Astro in Training

Felix Escalona (I'm pretty sure, but not absolutely certain) scoring for the 2000 Michigan Battle Cats at Battle Creek's CO Brown Stadium. The Cats were a Houston farm club in 2000, and Escalona's teammates included John Buck, Mike Gallo, and Jason Lane.

Chad Qualls and Roy Oswalt were both on the 1999 team. (So was Minnesota's Johan Santana.) (Just imagine that....)

2001? We had Chris Burke.

Needless to say, I'm rooting for Houston.

Felix made it to the majors with the Devil Rays, and is now an occasional Yankee.

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