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Dec 19, 2005 · Astros owner Drayton McLane presented Roy Oswalt with a shiny, new Caterpillar D6N XL -- with a giant red bow on top of the cab -- Monday.
- The 2005 NLCS
- Drayton McLane’s Promise
- Mclane Follows Through with Deal
The St. Louis Cardinals were the only team in Major League Baseball during the 2005 season to win 100 games. The Houston Astros didn’t break 90. The Cardinals also won the NLCS series opener, jumping on Astros pitcher Andy Pettitte early and often en route to a 5-3 victoryin St. Louis. The Astros bounced back in Game 2 behind Roy Oswalt’s seven-inn...
Roy Oswalt sat in the Astros clubhouse before Game 6 and was hoping for another stellar performance much like the one he had in Game 2. Astros owner Drayton McLane was also hoping for the same result and walked in on Oswalt a few hours before the game. He wanted to make sure his Game 6 starter still wasn’t reeling from the shocking loss in Game 5. ...
Roy Oswalt was dominant once again and he was staked to a 3-0 lead after four innings in Game 6. He had visions of the Houston Astros getting to the World Series, but he also was thinking about that bulldozer. “I was thinking that nightin about the third inning, when we went up 3-0, if I can just shut these guys out the rest of the night, I’m going...
- Staff Writer, Producer-NBA
pennant-clinching victory over the St. Louis Cardinals, Roy Oswalt was dreaming about a bulldozer. The right-handed ace remembered what Astros owner Drayton McLane promised him in the clubhouse before the game -- win and you'll get that all-purpose tractor you've always wanted. Oswalt came through, allowing one run in seven innings in the
In an on-air interview last year when Oswalt was at Minute Maid park, he said that he still uses his bulldozer all the time. Something about that is weirdly heartwarming. I love that this guy was a terrific, nearly HOF-level player, but farms for fun.
Oswalt will head to the Philadelphia Phillies in exchange for J.A. Happ and two prospects. The wait and speculation surrounding the presumed end of Roy-O's Houston tenure is over. A new...
Dec 20, 2005 · Undeterred, McLane finally got a rise out of Oswalt by offering the star righthander a bulldozer if he clinched the Astros' trip to the World Series.
Dec 19, 2005 · Astros owner Drayton McLane presented Roy Oswalt with a shiny, new Caterpillar D6N XL -- with a giant red bow on top of the cab -- Monday.
