Meet Your Astros - Chris Snyder.

Today, we are going to get familiar with new Astro's acquisition Chris Snyder. Snyder is a native Houstonian, he was born in Houston and played his high school ball at Spring Woods High School. He also played at the University of Houston. After his junior year at U of H he was drafted by the D-Backs in the second round. Its been a long awaited homecoming for Snyder as he was in the D-Backs organization for nearly a decade. His last two seasons were with the Pirates where he received minimal playing time. The Astros acquired him in free agency this past offseason.

Over the length of his career, when Snyder has been given an opportunity to play for long stints, he shows good production for an everyday catcher. Back in 2007, he played over 100 games and batted .252 with 20 doubles. If given a shot to play consistantly he could be a very serviceable catcher. Baseball-Refernece compares his current stats to former Astro Scott Servais and long time Major Leaguer Ron Karkovice. Not bad company for the home town kid.

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Under Armour Signs. . . .

With the back to back monster years Arian Foster has had he was sure to land a deal and I'm guessing Under Armour was the first to make a real push to land one of the best backs in the NFL. On the other side the 21-year-old star fighter Saúl "Canelo" Alvarez has a 39-0-1 record and has proving he is the next big Mexican star in Boxing. This makes a lot of sense for Under Armour and I'm sure it will make even more money sooner than later. The cleat for Foster is going to be the same cleat Cam Newton will wear next season only with the Houston Texans color way. As for Alvarez he will fighter will wear Under Armour trunks and boots in the ring for his May 5 showdown with "Sugar" Shane Mosley.

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Magic wins in LA

A deal has been struck between the Dodgers and legendary Laker Magic Johnson's bidding group for the Dodgers and Dodger Stadium for $2 billion, the club announced on Tuesday night. The purchase price is the highest amount ever paid for a North American sports franchise. This may sound like allot to pay for a baseball franchise but it does include the stadium rights and all the local TV revenue generated by the team. This means the team will finally move in a new direction and get out from under the dark cloud of the divorce of the McCourts' and focus more on baseball moves to improve the team. This deal is equivalent to Nolan Ryan with the Rangers as in the ties to the city and a beloved son now taking over the franchise. Maybe now there will be a little Magic in Dodger Stadium.

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Meet Your Astros - Brian Bogusevic

As I stated in yesterdays post this is a short introduction to your new look young gun Astros and we continue the list with Brian Bogusevic right field for your Houston Astros. Brian Bogusevic played for Tulane University as an outfielder starting pitcher. Drafted in 2005 by the Astros as a pitcher, Brian Bogusevic has been converted back to an outfielder in 2008. His first season as a pro was not that great only batting .179 with no HR and only 3 RBIs, but with some coaching and hard work got his batting average up to .287 with 4 HR and 14 RBIs. Hes not going to be the Carlos Beltran or Lance Berkman type of hitter that the Astros have had in the past but he will get on base and with some more time in the big leagues he will get better and could hold down the right field spot for a few years. Last season he came on strong and if the Astros do find a better right fielder he can provide as a good DH for the Astros as they move to the AL (seeing as he did hit a walk off grand slam for the Astros as a DH). He does have alot of upside and potential especially since this is only his 2nd full season playing at right field. With that being said good luck to the young man from everyone at From the Gun and go Astros.

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