Jim "Mattress Mack" McIngvale made the bet on the Astros to win the 2019 World Series at a sportsbook in Mississippi. The Astros won their first World Series in 2017
Lifelong Astros fan, Jennifer Harughty, says that her finger was shattered after the team's mascot, Orbit, shot the t-shirt cannon at her and her family at a close range.
There was some tragic news that came from the world of Major League Baseball on Thursday, as two former members of the Houston Astros lost their lives in a car accident in Venezuela