A Night at the Park

Our friends/neighbors Valerie and Kim were kind enough to give us tickets to the Astro's game last weekend. We did the usual stupid stuff we normally do on such occasions. Eddy played with his iPhone.

I goofed off.

Oh yeah, and we also enjoyed the game! Thanks, VP and Kim!

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Stros

This past weekend, we attended the opening game of the Astros! It was the first time we've been to Minute Maid when the roof was open.



There's a train with pumpkins in it. The conductor wears overalls. The train goes forward when there is a home run. There were two during the game. I have no clue what the significance of this is.



Thanks so much to Valerie and Kim who gave us the tickets! (They're our favorite future neighbors.)

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Cards Lose Yet Again

Last Monday, we went to the Astros vs. Cards game on a bit of a whim. Cards lost again. *sigh*

Ah well, at least there was beer.

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Baseball with the Billiken

"What exactly is a Billiken?" Click here to learn more. Anyway, it's my college alma mater mascot. We recently went to a Houston SLU alum baseball game Astros vs. Cards. It was hot as hell, but we did manage to get lots of free food, drink lots of beer and make a few strange SLU alum pals. In the middle of the game, we learned that the juice box (the Minute Maid stadium with retractable roof) leaks. Good fun had by all! The Cards lost.

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