Even if baseball fans didn’t watch this game, they can still almost instantly understand what is going on here, what the players, umpires, and fans are thinking, and what is at stake. If you don’t know the outcome, the ball was fair, and Marwin Gonzalez’ 8th inning grand slam won the game, broke the curse…
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Astros Spring Training Countdown – 10 Days
Until he was injured mid-season, World Series MVP George Springer was a legitimate AL MVP candidate–along with teamates Carlos Correa and eventual MVP winner Jose Altuve. Here, Springer helps Houston improve to 3-0 on the season with a walk-off three-run homer into the first row of the Crawford Boxes against Seattle on April 5. Only…
The Story Behind Astros’ First Base Coach Rich Dauer’s Amazing Recovery
During the Houston Astros parade celebrating their first World Series title, something was terribly wrong with their first base coach Rich Dauer. No one knew it at the time, but he was suffering from an acute subdural hematoma, caused by a blow to the head when he had fallen the night before. Dauer didn’t realize he was injured…
A Wild Ride
There were a lot of big hits for the Astros throughout their run to becoming World Series champs this year. But here is the call for perhaps my favorite of them all: He lifts it… Into left… Down the line… At the wall… Gone! Do you know which of the Astros’ record setting 15 home…
Astros Pitching Carried Them to the World Series Title
The Astros had the best offense in baseball in 2017, scoring almost 900 runs in the regular season. And they showed plenty of pop in the postseason, too; for instance, they set the record for the most home runs ever in a World Series. Yet in the postseason, teams face better pitching than during the…