170 - How the West Was Won

The Houston Astros were in first place in the American League West only 18 game days in 2023, but they ended the year with another divisional title and a first round bye. In this episode Craig and Rex look at the Astros furious final weekend run to the title, Kyle Tucker's bizarre did he or didn't he chase to a 30/30 season and the four wild card match-ups. We wrap up the episode discussing the movement to retire Roberto Clemente's number 21 league wide and we return to the Astros' retired number fetish.

Errata; "Kill the Umpire" (1950) starred Wiliam Bendix and Una Merkel. Did Craig really say, "Houston played good?"

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Chapters

• 0:00 How the west was won
• 7:00 Craig picks Milwaukee and Philadelphia
• 12:26 Craig picks Texas and Toronto
• 20:17 Kyle Tucker's bizarre final game 30/30 chase
• 25:34 On retiring Roberto Clemente's number league-wide
• 31:12 Craig cannot get over the Astros' retired number fetish
• 46:28 Future Astro retired number decisions