Bill Brown marks his 27th season as the Astros' primary play-by-play voice on television in 2013. With over 30 years of broadcasting MLB games, Bill has received many honors and awards, including the 2012 Fred Hartman Award for Long and Meritorious Service, induction into the Houston Media Wall of Honor in September of 2011, the Texas Italian-American Sports Foundation's award for outstanding accomplishments as a television broadcaster for the Houston Astros and community service, and representation of the Astros on the fan ballot for the 2012 Ford C. Frick Award. A finalist for the 2010 National Sportscaster and Sportswriters Association Texas Sportscaster of the Year Award, he was inducted into the Texas Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004. Before joining the Astros, Bill worked as Senior Producer and anchor of the Financial News Network's SCORE program, Sports Director of the Sports Time Cable Network, and was the television voice of the Cincinnati Reds. A member of the Advisory Board at Houston Sight Into Sound, he has been a volunteer reader for 22 years. He is the co-author of My Baseball Journey, A Sportscaster's Story with Tim Gregg. Mike Acosta, who researched and provided the images for Houston Astros: Deep in the Heart, joined the Astros in the 1990s as a broadcasting intern and worked his way into a job the Astros created especially for him. As authentication/archives manager, he handles documentation, archive, and retail operations for the team's memorabilia. Known f
