The cease and desist letter that the Titans sent to the University of Houston for wearing their H-Town pride uniforms on September 3rd was indeed legal. But it's also the reflection of an NFL product that has little value...outside of the intellectual property that they abandoned two years after leaving Houston. An actual poverty move by a franchise that's been trading away its best players for scraps lately while begging for taxpayers to build a new stadium. Those unis though, amirite? Plus, I think Texans fans need to relax about offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik. The range of takes on his performance this season is WAYYY too wide.

I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed. And I'm certainly not surprised that the Texans lost to a winless team with a rookie QB [who until today was struggling]. This team IS different than in years past. But based on history, you expect this kind of thing from ANY player wearing THESE jerseys.

Cristian Javier? Bad. J.P. France? Bad. The Astros 5-9 hitters? Bad. Adolis Garcia? Destroyer of worlds. Plus, it Dusty Baker is reportedly thinking about retiring. I reacted to it all.

The Astros' bats whiffed during big time opportunities (a tip of the cap to Nathan Eovaldi), Framber Valdez was mediocre at best, and bullpen got hammered. The series is tied at 3-3. Game 7 on Monday night...here we come!

Bryan Abreu got suspended 2 games for hitting Adolis Garcia. He can appeal. But Adolis Garcia didn't get suspended at all? Plus, ALL the player, manager, and umpire accounts - both Astros and Rangers - of Friday's dustup.

Don't doubt the Houston Astros.

It's just one game. Don't be a Rangers fan. But thanks to Max Scherzer waking up their bats, ANOTHER great postseason performance by Cristian Javier, Dusty Baker's decision making, and of course YORDAN...we've got ourselves a series.

After rambling about Rangers fans telling me "this aged well" and my Sober October getting sidetracked by sugar, I talked about C.J. Stroud emulating one aspect of Tom Brady. Plus, what if Nick Caserio's got to work on THIS if he wants to be embraced in Houston.

Framber Valdez was TERRIBLE today. And it's a shame, because the Astros bullpen did MORE than enough to keep Houston in the game after the fact. Unfortunately the bats - outside of Yordan Alvarez and Michael Brantley - aren't delivering, wasting SEVERAL opportunities to even the series. But in spite of all that, I'm STILL confident in the Astros, who were 6-1 against the Rangers in Arlington, outscoring them 63 - 32 this year.

The dynasty continues!