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José de Jesus Ortiz - Editor-in-Chief

José de Jesus Ortiz

Founder & Editor in Chief

Award-winning writer José de Jesus Ortiz, the first Latino to serve as president of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, has covered Major League Baseball since 1997 in Los Angeles, St. Petersburg, New York and Houston. He also served as a lead sports columnist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch after 15 years as an Astros beat writer, national baseball writer and international soccer writer at the Houston Chronicle. He has written two books, including Armed and Dangerous on the 2004-2005 Houston Astros.

Astros Flash Leather While Pounding White Sox

Yordan Alvarez Glad to Help Astros Again

Houston Astros’ Dusty Baker: ‘Gotta have it’

Red Sox’s Alex Cora Back Where he Belongs

Dodgers lefty Julio Urias, ‘El Culichi,’ makes history

Texas A&M Kicker Seth Small Embraces Mexican roots

Astros Title Chase A Family Affair For Carlos Correa

Jose Rada Finds Calling Coaching in Astros Farm System

Astros All-Star Carlos Correa Shares Gifts

Astros Bench Coach Joe Espada Buoyed by Mom