Fear the Beard

When the turnaround began exactly one month ago, after a home run in an otherwise nondescript win against the woebegone Rangers, Evan Gattis strode to the front of the Astros' clubhouse. His misery was prolonged and playing time in question.

The pitches he customarily crushed were passing without harm. His OPS dipped below .600. The home run was his second of the season, one in peril of slipping away from the burly bearded man.......Read more here---> Houston Chron