March 5th, 2008
After losing five of their first six spring training games, the Houston Astros are now on a two-game winning streak. The Astros now stand at 3-5 in spring training.
On Tuesday, the Astros won a slugfest against the Detroit Tigers. JR Towles, who some project to be the Astros’ opening day starting catcher, had a big […]
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February 13th, 2008
On Thursday, the Houston Astros will begin spring training as they prepare for the first pitch of the 2008 baseball season. Pitchers and catchers report on Thursday, while next Tuesday is the date that position players report.
The top two catchers for the Astros in 2008 are expected to be J.R. Towles and Brad Ausmus. Towles […]
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January 19th, 2008
Hello again everyone!
Another week closer to spring training.
This week was Astros caravan week for me. I went on the Temple caravan with Chris Sampson and J.R. Towles where we talked to high school and college athletes throughout that area about what it is like to be a big leaguer. We also had a […]
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January 7th, 2008
On the Houston Astros official website, you can find an interesting article about J.R. Towles.
Towles has a chance be opening day starting catcher for the Astros in 2008. While Towles doesn’t have much big league experience, he did impress last season in the 14 games he played for Houston. During that time, he hit .375 […]
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