Sports Business News calls attention to the following line from a Dale Robertson column that I missed last week:
According to team officials, the Astros need to rally past St. Louis and win their first pennant to turn a for-real profit this season.
The Astros enjoyed record attendance of more than 3 million fans this season. It is difficult to imagine that the team is in any real danger of not turning a profit.
But you just knew that at some point owner Drayton McLane would start lowering fan expectations regarding Carlos Beltran, who’s going to cost some team plenty after his tremendous postseason performance.
Here’s hoping for a big game from Beltran tomorrow, so we can continue to see him in an Astros uniform for at least one more series.
