Looks like the Houston Astros are in
midseason form.
They were not merely playing in
midseason form; it was playoff - style hockey, and they had a 10 - game winning streak to show for it after a 5 - 3 win over the Bruins in the Spectrum on Saturday, Nov. 9.
Not exact matches
First baseman Paul Goldschmidt is one of the leading candidates for MVP, hitting.307 /.413 /.583 with 36 home runs, and he has been joined by
midseason trade acquisition J.D. Martinez to
form arguably the best 1 - 2 punch in the National League.
No American League team has ever won the pennant after making a
midseason managerial change, but the Angels, who five times have changed managers during a season, might well do it under 36 - year - old Jim Fregosi, who began his major league career as an Angel cherub in 1961, the year the team was
formed.
He sat out the following season after sustaining the foot injury and undergoing an operation to repair torn cartilage in his left knee, then returned to
form and was playing well last year, until an accident in a crucial
midseason game against Florida Southern nearly cost him his life.