/u/Eighteenand1 - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/u-eighteenand1/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Wed, 10 Sep 2025 02:41:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://i0.wp.com/houstonnewmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-cropped-Houston.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 /u/Eighteenand1 - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/u-eighteenand1/ 32 32 103504436 Time to admit it… https://houstonnewmedia.org/time-to-admit-it/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=time-to-admit-it Wed, 10 Sep 2025 02:41:26 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=85bbac35e5b0ae8d87978e91b8226f71 The Rangers and Mariners are simply better teams. All season I’ve been caught up in narratives of past Mariner failures and the mirage of Texas’ record (despite an elite run differential), and clung to the Astros “names”. But you look at the actual ros...

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]]> 1024226 Manufacturing runs https://houstonnewmedia.org/manufacturing-runs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=manufacturing-runs Thu, 21 Aug 2025 02:01:50 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=8189bbc00b36a8ef36fdf5e131bab977 I was watching a Brewers game recently, and they scored a run where it was: walk, single, sac fly. Then in another game (can’t remember who) it was like single, walk, single. Both times a run scored. In the past month or so, I can hardly recall many i...

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]]> 1010647 Cedric Mullins becoming more realistic? https://houstonnewmedia.org/cedric-mullins-becoming-more-realistic/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cedric-mullins-becoming-more-realistic Thu, 10 Jul 2025 01:29:37 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=f8a34cffebf330d4285e68269c044773 With Jake now presumably out for a while, surely this cranks up the heat on a Cedric Mullins acquisition submitted by /u/Eighteenand1 [link] [comments]

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]]> 984249 Anyone else baffled with Smoltz’s ABS comments in the 9th? https://houstonnewmedia.org/anyone-else-baffled-with-smoltzs-abs-comments-in-the-9th/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anyone-else-baffled-with-smoltzs-abs-comments-in-the-9th Sun, 06 Jul 2025 04:32:46 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=a486e8acb283c2eef7a2ff97dc72dbc8 I couldn’t help but laugh after Hader’s strikeout of Will Smith in the 9th. In real time I thought it was inside, but then they showed the replay with the strike zone graphic and it was clearly in the zone. Smoltz, after watching the replay with the s...

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]]> 981800 “Prime” interleague games https://houstonnewmedia.org/prime-interleague-games/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prime-interleague-games Sun, 20 Apr 2025 13:55:26 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=fb7c6e2acfe6d1f718a30a5d3ae69e98 Just noticed we play the Rockies 6 times this year as our “prime” interleague rival. Not sure how we’re rivals with them, but hey I’m not complaining! submitted by /u/Eighteenand1 [link] [comments]

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]]> 941841 “Prime” interleague games https://houstonnewmedia.org/prime-interleague-games/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prime-interleague-games Sun, 20 Apr 2025 13:55:26 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=fb7c6e2acfe6d1f718a30a5d3ae69e98 Just noticed we play the Rockies 6 times this year as our “prime” interleague rival. Not sure how we’re rivals with them, but hey I’m not complaining! submitted by /u/Eighteenand1 [link] [comments]

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]]> 941844 “Prime” interleague games https://houstonnewmedia.org/prime-interleague-games/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prime-interleague-games Sun, 20 Apr 2025 13:55:26 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=fb7c6e2acfe6d1f718a30a5d3ae69e98 Just noticed we play the Rockies 6 times this year as our “prime” interleague rival. Not sure how we’re rivals with them, but hey I’m not complaining! submitted by /u/Eighteenand1 [link] [comments]

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]]> 941846 Defense https://houstonnewmedia.org/defense-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=defense-2 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:27:18 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=45af8fd1b2124eb9efd623475ce06874 Last week I was sick and down for the count, so I spent a whole day in bed watching every game of the 2017 ALDS and ALCS series. It’s been so long since I watched those games live, there was much I’d forgotten about, chief among them how incredible the...

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]]> 921563 How’s JP France doing? https://houstonnewmedia.org/hows-jp-france-doing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hows-jp-france-doing Tue, 25 Feb 2025 13:56:12 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=ebe8c9cb9690ae34f0fcecb8b39bfb69 I haven’t seen or heard much of anything about JP France since his shoulder surgery last year. Anyone know how he’s doing? He wasn’t all-MLB or anything, but he sure got us through the dog days of summer in 2023 (9-4 record in June, July, August) and ...

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]]> 909308 2023 Texas Rangers – something fishy? https://houstonnewmedia.org/2023-texas-rangers-something-fishy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=2023-texas-rangers-something-fishy Wed, 19 Feb 2025 01:24:17 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=8035152a0ef08fddb6b4696cbf6efb77 I was looking through the Texas Rangers’ 2023 season where they had a tremendous offense. As I went down the lineup, I noticed that just about EVERY single guy had a career best year by a long shot that season. Not saying they were doing anything nefar...

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]]> 905156 Bregman in D.C. https://houstonnewmedia.org/bregman-in-d-c/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bregman-in-d-c Mon, 11 Nov 2024 00:43:54 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=e090bdfde90aa1e4ef7711f44be472a7 Any stock in Bregman being at the Commanders game today? I have heard Washington as a strong suitor for his services submitted by /u/Eighteenand1 [link] [comments]

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]]> 844752 The loss of Yuli https://houstonnewmedia.org/the-loss-of-yuli/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-loss-of-yuli Tue, 08 Oct 2024 01:38:29 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=c12753434b9ded42ed837dd14246abf2 Much is being made of the impact of Bregman both on the stat sheet and in the clubhouse, and to a great extent I agree. He’s been a heartbeat of the team with his hitting, his glove, and his arm (and not so much base running) since 2017. He makes a lot...

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