Michael Strahan leaves Fox NFL Sunday live TV viewers divided after backing rival team as fans say ‘you broke my heart’

MICHAEL Strahan has divided fans with a shoutout for the Houston Astros on Fox NFL Sunday.

In the newest version of the display, the NFL icon identified that his place of birth of Houston is seeing numerous good fortune sports-wise.

Strahan, 51, talked up H-Town in a Who Won The Day? phase.

Earlier on Sunday, the Houston Texans beat the New Orleans Saints 20-13 to transport as much as 3-3 at the season.

And the ex-New York Giants receiver stated Houston used to be his winner for the day — “not just the team but the sports fans and the entire city.”

Justifying his select, Strahan defined that the Texans in any case discovered a franchise quarterback and feature a tender, proficient head trainer in DeMeco Ryans.

“And then you have ALCS and the Houston Astros,” he persisted, noting the Astros would get started the MLB’s American League Championship Series with the Texas Rangers in a while.

The statement led to a stir amongst MLB fans.

“You just broke my heart, I don’t love you anymore since you are cheering for Astros – but I still like you a lot,” one wrote.

“Booooo!!! GO RANGERS!!!!” some other added.

However, a 3rd stated: “Michael Strahan shouting out his hometown H-Town on Fox for the Texans and the Astros! Love it!”

And some other wrote: “Shoutout to @michaelstrahan for city of #Houston as his winner of the day for the @HoustonTexans win and the @astros in the #ALCS.”

Ironically, the Astros suffered a horror begin to the collection.

They misplaced the ALCS opener 2-0 earlier than falling 5-4 in Game 2 day after today.

The collection will proceed on Wednesday at Globe Life Field.

In the National League Championship Series, the Philadelphia Phillies took a 1-0 collection lead after a 5-3 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at house in Game 1.