Opening Day for the Astros (March 28, 2024)

On Thursday's show: It’s Opening Day. The Astros begin their 2024 regular season at home this afternoon against the New York Yankees. Are the 'Stros World Series contenders again? We preview the season with Jeff Balke, who co-hosts the Bleav in Astros podcast.Also this hour: The Houston Buffaloes adopting a kid. A Houston outfielder throwing in a ball from the ocean. Astros minor leaguers turning a triple play without ever touching the ball. Those are just some of the Houston stories featured in Tales from the Dugout, a collection of odd stories and anecdotes from the history of Minor League Baseball. We talk with its author, baseball broadcaster Tim Hagerty.Then, in this month's installment of The Bigger Picture, we look at how two recent films tackle tropes about Black characters and culture.And we learn about Drunk Shakespeare, which is just what it sounds like – actors performing Shakespeare’s works while inebriated. (Don’t try this at home, kids).