Left is Albert Pujols. Right is some guy you see in line at Lowe’s buying 2x4s to build a patio. pic.twitter.com/DghZbQqhW9
— Quinn (@QuinnSTLCards) February 10, 2023
Pujols looks different retired
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bearkatag15 said:Left is Albert Pujols. Right is some guy you see in line at Lowe’s buying 2x4s to build a patio. pic.twitter.com/DghZbQqhW9
— Quinn (@QuinnSTLCards) February 10, 2023
Pujols looks different retired
This one hurts a bit. I've been buying wood and concrete, building a porch and side deck at my farm on weekends for the past couple months.
bearkatag15 said:Left is Albert Pujols. Right is some guy you see in line at Lowe’s buying 2x4s to build a patio. pic.twitter.com/DghZbQqhW9
— Quinn (@QuinnSTLCards) February 10, 2023
Pujols looks different retired
I showed the retired side picture to my wife first, told her to guess who it is. She gave up quick. Showed her the other picture, she said, "No way. He looks like some middle-aged dad." Then I read her the tweet.
bearkatag15 said:Left is Albert Pujols. Right is some guy you see in line at Lowe’s buying 2x4s to build a patio. pic.twitter.com/DghZbQqhW9
— Quinn (@QuinnSTLCards) February 10, 2023
Pujols looks different when he's not juicing
FIFY
Pujols would still OPS 1.200 against us in those dad jeans and Target zip top.
Yeah, but the ball would only end up on the tracks.
So this is officially this season's slogan. I like it
Time to hold the throne.#Ready2Reign pic.twitter.com/IaTrtxXj65
— Houston Astros (@astros) February 9, 2023
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He needs his beard backAg_07 said:bearkatag15 said:Left is Albert Pujols. Right is some guy you see in line at Lowe’s buying 2x4s to build a patio. pic.twitter.com/DghZbQqhW9
— Quinn (@QuinnSTLCards) February 10, 2023
Pujols looks different when he's not juicing
FIFY
bearkatag15 said:Left is Albert Pujols. Right is some guy you see in line at Lowe’s buying 2x4s to build a patio. pic.twitter.com/DghZbQqhW9
— Quinn (@QuinnSTLCards) February 10, 2023
Pujols looks different retired
Sort of like how James Hetfield looks like 75% of suburban dads these days.
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"Hold the throne"?
Edit for the reading comp challenged:
Separate thought - "Ready to Reign" is really not too terrible as far as season slogans go, but I don't really like them in general.
Edit for the reading comp challenged:
Separate thought - "Ready to Reign" is really not too terrible as far as season slogans go, but I don't really like them in general.
Amazing replica of Minute Maid Park on display at Gallery Furniture made by @WhoMadeTheCake cake shop pic.twitter.com/AB9EKMO4QC
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This is an excerpt from @EvanDrellich’s new book “Winning Fixes Everything”, out Feb. 14. You can pre-order here: https://t.co/uFxRcmDmxe
— MLB Metrics (@MLBMetrics) February 11, 2023
The article this is from, talking about the book and what it reveals: https://t.co/4I93rlJROC
So the team that won and cheated doing it is complaining about the losing team that cheated.
Got it.
Got it.
And the media and MLB will say and do nothing. It's predictable behavior.
Free-agent left-handed reliever Andrew Chafin in agreement with Diamondbacks on one-year contract, sources tell @TheAthletic. The deal, which is pending a physical, is expected to be in the $6.5M range with a chance to increase to mid-$7.5M range with incentives.
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The price of lefties is high this offseason
I gotta tell you I am shocked. Just shocked.
I've been told by several people that Chase Utley was parked by the monitor during the 2017 World Series trying to get the Astros signs. https://t.co/i66ERxCjxM
— Michael Schwab (@michaelschwab13) February 11, 2023
Dumbass
Why is he a dumbass in this case?
I mean joc, doing that in front of an MLB official
Ohhh sorry I'm slow.
The slogan is "Ready to Reign" and it's been discussed all week
Astros prospect Hunter Brown flashing 96 mph, as spring training nears. pic.twitter.com/SdTYWsi7yY
— Kenny Van Doren (@thevandalorian) February 12, 2023
I think he's the next star of this staff. He will surprise a lot of people around the league.
Read the tweet champLonestar_Ag09 said:
The slogan is "Ready to Reign" and it's been discussed all week
Yea, you tried to make a joke, bud, but it's not funny.
Looks like a few people thought it was funny.Lonestar_Ag09 said:
Yea, you tried to make a joke, bud, but it's not funny.
I'm sorry if you work in marketing or run the Twitter account. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings.
Ready to Reign is not terrible, I'm just not a fan of the cheesy season slogans.
Give me one season slogan ever of any team in any sport that you thought was awesome. That you'd buy a shirt of.
Unironically, like I'd probably buy a "run as one" Houston Rockets with Dwight Howard on it. But just because that's funny.
Unironically, like I'd probably buy a "run as one" Houston Rockets with Dwight Howard on it. But just because that's funny.
Harry Dunne said:
Give me one season slogan ever of any team in any sport that you thought was awesome. That you'd buy a shirt of.
Unironically, like I'd probably buy a "run as one" Houston Rockets with Dwight Howard on it. But just because that's funny.
When the Rockets blew the big lead vs Phoenix to go down 3-1 and someone said it was Choke City (maybe the Chronicle)then they turned around and won the series and it turned into Clutch City, that was kind of cool. But that was organic, not something cooked up by the marketing dept.
As I recall this it's almost hard to realize that I used to care about the NBA. That's been a long time ago.
Clutch City is iconic. But like you said, it was organic and came with a great story. Not something cheesy that a marketing department tried to push.
Its also a nickname, not a slogan, and great nicknames for teams and athletes are one of the best things about sports.
Its also a nickname, not a slogan, and great nicknames for teams and athletes are one of the best things about sports.
I've always thought this was cool.
Harry Dunne said:
Clutch City is iconic. But like you said, it was organic and came with a great story. Not something cheesy that a marketing department tried to push.
Its also a nickname, not a slogan, and great nicknames for teams and athletes are one of the best things about sports.
I know it's a long ways off but if the Astros could repeat and earn a nickname like the Big Red Machine wouldn't that be cool?
Does anyone else remember Orange Crush for the Astros in the 70s? Invariably they would get our hopes up then get swept by the Reds, or somebody, and the Chronicle would run a headline in the sports section saying "Orange Crash".
The Hoes Mad Machine
I thought Orange Crush was the nickname of the Denver Broncos' defense in the 70s...
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