SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
Brandon Backe. Michael Bourn. Oscar Villarreal. Shawn Chacon. Wandy Rodriguez. Ed Wade would like to have a mulligan on that Josh Anderson trade, wouldn't he? That's what happens when a GM blows up a roster and puts it back together. There are going to be mistakes. Wade aggressively changed the mix of players, and after watching the same core miss the playoffs in back-to-back years, it was time to...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
If I hadn’t seen it, I wouldn’t have believed it. Lance hit a fly ball to the base of Tal’s Hill straightaway center. Josh Anderson (yes, the ex-Astro who was traded straight up for Villareal) caught it with his back to home, turned, threw it to the cutoff man, who wasn’t nearly in time to [...]
The Hardball Times (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Cleveland set a major league record last night when they were hit by a pitch for the 101st time this season. Michael Bourn, of Plunk Biggo fame, has written a guest column at Let's Go Tribe about the Indians' new mark.
SportsJustice (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Speed at the top, boppers in the middle. Ed Wade thought he had it just right. Michael Bourn and Kaz Matsui were going to apply the pressure, and with them on base, Lance Berkman, Carlos Lee, etc., were going to get plenty of opportunities. The Astros were going to score more runs, but they were also going to play a different style of baseball, more running, more excitement. Bourn and Matsui both...
Let's Go Tribe (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Editor's Note: This article has been contributed by Michael Bourn, aka "PBR," author of the very amusing site Plunk Everyone . He gained national notoriety in 2005 as the author of Plunk Biggio , an exhaustive and dogged chronicle of Craig Biggio's epic quest for the most cherished record in sports, for which Bourn was profiled by no less than George Will. At our invitation, he's composed this authoritative...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
HOUSTON, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Michael Bourn drove in four runs Thursday and the Houston Astros survived a wild ninth inning to beat Cincinnati 8-6 and keep their faint playoff hopes alive. The Astros can do no better than tie for the wild-card lead at the end of the regular season and they must win the rest of their games just to have a chance at that. Both the New York Mets and Milwaukee Brewers have...
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Gotta give discredit where discredit’s due. Thirty GIDP is a career record for Miggy, too. Yeh, I know he has a .284 BA, but he’s second to last on the team with RCAA at (-)24, just in front of Michael Bourn with (-)26.
Knuckle Curve (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
Carlos Zambrano pitched the first no-hitter in Chicago Cubs history in 36 years. Zambrano, who was coming off of an injury, pitched the no-hitter against the Houston Astros. In a game won by the Cubs 5-0, Zambrano allowed only two base runners — he walked Michael Bourn and hit Hunter Pence. The last time Zambrano [...]
Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
With Carlos Zambrano turning the trick against the Houston Astros Sunday night—a 5-0 jewel in which the only blemish was a fourth-inning walk to Michael Bourn, which was followed at once by an inning-ending double play—I wondered: Since the Cubs are still much in command of the National League Central, who are the pitchers who threw [...]
The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview SP Carlos Zambrano SP *Randy Wolf 13-5, 3.58, 117 K, 64 BB, 173.1 IP 10-11, 4.45, 146 K, 67 BB, 174 IP LF Alfonso Soriano LF *Darin Erstad SS Ryan Theriot CF *Michael Bourn 1B Derrek Lee SS Miguel Tejada 3B Aramis Ramirez 1B #Lance Berkman C Geovany Soto 3B #Geoff Blum RF Mark DeRosa RF Hunter Pence CF Reed Johnson 2B *David Newhan 2B Ronny Cedeno C Humberto Quintero...
The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview SP *Randy Wolf SP Ryan Dempster 8-11, 4.73, 134 K, 64 BB, 158 IP 15-5, 2.95, 160 K, 69 BB, 176.2 IP CF *Michael Bourn LF Alfonso Soriano LF Ty Wigginton SS Ryan Theriot SS Miguel Tejada 1B Derrek Lee 1B #Lance Berkman 3B Aramis Ramirez 3B #Geoff Blum C Geovany Soto RF Hunter Pence RF Mark DeRosa 2B *David Newhan CF Reed Johnson C Humberto Quintero 2B Ronny Cedeno...
The Cub Reporter (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Game Chat | Press Pass | BR Preview SP Brandon Backe SP Carlos Zambrano 9-12, 5.42, 122 K, 72 BB, 159.1 IP 13-5, 3.53, 114 K, 61 BB, 168.1 IP CF *Michael Bourn LF Alfonso Soriano LF Ty Wigginton 2B *Mike Fontenot SS Miguel Tejada 1B Derrek Lee 1B #Lance Berkman 3B Aramis Ramirez 3B #Geoff Blum RF Mark DeRosa RF Hunter Pence CF *Jim Edmonds 2B *David Newhan C Geovany Soto C Humberto Quintero SS Ryan...
Brew Crew Ball (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Last time Manny Parra and Wandy Rodriguez faced off, Wandy came out on top . Of course, Michael Bourn had an extra-base hit, since he's had 16 of those this year, and he has to cram those into a small number of Astros-Brewers games. Rodriguez has only had one good start in four tries since then, though, while Parra has...uh, also not been very good. Game time is 1:05 CT, and here's the BR Game Preview...
The Eagle (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008
Associated PressCINCINNATI -- Michael Bourn homered and drove in a career-high four runs, Lance Berkman and Geoff Blum also went deep and the Houston ...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Michael Bourn homered and drove in a career-high four runs, Lance Berkman and Geoff Blum also went deep and the Houston Astros rolled to their easiest win of the year, 13-4 over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.
