The team also traded relief pitcher Jose Valverde, who led the major leagues in saves in 2007 with 47, to the Houston Astros for reliever Chad Qualls, RHP Juan Gutiérrez and IF / OF Chris Burke.

Five teams have collected three sacrifice flies in an inning: the Chicago White Sox ( fifth inning, July 1, 1962 against the Cleveland Indians ); the New York Yankees twice ( fourth inning, June 29, 2000 against the Detroit Tigers and third inning, August 19, 2000 against the Anaheim Angels ); the New York Mets ( second inning, June 24, 2005 against the Yankees ); and the Houston Astros ( seventh inning, June 26, 2005 against the Texas Rangers ).

The MVP award has been given to a player on the losing team twice, in 1986 to Mike Scott of the Houston Astros and in 1987 to Jeff Leonard of the San Francisco Giants.

Previously, because of a players ' strike in 1981, a split-season format forced a divisional playoff series, in which the Montreal Expos won the Eastern Division series over the Philadelphia Phillies three games to two while the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Houston Astros three games to two in the Western Division.

Selig has made some decisions involving the Houston Astros that were unpopular with their supporters.

* Requiring the Houston Astros to move to the American League ( 2013 ), as a condition of the sale of the team to Jim Crane, resulting in an odd number of teams in each league and interleague play throughout the season

The White Sox last won the World Series in 2005 when they played the Houston Astros and swept them in four games.

In, he hired former Indian Mike Hargrove to manage and traded catcher Eddie Taubensee to the Houston Astros who, with a surplus of outfielders, were willing to part with Kenny Lofton.

Wood's signature performance was one-hitting the Houston Astros, a game in which he tied the major league record of 20 strikeouts in nine innings.

They led the Wild Card by 1. 5 games over San Francisco and Houston on September 25, and both of those teams lost that day, giving the Cubs a chance at increasing the lead to a commanding 2. 5 games with only eight games remaining in the season, but reliever LaTroy Hawkins blew a save to the Mets, and the Cubs lost the game in extra innings, a defeat that seemingly deflated the team, as they proceeded to drop 6 of their last 8 games as the Astros won the Wild Card.

Pitcher Darryl Kile ( who died in 2002 ) signed as a free agent in the offseason, struggled in Colorado, going 13 – 17 with a 5. 20 ERA — a far cry from his numbers the prior year as a member of the Houston Astros, when he went 19 – 7 with a 2. 57 ERA.

Two years earlier, Hampton had won 22 games and finished second in voting for the Cy Young Award as a member of the Houston Astros, while Neagle had been a 20-game winner in 1997 for the Atlanta Braves and had won fifteen games in 2000.

Major losses were all to free agency ( second baseman Kaz Matsui went to the Houston Astros and pitcher Josh Fogg went to the Cincinnati Reds ).

On May 24, Kazuo Matsui, former Rockies second baseman during the 2007 championship season, was resigned to the club following his unconditional release from the Houston Astros.

The Marlins defeated the Houston Astros 12 – 8 in their inaugural Spring Training game.

The first deal came days after the World Series, when the Marlins traded outfielder Moisés Alou to the Houston Astros for pitchers Oscar Hernandez and Manuel Barrios.

The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team located in Houston, Texas.

The Astros were established as the Houston Colt. 45s in.

Houston Astros logo with their former home, The Astrodome Stadium 1975 – 1993

The rumors of the Astros moving out of Houston started to crumble and the Astros were now able to compete in the free-agent market.

Now back in Houston with two MVP awards and two World Series rings, Morgan wanted to help make the Astros a pennant winner.

After the Astrodome was renovated for the primary benefit of the Houston Oilers, the Astros began to grow increasingly disenchanted with the facility.

However, the move was not approved by other National League owners, thus compelling the Astros to remain in Houston.

* Houston County Career Academy

* Fort Sam Houston News Leader ( Texas )

* 1990, Leader of the Year Award from the Houston Leadership Association

The current Republican Caucus Chairman is Larry Taylor of Friendswood and the current House Democratic Leader is Jessica Farrar of Houston.

In 2004, Gonzales was honored with the Exemplary Leader Award by the Houston American Leadership Forum.

After Lubbock is captured, and the state of Houston subsequently revived, Brigade Leader Jefferson Pinkard destroys records and gas chambers at Camp Determination before the Yankees break through.

# " To the Ends of the Earth " ( Joel Houston & Marty Sampson )-Worship Leader: Marty Sampson

# " My Best Friend " ( Joel Houston & Sampson )-Worship Leader: Marty Sampson, b. Darlene Zschech-5: 19

Ibish's op-ed columns have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, Los Angeles Times, Arab American News, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Newsday, Lexington ( Kentucky ) Herald Leader, San Diego Union-Tribune, Milwaukee Journal, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, Dallas Morning News, The Record, Sunday Gazette-Mail, Boston Globe, Houston Chronicle and The Nation.

# " Wonderful God " ( Ned Davies )-Worship Leader: Darlene Zschech, b. Joel Houston

Chris Bell, a former Congressman from Houston, filed an ethics complaint against former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay as a lame duck who had been defeated in his party's primary after the controversial mid-decade redistricting in the state.

As a writer, Sullivan's commentaries have appeared in publications around the state and nation, such as the Houston Chronicle, the Dallas Morning News, the Manchester Union Leader, the Augusta Chronicle, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Raleigh News & Observer, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, DoubleThink magazine and others, as well as being carried by the Scripps Howard News Service.

Self checkout machine at Home Depot store # 566 Pin Oak, Houston, Texas

She has composed over 3, 000 songs, the best known of which include " I Will Always Love You " ( a two-time U. S. country chart-topper for Parton, as well as an international pop hit for Whitney Houston ), " Jolene ", " Coat of Many Colors ", " 9 to 5 ", and " My Tennessee Mountain Home ".

Houston and the Mitchell County Development Foundation have recently undertaken promoting Spruce Pine as being the " Home of the Perfect Christmas Tree ," taken from Houston's work " The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree.

* The Guardian ( 2006 ) (" Home To Houston ")

Fort Sam Houston is known as the " Home of Army Medicine " and " Home of the Combat Medic.

The genealogical collection, originally housed in the Julia Ideson Building in Downtown Houston, moved to the William Clayton Home, a Georgian-style house built in 1917, in the Museum District in 1968.

* Holds Houston Astros single season records for Batting Average (. 368 in 1994 ), On-base percentage (. 454 in 1999 ), Slugging Percentage (. 750 in 1994 ), OPS ( 1. 201 in 1994 ), Runs ( 152 in 2000 ), Total Bases ( 363 in 2000 ), Home Runs ( 47 in 2000 ), Walks ( 149 in 1999 ), Times on Base ( 331 in 1999 ), Intentional Walks ( 27 in 1997 ) and At Bats per Home Run ( 10. 3 in 1994 )

* Clinching Division: September 28, 2010 Jay Bruce Home Run Vs. Houston Astros.

And in 2011, the LA Galaxy won their 2011 MLS Cup match in their home stadium ( Home Depot Center ), 1 – 0, over the Houston Dynamo.

Defensively, the old-timer lineup of the Eagles were: Duffy Lewis in left field, Cobb in center field, Texas native Tris Speaker in right field, Frank " Home Run " Baker at third base, Travis Jackson at shortstop, Charlie Gehringer at second base, manager Grimm at first base, Mickey Cochrane at catcher, and former Houston Buffaloes star pitcher Dizzy Dean on the mound.

* The song is played before Houston Texans home games when the announcer introduces the " Home Field Advantage: The best fans in the National Football League.

In addition, the performance can be found on the video: Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston, taped in Norfolk, Virginia on March 31, 1991.

This performance can be found on the video: Welcome Home Heroes with Whitney Houston ― Live in Concert.

The entrance of Challenge faces Home Depot, located in the city of Houston.