He literally made a bid to buy the Edmonton Oilers in 1998, my dude.

Was too busy to tweet it at the time but I was wondering iif the Astros would have Kyle Tucker try to steal second in the 10th to stay out of the double play. Understand the arguments for and against, and hindsight is, of course, 20/20.

Good comp here. All dynasties eventually end, but obviously better to be one at some point than never winning at all. Think plenty of longtime Astros fans can live through however this season turns out given what’s been achieved during this era.

ICYMI, a deep dive into Houston’s inability to land an NHL team for parts of six decades, with good insight from hockey insiders such as Nick Kypreos, John Shannon, Neil Smith and more. Also a look at past attempts to get a franchise:
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Astros insider: Houston still trying to find a 'way to win' after being swept by Braves

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The Tom Cruise quote from Cocktail always applies: “Everything ends badly, otherwise it wouldn’t end.”

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Or not. Manfredball coming.

Yordan Alvarez vs. A.J. Minter in the ninth inning of a 4-4 game. Must-see TV.

Josh Hader needed that 1-2-3 inning. The streets would've been ugly if anything else had occurred.

Costly miscues hurting the Astros today: Not adding to their lead in the fifth with second and third and that error in the 8th that gave the Braves an extra out.

Bryan Abreu did his job. Ryan Pressly, who hasn't pitched since Friday, is now warming up to presumably handle the eighth inning.

For a rare instance this season, the Astros will have a lead and chance to trot out their late-innings trio of Bryan Abreu, Ryan Pressly and Josh Hader.
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This is the best non-garbage time inning of this series for the Astros' bats.

Add a homer off the batter's eye in center to start the fifth inning.

The Braves' leadoff hitter has reached against J.P. France in various ways:
1st: Single
2nd: Home run
3rd: Error
4th: Strikeout, wild pitch

112 mph off the bat of Marcell Ozuna on that homer followed by 102.9 on Orlando Arcia's double. Braves have made solid contact off J.P. France, to say the least.

FYI, this is Max Fried's first start in Houston since Game 6 of the 2021 World Series. I think you know what happened that night.

Astros have their first lead of this series after Yordan Alvarez's one-out solo homer into the Crawford Boxes.

Nice escape by J.P. France after putting a runner on second with no outs in the first inning.