Chuck Knoblauch blasts Astros announcers on Twitter

PHOTOS: A look at Chuck Knoblauch's tweets about the Astros announcers on Tuesday night Chuck Knoblauch won four World Series championships - one with the Twins and three with the Yankees - during his 12-year major league career. Browse through the photos above for a recap of Chuck Knoblauch's tweets about the Astros announcers on Tuesday night. less PHOTOS: A look at Chuck Knoblauch's tweets about the Astros announcers on Tuesday night Chuck Knoblauch won four World Series championships - one with the Twins and three with the Yankees - during his 12-year ... more Photo: The Sporting News/Sporting News Via Getty Images Photo: The Sporting News/Sporting News Via Getty Images Image 1 of / 8 Caption Close Chuck Knoblauch blasts Astros announcers on Twitter 1 / 8 Back to Gallery

Like a lot of sports fans in Houston, four-time World Series champion Chuck Knoblauch spent the latter parts of his Fourth of July watching the Astros whip the Atlanta Braves from the comfort of his home.

However, while most Astros fans were rejoicing in the late innings of the Astros' 16-4 win Tuesday, the 48-year-old former Bellaire High School and Texas A&M star heard something on the ROOT Sports broadcast that didn't sit right with him, so he went on Twitter and blasted the Astros' announcers.

First, he tweeted that Astros broadcaster Geoff Blum "should be ashamemed" of himself. He also called him dumb in a couple of very colorful ways. However, Blum isn't on the current Astros' road trip, so it was likely fill-in Mike Stanton who drew Knoblauch's ire.

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Two minutes later, Knoblauch must have realized the error in his ways, because he tried to tag Stanton in a post - he erroneously tagged this Stanton, instead of this Stanton - and told him that he acts "like you never played the game."

Knoblauch and Stanton were teammates with the Yankees for four seasons and won three world championships together.

Knoblauch's tweets came in the eighth inning, and the only thing Stanton said that could be considered even close to controversial came when he and Astros' play-by-play man Todd Kalas were discussing comparisons between the Astros' Carlos Correa and a young Alex Rodriguez.

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"If Correa can come anywhere close to the numbers that Alex Rodriguez put up - and yes, there's questions about how he got there, but the numbers are the numbers, and they are spectactular," Stanton said on the broadcast.

Rodriguez has admitted to using steroids from 2001 to 2003.

Knoblauch might be sensitive to the issue, because he also was linked to performance-enhancing drugs during his 12-year big-league career. He was included in the 2007 Mitchell Report as a player who used Human Growth Hormone (HGH). After his career was over, Knoblauch admitted to using HGH, but said it didn't help him on the field.

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Stanton also was mentioned in the Mitchell Report for allegedly purchasing HGH while he was a Yankees teammate of Knoblauch.

Astros fans responded on Twitter with lots of shots at Knoblauch for the troubles he had making throws to first base late in his career, and some off-the field issues he's had during his retirement.

Knoblauch responded to a couple of the insults before calling it a night.

Browse through the photos above for a look at some of Chuck Knoblauch's tweets during Tuesday night's Astros game.