There are several notable Astros storylines heading into the final weeks of the regular season, but what might be the most fascinating one is Dusty Baker’s future in Houston.
Hired in the wake of the sign-stealing scandal and just before the shortened season of 2020, the future hall-of-fame skipper has managed the Astros to two straight ALCS berths, and it seems feasible that there could be a third this year.
In 2020, he oversaw a club that became one of the few in history to force a game 7 after losing the first three, and then fell only two wins shy of winning a World Series title in 2021.