Cubs @ Astros, May 27, 2019

[HudsonHawk]

Memorial Day Game

[Astros Fan in Big D]

FTC

[MRaup]

Memorial Day Game

Astros lineup looking rough today.

[Navin R Johnson]

FTC

F T C !

[HudsonHawk]

Quickly 2-0 Cubs

Sounds like there are nothing but Cub fans in the yard today

[homer]

Shitty pitch by Cole

[JimR]

Hang ‘em, bang ‘em

[HudsonHawk]

T1:

Schwarber...full count...walks
Baez...0-2...strikes out swinging
Rizzo crushes a monster home run into the upper deck in RF, Schwarber scores
Contreras grounds out 4-3
Adduci strikes out swinging

2-0 Cubs

[JimR]

Astros lineup looking rough today.

Yesterday too. Our offense is depleted.

[BudGirl]

Quickly 2-0 Cubs

Sounds like there are nothing but Cub fans in the yard today

I'd say half of the people here are not rooting for the good guys.

[HudsonHawk]

B1:

Reddick...0-2...grounds out 6-3
Bregman singles to LF through the shift
Brantley grounds out 4-3, Bregman to 2B
Gurriel...full count...grounds out 6-3

2-0 Cubs

[Knoxbanedoodle]

Correa just getting the day off?

[HudsonHawk]

Correa just getting the day off?

I hope so.

[HudsonHawk]

T2:

Almora pops out F4
Descalso...0-2...strikes out swinging
Russell flies out F9

2-0 Cubs

[Lefty]

Correa just getting the day off?

22 starts at SS in the last 23 days so I'm assuming so.

[HudsonHawk]

22 starts at SS in the last 23 days so I'm assuming so.

Cal Ripken Jr is rolling over on his couch.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Cub fans really appreciate the opportunity to see their team in a nice setting.

[HudsonHawk]

Mayfield in his first Big League at bat...doubles off the LF wall!!!!

[hostros7]

Super jack!


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[Astros Fan in Big D]

Nice debut!

[doyce7]

That was awesome. So happy for Jack

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[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

Mayfield ripped it. Batting 1.000.

[Tom Servo]

That was awesome.  Go Jack!

[HudsonHawk]

Tyler White with two aboard, and a chance to drive in runs...

[doyce7]

Good job Chub

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[Lefty]

I'll take that from Tyler

[JimR]

Jack, Jackie, and Jackson-the Mayfield family.

[Lefty]

Jack, Jackie, and Jackson-the Mayfield family.

Seriously?

[austro]

Well, that was bad luck.

[JimR]

Seriously?

Are you watching TV? TK just IDed them.

[HudsonHawk]

B2:

Chirinos...3-2...walks
Mayfield...making Major League debut...doubles off the LF wall!  Chirinos to 3B
White flies out F8...Chirinos scores, Mayfield to 3B...score it an RBI sac fly for Tyler!
Fisher...infield in...quickly down 0-2...grounds into FC, Mayfield out 4-2 at the plate...Mayfield never even reached the RH batter's box
Marisnick...3-0...walks, Fisher to 2B
Reddick...takes strike one at the ankles...takes ball one at the knees...make up call evens the count...flies out F9...just missed it.

Astros leave a pair, but cut the lead in half...2-1 Cubs

[hostros7]

Jack, Jackie, and Jackson-the Mayfield family.

Now i want to know if the kid is Jack junior and they call him Jack-son or if it’s straight up Jackson. Can’t wait to meet their future daughter Jacqueline.


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[Astros Fan in Big D]

Seems like the Astros have had some tough luck with the contact play this season.

[hostros7]

Seems like the Astros have had some tough luck with the contact play this season.

Hamstrung: contact play cockblocks and a .650 winning percentage, the early summer saga of the 2019 Houston Astros.


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[HudsonHawk]

Man it's tough being a catcher.

[HudsonHawk]

T3:

Bode strikes out looking
Schwarber strikes out looking
Baez strikes out swinging

2-1 Cubs

[chuck]

Now i want to know if the kid is Jack junior and they call him Jack-son or if it’s straight up Jackson. Can’t wait to meet their future daughter Jacqueline.

Rick Danko would want to know what they named the dog.

[HudsonHawk]

The poppies on the uniforms are a nice touch.  I like better than gaudy alternative uniforms.

[austro]

Rick Danko would want to know what they named the dog.

What about young Anna Lee?

[hostros7]

What about young Anna Lee?

Wait a minute, Chester.


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[HudsonHawk]

First two Astros reach...

Time for Yuli to earn some of his salary

[austro]

Oh, wow, in the old days Yuli would have killed that pitch.

[HudsonHawk]

Yuli has missed two meatballs right down the middle.

[Lefty]

Are you watching TV? TK just IDed them.

Can't hear it real well from the yard, was checking the pit.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

That'll do,  Yuli.

And Pettis greased up the windmill nicely. 

[HudsonHawk]

Astros lead 3-2...runners at 2B and 3B, nobody out...

[hostros7]

That'll do,  Yuli.

And Pettis greased up the windmill nicely.

He wasn’t shy about testing Schwarber there.


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[HudsonHawk]

Mayfield drives in his first Major League run!

4-2 Astros

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Nice job,  Jack!

[austro]

Way to put the ball in play, Jack!

[hostros7]

The scales of justice evened out for Fisher on that ground ball with eyes.


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[Astros Fan in Big D]

The Express is going toe to toe with FTC

[hostros7]

The Express is going toe to toe with FTC

Paper cut attack by the offense so far today.


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[HudsonHawk]

B3:

Bregman bloops a little Texas League single to CF
Brantley...3-0...Hamels not happy...3-1...3-2...walks, Bregman to 2B
Gurriel singles to LF, Bregman scores as a really good throw gets by Contreras...Brantley to 2B
Chirinos doubles off the LF wall, Brantley scores, Gurriel to 3B
Mayfield grounds out 5-3, Gurriel scores
White...full count...walks
Passed ball...Chirinos to 3B, White to 2B
Fisher...infield now comes in 2-2...singles to RF, Chirinos scores, White to 3B
Marisnick grounds out 4-3 on a chopper over the mound, White scores, Fisher to 2B
Reddick flies out F8

But the Astros do some damage...lead 6-2

[doyce7]

Wow Yuli! Excellent play!

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[MRaup]

Holy Fuck, Yuli! What a play!

[HudsonHawk]

T4:

Rizzo with a soft roller to SS, no one there...shiftfuck single
Contreras...0-2...1-2...grounds into FC, Rizzo out 5-4 at 2B...no chance to turn two
Aducci...0-2...1-2...strikes out swinging
Almora grounds out 5-3 on a nice pick by Yuli!  That was positively Bregmanesque!

6-2 Astros

[hostros7]

Yuli flashes some leather to end the inning.


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[Astros Fan in Big D]

Wow!

[Tom Servo]

Yuli is much better at 3rd than 2nd.

[JimR]

The poppies on the uniforms are a nice touch.  I like better than gaudy alternative uniforms.

Ditto

[HudsonHawk]

B4:

Bregman grounds out 6-3
Brantley...0-2...1-2...2-2...flies out F9
Gurriel doubles down the LF line
Chirinos flies out F7

6-2 Astros

[hostros7]

Agree about the poppy. Any idea what the sleeve that Jake and Almora are wearing is or what it signifies?


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[HudsonHawk]

Agree about the poppy. Any idea what the sleeve that Jake and Almora are wearing is or what it signifies?


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Hadn't noticed.  What is it?

[doyce7]

Yuli is much better at 3rd than 2nd.

I really hope the Yuli at 2B experiment is over

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[JimR]

I really hope the Yuli at 2B experiment is over

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With Mayfield up, it is. He is such a great story.

[hostros7]

Hadn't noticed.  What is it?

I don’t even know how to describe it, but it has some geometric pattern with colors other than the team’s standard issue so I assume it has to be approved for wear by MLB.


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[Astros Fan in Big D]

I don’t even know how to describe it, but it has some geometric pattern with colors other than the team’s standard issue so I assume it has to be approved for wear by MLB.


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Kind of like a camo pattern with lines.

[Navin R Johnson]

Surely Bregs can handle 2nd.   If we ever need to play Yuli/Bregs at 3rd/2nd again, please put Yuli at 3rd.

[HudsonHawk]

T5:

Descalso...3-2...pops one behind the plate, but it hits the roof...another pitch coming...at which he swings and misses...PONCHE!
Russell singles to LF
Bote strikes out swinging
Schwarber grounds out 3U

6-2 Astros

[Bench]

Now i want to know if the kid is Jack junior and they call him Jack-son or if it’s straight up Jackson. Can’t wait to meet their future daughter Jacqueline.

And their cat Meoff.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Surely Bregs can handle 2nd.   If we ever need to play Yuli/Bregs at 3rd/2nd again, please put Yuli at 3rd.

I agree.

And stop calling me Shirley.

[JimR]

Surely Bregs can handle 2nd.   If we ever need to play Yuli/Bregs at 3rd/2nd again, please put Yuli at 3rd.

Mayfield.

[TerryPuhl21]

Nice knock by Fisher. He looks better at the plate to me than his other trips up here. Hopefully it has clicked. His speed would be a big asset if he could hit enough to stay up here.


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[Lefty]

Fisher's wheels still work.  He smoked that ball.

[HudsonHawk]

B5:

Hamels out, Montgomery in, but Montgomery injured during warmup, out he comes...and Ryan comes in

Mayfield flies out F9
White...0-2...1-2...strikes out looking
Fisher...full count...triples to CF...ball over Almora's head...Almora got a glove on it, but couldn't haul it in

Moment of silence in remembrance...

Marisnick...3-2...strikes out swinging

6-2 Astros

[HudsonHawk]

Kind of like a camo pattern with lines.

It's a compression sleeve.  Not sure what the colors represent.  Maybe the gold for Memorial Day?  Contreras has gold trim on his catcher's gear, so maybe it has something to do with that.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Fisher's wheels still work.  He smoked that ball.

That play illustrates why that Jake play Friday night was a 5% catch probably.

Many variables involved.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Meanwhile Alvarez hit #20 today.

[HudsonHawk]

T6:

Baez strikes out swinging
Rizzo...0-2...1-2...strikes out swinging
Contreras strikes out swinging

6-2 Astros

[Astros Fan in Big D]

A dozen Kubs for Cole.

[HudsonHawk]

B6:

Reddick lines up the middle, but Descalso there in the shift...4-3
Bregman...0-2...flies out F9
Brantley singles up the middle

Ryan out, Maples in

Gurriel singles up the middle, Brantley to 2B
Chirinos strikes out swinging

6-2 Astros

[TerryPuhl21]

Meanwhile Alvarez hit #20 today.

Good deal. He’s been in a mini slump so it is nice to see that others getting called up rather then he hasn’t distracted him.


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[JimR]

No umpiring bitching today.

[HudsonHawk]

No umpiring bitching today.

I rarely complain when calls benefit the Astros.  Rondon was the beneficiary of several calls this inning.

[HudsonHawk]

After the error, Cubs on the corners, two out...

[HudsonHawk]

Yuli with an iron bar in his glove this inning

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Wow.  Though inning for Yulieski.

[HudsonHawk]

A couple of errors, and the Cubs have the tying run at the plate, two out...

[Astros Fan in Big D]

3-0 count,  Rondon gets back into it and induces a hard hit ground ball . . . . CLANG.

[HudsonHawk]

T7:

Rondon in

Aducci strikes out looking
Almora dribbles one towards SS, Yuli cuts it off, but kicks it and the ball rolls towards LCF, Mayfield has to run it down, so nobody covering 2B, Almora moves to 2B on a 2-base E5
Descalso...0-2...strikes out looking
Russell...0-2...1-2...2-2...lines a single to RF, Almora to 3B
Bote...takes a strike for ball one....swings and misses ball two in the zone...3-0...3-1...grounds to 3B, Yuli boots it...another E5...Almora scores, Russell to 2B

And that's it for Rondon, Harris in

Schwarber lines out to 1B on a diving catch by Tyler White!!!

6-3 Astros

[Tom Servo]

Tyler!

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Land Shark!

[Lefty]

Shark-like reflexes!

[JimR]

I am sorry mister scorekeeper, that ball to Yuli was NOT a hit. WTF are you thinking?

[HudsonHawk]

I am sorry mister scorekeeper, that ball to Yuli was NOT a hit. WTF are you thinking?

Our scorekeeper is an idiot.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

I am sorry mister scorekeeper, that ball to Yuli was NOT a hit. WTF are you thinking?

Should have been hit/error on #1, then straight up error on #2.

[HudsonHawk]

Should have been hit/error on #1, then straight up error on #2.

They were both straight up errors.

[jbm]

Good deal. He’s been in a mini slump so it is nice to see that others getting called up rather then he hasn’t distracted him.


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I hadn’t noticed, but he has 61 RBI, in 50 games

[JimR]

They need to keep Mayfield when Altuve comes back. He is a sub for Diaz.

[HudsonHawk]

B7:

Mayfield...battling down in the count...grounds out 6-3
White strikes out swinging
Fisher strikes out swinging

6-3 Astros

[HudsonHawk]

T8:

Pressly in

Baez...0-2...1-2...strikes out swinging, dons the Golden Sombrero
Rizzo walks
Contreras with a soft roller towards 2B against the shift, Mayfield runs it down and just nips Contreras as the throw leads White into the runner...Cubs are challenging but he was clearly out...yep...4-3, Rizzo to 2B
Aducci taps back to the mound

6-3 Astros

[HudsonHawk]

B8:

Marisnick flies out F9
Reddick grounds out 3-1
Bregman strikes out swinging

To the 9th...Astros up 6-3

[HudsonHawk]

6-4 now after one pitch in the 9th

[austro]

That was unnecessary.

[Tom Servo]

Um, gulp?

[HudsonHawk]

6-5 now...Osuna getting hammered, crowd going wild

[austro]

Well, son of a bitch. Might want to keep the ball down a little better.

[MRaup]

Good lord, Osuna.

[astrojo]

6-5 now. Osuna needs 2 more outs.

[moriartp]

6-5 now...Osuna getting hammered, crowd going wild

There’s so much blue in the stands it almost looks like Milwaukee.

[HudsonHawk]

Tying run on base, one out...

[HudsonHawk]

Wow...this is basically a home game for the Cubs

[hostros7]

Fooled em with the fastball down Main Street.


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[HudsonHawk]

T9:

Osuna in to try to close it out...

Almora...drills a monster home run over the tracks to LF on the first pitch
Descalso grounds out 3-1
Russell homers to LCF
Bote...0-2...singles to RF
Schwarber...0-2...1-2...2-2...3-2...strikes out swinging
Baez...0-2...1-2...2-2...PONCH!!!!!

Astros hang on to win, as the crowd goes home disappointed.

[hostros7]

F. T. C.


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[astrojo]

Whew.

[Astros Fan in Big D]

FTC

[MusicMan]

So when do we start worrying about Osuna?


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[jbm]

So when do we start worrying about Osuna?


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I giving him a lot of credit for hanging in there these last two. One of the requisite traits for a closer.

[JimR]

So when do we start worrying about Osuna?


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Come on. You pitch different with a lead. How did he pitch Baez?

[Astros Fan in Big D]

Speaking of Baez:

0-5, 5 Ks.

Is that a platinum sombrero?

[MusicMan]

Come on. You pitch different with a lead. How did he pitch Baez?

Combined with Saturday, he’s been hit awfully hard.


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[geezerdonk]

Me too on the poppy patch. I like it much better than camo unis.

Really good defensive game by White.

Great first game by Mayfield.

[juliogotay]

It's a compression sleeve.  Not sure what the colors represent.  Maybe the gold for Memorial Day?  Contreras has gold trim on his catcher's gear, so maybe it has something to do with that.

It looked like desert camo to me. What you see our guys wear in the Middle-East.

[JimR]

Combined with Saturday, he’s been hit awfully hard.


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Worry if you want. I’m good.

[austro]

ESPN saying that Baez had 13 swings and misses today, the most by anybody in the last 10 years.

[doyce7]

So when do we start worrying about Osuna?


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Even the best closers have bad days/weeks. I'm not worried, he'll be fine. He has a long enough track record of being good to have no cause for concern

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[austro]

His velocity seemed normal, so I think he was just missing his spots today, and he paid the price.

[JimR]

His velocity seemed normal, so I think he was just missing his spots today, and he paid the price.

Ambushing get ahead fastballs.

[geezerdonk]

I started to worry then I remembered that on Osuna's two worst outings as an Astro, the team won both game.

[JimR]

I started to worry then I remembered that on Osuna's two worst outings as an Astro, the team won both game.

Exactly

[Knoxbanedoodle]

Combined with Saturday, he’s been hit awfully hard.


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I don't know about the Cubs, but, FWIW, IIRC, Osuna has pretty lousy career numbers against the Red Sox.

[hostros7]

Speaking of Baez:

0-5, 5 Ks.

Is that a platinum sombrero?

According to Wikipedia, “platinum sombrero” or “Olympic Rings” are the preferred descriptors for the ignominious distinction. The etymology of the “golden sombrero” is that it was created to describe a feat larger than a hat trick. So, my question is should we coin a term based on a larger or perhaps more elaborate hat instead of simply upgrading the element associated with the larger hat? Of the many obscure topics in which the knowledge here runs deep, hat styles might crack the top 5.


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[austro]

According to Wikipedia, “platinum sombrero” or “Olympic Rings” are the preferred descriptors for the ignominious distinction. The etymology of the “golden sombrero” is that it was created to describe a feat larger than a hat trick. So, my question is should we coin a term based on a larger or perhaps more elaborate hat instead of simply upgrading the element associated with the larger hat? Of the many obscure topics in which the knowledge here runs deep, hat styles might crack the top 5.

Perhaps "The Giant Foam Cowboy Hat", since that's about the most ridiculous thing you can put on your head.

[Lefty]

Perhaps "The Giant Foam Cowboy Hat", since that's about the most ridiculous thing you can put on your head.

"because it's bigger than a normal hat"

https://youtu.be/cB7AxXTCnPg?t=164

[hostros7]

Perhaps "The Giant Foam Cowboy Hat", since that's about the most ridiculous thing you can put on your head.

Six strikeouts has happened before, so perhaps the giant foam cowboy had should be reserved for such occasions


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[chuck]

So, my question is should we coin a term based on a larger or perhaps more elaborate hat instead of simply upgrading the element associated with the larger hat? Of the many obscure topics in which the knowledge here runs deep, hat styles might crack the top 5.

In order to wear a Fedora you have to be a douchebag, and Baez IS a Cub, so...

[MusicMan]

In order to wear a Fedora you have to be a douchebag, and Baez IS a Cub, so...

Bullshit. Indiana Jones wore a fedora.

[juliogotay]

Bullshit. Indiana Jones wore a fedora.

And Sinatra.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

In order to wear a Fedora you have to be a douchebag, and Baez IS a Cub, so...

Bullshit. Okay maybe Frank Sinatra was but Fred MacMurry was no douchebag.

[JimR]

And Sinatra.

You just proved Chuck’s point.

[Lefty]

You just proved Chuck’s point.

Humphrey Bogart.

A better point would be if you've worn a fedora in the last 40 years you are a douchebag.

[BudGirl]

So, Correa is a douche also?

[Astros Fan in Big D]

So, Correa is a douche also?

Exceptions may be granted depending on one's ability to play baseball well for the Astros.

[moriartp]

Exceptions may be granted depending on one's ability to play baseball well for the Astros.

Sometimes I think about how much we’d all hate Bregman if he played for another team.

[HudsonHawk]

Humphrey Bogart.

A better point would be if you've worn a fedora in the last 40 years you are a douchebag.

I wear one almost every day.  Not a cheap one three sizes too small, cocked back on my head, but an actual real fedora.  Typically straw after about April

[Lefty]

I wear one almost every day.  Not a cheap one three sizes too small, cocked back on my head, but an actual real fedora.  Typically straw after about April

Proper.  What brand do you like?  I've got a Henschel breezer for summer ranchwork.

[HudsonHawk]

Proper.  What brand do you like?  I've got a Henschel breezer for summer ranchwork.

I have probably eight or ten.  I have several Stetson felts, and a Canadian made Biltmore that I love.  I have one fabulous silver belly, custom made from some hatter in Oregon.  It was custom made for someone else, who didn't like it, so I got it for a song...like $200.  I have two Stetson straws, a Dobbs Milan-weave straw, and two Panamas, hand woven in Ecuador (as all Panama hats should be) that have no brand, obviously.  Been wanting an Akubra, just haven't, for whatever reason.  I have an old Stetson straw cowboy hat for wearing around the old place, working on the tractor, etc.

[BizidyDizidy]

Do they have feathers?

[HudsonHawk]

Do they have feathers?

They all come with feathers.  No one wears them.

[chuck]

They all come with feathers.  No one wears them.

Good thing, too, you wouldn't want to go over the top with it.

[JimR]

I have probably eight or ten.  I have several Stetson felts, and a Canadian made Biltmore that I love.  I have one fabulous silver belly, custom made from some hatter in Oregon.  It was custom made for someone else, who didn't like it, so I got it for a song...like $200.  I have two Stetson straws, a Dobbs Milan-weave straw, and two Panamas, hand woven in Ecuador (as all Panama hats should be) that have no brand, obviously.  Been wanting an Akubra, just haven't, for whatever reason.  I have an old Stetson straw cowboy hat for wearing around the old place, working on the tractor, etc.

I have no issue with fedoras or any other hat. I just don’t  wear them.

[HudsonHawk]

I have no issue with fedoras or any other hat. I just don’t  wear them.

Easy for you...you have hair.

[JimR]

Easy for you...you have hair.

Well, yeah

[chuck]

This seems like as good a time as any to mention that the last time I took luncheon with Hudson he wore an Astros baseball cap. Which he left on during the meal.

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

I have several nice hats, and a bunch of ball caps. I don't think it is as much a douchey thing to wear a hat any more than I think it is a douchey thing to judge someone for wearing a hat.... unless the hat is worn backwards. Those guys are the worst.

[JimR]

This seems like as good a time as any to mention that the last time I took luncheon with Hudson he wore an Astros baseball cap. Which he left on during the meal.

Impossible. This is blasphemy.

[HudsonHawk]

This seems like as good a time as any to mention that the last time I took luncheon with Hudson he wore an Astros baseball cap. Which he left on during the meal.

It's also important to note that we were eating outside.  The rules are slightly different outside and at the diner counter.

[Lefty]

Worry if you want. I’m good.

Hinch on Osuna's recent outings:  "I have no concern for him"

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/texas-sports-nation/astros/article/Astros-insider-A-J-Hinch-has-no-concern-as-13899572.php

[chuck]

It's also important to note that we were eating outside.  The rules are slightly different outside and at the diner counter.

Under a roof.