One of the beautiful things about sports is that sometimes, we develop connections to random athletes for reasons we can't ...

The Boston Red Sox are in action on Friday, April 11 to start the weekend in which they play the first three games of a ...

Octavio Dotel, who pitched for 13 major league teams in a 15-year career and won a World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals, ...

Dotel’s best years were with the Houston Astros in the early 2000s. He was a setup man for star closer Billy Wagner, making 302 appearances and posting a 3.25 ERA in four-plus seasons. He was the ...

With the Houston Astros looking to continue their long ... Not many relievers will make these type of lists, but Billy Wagner will go down as one of the greatest relievers of all time as he ...

Billy Smith, a pitcher for the Houston Astros team that won a second-half title in the strike-shortened 1981 season, died ...

Yainer Díaz hit his first career grand slam in a six-run fifth inning and the Houston Astros had a season-high scoring total in a 14-3 rout of the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. Díaz ...

Trout caught a foul ball against the Houston Astros on Saturday, only for it be yanked out of his glove. Fortunately, this one had a nicer ending. Trout made the play at the wall in foul territory ...

Former MLB star Octavio Dotel is among dozens killed and more than 150 injured when a roof collapsed at a nightclub in the Dominican Republic. The 51-year-old Dominican baseball pitcher died from ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- I hope you have been able to enjoy the sunshine today. Partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures will continue through the day Wednesday. It could get a bit breezy in the ...