Some basic mid-week questions after a feel-good win in the first game for what’s-that-new-manager’s-name? Should we circle the September 1 date on the calendar with a big red marker as the day things changed for the better for the Astros? What are the odds that the Tom Lawless–Adam Everett combination gets the Astros’ manager/bench coach job in 2015?…

Bo Porter probably won’t be grilling hot dogs and hamburgers with Jeff Luhnow today. Indeed, there was more than just smoke with the recent Porter-Luhnow rumblings. Porter has been fired by the Astros, less than two years into his tenure with the rebuilding organization. Bench coach Dave Trembley is also gone. Corpus Christi manager Tom…

It’s time now for another episode of your story: As the Astros’ Turn. Geez, can we all just talk some baseball? Whether or not Carter should be hitting third or fourth? Who should have pitched the ninth? Who should be called up Monday? Whether the team will non-tender this guy or extend that guy? The…

If I’m near the end of my data package on my phone that must mean the end of the month is drawing nigh. So September is just around the corner, which means September call-ups. Yes, it’s that time of year when young players get their end-of-the-season cup of coffee in the Major Leagues. But just…