Al Michaels throws shade at Astros after trash-can banging sound heard during 'Thursday Night Football'

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Al Michaels has been criticized for over a year now for his seemingly lackadaisical calls on "Thursday Night Football," but this week he proved he can still hit 100 on the radar gun.

During the second quarter of the Cleveland Browns-New York Jets matchup, an odd sound could be heard in the background.

Clearly, it caught the attention of Michaels.

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Al Michaels looks on from the sideline prior to an NFL football game between the Tennessee Titans and the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium on November 2, 2023, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Cooper Neill/Getty Images)

The longtime play-by-play announcer said someone was pounding on a trash-can.

It was the perfect queue for a joke in sports that will never go away.

"Somebody's pounding on that trash can, I think the Astros must be in town," he said.

Of course, the Houston Astros notoriously banged on trash cans to steal signs and tell batters what pitch was coming in real time throughout the 2017 season.

The practice allegedly helped them win their first World Series in franchise history.

Jose Altuve, #27, and Alex Bregman, #2, of the Houston Astros celebrate on the field after the Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 7 of the 2017 World Series at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, November 1, 2017, in Los Angeles, California.  (Rob Tringali/MLB via Getty Images)

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