NEWSTALK 860 » major league baseball http://ksfa860.com Mon, 20 May 2013 22:21:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Texas Has a New Minor League Baseball Team http://ksfa860.com/texas-has-a-new-minor-league-baseball-team/ http://ksfa860.com/texas-has-a-new-minor-league-baseball-team/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:24:31 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=61839 Yes friends, there's a new minor league baseball team here in the Lone Star State. It's the Sugar Land Skeeters, in the Houston suburb of Sugar Land, where else.  Better yet, the Skeeters are kicking off their inaugural season tonight with a four game weekend series against the York Pennsylvania Revolution.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/say-it-aint-so-dont-change-the-astros-name/feed/ 0 via flickr/markhodgins Astros' New Owner Cleans House http://ksfa860.com/astros-new-owner-cleans-house/ http://ksfa860.com/astros-new-owner-cleans-house/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:26:51 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=29756 The Houston Astros' new owner, Jim Crane, has launched a breathtaking house cleaning.  Crane's makeover of the worst team in the major leagues started at the top, with the firings of team president Tal Smith and General Manager Ed Wade, and Crane says he's just getting started.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/astros-new-owner-cleans-house/feed/ 0 via flickr/M Glasgow Lawyer Finds Loophole to Keep Houston Astros in National League http://ksfa860.com/lawyer-finds-loophole-to-keep-houston-astros-in-national-league/ http://ksfa860.com/lawyer-finds-loophole-to-keep-houston-astros-in-national-league/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:53:13 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=27546 A Houston attorney says he has found a way to keep the Houston Astros in the National League.  He says moving to the American League could violate the team's stadium lease agreement with the Harris County/Houston Sports Authority.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/lawyer-finds-loophole-to-keep-houston-astros-in-national-league/feed/ 0 via flickr/markhodgins Houston Astros Getting New Owner and Will Move to the American League http://ksfa860.com/houston-astros-getting-new-owner-and-will-move-to-american-league/ http://ksfa860.com/houston-astros-getting-new-owner-and-will-move-to-american-league/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:52:50 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=27320 It's a done deal, or it will be Thursday when the Major League Baseball owners approve Drayton Mclane's sale of the Astros to a group of investors led by Houston businessman Jim Crane.

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]]> http://ksfa860.com/houston-astros-getting-new-owner-and-will-move-to-american-league/feed/ 0 via flickr/markhodgins Houston Astros Under New Ownership http://ksfa860.com/houston-astros-under-new-ownership/ http://ksfa860.com/houston-astros-under-new-ownership/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 13:28:50 +0000 Jim Bell http://ksfa860.com/?p=4659 Longtime owner Drayton  McClane is getting out of the baseball business. McClane has sold the Houston Astros to a group of investors for $680 million dollars.

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