After the stories of Astros stealing signs...

... I wondered about the team away records, in other parks without access to the video equipment.

In 2017, the Astros road record was 53-28. That is a percentage of .654, while (cheating) home percentage was .593.

In 2018, the Astros won 11 more games on the road than at home – 57 on the road and 46 at home.

In 2019, the road record dropped to 47-34. The home record was 60-21.

The Astros did not have to cheat in order to win.

They're doing what in Texas?

In today’s baseball game at Minute Maid Park, Houston Astros’ TV announcers were pushing Pinot at the Park.

W-H-A-A-A-T?

Yep. Pinot at the Park. In Houston. Texas.

After the initial shock, a Texan would say, “Well, it is in Houston. Something you’d expect there or Dallas or Austin.” Maybe even in Fort Worth. Possibly in San Antonio. Not in Abilene or Amarillo, El Paso or Waco or Lubbock.

The wine set. Probably not going to find cowboys or oilmen there. Lawyers and bankers, sure. But not people who get their hands dirty.

Pinot at the Park. I tell you what.