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share-square-1489075 HOUSTON -- Yogi Berra is synonymous with the Yankees, the team with which he won 10 World Series titles as a player and three Most Valuable Player Awards en route to the Hall of Fame. He’s one of the greatest Yankees to wear pinstripes and was one of the most recognizable sports stars of the 20th century, but did you know Yogi also wore an Astros rainbow jersey, as well? Hal Lanier hadn’t been on the job very long, hired by owner John McMullen to manage the Astros in the winter of 1985, when McMullen informed him that he would have a new bench coach: Yogi Berra, the Y...

Last February, Fr. Lenin Vargas was indicted on 10 counts of wire fraud in the Northern District of Mississippi. In July, the Diocese of Jackson, which was also being investigated for its alleged inaction, agreed to tighten its financial controls under a deal it reached with the feds. (Dreamstime/Djedzura) Fr. Lenin Vargas' request for money seemed more fitting for a spam email than from a Catholic priest. From 2014 until 2018, Vargas allegedly solicited funds from parishioners at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Starkville, Mississippi, where he was the pastor, for what he cla...

1962 The Houston Colt .45s play their first Major League game on April 10, defeating the Chicago Cubs 11-2. 1963 1964 Ken Johnson becomes the first major leaguer to lose a nine-inning no-hitter on April 23 with a 1-0 loss to the Cincinnati Reds. 1965 The Houston Colt .45s become the Houston Astros and inaugurate indoor baseball with a 2-1 exhibition win over the New York Yankees on April 9 in the Astrodome...rookie Joe Morgan sets club marks for at-bats, runs, hits and triples. 1966 Mike Cuellar sets a club mark with a 2.22 ERA...home attendance mark which stood for 22 years set on June 22 as...

share-square-2093581 HOUSTON -- Perhaps no team in the expansion era can brag about top-flight starting pitching as much as the Astros, whose history includes four Cy Young winners -- Mike Scott in 1986, Roger Clemens in 2004, Dallas Keuchel in '15 and Justin Verlander in '19 -- and dominating seasons by Larry Dierker, J.R. Richard, Nolan Ryan, Roy Oswalt and Gerrit Cole that were Cy worthy. Not included in those names are three of the four pitchers to win at least 21 games in a season with Houston -- Mike Hampton won a club-record 22 in 1999, while Joe Niekro ('79) and Jose Lima ('99) were 2...