Reds '11 preview: Houston Astros

Reds '11 preview: Houston Astros

Published Jan. 18, 2011 7:23 a.m. ET

By Hal McCoy
FOX Sports Ohio
Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011

The utterance, "Houston, we have a problem," can be applied to more than NASA and the space shuttle program.

It probably applies to the Houston Astros even more because the Astros appear to have more problems than NASA mission control.

Drayton McLane wants to sell the team after nearly 20 years as owner of the franchise with the unique and beautiful ballpark.

And to make the team affordable to potential buyers, the Astros are dumping salaries faster than the dying newspaper industry is ridding itself of writers.

Gone are the once-potent Killer Bs

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