Astro’s Games
Can’t say I’m an Astro’s fan. Can’t say I’m a hater, either. But I do like watching some baseball, and they are the closest MLB stadium. So Astros and Braves, or Los Bravos.
Here’s the deal: The Braves have the best play-by-play announcer in the business. Seriously, a really good announcer. He’s got a voice, knowledge, and what seems like a genuine love for the franchise and heartfelt adoration of the game itself.
From unrelated press material, one of his part-time associates, a serious pitcher, I gather, the announcer’s goal was to make the other guy laugh.
It’s easy to feign enthusiasm for a little while, but this has been going on for years, so it seems.
Astro’s Games
It was a tragedy of small errors in the first two innings, Braves up by 1. It was a bunch of innings of pitchers, then relievers, without a lot action, until the top of the last inning. 5 runs on singles, a little bit at a time, and then, a fan favorite, Jesse Chavez closed it out. The Braves fans easily outnumbered and certainly out-cheered the H-Town people.
I would think A.J. Minter would be a fan favorite in H-Town, as a he was a product of almost local A&M.
Treebeard’s at the Cloisters
What makes good collard green great? A hunk of ham. Or a liberal dose of bacon bits. Done right? This is a benchmark southern delicacy.
By the heritage marker outside, I think, Episcopalian from 1839, with the most recent structure only dating back to 1938? (porous memory)
“When the juries are sequestered, this is where they bring them.”
Either way, really acceptable southern cuisine in its finest. Bonus points for church setting.
Astro’s Games
Not much of a game, especially with the rest of the leagues with their upsets, dramas, shenanigans, and sordid stories.
Early in the season, the Braves were grinding out a win, until that final inning. Stick around.
A rather drunk Astro fan?
“Our team sucks.”
Not really, jut not playing as a team, besides, baseball? Always an element of luck.
Searching the web for Houston dining, ballpark ideas, I stumbled across an old post about Tuesdays being dollar dog night.
“Is it really dollar dog night?”
I pointed in the direction of the kiosk with the sign, then left them, “but only for Braves fans.”
Astro’s Games
“A pale horse…”
