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Astros’ Dusty Baker retires after 26 seasons as MLB manager

Baker, who managed the Cubs from 2003 to 2006, believed all along that he would retire after the season, even if the Astros won another World Series title. The stress of the season and other variable factors only validated his decision.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dusty Baker tells newspaper he is retiring as manager of the Houston Astros

Dusty Baker has retired as manager of the Houston Astros, ending an illustrious 26-year career as a big league skipper highlighted by a World Series win last season

The Independent UK

Cy Young winner Justin Verlander rejoining Astros

The Astros are shipping outfield prospects Drew Gilbert and Ryan Clifford to the Mets. Astros owner Jim Crane said the Mets will send roughly $54 million to Houston to help pay off Verlander’s contract.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Houston Open officially returns to PGA Tour’s spring schedule, signs new sponsor in Texas Children’s

Just months after the Austin event was axed, a fellow Texas tournament has slid back into the spring schedule.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Ben Frederickson: Sorry, Houston Astros apologists, not all sign stealing is the same

It’s been more than three and a half years since the world found out St. Louis native Jim Crane’s baseball team was using a center-field camera and trash-can-banging relay system during the 2017 and 2018 seasons to tell hitters which pitches were on the way to the plate, and those…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Mattress Mack (of all people) opposes the Texas sports betting legalization bill supported by Jerry Jones

Texas has an unlikely opponent in the form of the state's most notorious bettor.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Astros hire Braves scouting director Dana Brown as general manager. How big is the loss?

For outsiders like us – yes, even those who cover the sport – it can be difficult to correctly discern the talent and impact of a certain member of a front office. Tons of factors, and many that we don’t see, go into those jobs.

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Sources: Houston Open making power play for spring date on 2024 PGA Tour schedule

Golfweek has learned from multiple sources that the Houston stop is eyeing a return to the main schedule.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Jeff Luhnow’s Next Act: Soccer

The scandal-marked former Astros GM says he has nothing to apologize for.

Sports Illustrated

White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf issues statement on Jose Abreu

“It was my fervent hope that José would never wear another uniform, as I told him many times throughout the years. Unfortunately, hope is not always translated into reality,” Reinsdorf said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rockets welcome Astros, World Series MVP Jeremy Pena to Toyota Center

Monday’s loudest cheers at Toyota Center went to World Series MVP Jeremy Pena, who was among several champion Astros showing their support for the Rockets.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Report: Astros GM James Click Declines Team’s Contract Offer

He had been with the team for the past three seasons.

Sports Illustrated

Astros Announce Dusty Baker Will Return As Manager in 2023

He is fresh off of his first World Series victory as manager.

Sports Illustrated

Astros Owner Should Be Ashamed of His Carelessness

Jim Crane has shown a shocking amount of disrespect to two of the men who oversaw Houston’s return to the top.

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The Astros Are World Series Champions—No Asterisk Needed

Houston and Dusty Baker have won their title, thoroughly and convincingly.

Los Angeles Times

Bill Shaikin: Forgive and forget? Astros should go into World Series embracing their villainy

HOUSTON — This is not just about the Dodgers. David Robertson never pitched for the Dodgers.

Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: Lovable Astros? They'll always be the team that cheated the Dodgers out of the World Series title.

Those suddenly lovable Houston Astros have become the universally respected favorites to win the upcoming World Series.

Sports Illustrated

Jeff Luhnow’s Next Act: Soccer

The scandal-marked former Astros GM says he has nothing to apologize for.

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Most of Australia's sugar is grown in Queensland and this season is shaping up to be a sweet one

Tall cane crops line the roads, harvesters are in the paddocks and smoke is coming from the chimneys — yes, it's sugar crush time and this year hopes are high.

Tribune News Service

Jim Crane’s comments about Yankees a deflection of Astros' cheating past, Brian Cashman says

CHICAGO — Brian Cashman isn’t taking advice from Jim Crane. The Yankees GM said Crane, the Astros owner, was deflecting when he made comments to USA Today that he should be quiet about the Astros cheating scandal being what has kept the Yankees from a World Series.

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