***Official Houston Astros 2022-23 Offseason Thread***

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Pujols looks different retired
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bearkatag15 said:



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.
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bearkatag15 said:



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.
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bearkatag15 said:



Pujols looks different when he's not juicing


FIFY
Harry Dunne
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Pujols would still OPS 1.200 against us in those dad jeans and Target zip top.
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Yeah, but the ball would only end up on the tracks.
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So this is officially this season's slogan. I like it
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Ag_07 said:

bearkatag15 said:



Pujols looks different when he's not juicing


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He needs his beard back
TarponChaser
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bearkatag15 said:



Pujols looks different retired


Sort of like how James Hetfield looks like 75% of suburban dads these days.

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Harry Dunne
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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.
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So the team that won and cheated doing it is complaining about the losing team that cheated.

Got it.
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And the media and MLB will say and do nothing. It's predictable behavior.
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The price of lefties is high this offseason
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I gotta tell you I am shocked. Just shocked.
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Dumbass
Farmer1906
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Why is he a dumbass in this case?
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I mean joc, doing that in front of an MLB official
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Ohhh sorry I'm slow.
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The slogan is "Ready to Reign" and it's been discussed all week
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I think he's the next star of this staff. He will surprise a lot of people around the league.
Harry Dunne
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Lonestar_Ag09 said:

The slogan is "Ready to Reign" and it's been discussed all week
Read the tweet champ
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Yea, you tried to make a joke, bud, but it's not funny.
Harry Dunne
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Lonestar_Ag09 said:

Yea, you tried to make a joke, bud, but it's not funny.
Looks like a few people thought it was 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.
Harry Dunne
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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.
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McInnis
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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.
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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.
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I've always thought this was cool.


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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".
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The Hoes Mad Machine
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I thought Orange Crush was the nickname of the Denver Broncos' defense in the 70s...
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Best news about these offseason topics?

Pitchers and catchers report Tuesday Thursday to West Palm.

ETA: Sorry, I was a bit ahead of myself.
I love Texas Aggie sports, but I love Texas A&M more.
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