We need to cheer for the Astros.

[BigWillie]

Looks like Matress Mack could set a record for one of the biggest sports betting wins with the bet he placed on the Astros. 

All this to say, he could have some extra cash available to fund a certain buy out....

https://nypost.com/2021/10/24/houston-furniture-tycoon-jim-mcingvale-could-win-36-million-on-world-series/

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

Not this again...

[UNT Five&Dime]

Go Braves!

[BigWillie]

8 hours ago, UNT Texas Hooligan said:

Not this again...

Did I miss a post on it?

[Big Z]

@BigWillie needs to be banned for this 

[TheColonyEagle]

[MeanGreenTexan]

[NorthTexasSportsNetwork]

I agree! GO STROS!!

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

1 hour ago, BigWillie said:

Did I miss a post on it?

A whole multi-page thread a while ago. 

[golfingomez]

Let's go Stros!

[Cr1028]

[UNTLifer]

Go Braves.

[rcade]

I will never root for the cheating Astros, but it would be nice if Mattress Mack started writing big checks to UNT athletics again. The Dickeyball era ended 15 years ago. He's gone on to successful OC stints at a bunch of schools. Who is even still around UNT athletics who pissed Mac off back then?

Edited October 26, 2021 by rcade

[Pseudo Nym]

@rcade Hank?

[Harry]

Go 'Stros!!!

[Pseudo Nym]

Rooting for Dusty Baker and the Braves (Been a big fan of Joc Pederson fan since his days in the minors!)..... I know what I said, but hell, it's fun to be a hypocrite sometimes and ride a bandwagon!

That's Baker, number 12, he was on deck when Hank Aaron hit is record-breaking home run!

[WanderingEagle]

Cheer for a team that won a world series while cheating, and a fan base that has no remorse and thinks the entire baseball world is out to get them and that they're the victims? No thanks. Go Braves!

[UNTLifer]

On 10/26/2021 at 7:01 PM, Pseudo Nym said:

Rooting for Dusty Baker and the Braves (Been a big fan of Joc Pederson fan since his days in the minors!)..... I know what I said, but hell, it's fun to be a hypocrite sometimes and ride a bandwagon!

That's Baker, number 12, he was on deck when Hank Aaron hit is record-breaking home run!

Umm, you realize Baker is the manager for the Astros, right?  Now you must be torn.

[UNTLifer]

Saw this:

And secretly wish a Braves fan holds up a sign with a trash can that says "Cheaters"

[UNT Texas Hooligan]

12 hours ago, WanderingEagle said:

Cheer for a team that won a world series while cheating, and a fan base that has no remorse and thinks the entire baseball world is out to get them and that they're the victims? No thanks. Go Braves!

 

6 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Saw this:

And secretly wish a Braves fan holds up a sign with a trash can that says "Cheaters"

 

Just when you thought Astros fans couldn't get anymore insufferable (I dealt with them in Houston during their last World Series run). Same energy that says the Chiefs have to change their name because it is offensive to tribal leaders.

[DeepGreen]

On 10/26/2021 at 8:33 AM, MeanGreenTexan said:

[Cr1028]

20 hours ago, WanderingEagle said:

Cheer for a team that won a world series while cheating, and a fan base that has no remorse and thinks the entire baseball world is out to get them and that they're the victims? No thanks. Go Braves!

Riiiight and SMU was the only SWC team paying players back in the day too. 
 

Dry your eyes, your lowly Rangers or Yankees will get back to the big show someday. Until then, enjoy watching my lifelong favorite team wreck shop on national television. It must really pain you to know that they are winning now even without cheating.

[HoustonEagle]

Go Stros!!!

 

As an aside:  I find it a bit strange that the New England Patriots get almost no grief for cheating and unlike the Astros/MLB,  the other teams in the NFL were not doing the same thing.

 

Go Stros!!

 

 

 

[Cr1028]

13 minutes ago, HoustonEagle said:

Go Stros!!!

 

As an aside:  I find it a bit strange that the New England Patriots get almost no grief for cheating and unlike the Astros/MLB,  the other teams in the NFL were not doing the same thing.

 

Go Stros!!

 

 

 

[Pseudo Nym]

7 hours ago, UNTLifer said:

Umm, you realize Baker is the manager for the Astros, right?  Now you must be torn.

For sure, that's what I was getting with calling myself a hypocrite/bandwagonner 🤣

I was a Yankee fan for a long time, I grew up mostly on military bases outside the USA and at the time AFN (Armed Forces Network) had one sports channel, literally called "AFN Sports" and all we'd see were the good teams, so the Yankees became the team I rooted for (this was all before Firesticks, ROKU, Facebook and more or less, the internet).  

After they kept signing A-Rod after he admitted to lying, like three separate times, there was no way I wanted any part of the organization, the Yankees used to stand for something and then they sold out to A-Rod.  So I stayed a fan until Jeter retired, then I became a free agent fan haha!  Kind of the same about how some folks view Jerry Jones firing Landry when he brought the Cowboys, just a step too far.