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As Jeff Luhnow and the Houston Astros work towards rebuilding the team, they hire veteran outfielder Carlos Beltran and bench coach Alex Cora to help guide their roster of younger, less experienced players. Both Beltran and Cora arrive in Houston with deep insights into the game, ...  Show more

By 2017, the Houston Astros are one of the most dominant teams in Major League Baseball. But the team also takes sign stealing to new heights when they discover a unique – and illegal – way to signal those signs to batters in real time. But as the team mounts a World Series run, ...  Show more

Al's reaction to the Johnny Manziel documentary, the Yankees are longshots to make the playoffs and someone called Justin Verlander a diva. 

In the early days of baseball, sign-stealing was almost like a game within the game. Teams and players would try all kinds of tricks to get a glimpse of what the catcher was signaling to the pitcher. Even with this long history, when the Houston Astros were recently caught ste ...

Mike and Jake discuss the offensive struggles of the top three hitters in the Astros’ lineup and take stock of the extremely depleted pitching staff. Can they endure all of these pitcher injuries? Subscribe to The Athletic using this special promo and receive 40% off! Also, subsc ...  Show more

Leo Durocher would stop at nothing to win. The baseball player-turned-manager was a skilled tactician and famously tough. But he also cheated, intimidated umpires and was violent; he was even known to beat up fans. Durocher was famous for coining the phrase "nice guys finish last ...  Show more