My grandfather was born in 1927 and is still around.

Not really relevant but he's a tough one

there is also the trade deadline to fill in holes on the roster

if the Astros look and play like a WS contender in the 1st half of the season

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My DAD was born in 1915. He was 43 when he had me. I have brothers that 11 years older than me.

My grand father was born in 1876, I am 67, Not sure when my Ggrandfather was born but I think it was 1848.

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I have no idea why this is part of this thread but my grandfather was born in 1883, father in 1922, me in 1957 and son in 2003 (he played a golf tournament today with his brother that's 20 years older. Does that mean we won or lost?

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OPAG said:

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My DAD was born in 1915. He was 43 when he had me. I have brothers that 11 years older than me.

My grand father was born in 1876, I am 67, Not sure when my Ggrandfather was born but I think it was 1848.

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I have no idea why this is part of this thread but my grandfather was born in 1883, father in 1922, me in 1957 and son in 2003 (he played a golf tournament today with his brother that's 20 years older. Does that mean we won or lost?

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It means 6 more weeks of waiting for Bregman to realize he ain't getting 6/200 from the Red Sox.

I love this thread because it puts so much info in one place. Without it, it would have taken forever to figure out when all of your great grandfathers were born.

I gotta say, off-season threads can be pretty off topic, but I didn't have a trip down Ancestry Lane as a part of my Offseason Thread Bingo card.

No regular season trips scheduled, but Mrs. Marvin and I will be in West Palm again next month.

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I gotta say, off-season threads can be pretty off topic, but I didn't have a trip down Ancestry Lane as a part of my Offseason Thread Bingo card.

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What's the furthest back y'all can trace ancestors? I take it with a grain of salt, but someone in my family found a supposed direct line to someone in the 1200's. Got a few more believable lines to the 15th century. Most only go back to the 19th century, unfortunately, including my family name

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My 8x great grandfather rescued Davey Crockett from the Alamo by stealing Jim Bowie's knife and killing 800 Mexicans with it. The two of them then built the Battleship Texas by hand and sailed it down the Brazos River to La Porte, where they defeated Santa Ana , then kept him captive at the top of the San Jacinto Monument until Sam Houston arrived and cut Santa Ana's head off with his great sword, made from Valyrian Steel.

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07ag said:

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I gotta say, off-season threads can be pretty off topic, but I didn't have a trip down Ancestry Lane as a part of my Offseason Thread Bingo card.

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What's the furthest back y'all can trace ancestors? I take it with a grain of salt, but someone in my family found a supposed direct line to someone in the 1200's. Got a few more believable lines to the 15th century. Most only go back to the 19th century, unfortunately, including my family name

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My 8x great grandfather rescued Davey Crockett from the Alamo by stealing Jim Bowie's knife and killing 800 Mexicans with it. The two of them then built the Battleship Texas by hand and sailed it down the Brazos River to La Porte, where they defeated Santa Ana , then kept him captive at the top of the San Jacinto Monument until Sam Houston arrived and cut Santa Ana's head off with his great sword, made from Valyrian Steel.

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Anybody doing any Astros road trips this year? Boston last year was 10/10 bucket list. This year we are doing Yankee stadium in August

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Me and my roommates from A&M have been going once a year for about 10 years now. We've done Boston, old Arlington, KC, Arizona, Colorado, Cleveland, Washington DC, and Chicago White Sox. We saw a game at Wrigley while in Chicago as well.
This year we're going to Baltimore the first of June and then driving over to Pittsburgh to watch the Astros play the Pirates.

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Marvin said:

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No regular season trips scheduled, but Mrs. Marvin and I will be in West Palm again next month.

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How is that trip? I've heard great things

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Spring training is the absolute best. Show up early and watch morning practice on the back fields, snag as many autographs and pictures as you can (women and children get precedence, so I don't bother), and just enjoy the sounds of baseball. Mrs. Marvin stays there until game time, but I move to the stadium as soon as it opens. Nothing beats getting there before the mash of kids to catch a batting practice homer... or four. I sit down once the kids show up, although some grown ass men will truck a crowd of 8-year olds for a ball. Once the game starts, I spread out a blanket on the outfield berm, soak up the sun, and doze off until I hear a loud crack of the bat. As I said, it is the absolute best. I would have season tickets to Grapefruit games if I lived close enough. I enjoy it much more than regular season games. It is the best therapy ever, lol.

Several other ballparks are close to WPB, so you'll want to check the game schedule of you desire to see several games in a row. St. Louis and Miami play close, as examples.

Then, you have day trips to Cocoa Beach, Cape Canaveral, and the theme parks in Orlando.