Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | yesterday
As we watched David Newhan steal home (and I can’t even remember the last Astro to do that - Adam Everett? Craig Biggio? Willy T') Husband sighed, pulled out his phone made a quick call and said - I’ll pick you up. I said - pick WHO up? And he said, well, I gotta work [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
HOUSTON -- For the first time in a while, Craig Biggio felt butterflies. The Houston Astros retired Biggio's No. 7 before Sunday's game against Arizona, and the seven-time All-Star waved to fans and touched his heart during a lively ceremony.
Knuckle Curve (Free subscription) | 08/18/2008
Craig Biggio was one of the most popular players in baseball over the last decade. The Houston Astros legend accomplish much in the game of baseball, including more than 3000 hits and being able to reinvent himself defensively multiple times. Biggio’s offensive stats were very impressive for his career. He finished his career, which [...]
CBS SportsLine.com (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
For the first time in a while, Craig Biggio felt butterflies.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
For the first time in a while, Craig Biggio felt butterflies. The Houston Astros retired Biggio's No. 7 before Sunday's game against Arizona, and the seven-time All-Star waved to fans and touched his heart during a lively ceremony.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
For the first time in a while, Craig Biggio felt butterflies. The Houston Astros retired Biggio's No. 7 before Sunday's game against Arizona, and the seven-time All-Star waved to fans and touched his heart during a lively ceremony.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
HOUSTON -- For the first time in a while, Craig Biggio felt butterflies. The Houston Astros retired Biggio's No. 7 before Sunday's game against Arizona, and the seven-time All-Star waved to fans and touched his heart during a lively ceremony.
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
For the first time in a while, Craig Biggio felt butterflies.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Craig Biggio’s familiar No. 7 took its place alongside the jerseys of other Astros legends in the rafters high above Minute Maid Park when his number was retired before today’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
After their teammates had departed and clubhouse attendants had begun tearing down the sheets of plastic and cleaning up the champagne bottles, Craig Biggio and Jeff Bagwell sat there alone, smiling, happy, ready for another run. They said very little to one another, which seemed perfrect. They'd spent so many hours together, had so many laughs and tears and pain, that they could read one another's...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
For 20 years, # 7 was on a Houston Astros lineup card(technically that's not true, he wore #4 in his 1st season)... and now #7 will forever be lifted to the rafters at the Houston Astros ballpark. Craig Biggio's number will be retired today in a pre-game ceremony before the Astros take on the Arizona Diamondbacks. Biggio will always be remembered for his hard work and the way he played the game, but...
The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008
Maybe this has already occurred to you folks, but I just found out that Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, Roger Clemens, Curt Schilling, Craig Biggio and Mike Piazza, (not to mention Kenny Lofton) are all likely to be first-timers on the Hall of Fame ballot at the same time. (Thanks, Billy Ball ). If not for steroids, that ballot might have led to the largest BBWAA Hall of Fame class in history, larger than...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
HOUSTON, Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- As chairperson of the 16th Annual Craig Biggio Sunshine Kids Celebrity Gala and Golf Classic, Prudential Gary Greene, Realtors' Ann Woodroof, has big plans for this year's events. Woodroof said that Craig Biggio and his wife, Patty, long-time supporters of The Sunshine Kids Foundation, will host the events. In looking forward to the fundraiser, Craig Biggio said, "In...
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Jeff Kent, the old cowboy whose powerful stroke was so good it shoved Astros icon Craig Biggio to the outfield in 2003 and 2004, was up to his old tricks Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Jeff Kent, the old cowboy whose powerful stroke was so good it shoved Astros icon Craig Biggio to the outfield in 2003 and 2004, was up to his old tricks Tuesday night at Minute Maid Park.
