing jellybeans, Lance Berkman would still be knocking For Lance its just one of those things you can't explain. Its like why is Brittany Spears on tv every day ? And do we really need a "Speed Racer" movie? The Rockets are providing their own economic stimulus package for surgeons at Memorial Hermann. Yao Ming is already rehabilitating his left foot, after surgery to repair a stress fracture . According to coach Rick Adelman , the 7 foot, 6 inch center is ahead of schedule and should be 100 percent for the Olympics this summer. Tracy McGrady underwent a pair of arthroscopic surgeries on Tuesday. Doctors operated on T-Mac's ailing shoulder |
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