Louisiana fans of the Houston Astros will no longer be able to travel to Minute Maid Park to support the team. Those are just some of the changes coming in 2025.
The Astros made history in Philadelphia in game 4 of the World Series, throwing the Series' first ever combined no-hitter and beating the Phillies 5-0.
Complete game shutouts are becoming more rare, every year, in Major League Baseball. Last year, pitchers threw 59 complete game shutout, compared to 226 back in 1975. Former Houston Astros player and manager Larry Dierker, who is now a columnist for mlb.com, gives a few reasons why, below.