Robert Ford
@raford3
Houston Astros radio broadcaster. Syracuse alumnus. Bronx native. Dad. Black Lives Matter. [email protected].
I did a thing. Not sure how much I’ll use the new place, but figured I’d cover all my bases. Same handle as here.
When someone you love shares an opinion you hate.
'Irregardless' is a word.
Spencer Arrighetti will start tonight for Double-A Corpus Christi. Luis Garcia is pitching for them tomorrow. J.P. France will go Sunday.
The next day's papers were filled with quotes from players raving about the opening of the Astrodome. Here's Dick Allen's ultimate leave-me-alone quote: “I wasn’t impressed one way or the other. I just wanted to play fast, get it over with and get back home to my family.”
A's closer Mason Miller threw a 104.1 mph fastball to Cam Smith tonight. It matches the hardest pitch of Miller's career, is the hardest pitch thrown by any major-leaguer this season and is the hardest pitch thrown by anyone at Daikin Park since Statcast began tracking in 2008.
Dudes won more games than anyone in Minor League Baseball last year. Maybe they had some talent to call on 🤷♂️
#BuiltForThis
Per the Elias Sports Bureau, the Pirates are the first team to sweep the best team in a league (Tigers) and get swept by the worst team in a league (White Sox) in back-to-back series since the 1980 Padres. It’s been that kind of year.
So @raford3 posed a challenge of getting 40 Astros fans to get that pool reserved in two years when the Astros go back to Arizona. If you all book it I’ll provide 40 See You Later shirts for it. ramshirts.com/crushcitytees/…
@AstrosRadioMLB @raford3 @SteveSparks37 Listening to HOU-ARI as one does at 9:30 pm in a hotel in York, England. Cheers, mates
Congrats!
Welcome to the bigs @Josh_Suchon! Suchon, voice of the Isotopes, made his Major League debut for @KOAColorado during last night’s game. Catch him on the call for first pitch at 6:10 PM MDT.
Wishing a happy 103rd birthday to the amazing Rachel Robinson, founder of The Jackie Robinson Foundation 💙
Last year, Yordan Alvarez had 7 multi-HR games, tying a single-season Astros record that was set by Chris Carter, in 2014.
Chris Carter was once one of the most prolific power hitters in all of MLB. On Sunday, 8 years after his last MLB game, he hit his 500th professional home run, in Mexico. It was a moment of joy. But also a tangible reminder of a career cut short. Read: nytimes.com/athletic/65009…
The Most Impressive thing I saw the entire All Star week? This 10 Year old girl has the Best Pitching Mechanics I've ever seen in a kid. 🤯 Literally. She's about 4'8" and topped out at 63 mph (without any warmup).
Tarik Skubal on Monday, when asked about the ABS challenge system in the All-Star Game: "I don't plan on using it." Tarik Skubal on Tuesday:
This made me very happy! And it also opened up the SW for me.
OMG Claire Smith in the crossword!!!!
Astros’ AL West lead is now 7 games.
That's a walk-off win. #RepBX
'Jack Bauer,' meet Jack Bauer. Kiefer Sutherland, the actor who played the legendary TV character, weighs in on flamethrowing Draft prospect Jack Bauer: atmlb.com/4lNjOEb
Former Cy Young winner Dallas Keuchel and the Kansas City Royals are in agreement on a minor league contract, sources tell ESPN. Keuchel, 37, held a workout last week and was up to 92 mph. He’ll start at AAA and if he gets to the big leagues would make $2 million prorated.
How rookie Cam Smith made the Astros believe he’s “got something special.” nytimes.com/athletic/64820…