It’s early August, and Dante Pettis cannot seem to keep his mind off one thing.
Winning big.
That topic has very little to do with his own football team at the University of Washington, which is coming off a Pac-12 title and semifinal appearance in the College Football Playoff, losing to Alabama in the Peach Bowl.
He is more concerned with another club, the one where his father, Gary, a former 11-year big-league outfielder, serves as the third-base coach — the Houston Astros.
Even with the Astros holding a huge lead in the AL West, Pettis seemed a bit restless over Houston’s inability to deal for another top pitcher at the Major League Baseball trading deadline.