Naturalhoosier

Abreu was DFA’d as expected. 

National Whatever Days. 

Astros starting rotation slowly coming off the DL. Time to turn this ship around. 2 games against the Rockies never hurts either. 

On 4/22/2024 at 6:48 PM, Proud2BAHoosier said:

Guys beat me to it, but in my 73 years of life, I don't think I've ever seen anything like what happened in the Yankees game. Boone gets ejected in the 1st inning by the home plate umpire because of a fan heckling! Crazy

Aaron Boone ejected in first inning of Yankees' game against A's (mlb.com)

Yanks lose 2-0 and wasted a 1 hit gem by Rodon, by far his best outing in pinstripes. Don't know what it is with the Yankees as they seem to struggle beating teams with losing records. Yank hitteres were limited to 3 hits for the whole game.

That was one of the craziest tosses I’ve ever seen. I mean, I laughed really really hard. But damn. 

1 hour ago, bronkonagurski said:

When I played in Little League, my team was the Astros and we got to wear these classic jerseys.

I have one of those throwback jerseys. Love it!!

7 hours ago, IUFLA said:

The union guy I have to deal with is a huge Astros fan...I swear he has every color of the rainbow in hats and jerseys (they don't make controllers dress very professionally  )...He's already on the "fire Espada" train...

I told him he needs to be an IU fan  

The Astros have a very colorful palette.  Here are my hats, minus the Space City one not pictured. 

6 minutes ago, 5fouls said:

Having Verlander back won't hurt.

Abreu is a bust (could use just a hint of his mvp season). The starting rotation is broken (agreed re:Verlander however). The daunted 7-8-9 combo of Abreu, Pressley, and Hader has been abominable.  Fortunately it’s a long season. Work these kinks out and have some midseason success. 

Espada's pregame speech to the Astros today should be: "OK, we won a game yesterday. If we win today, it's called "two in a row". And if we win again tomorrow, it's called a "winning streak"... It has happened before!"  Damn.  Terrible start. 

37 minutes ago, Maedhros said:

Hey folks. I'm booking a quick trip for St Louis in June. Seeing the zoo, aquarium at Union Station, botanical gardens. I'm looking for fun places to eat and to stay. Let me know if you have any recommendations, especially for brewpubs and breakfast in and around those areas. Thanks!

Fitz’s is a cool place to check out.  It’s a pop bottling company and restaurant. Haven’t been to St Louis in a long time (decade ish) so do your due diligence, but this really stands out to me for some reason. 

A pic from the east coast. Not nearly as cool as those in the 100% zone. We were around 88%. 

6 hours ago, Maedhros said:

Pretty sure that's semolina. It's the flour used for english muffins to keep them from sticking.

6 hours ago, IUFLA said:

Semolina is simply used to keep the dough from sticking...it does become part of the crust, but only surface level...

Worked at Dominos for a couple of years, and that's what they use it for...They keep the dough itself cold, and that helps with the stickiness too...

Thanks fellas.  I will keep an eye out for this Semolina.

20 hours ago, IUFLA said:

Yes, I do...

 

I'm very much a traditionalist and fought the electronic strike zone initially.  But the technology has become what it is so it only makes sense to include in the game.

What type/brand of flour do you guys use to roll out your dough and keep it from sticking in the wood stove?  I've watched some vids and it the flour I'm seeing is different than the standard white all-purpose flour.  Thoughts?

Iron Eagle was one of my favorite movies growing up.  RIP Chappy.

On 3/31/2024 at 5:13 PM, 5fouls said:

@Naturalhoosier  Not a good start to the Joe Espada era in Houston.  

Just seeing this. Wrapping up our stay in the Cayman Islands. Slooooow start for my Stros. The bullpen is struggling hardcore.  Makes me crazy in the head. Ah well. All I can do is continue rooting them on!  Like the old adage goes, “That’s why they play 162”.  

17 hours ago, Zlinedavid said:

Nice work. I can tell the backer is wood and the letters are aluminum with standoffs, but what is the edging?

The backer is manufactured decking actually.   The border is an L-shaped edging that I trimmed, heated, and wrapped. 

4 hours ago, Naturalhoosier said:

Snell to Houston rumors heating up. But with Boras as his agent, who knows what’ll happen. Would love for them to take a run at Bauer too. Worth the risk as he’s willing to accept the league minimum. 

That didn’t age well. 
 

Snell to the Giants. 

1 hour ago, 5fouls said:

Did the Snell rumors heat back up today?  I heard this morning they had cooled quite a bit.

Hadn’t heard that but also not surprised. $66m for 2 yrs with an opt out after year 1 is excessive. 
 

I hate Boras. Just saying. 

2 hours ago, jv1972iu said:

LOL…yeah no one should wear cargo shorts.  So, you missed your flight, right?

No. I was good. Lol doesn’t make it any less annoying.  

1 hour ago, Drroogh said:

My son the commercial construction project manager will quite often show up to check on work and be WTH? Only to check the project specs and realize the Architect was an idiot!

Sounds like my wife and your son could have some long comedic conversations. 

Snell to Houston rumors heating up. But with Boras as his agent, who knows what’ll happen. Would love for them to take a run at Bauer too. Worth the risk as he’s willing to accept the league minimum. 

A sign I made for my church.  Contractor hung it a touch high but we can get taller shrubs to even it out.
 

Old people. I’m at the airport and the old guy in front of me in security didn’t have his stuff handy for TSA. Wait time. Then as he was loading up the xray belt he kept finding things in his pockets.  More wait time.  Old people, don’t wear cargo shorts. Gah dayam this guy. 

Resident Alien.  SyFy.  The most underrated show on TV.