The Sports-casters

On the nineteenth episode of the fourth season of The Sports-Casters hosts Steve Bennett and Don Russ welcome Ben Reiter (Sports Illustrated, SI.Com), Blake J. Harris (Author) and Michael Beller (Sports Illustrated, SI.Com). Kicking off the show with 3Things, Steve and Don talk about the heartbreaking end to the World Cup for the United States, recap a busy first day of NHL free agency, and look back at all that happened while the guys were on summer vacation. Also on the show, the guys close out a busy month for the book club, talk mock drafts on five on fantasy, and end the show with one last thing. -Ben Reiter is making his seventh appearance (00:21:39) on the podcast to talk about this Sports Illustrated cover story on the Houston Astros rebuild. Reiter talks about pitching his longest story at SI to his editors and the Astros, his unprecedented access to the Astros draft room, and how their rebuild comparers to the Washington Nationals and Tampa Bay Rays. Reiter also chats about appearing on Chris Russo