A curious thing has happened since the Houston Astros won their second World Series in six years and fourth American League pennant in the same span of time.
Days after clinching the Fall Classic, Houston owner Jim Crane, and it sure sounded like manager Dusty Baker would've seen the same fate had the team not just won a championship. Instead, the team gave him a one-year contract to return next season, as if he needed a prove-it deal.
After acknowledging his growing role in the franchise's makeshift front office, Hall of Famer Jeff Bagwell on Tuesday bemoaned the Astros' reliance on analytics and asserted that"this game is played by humans, man. It's not played by computers." Crane, sources said, felt coming into the 2022 season that the team needed more"baseball men" involved in operations decisions and invited Hall of Famers Jeff Bagwell and Reggie Jackson into the team's weekly senior baseball-operations meetings.most consistent run of success baseball has seen this century
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