Oh the Astros...

BiggioBrooks755 · Aug 1, 2014

I...I just have no words for this...

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on...-95-losses-are-raising-ticket-prices-for-2015

RStadlerASU22 · Aug 1, 2014

Seems like the right thing to do....

Ryan

Austin · Aug 1, 2014

Ridiculous.

The writer and editors are idiots too. He wrote the Astros president as "Ryan Reid." It's Reid Ryan, of course, Nolan Ryan's son.
And the article has been up for about 11 hours and it has not been edited correctly yet.
This is CBS Sports, not some tiny Texas newspaper.

BiggioBrooks755 · Aug 1, 2014

Austin said:
Ridiculous.

The writer and editors are idiots too. He wrote the Astros president as "Ryan Reid." It's Reid Ryan, of course, Nolan Ryan's son.
And the article has been up for about 11 hours and it has not been edited correctly yet.
This is CBS Sports, not some tiny Texas newspaper.

That is not surprising at all...CBS Sports has the worst spell checking and bad editing on any sports website

TNP777 · Aug 1, 2014

BiggioBrooks755 said:
That is not surprising at all...CBS Sports has the worst spell checking and bad editing on any sports website

Their news department misses the mark sometimes, too.

BiggioBrooks755 · Aug 1, 2014

Hmmm Michael Jeter...Not sure I have any cards of him?

KnuckleballNation · Aug 2, 2014

If it was some tiny Texas newspaper I am sure they would have gotten the name of the son of Nolan Ryan right. It might be the land of steers and ****** but I'll bet you a buffalo nickel they know the fireball king when they see him.

predatorkj · Aug 2, 2014

KnuckleballNation said:
If it was some tiny Texas newspaper I am sure they would have gotten the name of the son of Nolan Ryan right. It might be the land of steers and ****** but I'll bet you a buffalo nickel they know the fireball king when they see him.

Thank you for those very kind words directed at my state.

BBCgalaxee · Aug 2, 2014

Apparently legendary short stops have confusing first names

Bootstraps9 · Aug 2, 2014

KnuckleballNation said:
If it was some tiny Texas newspaper I am sure they would have gotten the name of the son of Nolan Ryan right. It might be the land of steers and ****** but I'll bet you a buffalo nickel they know the fireball king when they see him.

That saying has never made sense to me... How did Texas get to be the land of ******? Legitimate questions as to how that phrase was created

Austin · Aug 2, 2014

Bootstraps9 said:
That saying has never made sense to me... How did Texas get to be the land of ******? Legitimate questions as to how that phrase was created

It's a quote from the movie, "Full Metal Jacket." A sergeant makes fun of a private by saying it to him.

It's also used twice in "An Officer and a Gentleman," but they're making fun of people from Oklahoma and Arizona.

Basically, it's used by higher ranking military or other officials on recruits or privates as a cutdown or hazing.
Some people also say "Beers, Steers and ******" to people from Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma and other states with western influences and cowboys.
It has nothing to do with homosexuals living in these states. It's just a stupid, immature comment based on rhyming words.

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