OFF DAY with Ballpark Nation

WBC Astros spring training And Andy gutted through the flu...

No more RSN? Lance's arm?

- Javier is staying - Is Tucker or Bregman? - What about Framber? - Jim compares the old red and black unis to The Phantom Menace.

Jim is not sure what show he's doing. A little more on Dana. Yuli back? Pitchers and Catchers

The last episode of January! - Astros new GM - Goal post pushing - A lot of Emily Nyman references  - Bill Doran and Bill Brown - The First Order v The Empire

We're joined by Suzy from Bourbon & Baseball!  https://twitter.com/BourbonNBball - Jim's a Cowboys fan - Meet Suzy! - Dana Brown - The Utility Man

We take a look back at great Astros moments of the past with a focus on four major events: Billy Hatcher's big homer in 1986 Jeff Kent's walk of laser  Bregman's 10th inning walk off Yordan turning stuff upside down. 

We thought we were done with 2022, but the Astros, it turns out, weren't... - Welcome back, Uncle Mike - Who rounds out the 40? - Favorite Astros '22 memory - Favorite sports related present ever.

Rob Fontenot is here: https://twitter.com/RobFontenot Winter Meetings wrap up Anti Astros bias? Billionaires wallets

The Winter Meetings start today...what will Orbit, the Astros GM, do? Another warning to the west? Favorite Astros uniform

What does the Abreu signing 'mean.' The state of the Astros front office A view from a Cardinals fan..

-  Who;s gonna be the GM? - Angels and Ms are making moves. - Astros memories

The Astros find themselves without a GM.  Brian and Jim share differing opinions on what it all 'means.' Montero got paid. 

We won! We cried a little! We drank a bunch! Thanks to Ed Rivera for hosting and being our chaperone. 

Understand your movie references.... Heroes of Game 5

Two words: Christian Javier

Astros down 2-1 in the World Series, yet the sky doth not fall. LMJ. Dusty. Offense must have been touring the Rocky statue.  Jim is eating chicken again.  Let's flush it and move on. 

Sam Blum,  Angels beat writer for The Athletic, is here to talk Astros in the World Series. https://twitter.com/SamBlum3 Picks, predictions and more.  Let's Get Two team predictions: Jim: Astros in 6. Altuve MVP Andy: Astros in 7. Altuve MVP Brian: Astros in 6. Valdez MVP Andrew: Phillies in 7 Scott: Phillies in 6 Jess: Astros in 5

We went live last night! We might have had some drinks. We had Ed on to help give a neutral perspective. We had Paul on to shed some light on his Phillies. Astros in the WORLD SERIES! We might have had some drinks.

- Astros go up 2022 - The other shoe could always drop - Altuve back in the hit column - Mancini back in the RBI column - Pitching - LMJ today - If positive momentum in baseball isn't necessarily a thing, is negative momentum?

Framer pitched man… Altuve found gloves, but hit it hard… Shoutout to Sean Salisbury Jake Kaplan and Jim on Twitter Roof-gate! NASA wind machine??? Roof-gate II: Rainouts and Advantages Prediction Check In

- Astros up 1-0 - (no) Rest v Rust - KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK - Going Forward - Roof gate

The Astros are off to the ALCS! but.... Why have playoffs anyway? Looking ahead...

Yordan is a Jedi...and he has no delusions of grandeur Great ALDS win. Bad ALDS loss for the Ms? JV ALDS Game 2