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  • Astros to hold first Draft workout on Sunday

    Email PITTSBURGH -- The Astros will hold the first of four regional workouts of high school and college players on Sunday in anticipation of next month's First-Year Player Draft. Sunday's workout will be held in the Los Angeles area, with about 20 prospects invited to attend. The second workout will be held Wednesday in Kissimmee, Fla., at the team's Spring Training complex, the ...

  • Astros reinstate Altuve from bereavement list

    Email PITTSBURGH -- Astros second baseman Jose Altuve was in the starting lineup for Saturday's game against the Pirates, marking his first action since Monday's game in Detroit. Altuve was activated from the bereavement list, with infielder Jake Elmore getting optioned back to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Altuve traveled to his native Venezuela to attend the funeral of his grandmother and ...

  • Astros coaches discuss error with Paredes

    Email PITTSBURGH -- Astros bench coach Eduardo Perez and first-base coach Dave Clark both had conversations with outfielder Jimmy Paredes on Saturday, a day after he crashed into teammate Jake Elmore and forced him to drop a ball that allowed the Pirates to score the winning run in the ninth inning. Paredes, who was in right field, didn't see Elmore, the second baseman, waving his arms to ...

  • Thin bench haunts Astros in Fridays loss

    Email PITTSBURGH -- Had the Astros had their full complement of players on Friday, Jimmy Paredes wouldn't have even been in the game in the ninth inning. Paredes committed an error when he collided with second baseman Jake Elmore and caused him to drop the ball, allowing the Pirates to score the winning run. Astros manager Bo Porter said Saturday he was short handed on his bench Friday ...

  • Kinsler out of lineup Murphy hits second

    Email ARLINGTON -- Ian Kinsler was out of the Rangers' lineup for the second straight game with sore ribs Saturday night and with Elvis Andrus bumped up into the leadoff spot again, manager Ron Washington made the surprising move of inserting struggling left fielder David Murphy into the No. 2 spot in the batting order. Washington said Kinsler is available to run or play defense but still ...

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The Sound of Music [Blu-Ray]

The Sound of Music [Blu-Ray]

Robert Wises film version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical The Sound of Music is one of the greatest examples of the sometimes massive divide that separates film critics and audiences. When it was released in 1965, it was a smash success, a true cinematic ph ... ...

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  • Discomfort not something for Ogando to be shy about

    Email ARLINGTON -- Sometimes the language barrier gets in the way but manager Ron Washington says he's pretty sure that Alexi Ogando now understands that it's his responsibility to let someone know if he's having some sort of discomfort, even if he's experienced it before. Ogando landed on the 15-day disabled list this week with some biceps soreness in his pitching arm that ...

  • Martin letting secret out about strong arm

    Email ARLINGTON -- Rookie Leonys Martin's arm is about to be a secret no longer. His bullet, on-the-fly throw to the plate to nail a sliding Andy Dirks at the plate in the third inning Friday night was his team-leading third outfield assist this season. Washington said Martin has the strongest outfield throwing arm on the team and his spreading notoriety may soon make opposing third-base ...

  • Burns making bullpen decision harder for Rangers

    ARLINGTON -- Called up as an extra reliever when starter Alexi Ogando was placed on the disabled list, right-hander Cory Burns has given manager Ron Washington something to think about when the team has to send someone out Monday to make room for starter Josh Lindblom, who is coming up from Triple-A Round Rock to start against the A's. It was assumed that Burns would be sent back out to ...

  • Lane closures to affect Oso Bridge traffic Sunday

    Corpus Christi police said. The CCPD Traffic Safety Section will be reconstructing a car crash where two men died on Monday. Westbound lanes of the bridge will be closed for about two hours, police said. Eastbound lanes will be closed for an hour once the westbound lanes are reopened. Residents are urged to avoid the area or use Yorktown Boulevard as an alternate route to avoid ...

  • Letter to the Editor Defending Judeo-Christian principles

    As a liberally-educated teacher who calls myself a Christian and tries very hard (and often unsuccessfully!) to live according to the Bible in a way I believe our Lord and His Son would have me do, I am offended that you would accuse me and my fellow teachers of something that, essentially, undermines the very basic tenets of what it means to be American. Liberty, equality, the value of earning ...

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