OTD in 2017: The Houston Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 13-12 in extra innings, in what many people consider the greatest World Series game ever played, an instant classic.
Pete Rose was banned for life for less. If Ohtani made a direct payment to any bookmaker he should be subjected to the same punishment as well, but we all know Rob Manfred has no balls.
Dusty Baker Jr. will go down arguably as the greatest manager the Houston Astros have ever had. Navigated them through one of the roughest times and helped continue to add to the trophy case.
4 ALCS appearances
2 Consecutive AL Pennants
1 World Series 🏆
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With today being Michael Brantley day for the 1st time in 2023, let’s throw it back to the most incredible play he’s made while being with the Astros. I was there for this game and looked even more spectacular than it did on TV. Welcome back Uncle Mike!
No free agency tour,
No gambling problems,
No internal family issues,
Zero complaints about our roster,
MVP award winner,
One of MLB’s cleanest all time greats
For those wondering, I was able to congratulate
@astros
Yordan and give him the piece of history that he earned. I did not ask for anything in return, but he made sure that I received an autographed ball to show his appreciation. Congrats Yordan, and thanks for the ball.
On July 17, 2018 at the MLB All Star Game, Houston Astros Alex Bregman and George Springer hit back to back home runs off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling pushing the AL to an 8-6 victory in extra innings.
On this date in 2022 the Houston Astros threw a combined no hitter against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium who hadn’t been no hit since the 2003 Astros at Old Yankee Stadium.
Anytime the Astros play at Fenway I think of that time Jason Castro was down to his last strike and was able to drive a hit up the middle to give the Astros the lead in game 4 of the 2021 ALCS.
Quick recap of the 2023 American League Western Division race. The Texas Rangers spent 159 days leading the division only to fall short of the Houston Astros.
Shoutout to our Mexican King Jose Urquidy for 4 innings of 1 run ball last night. Having him come in as a long reliever gave the maligned bullpen much needed rest. Today we salute you 🫡 🇲🇽
A look back of how far the last 10 defending World Series Champions went their following year:
2014 Red Sox didn’t qualify
2015 Giants didn’t qualify
2016 Royals didn’t qualify
2017 Cubs lost NLCS in 5
2018 Astros lost ALCS in 5
2019 Red Sox didn’t qualify
2020 Nationals
Much respect to Jose Altuve. Nobody in the league has had to endure the amount of trash talking fans that he has and he just shakes it off like a professional baseball player and man should do. You never see him whining to security guard to get a fan tossed out because his