Pudge is named to the all World Baseball Classic team.

Alyson Footer talks about the impressions made by some of the young talent at the big league spring training.

LaTroy Hawkins, or as Astros County likes to refer to him, LaHawk (ahshum) talks about his experience during the WBC.

The more and more eclectic Richard Justice covers Bill James covering the Astros.  Interesting Berkman tidbits in their.

And finally, Baseball Musings gives their projection on the 2009 Astros offense, with and with out Magnum P.I. Rod.