Famecrawler (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Jack Cassel of the Houston Astros and his wife Julie have welcomed a baby girl. Nellie Cassel was born on Monday. It's a big month in the Cassel family- Jack is the brother of Tom Brady's replacement Matt Cassel. Source / Photo
Celebrity Baby Blog (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
Robbie Rogers/MLB Photos/Getty Houston Astros' Jack Cassel, 28, is a first-time dad after he and wife Julie welcomed daughter Nellie Ann Cassel at 5:35 a.m. on Monday, September 22nd in California. She weighed 6 lbs, 5 oz and was 19 ½ inches long. If Nellie follows in her family's footsteps,...
SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Cecil Cooper used 20 players to beat the Rockies on Sunday. Included in that number is a pinch runner, four pinch hitters and four relievers. He got just one inning from Wandy Rodriguez, but Jack Cassel pitched four pretty decent innings in relief. Then after Chris Sampson gave up a lead, three relievers finished it off and gave the offense a chance to come back yet again. The Astros trail the Brewers...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
The Astros originally said they would wait until Tuesday to promote their September callups, but they got the ball rolling early when they summoned right-handers Jack Cassel and Fernando Nieve from Triple-A Round Rock Monday. Both pitchers were in uniform for the Astros' series opener at Wrigley Field. After the game started, the Astros announced three additional callups who will join the team Tuesday...
The Crawfish Boxes (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Current Series 3 game series vs Pirates @ Minute Maid Park Mon 07/21 WP: Tyler Yates (4 - 2) LP: Jose Valverde (4 - 3) 3 - 9 loss Tue 07/22 WP: Paul Maholm (7 - 6) LP: Jack Cassel (1 - 1) 2 - 8 loss Pittsburgh Pirates Bucs Dugout @ Houston Astros The Crawfish Boxes Wednesday, Jul 23, 2008, 1:05 PM CDT Minute Maid Park Ian Snell vs Brian Moehler Mostly cloudy with a 70-percent chance of rain. Winds...
this blog is full of crap (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Valverde comes apart in the ninth once again, this time in a way that costs the team the game. Six blown saves. Impressive. Does he get an incentive bonus for that? Jack Cassel demonstrates that the farm system talent is as deep as a rain puddle these days. And then Ed Wade picks up a washed-up Randy Wolf for two and a half months so the Astros can act as a rehab assignment before Wolf returns to...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Minute Maid Park | 8:05 | Maholm vs. Jack Cassel | Box First things first: I believe Eric Young used the “S” word a few moments ago on “Baseball Tonight”. He was describing the highlights of the Royals-Tigers game and referred to a hot hitter as “keeping his ‘excrement’ going”. Then he caught himself and said [...]
Raise the Jolly Roger! (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008
Basically the antithesis of last night's victory. That is a good thing. - For once, the Pirates were in control of this game the entire way. Freddy homered in the first, the Bucs chipped away for more off Jack Cassel (including Nate's 20th), and methodically built a 5-0 lead. - Meanwhile, Maholm cruised through the Astro lineup. Virtually no trouble at all for him in all of his 8 innings, which is...
Bucs Dugout (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Paul Maholm vs. Jack Cassel , 8:05 PM. Here's the box. This is the portion of the season where the Astros really lose it, I think. Roy Oswalt is on the DL , and Runelvys Hernandez , Brian Moehler and Cassel are all in the rotation, or at least they all were until an hour ago. Despite already being out of contention, the Astros have traded for lefty starter Randy Wolf , who was in the midst of a bad...
Raise the Jolly Roger! (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Pirates (45-54) at Astros (46-53) 8:05--Minute Maid Park, Houston Paul Maholm (6-6, 4.10) vs. Jack Cassel (1-0, 6.28) [ Preview ] ----------- Tonight is a golden opportunity for the Pirates to build some momentum. They have their best pitcher on the hill, are going up against yet another lackluster mound opponent, have steam from last night's thriller, and can win two in a row (and a series) for the...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008
Minute Maid Park | 8:05 | Maholm vs. Jack Cassel | Box Pre-Game Thoughts This will be Jack Cassel’s 11th ML appearance and his 7th start. He is 2-1 with a 4.86 ERA in his career. In 2008 he is 1-0 with a 6.28 ERA. This will be his third start of 2008, but his first since [...]
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Well, I think we have an idea why Runelvys hasn’t excelled in the majors. 4 innings, 13 hits, 4 walks 2 HR, 10 ER. Anyone missing Shawn Chacon? Might could Cooper be re-thinking his, uh, dislike of Cassel? This is like watching Jennings after he got hurt. Or even watching Phil Dumatrait, fresh off the DL, [...]
Red Hot Mama (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Geoff Blum provided half of the offense for the Astros (13-15) with a three-run double in the third against the Diamondbacks (19-8). D-backs starter Edgar Gonzalez (1-2) was knocked out of that same scoring inning, and Arizona never had a chance after that, despite the shaky start from Jack Cassel. Doug Brocail (1-0) got the win [...]
AZ Snakepit (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Jack Cassel RHP, 1-0, 5.40 Edgar Gonzalez RHP, 1-1, 4.66 Baseball-Reference.com preview [opens in new window] Another largely-unknown starter goes for Houston - it's only Cassel's sixth career start, with just 27.2 major-league innings to his name, even though he'll be 28 before the season ends. He's replacing the injured Wandy Rodriguez, and got the win in his only previous outing, allowing seven...
SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 04/24/2008
If you can root for Jack Cassel and Tim Byrdak, you can't root for anyone. Between them, they've spent 23 years in the minor leagues. Between them, they've had only a sniff of the big leagues. Why are they still around? Because they love it. Because they love it more than words can ever describe. They combined for seven solid winnings as the Astros finished a sweep of the Reds Thursday afternoon....
