The sports world has been responding to Houston’s time of need with examples including JJ Watt’s fundraising campaign far exceeding his original goal, to the St. Louis Cardinals’ Matt Carpenter donating $10,000 per homer with Adam Wainwright matching (they’re both Texans), to owners of local sports franchises donating money themselves.
To talk about that — and about how the Astros and other teams have been displaced by the storm — Jeff Balke joins us. He writes for Houstonia Magazine and the Houston Press and usually joins us on Mondays to talk about developments in Houston sports.