Connor Nielen
Houston Astros Featured Columnist
Connor has been writing for Rant Sports since March of 2011. He is a meticulous Fantasy Sports enthusiast, currently attending Wilfrid Laurier University's School of Business & Economics. His favourite teams include the Buffalo Sabres, Boston Red Sox, Tennessee Titans, Michigan Wolverines football program, and Houston Astros.
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“Hold The Phones!”: With Season Approaching, Astros Bullpen Offers Plenty Of Cause For Concern
As another round of Spring Training nears its conclusion, the Houston Astros are now just days away from hosting the Colorado Rockies to open up their 2012 campaign – which of course will serve as the final one as a member of baseball’s National League. While the organization inches further and further toward seeing Wandy [...]
Astros’ Acquisition of Former #1 Prospect Makes For Murky Managerial Mess at Minute Maid Park
There are certain implicit benefits that come from a major-league worst 56-106 record for the Houston Astros franchise. In addition to ‘earning’ the rights to the first overall selection in the 2012 MLB amateur player draft, the organization was given the highest waiver priority among all clubs for the duration of the off-season. Preparing for [...]
Sabres Six-Pack: Thoughts On Lindy Ruff’s Squad
40 games deep into an 82-game NHL regular season, the Buffalo Sabres sit in 11th place in the Eastern Conference, 5 points back of the final playoff spot. While trailing by any amount makes for a severe disappointment relative to the club’s expectations going into the year, all is not necessarily lost. Consider this: how [...]
Melancon Shipped Up To Boston
New Houston GM Jeff Luhnow got down to business on Wednesday afternoon and made his first significant move since last week’s hiring. The former Cardinals front-office member acquired short-stop Jed Lowrie from the Boston Red Sox, seemingly filling a pressing hole in the Astros line-up as the team prepares for the 2012 season. In acquiring [...]
Astros General Manager Ed Wade To Be Fired
A Sunday evening report by Ken Rosenthal of FOXSports.com is suggesting that Houston Astros’ new owner Jim Crane is set to make a series of significant personnel decisions on Monday, including the removal of Ed Wade from the General Manager position. Crane declared in his initial press conference that he would be acting swiftly “right [...]
Who Am I? (Mystery NFL Player Profiles)
Consider yourself to be an all-around football expert in terms of player & team knowledge? Quiz yourself with this collection of Mystery NFL Player Profiles based on 2011 performances! (read to the bottom of the profile box, then scroll below to reveal said player’s identity) — Instalment #2 — Player ‘A’: Never having averaged less [...]
Top 25 NHL Goalies For 2011
With a fresh slate of NHL action upon us, hockey fans across the globe will once again band together to form thousands upon thousands of pools & fantasy leagues with their friends, family, neighbours, work colleagues, and strangers they encounter on the internet. In the vast majority of these competitions, entrants will be choosing at [...]
Happ Hype Warranted: Southpaw Tosses 7 Shutout Frames In Astros Sweep Of Buccos
In perhaps his most anticipated start of the season (see original story ‘Hope For Happ’ here), Houston pitcher J.A. Happ took to the Minute Maid Park mound Wednesday night and effectively silenced all of his doubters. Happ’s performance by the numbers: 7 innings, 3 hits, 1 walk, 0 runs allowed, and 6 strikeouts Positively brilliant! [...]
Hope For Happ: Has A 15-Loss Hurler Rediscovered His ’09 Form?
Describing Astros pitcher J.A. Happ’s 2011 season as ‘disappointing’ does not even cover the half of it. Acquired from the Phillies in the trade deadline swap of a season ago that saw the team part with its ace starter, Roy Oswalt, Happ figured to be a central member of the Houston rotation immediately and for [...]
Is Houston Playing Spoiler Or Are The Giants Spoiling It For Themselves?
Making his third big-league start, Astros pitcher Henry Sosa held San Francisco’s line-up in check Thursday night in the team’s 3-1 victory at AT&T Park, recording his first career win in the process. Matched up against one another for back-to-back weekends, the game ended with Houston coming out on top for the third time in [...]
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