Cal.E.'s Korner

markmiller323
7 minutes ago
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C.: d.c.,why did you put that picture or a tombstone at the beginning of the blog? They haven't even played twenty games yet..

d.: and have about that many plyers, mainly starting pitchers, on the disable lisl; but don’t you remember the story behind the tombstone that I told you a few years ago?

C.: Yes, the Astros were in a horrible slump, and the Houston Chronicle put that picture on the first page of the sports section. The Astros, who took on the personality of their manager, the dude they called ‘scrap iron’ because of his mental toughness, the guy who just died…

d. Rest in peace, Phil Garner. You were a credit to the game and the Astros’ history.

C.: Yes, the Astros wanted to prove the Chronicle wrong, so they took off and won like, ten games in a row and that propelled them to make their first World Series appearance in the history of the franchise….

d.: In which they, unfortunately, were swept by the Chicago White Sox in four games.

C.: But I thought that the Astros and the White Sox were both in the American League.

d.: They are—now.

C.:???

d.: In the history of Major League Baseball, there have been only two teams that switched leagues, the Houston Astros and the Milwaukee Brewers. That leads me to a trivia question, Cal.E.

What team in Major League baseball has the distinction of representing both the National and American League in the World Series. Is it A.: The Houston Astros