I met Gene Elston only once, at the Barnes & Noble in Vanderbilt Square off of Holcombe. It was a June afternoon in 2002. He was promoting a book he’d written about the history of baseball, and the ...

Milo Hamilton died last week. Within a matter of days, the Astros announced that the Minute Maid Park press box would be named for Hamilton, and that the team would wear a Milo Hamilton patch on its ...

Gene Elston didn’t have a signature catchphrase. He didn’t shill, sell or bray. He called his share of home runs, but he was no homer. Those attitudes sustained Elston through six decades in ...

Let us now praise famous men. Gene Elston and Milo Hamilton, the historic voices of Houston baseball, were joined in praise Thursday of St. Louis' best, Jack Buck, who died Tuesday at age 77. "We were ...