/u/TexanAlex - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/u-texanalex/ Building "Bridges" Across the Bayou City! Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:06:57 +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/TexanAlex - HoustonNewMedia.org https://houstonnewmedia.org/author/u-texanalex/ 32 32 103504436 Once Upon a Time in Queens, Astros fan thoughts on 1986 Mets doc https://houstonnewmedia.org/once-upon-a-time-in-queens-astros-fan-thoughts-on-1986-mets-doc/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=once-upon-a-time-in-queens-astros-fan-thoughts-on-1986-mets-doc Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:06:57 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=63caca4395124d346299be1620636580 I had some time to kill so I finally got around to streaming the 2021 30 for 30 on the 86 Mets. I’m too young to remember the famous NLCS but grew up hearing about it as a kid in the 90s. I never got around to reading Jeff Pearlman’s book, but this def...

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]]> 845328 Ebbets Field Flannels comes out with tribute to the 1977 Lone Star League. https://houstonnewmedia.org/ebbets-field-flannels-comes-out-with-tribute-to-the-1977-lone-star-league/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ebbets-field-flannels-comes-out-with-tribute-to-the-1977-lone-star-league Fri, 24 Nov 2023 20:39:27 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=1c64ec84cfd26c139ca661b95cf21819 I had never heard of this short-lived independent league. The Corpus Christi Seagulls and Victoria Rosebuds unis look pretty slick. Do any of y’all have any memories of this league? https://www.ebbets.com/blogs/news-and-history/the-lone-star-league &#...

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]]> 693556 Any Astros prospects playing winter ball? https://houstonnewmedia.org/any-astros-prospects-playing-winter-ball/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=any-astros-prospects-playing-winter-ball Thu, 16 Nov 2023 19:22:14 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=6efdceca3f57e9c6424a2c446da73465 JP played in LIDOM in 2021 and Pedro Leon played in Puerto Rico in 2022 but haven’t seen anything this year. submitted by /u/TexanAlex [link] [comments]

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]]> 690442 Thought experiment, the next manager will be one of these two former Astros. You can choose from these two and only these two. Who does the better job? https://houstonnewmedia.org/thought-experiment-the-next-manager-will-be-one-of-these-two-former-astros-you-can-choose-from-these-two-and-only-these-two-who-does-the-better-job/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=thought-experiment-the-next-manager-will-be-one-of-these-two-former-astros-you-can-choose-from-these-two-and-only-these-two-who-does-the-better-job Thu, 09 Nov 2023 16:28:37 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=b81172f2bc7276b4a3d7f7a793ae0fd2 View Poll submitted by /u/TexanAlex [link] [comments]

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]]> 687247 Anyone going to the CDMX series in April? https://houstonnewmedia.org/anyone-going-to-the-cdmx-series-in-april/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=anyone-going-to-the-cdmx-series-in-april Tue, 24 Oct 2023 13:04:22 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=8510f3310c12df06357efc64e4e12b25 Thoughts, recs? Drop ‘em here. Trying to figure out how much I should bargain with my wife to let me use our airline miles on a dad trip. submitted by /u/TexanAlex [link] [comments]

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]]> 680534 Donation challenge in honor of Wendy Lowe https://houstonnewmedia.org/donation-challenge-in-honor-of-wendy-lowe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=donation-challenge-in-honor-of-wendy-lowe Tue, 03 Oct 2023 17:46:12 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=bc88fdacfa418ce03f9444e78c00e928 We’ve had a lot of fun at the expense of the Rangers since Sunday, and rightfully so, but I keep thinking about how Nathaniel and Josh Lowe are both taking the field today with their mom Wendy battling cancer. She's “going through chemo right now. ...

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]]> 669771 Spring Training advice https://houstonnewmedia.org/spring-training-advice/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spring-training-advice Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:25:11 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=3ae082b7ef90619b5b50669485624cca My 2.5 year old daughter and card-carrying Astros Buddy is constantly pretending to be Altuve when she's not pretending to be a character from the Nutcracker ballet or Jesus Christ. Constantly sprinting up and down my hallway screaming "Altuve...

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]]> 645531 Old-timey Houston Colt. 45 merchandising was amazing. "Something different" indeed. https://houstonnewmedia.org/old-timey-houston-colt-45-merchandising-was-amazing-something-different-indeed/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=old-timey-houston-colt-45-merchandising-was-amazing-something-different-indeed Mon, 12 Dec 2022 20:09:21 +0000 http://houstonnewmedia.org/?guid=78d6ce33e1322e94cc3a74431a804e0a submitted by /u/TexanAlex [link] [comments]

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