Maybe because once they fire him the team will still stink and the fans will realize the problem goes much deeper than Espada?

They already stink

texasaggie2015 said:

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Was really looking forward to going to Chicago during Memorial Day weekend to see the Astros at Wrigley.

Just looked at the weather. Rain and more rain. Sounds about right for this season.

Hopefully that changes.

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2 weeks out, I bet it'll change a bit

When I was there for the notre dame game it said rain during the game and it was clear as can be from 3 PM on

You'll have a blast at Wrigley!

tjack16 said:

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texasaggie2015 said:

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Was really looking forward to going to Chicago during Memorial Day weekend to see the Astros at Wrigley.

Just looked at the weather. Rain and more rain. Sounds about right for this season.

Hopefully that changes.

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2 weeks out, I bet it'll change a bit

When I was there for the notre dame game it said rain during the game and it was clear as can be from 3 PM on

You'll have a blast at Wrigley!

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In '07, met up with two A&M buddies there. Only two of us could make the first game, and the whole week before we were eying it like "this is going to be bad" - Astros vs. Carlos Zambrano on Friday the 13th. We agreed early on we'd chalk it up as a win if we didn't get no-hit.

Game 1: Zambrano took a no-hitter into the 6th inning. . Cubs won 6-0, Astros had 5 hits and 4 errors. I wore my Hunter Pence jersey, my buddy wore his Biggio jersey. We got razzed the entire game.

Game 2: We were feeling pretty good with Roy O vs. Ted Lilly. It's 1-0 after 3 innings, then Roy decides to make it the worst start of his career and gives up 8 earned runs. Cubs win 9-3. We wore Astros T-shirts and got razzed for the entire game.

Game 3: On Sunday, we're up 5-0 after 1-1/2 innings. We lose 7-6. We all wore very non-descript shirts with no ties to Houston whatsoever and enjoyed a quiet afternoon at the ballpark.

Astros Bingo Update 5-11-2026

With Astros Bingo becoming not as fun as last year in many regards, I've decided to add a new wrinkle for the next 2-1/2 months highlighting one of our 74 contestants each day for a check-in on how their Bingo card is going and their potential total.


I call it: Better Know a Poster (credit, The Colbert Report circa mid-to-late-2000s)

As often as I have time for it, we'll highlight one of our fantastic board members with Google Gemini's artist rendition of them based on their user name and a checkup on their Bingo card. And away we go!


Day 1 spotlight: 07ag




Current Bingo Score: 2
Place: Tied for 3rd with like 20 other people
Squares Achieved: Rangers suck and 6+ losing streak
Square Fails: Win Opening Day - remember how young and naive we were back then?
Predicted Astros record: 91-71. Just need to finish the year 75-46.

Squares that look like future wins:
Judge >50 HR (pace is 63)
Bregman <80 RBI (pace is 51)
Walker >22 HR (pace is 36)
Yordan >25 HR (pace is 51)

Squares that are technically still humanly possible:
Astros win 90-94 games
Astros win 6 straight games
Framber > 13 wins
Imai < 3.50 ERA

Squares that haven't aged so well:
Pena All-Star Game
Hunter >14 W
Hunter All-Star Game
Verlander >8W (currently on pace for 0)

Haha. Yeah, my girlfriend is from Chicago originally and she said you can't rely on forecasts up there this far out. I still got a chuckle when I looked this morning.

I'm pumped. Bucket list ballpark for sure.

texasaggie2015 said:

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Haha. Yeah, my girlfriend is from Chicago originally and she said you can't rely on forecasts up there this far out. I still got a chuckle when I looked this morning.

I'm pumped. Bucket list ballpark for sure.

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Which parks have you been to, and which ones are on the short list that you haven't been to?

Ballparks I've been to:

Astrodome
MMP
Both of the Rangers ballparks
Kansas City
Arizona
Colorado
San Diego
Anaheim
Baltimore
Washington
Atlanta
Cleveland
St Louis

Ballparks near the top of my list to see next excluding Wrigley: Fenway, Yankee Stadium, San Francisco, Pittsburgh

Planning to knock them all out eventually. Luckily she's a big baseball fan and wants to see them all too.

texasaggie2015 said:

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Ballparks I've been to:

Astrodome
MMP
Both of the Rangers ballparks
Kansas City
Arizona
Colorado
San Diego
Anaheim
Baltimore
Washington
Atlanta
Cleveland
St Louis

Ballparks near the top of my list to see next excluding Wrigley: Fenway, Yankee Stadium, San Francisco, Pittsburgh

Planning to knock them all out eventually. Luckily she's a big baseball fan and wants to see them all too.

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Pittsburgh is at the top of my "not yet" list, but your other 4 are among my favorites, especially San Fran on a sunny day.

Will be in San Francisco in July and plan to catch a game. Any particular sections you'd recommend sitting in? Ideally something with a good view.

Stadium I've visited

Houston (dome and Daikin)
Arlington (both)
St Louis
Baltimore
New York (Bronx)
Boston
Chicago

Going to be visiting DC (Astros vs nats) and Philly (Phillies vs padres) this summer

My goal is one per year, and I started in 2019

My list:

Houston (Dome and Daikin)
Arlington (all 3 stadiums)
Atlanta
Washington
Baltimore
Tampa
Colorado
SD
LAD
SF
Oakland
Angels
KC
Yankees (both stadiums)

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Will be in San Francisco in July and plan to catch a game. Any particular sections you'd recommend sitting in? Ideally something with a good view.

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I went 2 games just a few seasons ago in .... 2005. Let me look at the stadium map and I'll see what my old man brain can recall.


I sat in right field on a Friday night so I could see the "splash zone" out there in effect. Naturally no one hit one and I had to buy a Giants' jacket because the temperature dropped 500 degrees when the sun went down. That was probably section 148 or 149 on the map now.

I had splurged and bought tickets on the third-base line in the field boxes for the Sunday game, which was perfect weather. Back then, the bullpens were still down the foul lines and me and a bunch of other Astro fans got Roger Clemens' autograph (resale value, 38 cents) before his start. That game was 1-1 from the 1st until the 8th when Jason Lane hit a three-run back and the Astros wound up winning 8-1. Think that was section 129 or 130. Those were good seats. Right field was hit or miss because no homers.

No plans to visit any new ballparks after getting to #15 last year, so I'll try to knock out 2 or 3 in one trip next year. That would mean either a combo of SoCal/Phoenix or Chicago/Milwaukee. Maybe i can squeeze in Coors Field this season.

My top 5 so far in no order:
Oracle
Busch
PNC
Camden Yards
T-Mobile

honorable mention:
Kauffman

stadiums i've seen an mlb game in

astrodome
daikin
ballpark in arlington
coors field
wrigley
fenway
pnc park - pittsburgh
steinbrenner field (tampa rays last year)

In Pitt for the week, headed back to PNC Wednesday (maybe more) … haven't looked at lineups yet

My wishlist:
Pittsburgh
Milly-wah-kay
Detroit Rock City

Where I've been

Houston - Dome/Daikin
Dallas - Old Arlington Stadium & The Ballpark at Arlington
St. Louis - Old Busch Stadium
Chicago - New Comiskey & Wrigley
Baltimore - Camden
Boston - Fenway
NY - Old Yankee Stadium
KC - Kauffman
Minnesota - Metrodome
LA - Dodger Stadium and Angel Stadium
SD - Petco Park
San Fran - Whatever their stadium is called now
Atlanta - Truist Park
Colorado - Coors Field

Other than Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta, 13 of my 18 came in an 10-year span. I gotta get back to that lifestyle before I'm too old!

At one point when I used to travel to all the ballparks, I was down to just four remaining to see:
New York (Mets)
Philadelphia
Washington
Cincinnati

Now with some new stadiums replacing the old ones, my list is getting repopulated:
NY Yankees (went to old Yankee Stadium)
Miami (went to previous stadium)
Minnesota (went to Metrodome)
Atlanta (went to previous Turner Field)
Arlington (went to previous stadium)

Several of you are listing San Francisco and Pittsburgh on your bucket lists: I can verify that boyh are among the best ballparks in baseball. You will enjoy!

Mrs. Marvin and I haven't been to an away stadium in a few years. Our list... I think:

Astrodome (separately as kids)
MMP
Old crappy Globe Life
New crappy Globe Life
Kansas City
Arizona
Washington
Atlanta
Cleveland
St Louis
Bronx (new)
Mets
Fenway
Detroit
Seattle

I'm missing at least one MLB stadium, and there are too many minor league and spring training parks to mention.

My wife and I started going to stadiums since we've been married (5 years). Been to:

MMP
Coors
Loan Depot
Tropicana
Citi

Independently of her, I've been to:
Shea
Old Yankee
Dodger
Wrigley
Rate

This year, we're catching the Astros series in DC and trying to plan a quick weekend trip in September to somewhere.

MLB Ballparks I've been to -

Astrodome
Enron Field
Both Arlington parks
Doyer Stadium
Anaheim
Fenway
the middle Yankee stadium (not the new one)
Seattle
Miami
Tampa
St. Louis
DC
Oakland
San Diego

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Skenes is pitching tomorrow - looks like I'll be Livvy hunting at PNC tomorrow

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Get her to autograph a printout of her 2025 gif.

My sad list:

Houston (Dome and MMP)
Arlington - The Ballpark at Arlington
Baltimore - Camden Yards (favorite)
New York - New Yankee Stadium (hated it), Citi Field
Miami - Loan Depot
Oakland - Coliseum

Driven by, got my eyes on it, but didn't catch a game (teams were out of town)
Tampa/St Pete - Tropicana
Anaheim - The Big A
Seattle - T-Mobile (when it used to be Safeco)
San Diego - Petco
Detroit - Old Tigers Stadium and Comerica

NM

SpaceCityAg05 said:

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At one point when I used to travel to all the ballparks, I was down to just four remaining to see:
New York (Mets)
Philadelphia
Washington
Cincinnati

Now with some new stadiums replacing the old ones, my list is getting repopulated:
NY Yankees (went to old Yankee Stadium)
Miami (went to previous stadium)
Minnesota (went to Metrodome)
Atlanta (went to previous Turner Field)
Arlington (went to previous stadium)

Several of you are listing San Francisco and Pittsburgh on your bucket lists: I can verify that boyh are among the best ballparks in baseball. You will enjoy!

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I've been to both of the previous NY stadiums along with the other two in Arlington and only care to visit Citi Field from the current three. I'll get to Globe Life eventually, but it sounds pretty bland like the new Yankee Stadium.

Cincy is a quick drive from Louisville where the Ags are scheduled to kick off the 2029 season.

My gripes about New Yankee Stadium are that I wanted to feel some sort of history and didn't. Monument Park was closed. I'm not sure Old Yankee Stadium would haver that feel -- since New was designed like the Old. Everything inside the stadium was hard to find from bathroom to outfield seating, etc. The layout just sucked.

The field itself and sightlines were pretty good, but the atmosphere was meh.

Old Yankee had 3 too many renovations. They kept trying to keep up with the times and got a ****ty park that had none of the feels that Fenway and Wrigley give. Total lipstick on a pig. A new park was the right choice.

The old one was a dump like Farmer mentioned but certainly not as bad as Shea or Rangers Stadium. I'm glad I got to see a game there and hear the Bleacher Creatures/roll call.