The John Royal Affair

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Jeff Luhnow and the Houston Astros Were a Massive Star Just Waiting to go Supernova (and Collapsing the Astros Reputation Into a Black Hole of Nothingness from Which Nothing Can Escape)

Jeff Luhnow and the Houston Astros Were a Massive Star Just Waiting to go Supernova (and Collapsing the Astros Reputation Into a Black Hole of Nothingness from Which Nothing Can Escape)

an interview with Evan Drellich about his book "Winning Fixes Everything" and the dysfunctional mess that were the Jeff Luhnow Astros

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Feb 01, 2023
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Evan Drellich is the reporter who broke the news about the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal. He covered the Astros as a beat writer while with the Houston Chronicle, then covered the Red Sox as a beat writer in Boston, and he now writes for The Athletic. His reporting, for better or worse, changed the image of the Astros from that of likable, plucky…

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