The Space Cadet Sports Podcast - A Houston Sports Show

Finally the favorites decided to make a week easy for all of us, so congrats to everyone for having a decent week. What do we do though? Keep picking chalk or trying to get funky with it and zig where people are zagging? Paul picks the winners for the upcoming week, projects how the Texans will play on Sunday, takes a trip to Dynamo Corner, talks some WNBA and starts to kick off some Rockets talk!...

Your Houston Texans are making history and going streaking! We talk about the success of the Texans in the game. The running game, the swarming defense, the all around good game. And we get into Mario Edwards Jr and Cam Akers. Let’s get into it, H-Town! Vamos vamos Texans Get full access to Space Cadet Sports at spacecadetsports.substack.com/subscribe

Putting the receipts out there again, fam. Let’s look back at how Paul’s picks did last week and Carla and I look at the lines for week 6 and pick our winners. If you’re looking to have be tied for 3rd in your laid-back friends league, you’ve come to the right place. We talk some football, fantasy football and look ahead to the Texans playing the Patriots this upcoming Sunday! Let’s get to it, H-T...

Your Houston Texans put on a show Sunday and beat Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills at home, in their new H-Town kits. The Texans are trying to show that they are not just a team of false starts and penalties and can focus up to not beat themselves. Ka’imi Fairbairn is now your Houston Texans all time leading scorer. Let’s talk about the game when we’re still feeling excited about it and we’ll go a...

It’s officially football season on the podcast now, folks! So let’s look at how we did with our NFL Week 4 picks and check in with our gut to see who we think will win in Week 5. We also talk Texans and look ahead to their game against the Bills, serving looks, being in our emotions and even take a break and stop by Dynamo Corner. How are your picks doing? Me? I’m 36-28 on the season and looking t...

Your Houston Astros season ends early with another home loss in the playoffs. This time the villains are A.J. Hinch and the most random team from Detroit. Paul breaks down one last game for you this season as he tries to explain what happened. The Astros have been so dominant but playoff baseball isn’t for the weak or fairweather, this loss hurts but there is no reason to sound any kind of alarm a...

The Astros rallied late and were able to avoid a shutout, but weren’t able to score enough runs to win the game. Dropping the game to a dominant Tarik Skubal who pitched a shutout through the 6th inning. Framber struggled but the bullpen was solid. But the Astros offense was unable to come through until the 9th inning. Let’s recap this game and talk about why I’m actually optimistic that the Astro...

The Houston Astros and Justin Verlander take one last show on the road this season as they go to Cleveland, take two games and decide to call it a season. We discuss some roster moves, the games in Cleveland and then look ahead to the Wild Card series against the Motor City Kitties. Tarik Skubal is not the brand of an old chewing tobacco and is actually the AL Triple Crown winner leading the AL pi...

Astros lose a series but win the west, so we can’t be that upset. Paul goes back to last week to eat some humble pie on his 6-10 performance and tries to focus up. Astros baseball, Paul sings a parody song for Arlington, NFL picks and lines, Texans frustration, Dynamo corner and WNBA playoffs on this last Astros Off Day Goof Off of the season! Wanna leave the podcast a voicemail? Click here! Vamos...

Your Houston Astros are the AL West Champion yet again and the haters are in shambles as the team continues to dominate. In a poetic game, the Astros outlast the Mariners as they have solid starting pitching, bullpen relief and blast 3 homers en route to taking the crown again. The Astros may be inevitable to all the haters, but I’ve seen a team that has adjusted and fought their way back into con...

The Houston Astros take a series against the LA Angels of Anaheim, but lost the Sunday matinee for the sweep. Also, the Texans have a rough rough game in Minnesota. Taking a huge L and looking sloppy against the Vikings. We recap the Astros series against the Angels, look ahead to the fight against the Mariners, recap some frustrations against the Texans (and the O-line), ask WHA HAPPENED?!, and e...

The Astros drop a series to the Padres after 3 hard fought games and only coming away with 1 win. The umps were bad, but we break down the series and talk about the Astros going forward. Then we get to Paul’s Picks for NFL week 3 and check the receipts for the season. We even stop by Dynamo Corner. That and much more on this episode of the Space Cadet Sports Podcast! How are your picks doing? Call...

Houston sports fans everywhere are feeling alright after a big week for their teams. In this episode, Paul breaks down the Astros series versus the Angels, recaps the Texans SNF home opener, talks AL West odds, shakily discusses Astros potential playoff rotation, we ask what’s the deal with and go to Dynamo Corner. That and much more on this double stuf episode of the Space Cadet Sports Podcast! W...

The Astros drop two games to the A’s before taking one back to salvage the series. In this episode we recap the games in the series to see what went wrong and then what finally went right. We check back in with the Space Cadet Sports Official Houston Astros Panic Meter to see where our emotions are here at the pod, find some keys for success going forward and look ahead at the schedule. It’s crunc...

It’s time for some more football, Texans fans! On this episode we get Paul’s Picks, Paul’s choice for pigskin pickems. We get a Paul’s Pick of The Week and a Carla’s Underdog of the week. And of course we check the receipts and look back at our week 1 picks to see how we did. And we check how Paul did in his fantasy league. That and more on this episode of the pod! Vamos vamos Texans Get full acce...

Your Tío Paul is here to tell you to loosen up a bit and enjoy life! The Texans won and even though you’re worried about Justin Verlander, I’m here to tell you everything is gonna be alright. In this episode we talk about the umps, check in with power rankings, look ahead to a potential playoff rotation, talk about the Texans offense, have a fantasy football update, preview the Astros/A’s series a...

It’s the beginning of the Texans season and crunch time in the Astros season. It’s a good thing Space Cadet is here for you to recap this big day in for Houston sports. In this pod Paul breaks down the Texans win at Indy, the Astros series win against the D-Backs, but also the tough-to-watch game from today, we also talk about the Dynamo so don’t say I don’t love you H-Town!, that and much more on...

The Houston Astros are still a 97.7% change to go to the playoffs from FanGraphs, but man was this a demoralizing series sweep. Especially after the heights of sweeping the Royals. I appreciate this team keeping me humble. In this episode we talk about the series, Joe Espada’s ejection, Kyle Tucker’s return set for tomorrow?, and an appearance from Joe Mixon as we talk Texans for a bit. That and m...

It’s finally here, folks. The NFL season starts tomorrow and the Houston Texans season starts on Sunday! On today’s special episode we talk only football. Paul makes his picks for week one, picks the underdog of the week and his surest win of the week. We also talk about how excited fans are for the Houston Texans this season and Paul predicts how many wins they will have and discusses the team. Y...

Dana Brown and Kyle Tucker both talk about his shin and how soon he can return. The internet angrily gets Astros news and point to how this means that they are evil. The Astros drop a game to the Reds after a sweep of the Royals. Off day goofing has never been such serious work! We also talk about JV, hopeful playoff rotations, bullpen trust rankings, Houston Texans captains and much much more. Ca...

Don’t tell Paul Rudd, but the Astros are putting some work in against the Kansas City Royals. After three close and hard fought games, the Astros have emerged victorious and hoping to sweep a team that has playoffs written all over them. We recap today’s game and the walk-off win yesterday, JP3, defense, the goat: Jose Altuve, Yuli Gurriel!, Framber flirting with a no-no, Yusei dominance, speculat...

Woo-wee, it’s getting hot in here, y’all! The Astros have been playing some playoff bound teams lately and it’s been giving me playoff vibes. The games have felt big, the Astros (and Manager Joe Espada) are pulling out all of the stops, the AL West still isn’t won and the Astros are trying to create some distance. The dog days of summer are clearly ending and we are getting to the playoff push of...

In what was shaping up to be a bummer of a series for Astros fans, the Astros turned the page and brought a fired up offense and pitching performance into the last game against Philly to avoid a sweep. Paul recaps the series, speaks about some good performers and explains why if Justin Verlander is Optimus Prime, then he is Optimist Prime about this Houston Astros team. We then look ahead to the n...

Well, the Astros didn’t lose a series but they also didn’t win one either. So why is Paul optimistic? We’ll get into the recap of the series and Space Cadet’s thoughts on it and we look ahead to the series coming up against Philly. Of course, it wouldn’t be a proper Astros podcast without talking about injuries and roster moves; so we do that too! Let’s keep seeing some competitive baseball. Mauri...

The Astros win a prime time game against the Orioles in a lopsided game. Besting the Orioles 6-0, the Astros are remindimg the league that they are still the Astros. However, the Astros are once again looking at injury concerns and potential roster moves to keep this high-turnover roster competition with the right mix of players needed. What’s going on with Bregman? Where did Ben Gamel come from?...