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HOUSTON -- The Astros are preparing for their most extensive caravan schedule in years, with several Houston suburbs included in the plans beginning next week.
The Winter Caravan begins next week with stops at Katy, Kemah, The Woodlands and Sugar Land. The two-week tour will wrap up with stops in Beaumont, Lake Charles, Austin, Round Rock, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, College Station and Monterrey, Mexico, in early February.
Caravan visits will feature stops at schools and hospitals, meet and greets, luncheons, media sessions and baseball clinics at a variety of locations across Texas and in the surrounding areas, as well as free autograph sessions for fans at several Academy Sports and Outdoors locations.
Several Astros figures will take part in the Houston-area caravan stops, including Matt Albers, Brad Ausmus, Brandon Backe, Jeff Bagwell, Dave Borkowski, Chris Burke, Mike Lamb, Jason Lane, Brad Lidge, Roy Oswalt, Chris Sampson, Luke Scott, Woody Williams, assistant general managers Ricky Bennett and David Gottfried, bench coach Cecil Cooper, Astros great Jimmy Wynn and broadcasters Dave Raymond, Brett Dolan, Jim Deshaies and Bill Brown.
The caravan officially kicks off on Monday with a three-day trip through Central Texas. This leg of the caravan will feature Backe, Scott and Sampson, as well as broadcasters Milo Hamilton, Raymond and Dolan.
Locally, the first caravan stop will take place next Wednesday in Katy. A full listing of next week's caravan stops that are open to the public is listed below:
Wednesday, Jan. 24 -- Borkowski, Lamb, Williams, Cooper, Bennett, Brown
Free autograph signing at Rainforest Cafe -- Katy
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location: 5000 Katy Mills Circle, Katy, Texas, 77494-4402
Free autograph signing at Academy Sports & Outdoors -- Katy
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 23155 I-10 West (At Grand Parkway) Katy, Texas, 77494
Thursday, Jan. 25 - Lane, Oswalt, Sampson, Dolan
Free autograph signing at Landry's Kemah Boardwalk -- Kemah
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: 215 Kipp Ave., Kemah, Texas, 77565
Free autograph signing at Academy Sports & Outdoors -- League City
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 21351 Gulf Freeway (Between FM 518 and Nasa Pkwy), Webster, Texas, 77598
Friday, Jan. 26 - Ausmus, Bagwell, Deshaies, Raymond
Free autograph signing at Academy Sports & Outdoors -- The Woodlands
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: 25010 I-45 N (at Rayford Rd.), The Woodlands, Texas, 77386
Sat., Jan. 27 - Albers, Backe, Dolan, Wynn
Free autograph signing at Academy Sports & Outdoors -- Sugar Land
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: 16610 US Hwy 59 (at First Colony Blvd.), Sugar Land, Texas, 77479
Grand Slam For Youth Baseball Event at Marian Park -- Houston
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Marian Park, 1101 S. Gessner Rd., Houston, Texas, 77063
The Winter Caravan begins next week with stops at Katy, Kemah, The Woodlands and Sugar Land. The two-week tour will wrap up with stops in Beaumont, Lake Charles, Austin, Round Rock, Laredo, McAllen, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, College Station and Monterrey, Mexico, in early February.
Caravan visits will feature stops at schools and hospitals, meet and greets, luncheons, media sessions and baseball clinics at a variety of locations across Texas and in the surrounding areas, as well as free autograph sessions for fans at several Academy Sports and Outdoors locations.
Several Astros figures will take part in the Houston-area caravan stops, including Matt Albers, Brad Ausmus, Brandon Backe, Jeff Bagwell, Dave Borkowski, Chris Burke, Mike Lamb, Jason Lane, Brad Lidge, Roy Oswalt, Chris Sampson, Luke Scott, Woody Williams, assistant general managers Ricky Bennett and David Gottfried, bench coach Cecil Cooper, Astros great Jimmy Wynn and broadcasters Dave Raymond, Brett Dolan, Jim Deshaies and Bill Brown.
The caravan officially kicks off on Monday with a three-day trip through Central Texas. This leg of the caravan will feature Backe, Scott and Sampson, as well as broadcasters Milo Hamilton, Raymond and Dolan.
Locally, the first caravan stop will take place next Wednesday in Katy. A full listing of next week's caravan stops that are open to the public is listed below:
Wednesday, Jan. 24 -- Borkowski, Lamb, Williams, Cooper, Bennett, Brown
Free autograph signing at Rainforest Cafe -- Katy
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Location: 5000 Katy Mills Circle, Katy, Texas, 77494-4402
Free autograph signing at Academy Sports & Outdoors -- Katy
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 23155 I-10 West (At Grand Parkway) Katy, Texas, 77494
Thursday, Jan. 25 - Lane, Oswalt, Sampson, Dolan
Free autograph signing at Landry's Kemah Boardwalk -- Kemah
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: 215 Kipp Ave., Kemah, Texas, 77565
Free autograph signing at Academy Sports & Outdoors -- League City
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 21351 Gulf Freeway (Between FM 518 and Nasa Pkwy), Webster, Texas, 77598
Friday, Jan. 26 - Ausmus, Bagwell, Deshaies, Raymond
Free autograph signing at Academy Sports & Outdoors -- The Woodlands
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: 25010 I-45 N (at Rayford Rd.), The Woodlands, Texas, 77386
Sat., Jan. 27 - Albers, Backe, Dolan, Wynn
Free autograph signing at Academy Sports & Outdoors -- Sugar Land
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location: 16610 US Hwy 59 (at First Colony Blvd.), Sugar Land, Texas, 77479
Grand Slam For Youth Baseball Event at Marian Park -- Houston
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Marian Park, 1101 S. Gessner Rd., Houston, Texas, 77063
