Here is show 52 minus Lambo (he was sick) but with guest host Philly Girl.

Show Notes:

- Introductions, Around the MLB with Philly Girl

- Astro Talk

Promos:

- A View From the Fence and Slice of SciFi Enjoy!

This is show 51 and yes SKetkar’s back from doing post wedding things.

• Around the MLB, standings and how the teams fare so far
• Astros talk, yes we have to.  What’s wrong with this team?  Are in rebuilding mode?  What do we do with Cecil Cooper?

Promos:

• 2nd Shift and Slice of SciFi

Enjoy!!

It is that time of year!  The smell of green grass! The sound of a baseball coming off of a bat…

Tonight, Those dreaded Cubbies arrive at the sacred grounds of Minute Maid Park.  The pitching match up of Roy and Carlos Z.  It should be fun!

This is a short preview show without Sketkar.  See previous post.  I hope you enjoy me rambling by myself.

Man, doing a podcast solo is difficult!

Go Stros!

Show 49 is here and yes it IS show 49.  One away from 50, wow!

Show Notes:

• The S word is back, yes steroids are in the news again.  We discuss the top three stories related to this.
• Astros talk, spring training is just around the corner.  Who is on the 40 man roster and what are some of the questions the Astros will try to answer

Enjoy!

Show 48 with special guest Jeffrey Willerth, Vice President, Programming and Advertising: jeffrey at farpointmedia.net

Sorry we referred to this show as Show 47 by accident.

Show notes:

• All about MLB.TV, the new all MLB station.  What are the pros and cons.  How can MLB benefit and provide more content to the fans.

Enjoy!!

Here is show 47.  It’s a short one.   We are going to a monthly format now for the post season until next year, spring training.

Show Notes:

• World Series, Congrats to the Phils
• Around the MLB
• Astros talk
• SKetkar’s crap

Enjoy!

Here is the 2nd part of show 46.  Sorry it took so long to get it out.

Show notes:

• Quick intro by SKetkar
• Voice Messages
• Astros talk, season recap, what’s to do in the off season
• SKetkar’s crap

Enjoy!

Show 46 is ready and it’s a two parter.  The entire show was got kinda long and we didn’t want cut anything out so we made it a two parter.  This part, A, contains…

Show Notes

• Intro by sketkar
• Around the MLB post season style.  Discussion on the division series matchups
• Special interview with Friend of the Show Jeffrey Willerth, self-promoted biggest Dodgers fan in the world and also one of those “in-charge” at FarPoint Media.
• End of show crap, i.e. Sketkar’s crap

Stay tuned for part two, voice messages and Astros season wrap up.  It would be up in a few days.

Enjoy!

Show 45 and it’s a good one.

Show notes:

• Intro by Lambo
• Around the MLB, division leaders, wildcard teams, who is in it still and who is not.
• Rant by SKetkar.  How MLB, and the Astros dealt with Hurricane Ike and how unfair it was for a team (Astros) that was so hot at the time to play during a natural disaster and play the Cubs (they suck) in Milwaukee only 90 miles away.  Neutral playing field, right!!!  But the Astros have hung in there are still in the wildcard hunt
• Baseball 101 by SKetkar, not Sketkar 101!  How do you calculate GB stats, that’s Games Behing stats.  With the division and wildcard races heating up, this is a important stat that gets displayed by the sports media.  Basically it’s

• (abs(WinsByTeamA - WinsByTeamB) + abs(LossesByTeamA - LoccesByTeamB)) / 2

  so say TeamA has as record of 86-70 and TeamB has a record of 83-72, the it’s

  (abs(86-83) + abs(70-72)) / 2 = 5 / 2 = 2.5 GB.

  Since TeamA has a better record (percentage points), it’s said that TeamB is 2.5 GB of TeamA, simple right?

• SKetkar’s crap

Sorry we didn’t get to any voice message, we will try next show.

Enjoy!!

It’s show time, here is number 44.

Show notes

• Intro by SKetkar
• Around the MLB, quick hits, how’s leading their division
• Wildcard talk, AL and NL leading to astros talk
• More astros wildcard talk, on paper we look good, can we do it
• voice messages
• Sketkar’s crap

Enjoy!!

Show 43 is here.

Show notes:

• Intro by lambo
• Around the MLB, standings, Wildcard races
• Astros talk, what are their changes of wildcard, key injuries, what can we do to improve
• Voice messages and rebuttals
• Lambo’s curveball: Luck and the Cubs
• Sketkar’s crap

Enjoy!

Here is show 42, kinda long but it’s good.

Show Notes:

• Intro by lambo
• Around the MLB, standings, power rankings
• Astros talk
• Discussion topics: Buyer/Seller, “Small Market Team”
• Sketkar’s crap by Lambo, yes Lambo has crap too

Enjoy!

Here is show 41, a short diddy…

Show Notes:

• Astros talk, how much we sucks and why. What to do, how to fix things, etc.
• Major league all-star break, Lance Berkman in the homerun derby
• Lambo sneaks in a special message (and he thought I wouldn’t notice), thanks lambo!!
• End of show crap

Enjoy!

As the title says, we babble for about 40 mins

Show Notes:

• All Astros talk
• Chacon!!!

Enjoy!

Here is show 39, with voice mails, yes your messages, yippie!

Show notes:

• Around the MLB, standings, happenings, etc.
• Around the NL central, are the Cubs really that good? What about St. Louis
• Astros talk, bad team? streaky team? What’s wrong with us?
• Voice Messages
• 2nd life with Lambo
• Intro to our second podcast, political style, A View From the Fence, check out!
• Sketkar’s crap

Enjoy!

And here’s show 38…

show notes:

• Around the MLB, power rankings, standings, surprises. 54 games down, we can make some predictions?
• NL Central talk. Lambo rambles on stats, top 3 teams in the NL central, why Cubs and Cardinals suck
• Astros talk, injuries, worries, looking forward
• 2nd life with Lambo
• SKetkar’s crap

Enjoy!

Here is Show 37.

Show notes

• Around the MLB, AL and NL standing. Surprise teams, disappointing teams
• Astros topics, Red hot astros!
• 2nd life with Lambo
• SKetkar’s crap

Enjoy!

Here is a new show on our regular schedule again, finally.

Show notes:
Around the MLB, power rankings, standings

Astros topics, tejada, pitching, who’s hot, who’s not

Curveball with Lambo

Sketkar’s crap
Enjoy!

This is a special show, a joint cast we did with the Cincinnati Red’s podcasters Amanda and Johnny. Sorry, we didn’t get this up last week, we had some technical difficulties. Anyways,

Show notes:

General MLB talk

NL central talk

Astros/Reds talk

Baseball discussion

enjoy!

Show 34, 2nd show of 2008, first week on the season.

Show notes:

Around the MLB, standings, etc.

Astros season so far

Bold predictions

SKetkar’s crap

Enjoy!

It’s about time we did another show. Spring training is almost over and the 2008 season is about to start. Here is a short summary of what has been going on in Astros world as well as a preview to the ‘08 season.

Show Notes:

No ‘08 Intro yet, working on it, so you get a short, blank intro

All Astros talk, spring training, ‘08 preview

Enjoy!

After some technical difficulties, here is show 32. Very interesting show.

Show Notes:

• Around the MLB, Congressional hearing, Roger Clemens
• Special Interview with Dan Gordon, co-author of Haunted Baseball

Haunted Baseball: Ghosts, Curses, and Eerie Events
Mickey Bradley and Dan Gordon
$10.17

Enjoy!!

Here is the next show and it’s all you!

Show notes:

Mitchell Report, Clemens, House hearing updates
Your Voice Messages!!

Enjoy

Here is the 2nd part of Show 30. This one focuses entirely on the Mitchell Report

It’s ramifications

what course of punishment if any will MLB take

How it’s affects the Astros

Enjoy!

Show 30 is ready and it’s a two parter. Since there was so much to talk about, we broke up our show into two parts.

Part 1 show notes:

Astros talk, all about what’s happening with the Astros

Trade talk, changes in the team, Ed Wade

Lance Berkman… ?

Enjoy!

Yes, another show, already!! Well, we were still recording shows even though we couldn’t get them out for everyone to listen. Anyways, this is show 29.

Show notes:

quick hits around the MLB, trade talk, etc.

Astros trade talk, Lidge/Bruntlett trade to the philis for CF Michael Bourn, a pitcher and 3rd baseman

Your voice messages

sketkar’s crap

enjoy

First off! Sorry, we missed a show. Sketkar had to leave the country and there was some miscommunication. He is back now, sort of… Sketkar couldn’t join us this evening due to illness. (Doctor’s note and all!) I went ahead and put this show together on the fly. I didn’t have the luxury of using Sketkar Studios, so the audio quality sucks!

Since I did this on the fly, I just record as is, no editing. So if I sound foolish, well, that is how I usually sound before Sket edits. (Times like this, we really understand how much work he puts into the production of the show.)

Show Topics…

Lambo addresses a couple of items from last show.

Hiring of the new General Manager

What has the new GM inherited?

Voice Mails-Barry, Bill, Roman, and ChicSox Fan. (Again!)

Sketkar’s Crap…Sort of

Promos

Mur Lafferty’s-I Should Be Writing

Scott Sigler’s-The Rookie

We did this last minute show on Monday after the news broke of the firing.

Show Notes

• Discuss the firing of Purpura and Garner
• Troy Patton
• Bagwell Retirement
• Fan Voice Mail
• Sketkar’s Crap

Promo by 2nd Shift, music by Trop Drio. Proud members of Farpoint Media

Enjoy!

Sorry about the delay getting this show out. Lot of stuff took place that prevented this show from getting published. Anyways here is it enjoy!

Show notes:

• Around the MLB, standings, statistics, happenings
• Quick hits on Astros, where they stand if at all.
• Open discussion: You play manager. If you were the astros manager what would you do?

Promo Speaking of Beer. Intro/outro by Drop Trio. Proud members of Farpoint Media

enjoy!

If you didn’t already know, we’ll be recording show 25 live at the Flying Saucer this Sunday, August 12th.  This is our third live show recording and our second at the Flying Saucer.  Our last live show at the Saucer (Show 16) is by far our most popular show, so we are excited to do another live recording.

Where:

Flying Saucer Draught Emporium
705 Main St @ Capitol, Downtown Houston

When:

Sunday August 12th, starting @ 2PM

Who:

Everyone is welcome to join us, Astros fan or not. beerknurd or not.

On Sundays, Texas pints are $2.50. Also on August 12th, the Astros will be celebrating Biggio’s 3000 hit with a presentation before the game vs the Milwaukee Brewers.

Hope to see y’all there.

Listen to special promo below…

Show 24, one before the big live show, August 12th at the flying saucer.

Show Notes:

• Around the MLB – standings, transactions, injuries
• Astros topics – similarly trade deadline looming, transaction already occurred, injuries
• Emails and Voicemails – what’s wrong with David Wells? Anyone?
• Sketkar’s Crap

Promos from Variant Frequencies and 2nd Shift. Proud members of Farpoint Media. Music by Drop Trio.

Join us for our next show, show 25 at the Flying Saucer, corner of Main and Capitol, downtown Houston, at 2PM.

enjoy

We’re back with show 23 and special guest Michael Bourn of Plunk Biggio. Michael and Plunk Biggio have been featured in articles in Newsweek, ABCNEWS, most recently on ESPN.
Show Notes:

• Guest Michael Bourn, the brainchild-genious, internet weirdo behind Plunk Biggio.
• Going back,Biggio’s 3000th hit, recollection, part of history
• Around the MLB, standings, happenings
• Astros talk – buyers vs seller
• SKetkar’s crap including trivia answers

We are proud member of Farpoint Media, promos Beer and Kosh for President
Intro and outro by Drop Trio

Enjoy

Sketkar in Seattle…Sleepless???

Just a quick celebration….

Craig Biggio hits 3000!

Yay!

Show 21 is ready and it’s another goody.

Notes:

Happy Father’s Day!

Around the MLB
Power rankings
hitting/pitching
hottest team, NYC Yankees, 9 game winning, 9-1 in last 10 games
Chipper Jones get 2000 hit
Barry bonds up to 748 dingers
Astros topics
Berkman suspended for 2 games for running out on the field after being ejected
Everett hurt, out for 6-8 weeks.
interleague play, CWS, cubs, As, Mariners, LAA, Rangers
No Curveball – Trivia question instead!
Voice Messages
sketkar’s misc crap

Promos
The Rookie
Presidential Candidate Kosh (custom)

Thanks to the folks over at Babylon 5 podcast. We had some fun at Jeffery’s expense.

Intro and outro by Drop Trio

We are a proud member of Farpoint Media Network.

enjoy!

sketkar

PS: Sorry for some chopiness in the audio. My MP3 encoder seems to take a lot of CPU processing and doesn’t like it if I do other things in the foreground.

Here is show 20, it’s a good one.

Show Notes:

• Around the MLB
• Power Ranking, Division Leaders, Roger Clemens, Cubs, Managers getting Ejected.
• Astros Topics
• Losing Streak over???, Month-by-Month stats breakdown, Player comparision. Astros Discussion.
• Curveball – Lambo only, foul ball – to catch or not to catch, that is the question
• Sketkar Misc crap

Promos

• Speaking of Beer
• Car Cup Update

Intro/Outro music provided by Drop Trio. We are a proud member of FarPoint Media.

Enjoy

Show 19 is here, wingin’ it style.

Show notes to follow

Enjoy,

Sketkar

Just Lambo today.

Topics…

Astros current winning trend

Hunter Pence

Possible Roster Moves

Jason Lane/Luke Scott Platoon

Roger Clemens

Promos

Scott Sigler’s The Rookie

Speaking of Beer

Enjoy

Lambo

Yes, another show and it’s about time. This is show 17 (17.5?) and it’s ready for your enjoyment.

Show notes:

• unedited and raw, yes, no editing, no segment breaks, no promos, just Lambo and Sketkar
• MLB topics: run down all the division, MLB all-overpaid team (ESPN Page 2), Power Rankings
• Astros overview of 2007 season so far
• Astros Discussion, who’s hot, who’s not, what about lidge?
• Curveball topic: Online media coverage of MLB games, variety of concession (food) at MMP.
• sketkar’s crap
• intro/outro music provided by Drop Trio

Astrocast is a proud member of FarPoint Media

Enjoy

Finally, show 16 is up for your listening pleasure. We did recorded this show live at the Flying Saucer on Sunday March 25th, 2007.

Show Notes

• Segment 1: Spring Training preview, pitching rotation, the good, the bad
• Segment 2: Special interview with Red Hot Mama of Red Nation (Cincinnati Reds), prerecorded.
• Segment 3: Discussion topics, answer emails, thanks J P Dup from NYC
• Segment 4: Sketkar’s Crap as usual
• Segment 5: Thanks to the Flying Saucer

Our new voice message number is 206-888-4742, feel free to leave us your comments.

Thanks to Leann of Tag in the Seam and Scott of Variant Frequencies for the awesome promos. We are proud members of FarPoint Media

Intro and Outro music by Drop Trio

Enjoy!

We are pleased to announce that our next show, show 16 will be recorded live at The Flying Saucer Draught Emporium. We will be upstairs in the “Pub of Love”. We’ll plan on recording a regular show and have a question/answer/discussion session with any listeners, Astros fans that can make it. We’ll also present the interview will did with Red-Nation’s (Cincinnati) Red Hot Mama. The recording will start at 2PM and will last about 1 hr, maybe a bit longer, it depends on how much listener participation we get.
So,

What

Astrocast Show 16 Live!

Where

The Flying Saucer
705 Main St. @ Capital, Downtown
Houston TX, 77002

When

Sunday March 25, 2007 starting at 2PM

Who

Everyone is welcome to join us

See you all there…

The 2nd spring training 2007 show is up for your listening pleasure.

Show notes

1. Spring training weeks 1 and 2 wrap up and review.
   1. How are the astros doing as a team?
   2. How are the players doing, strengths/weakness
2. Astrocast up coming events and news
   1. Lambo’s 2007 season preview article on BaseballBlog
   2. We are special guests on Red Nation with Red Hot Mama
   3. We are doing a live show at the Flying Saucer March 25th, 2007. Time TBD, stay tuned
3. Lambo’s Ramblings part 1. Yes he rambles _so_ much that we had to break it up into two parts.
   1. What is an appropriate age range to bring minor league talent up to the majors?
   2. Things start to get a little crazy, sillyness insues
4. Lambo’s Ramblings part 2. Yes he rambles _so_ much that we had to break it up into two parts.
   1. Baseball magazine, too expensive? That can’t be it.
   2. Why is the national media in love with the Cubs?
   3. Is the NL central one of the strongest divisions? Can the Astros win it this year?
   4. More crazyness…
5. Sketkar’s Misc crap. Basically the stuff that should have been in section 2
   • Astrocast supports local talent. The music in our opening and closing bumper is by local group Drop Trio
   • We are proud members of Farpoint media. They haven’t thrown us out yet,
   • RSS feed fixed and feedburner also working properly. We topped 100 listener for show 14. Highest yet, yippie!
   • And of course, as usual, leave your comments on the site or call us at 206-203-1695
   • Total crazyness, we’ve lost control of the show now…

Enjoy!

Sorry about the delay. I thought I had the show up last night but I forgot to hit publish…duh! Anyways, here it is show 14. This is our first show as part of farpoint media.

Show notes

• Astros past, review of past show, the joint podcast with starstruck
• Astros future, questions, questions and more questions. Spring training is here. Hopefully is answers some of the questions
• Astrocast news, new podcast network – Farpoint Media, new intro, new website (coming soon…) and other misc news

As always, leave your comments or call us at 206-203-1695.

Enjoy

As promised here it is… our 1st ever jointcast with Dennis of StarStruck. This is a special extended show that we did during the Astros Fanfest and College Classic.

As always, our voice mail number is 206-203-1695. Leave us a message, tell us how much you dislike the show,

Enjoy

Show notes:

• Astros related – all the resigning and addition. Astros avoid arbritation again.
• Baseball related – Barry “Big Head” in the news again. Former Astros pitcher and pitching coach Vern Ruhle dies
• Odds and ends – Astros fan fest and College classic, February 9-11. Teams include the local Houston and Rice along with Texas A&M, Baylor, Vanderbilt and Arizona St. Upcoming on astrocast, joint podcast with Starstruck
• As always, our voice mail number is 206-203-1695. Leave us a message, tell us how much you dislike the show,

enjoy…

sketkar

Show notes:

• Guess who’s back?
• Show format changes – new voice mail number is 206-203-1695.
• Cincinnati Reds Podcast-Red Hot Mama
• Bagwell retires
• Key Astros trades/additions and departures
• New Pitching Coach
• Other stuff and Pertinent questions – what about roger? backe, biggio.

– sketkar

We are still here……

In this podcast, We salute the St. Louis Cardinals for winning the World Series.

Tip our hats off to Jeff Bagwell. Here is a great article by Richard Justice for Bags.

Also, discuss our new format changes.

Enjoy……

Astros at the All Star Break

Asking a whole lotta questions.

Lambo alone isn’t bright enough for answers!

• Week in review
• MLB topics: Power Rankings, Barry “Big Head”
• Astros topics: Roger news, Chris Burke injury, Astros review
• Adlib/Curveball topics of the week
• Player and Pitcher of the week

Enjoy!!

sketkar

Show Note:

• Lambo’s week in review
• MLB topics, April standings, Power Rankings, Player Spotlight
• Roger, Roger, Roger
• Astros Topics, Everett injury, Month of April, where from here? (May)
• Adlib/Curve ball session
• Player and Pitcher of the week and of the month

Remember you can always contact us over voice mail at 206-666-2985

sketkar