Astros Crawfish Boil

Astros Crawfish Boil: October 25th, 2022

With a week of no baseball until the World Series, I’m starting to have a love/hate relationship with sweeps

By CKuno Oct 25, 2022, 7:45am CDT

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Championship Series - Houston Astros v New York Yankees - Game Four

World Series Waltz

Schedule has dropped for the Fall Classic and here’s how and when to watch (MLB.com)
The 2022 World Series is already noteworthy by featuring two teams with a 14-game win disparity (MLB.com)
It will also feature yet another NL East team, which has not gone over well for the Astros in recent memory (Houston Chronicle)
Nor in distant memory either, as this series will have shades of the 1980 NLCS running all through it (KHOU 11)
With all the big boppers and playmakers in this year’s series, who do you think takes home the MVP hardware? (MLB.com)
Here’s how those big name players made their way onto the rosters for both teams (MLB.com)
A big part of the success the Astros have seen so far has been thanks to some otherworldly pitching (Astros.com)
Yuli Gurriel may not have had a stellar season, but he sure looks like a man enjoying what may be a final ride through the postseason (The Athletic, $$$)
I still can’t believe the Yankees turned to the 2004 Red Sox beating them in the ALCS for inspiration, and then got swept anyways (FanNation)
People can keep being mad at the Astros, but they’re just going to keep on winning (AP News)
Mattress Mack and World Series bets to hedge losses on his business are a Fall tradition in Houston (ESPN)

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