Indulge me with five minutes of your time, and we will review the month in MLB together. Which team led MLB with 46 homers? Full marks if you said the Milwaukee Brewers, just ahead of the Los Angeles Angels with
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Tag: Houston Astros
Episode 271 – 2022 AL West Preview
For the fourth of our 2022 MLB Previews, we focus on the AL West and are joined by: Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle on the Astros Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register on the Angels Steve Berman of
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30 BOLDish predictions: One for each MLB team
AL WEST Houston Astros Jeremy Pena debuts for the Astros and creates an unstoppable middle-infield pairing with Jose Altuve. Both players hit over .300, and there’s not a single banged trashcan to be heard. Los Angeles Angels Injuries disrupt Mike
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Alexa, Tell me an Uplifting Baseball Story from 2021
In 2018, the Cincinnati Reds farm system was stacked. Nick Senzel sat at the top, just ahead of Hunter Greene and Taylor Trammell. All three have had stuttering starts to their careers, but the talent of the trio is hard
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ALCS Preview: Can Astros Sketchy Stuff Stifle Sox?
On Friday night (well, Saturday morning to be accurate), the Houston Astros pit their sketchy stuff against the Boston Red Sox. Despite scraping into the postseason and progressing to the ALCS via the Wild Card, the Red Sox only won
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ALDS PREVIEW: Houston Astros vs. Chicago White Sox
If anyone listened to either @AstrosFansUK or @WhiteSox_UK this year, then the appearance of these two teams in the postseason as division leaders was never in doubt. The White Sox 93 wins is the most by the franchise since their
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Episode 223 – Ben Reiter Joins the Show
Journalist, author and storyteller joins John to discuss his arc with the Houston Astros – from Sports Illustrated Nostradamus of their World Series triumph, to chronicler of the secret of their success in his bestselling book ‘Astroball’ through their own
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Episode 218 – 2021 AL West Preview
In our penultimate season preview we’re over in the AL West, and again joined by an amazing group of experts to keep us on the straight and narrow. Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle on The Astros Fabian Ardaya of
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The Return of Cora
Jack Hinchliff is making his BFN debut. Yet to find a team to follow, why not hit him up on Twitter and peddle your team to him? Do Damage! Do Damage! A slogan that epitomises the all-conquering 2018 Boston Red Sox and their first year manager
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Stay humble, but for how long?
At 9:41pm on the 30th September, the Astros published this tweet. Let’s hear about those busted brackets. #ForTheH pic.twitter.com/hJ4nRdY4BD — Houston Astros (@astros) September 30, 2020 People on Twitter got mad. I know, I was shocked too. People wanted the
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