The Major League Baseball season is underway with Opening Day concluding Thursday night. The Tampa Bay Rays and the Miami Marlins were unable to come out with wins. Former Florida outfielder Wyatt Langford made his major league debut with the Texas Rangers, as well. Rays Lose to Rival Toronto The …
Read More »The Birth of a Juggernaut: The Rise of the Houston Astros
The year is 2011. The Houston Astros, having traded fan favorites Lance Berkman and Roy Oswalt the season before, are in a downward spiral. The team was 76-86 in 2010, but it would not even crack 60 wins in 2011. It can’t get any worse, right? Wrong. In their last …
Read More »Rays Wildcard Race takes a Blue Jay Hit
AL East Champion, for two years running, that title belonged to the Tampa Bay Rays. But a division loaded with the likes of the Blue Jays and a Yankees team behind a historical Aaron Judge developed into a tall ask with each passing series. Sunday night’s 7-1 loss to the …
Read More »American League Defeats National League in MLB All-Star Game 3-2
For the ninth consecutive year, the American League has defeated the National League in the 2022 MLB All-Star Game. New York Yankees Outfielder Giancarlo Stanton took home MVP honors after hitting a game-tying two-run home run in the fourth inning of last night’s midsummer classic. The AL is now 21-4 …
Read More »American League All-Star Team Announced
The American League All-Star roster was announced for 2022. Here’s a break down. American League Starters C – Alejandro Kirk, Toronto Blue Jays 1B – Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Toronto Blue Jays 2B – Jose Altuve, Houston Astros 3B – Rafael Devers, Boston Red Sox SS – Tim Anderson, Chicago White …
Read More »George Springer debuts with Toronto Blue Jays
George Springer spent the first seven seasons of his MLB career with the Houston Astros, went to the playoffs five times and won a World Series. But this offseason, he inked a six-year, $150 million deal with the Toronto Blue Jays in free agency. Now, he gets a fresh opportunity …
Read More »Rays Drop Game 4 to Astros
The Tampa Bay Rays had the opportunity to lock up a trip to the World Series last night, but merger offense got the best of them again. For the Houston Astros, it was win or go home, and they pulled through just at the right time. The Astros forced a …
Read More »Nationals Take Game 1 of World Series
Game 1 of the World Series between the Washington Nationals and Houston Astros is in the books. After giving up two runs in the first inning in Minute Maid Park, the Nationals rallied to come back and fended off the hosts to take the first game 5-4. How It Happened …
Read More »Astros Tie ALCS Series with Correa Walk-off in 11th Inning
After losing the first game of the ALCS series at home 7-0 to the Yankees, the Houston Astros tied up the playoff series at 1-1 following a walk-off home run from Carlos Correa in the 11th inning. See. You. Later. @TeamCJCorrea pic.twitter.com/TSZov8phWy — Houston Astros (@astros) October 14, 2019 Houston …
Read More »Astros Clinch AL West
The Houston Astros earned the American League West division title for a third consecutive season and their ninth title overall. This is their longest winning streak since 1997-99. The Astros secured the title after defeating the Los Angeles Angels 13-5 Sunday night. https://twitter.com/astros/status/1175888351909441538 The Astros now have a 102-54 record, …
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