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Posts posted by Scraps
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Not ideal Lance
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Bregman just got bent over by that ump
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Springer time to shine
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Wtf is McCann doing lol
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But Judge homered!!The Yankees, to put it kindly, are getting skullfucked -
There you go Jake
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Odorizzi is slow as fuck....t t t t today junior
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Tweet that to them and you'll get on tv
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Ugh that was gross man
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Lol...wake up fool
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This ump is a bitch already
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Well ain't that a motherfuckerMolina gets a 1 game suspension because he didn’t like being called a motherfucker by the Dbacks manager
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Hells yeah my boy Doug E Fresh!Ha, think that was my wife in the line who texted her Dad. Tom says hello.....
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I was there for this event and educated numerous people in line about it last night. They thought I was full of shit until the wikipedia page came out and one lady texted her older dad asking him if he knew about it which he confirmed.
http://articles.latimes.com/1985-01-21/news/mn-14186_1_water-tank
HOUSTON — A Canadian daredevil, curled up inside a specially designed barrel, plunged from the roof of the Astrodome to his death before 35,000 spectators as the barrel missed a water tank meant to cushion the fall.
Karel Soucek, 37, who last July was the first person in 23 years to go over Niagara's Horseshoe Falls in a barrel, had planned the 180-foot drop Saturday night as part of a Thrill Show and Destruction Derby.
The barrel began spinning as it plunged earthward and clipped the edge of the tank. The impact crushed Soucek's chest and abdomen and fractured his skull, the Harris County medical examiner's office said.
The crowd applauded at first, thinking the stunt was successful, said Brian Becker, a spokesman for Pace Management Corp., which promoted the show. But a hush spread quickly when paramedics were called and Soucek was taken away in an ambulance.
He died early Sunday at Ben Taub Hospital.
Becker said the show was still in progress when officials received word that Soucek, who was still alive as he was cut out of the barrel, had died. He said no announcement was made "out of respect for Soucek and his family."
Soucek was to drop into a water tank about 9 feet deep and 12 feet wide, Becker said. But workers said that after Soucek was nailed into the barrel, there were problems stabilizing it.
"It started spinning real bad. After a while the people started getting so impatient that we went ahead and dropped him," said a worker who asked that his name not be used. "Just as we started to release the barrel, it started spinning again."
Instead of landing in the center of the tank, the barrel struck the rim and splashed in.
Stunt man Evel Knievel called the stunt "the most dangerous I've ever seen" and said he tried to persuade Soucek to cancel it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Soucek
OK sorry for the tangent....back to the Stros baby!
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I knew the song before this, but now I think of this every time I hear or see El Paso
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42 minutes ago, DoobieWah said:
I didn't even hear about the Dome tour, but no way would I have gone and I certainly wouldn't have waited four hours to get in. Seriously, had you never been there before? You know, when it had seats and shit?
Why did it take so long to get in? Was there only one door and everyone had to go through a strip search? And do I understand they did the same thing a few years ago with the same delays? WTF?
I loved the Dome when it was a going concern, and I hope they find a good use for it. Over the years they've talked about turning it into: a parking lot, convention space, a multi-story golf driving range, a hotel, and a pile of rubble. They left it moldering so long I was afraid the Dome was doomed.
FWIW, I'm old and have seen dozens of events at the Dome including the rodeo, Pink Floyd and the Stones, Astros, Oilers, Gamblers, Cougars, Bluebonnet Bowls, even the OTC, (they used to set up full sized oil rigs on the floor).
I guess it would worth it if you'd never been but I'm afraid it would just be kind of sad if you had.
Yes I have been there.
Because 25,000 people and yes one entry to the floor.
I didn't know how long the wait was going to be when I got in line, but once I was there and got drunk I was in for the long haul.
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I'll add a few too:
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Yeah I got there about 6:40 and don't think we got inside until after 10.
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I just spent 4 hours getting into the Dome like a dumbass.
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This hits close to home since I'm going to Domecoming tonightGot a pack 1990 Fleer cards with my Back to Back shirt. This was inside.
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We pound Minny. I don't care if it is 130 degrees or -18. We gonna destroy them.
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If you don't like Still of The Night by Whitesnake then you aren't my homeboy
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2018 Houston Astros Season Thread
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Bye lance