--OF Carlos Lee will play for Panama in the World Baseball Classic, as he confirmed that he is recovered from a broken finger that cost him the last seven weeks of the 2008 season. 

Right-hander Brandon Backe, a local fan favorite as a native of Galveston, signed a $1. 

--OF Carlos Lee will play for Panama in the World Baseball Classic, as he confirmed that he is recovered from a broken finger that cost him the last seven weeks of the 2008 season. 

Baseball fans always expected Frank Robinson to stand and deliver during his playing career, and deliver he did. 

Better to light a candle than curse the darkness. 

Experts on terrorism and catastrophic natural disasters will converge on Rice University on Tuesday to start a three-day, closed-door discussion of the city's preparedness. 

The Astros remained in postseason contention until Sept. 

--OF Carlos Lee will play for Panama in the World Baseball Classic, as he confirmed that he is recovered from a broken finger that cost him the last seven weeks of the 2008 season. 

Right-hander Brandon Backe, a local fan favorite as a native of Galveston, signed a $1. 

Pitcher Randy Wolf and the Astros were on the brink of a deal. 

Pitcher Randy Wolf and the Astros were on the brink of a deal. 

Pitcher Randy Wolf and the Astros were on the brink of a deal. 

The Astros remained in postseason contention until Sept. 

Right-hander Brandon Backe, a local fan favorite as a native of Galveston, signed a $1. 

--OF Carlos Lee will play for Panama in the World Baseball Classic, as he confirmed that he is recovered from a broken finger that cost him the last seven weeks of the 2008 season.