"Astro-damus" is what they called Ben Reiter in 2017, after he had foretold the Astros' World Series title with a Sports Illustrated cover story three years earlier. That sparked a rush of interest in his work and a New York Times bestseller, "Astroball" that promised a revealing account of the forward thinking, risk-taking organization's worst-to-first reversal.
Now, imagine Reiter's conundrum: The Astros laureate couldn't hear the resounding gong of the trash can. After Evan Drellich and Ken Rosenthal's The Athletic expose on Houston's sign-stealing scheme, Reiter announced "The Edge," a six-part podcast examining the Astros' unscrupulous pursuit of winning at any cost while examining his own role in inadvertently burying the lede.
Reiter spoke with the Daily News about his relationship with the Stros, revising his perspective on their culture, and why he doesn't believe he missed the story.
(This Q&A has been edited for clarity and length)
