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Nolan Ryan's oldest son named Astros president

His famous dad and former Astros great Craig Biggio were on hand Friday for the announcement.

Astros' Bedard returns to mound and strikes out 3

The 47-year-old Biggio, who came within 39 votes of being elected to the Hall of Fame last year, said he has not ruled out managing.

Nobody asked me, but ...

Houston was in the NL for 51 years and with apologies to Terry Puhl, take away Nolan Ryan, Jeff Bagwell, Craig Biggio and my all-time favorite, Jimmy Wynn, the "Toy Cannon," and, well, it was fun.

A Hall of a big controversy

Biggio probably had the best credentials, with 3,000 career hits, seven All- Star Game appearances and four Gold Gloves at second base, despite coming up to the majors as a catcher.

Biggio got most votes in year where no one got in

Craig Biggio believes it's possible that he wasn't elected to the Hall of Fame because he was on the ballot for the first time with several big stars linked to performance-enhancing drugs.

Baseball Hall of Fame voters pitch shutout in 2013

Voters also denied entry to fellow newcomers Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza and Curt Schilling, along with holdovers Jack Morris, Jeff Bagwell and Lee Smith.

Steroids fallout: No BB Hall for Bonds, Clemens

As for Biggio, "I'm surprised he didn't get in."Mark McGwire, 10th on the career home run list with 583, received 16.9 percent on his seventh try, down from 19.5 last year.

Column: Bonds, Clemens will get in. Bet on it.

The only real shame in what happened Wednesday is that Craig Biggio and Jack Morris, two guys who strung together long and apparently drug-free careers, couldn't gather enough votes from a...

Hall of Famers happy to see Bonds, Clemens denied

The real news is that Biggio and Piazza were well under the 75 percent needed," Hall of Fame slugger Mike Schmidt wrote in an email to the AP.

Rounding Third: Score one for the moral police

Houston's Craig Biggio came awfully close this year, as he fell 39 votes short of the 427 he needed, but are we completely sold that he was clean?

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Shut Out: Nobody Elected to 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame Class

This season, former Houston Astros great Craig Biggio received the highest share of votes (68.2%).

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Craig Biggio Cites Drug Issue in Hall of Fame Vote

Biggio Cites Drug Issue in Hall Vote

Craig Biggio says if he's lumped with accused PED users, that would be 'unfair'

Biggio doesn't have a vote, but said he would have voted for both Bonds and Clemens if he did.