Cool new Astros billboard

[codell]

Saw this driving down the freeway earlier this afternoon. Thought it was really cool!!!!

http://www.myonestoprealtor.com/hidalgo2.gif

http://www.myonestoprealtor.com/hidalgo1.gif

[rockets-#1]

Ehhhh I dunno 'bout that one. :/

I can't stand that song, one of the most annoying overplayed songs ever. (Who Let the Dogs Out)

[Groogrux]

Wait, I thought his nickname is Dalgy??? :confused:

BTW, I got a cool screensaver for my phone. The exit sign for Oswalt Rd. off I-35 in Oklahoma. It'll replace my Championship Banner one after we win it all in June! :)

[UTweezer]

the atlanta braves did something like this a few years back, personally i think the Astros ones are better!

[rrj_gamz]

Originally posted by Rocketman95
Wait, I thought his nickname is Dalgy??? :confused:

I always thought it was Dalgy, you know short for HiDALGO...

The Dog part comes from the song I guess...

[DieHard Rocket]

Thats the look the intros for the broadcasts of each Astros games will have. It will be animated, looking just like that. I saw some of the video, I'm not sure exactly what they're going to use but it was really cool. Not just the usual highlight video.

[Austin70]

Originally posted by rrj_gamz
I always thought it was Dalgy, you know short for HiDALGO...

The Dog part comes from the song I guess...



Here we go again.............:rolleyes:

[Chump]

Astros Baseball! Who sayz its only a gaaaaaaammmme?

[Blatz]

Originally posted by Austin70
Here we go again.............:rolleyes:

I was going to post the same thing.


It is Dalgy, but it still sounds like doggy.

[JPM0016]

Originally posted by rrj_gamz
I always thought it was Dalgy, you know short for HiDALGO...

The Dog part comes from the song I guess...

It NEVER was Dalgy.

[Jookyhc]

Man, what a bad thread.

The nickname Doggy is short for Hidalgo. It doesn't make sense from an English teacher perspective, but it doesn't have to. It's English.

For the record, I don't know if Richard Hidalgo has any opinion whatsoever about "Who Let the Dogs Out." Last year he also came to bat to DMX's "Where my Dog's at?" and "Bark wit me" by Bow Wow (at the time of that recording, still "Li'l Bow Wow"), so if he has an affinity to "Who Let the Dogs Out," it's strictly because it has his nickname in it.

ugh.

In other "songs guys come to bat to" news Craig Biggio will probably be using U2's "Mysterious Ways" again this year, which means, that in the time he's been coming to bat with that song, it has gone from pop radio to "classic rock" radio.

[Major]

It NEVER was Dalgy.

Sure, it was.

http://www.cjbaseball.com/mates.htm

Source: CJ Nitkowski, former teammate.

[codell]

Originally posted by Major
It NEVER was Dalgy.

Sure, it was.

http://www.cjbaseball.com/mates.htm

Source: CJ Nitkowski, former teammate.

Didnt CJ almost kill someone with an errant pitch???

[Groogrux]

Originally posted by codell
Didnt CJ almost kill someone with an errant pitch???

Yeah, I'll believe a HOF broadcaster over a scrub pitcher any day of the week. Quite possibly twice on Sundays.

[codell]

Originally posted by Rocketman95
Yeah, I'll believe a HOF broadcaster over a scrub pitcher any day of the week. Quite possibly twice on Sundays.

Are you "dogging" CJ???? :p

[Major]

Yeah, I'll believe a HOF broadcaster over a scrub pitcher any day of the week.

A semi-senile one who can't pronounce people's names properly? He probably couldn't figure out how to say "Dalgy" and just simplified it to Doggy... and then conned people like yourself into believing it was the correct pronounication. :D

[Groogrux]

Originally posted by codell
Are you "dogging" CJ???? :p

Nope, I'm merely dalging him. Big difference! :D

Major, I don't know what you're talking about. Next, you'll be telling me that it's Rafael Palmiero, not Raifual Palierimistaio. Milo must've been relieved when Robertson was traded. :D

[Dave2000]

I still like Pettite and Clemens' billboard alot better. I do like how they are doing the cartoon drawings since last year.

[Uprising]

Pretty neat billboards. I love the new ads in the Houston Chronicle and billboards across Houston.

[rockets-#1]

Originally posted by Jookyhc
In other "songs guys come to bat to" news Craig Biggio will probably be using U2's "Mysterious Ways" again this year, which means, that in the time he's been coming to bat with that song, it has gone from pop radio to "classic rock" radio.

:D Funny, but COLD considering he's done so much for the organization. Good luck to Bidge this year.

[Chance]

I find it interesting that Clear Channel has the games and the signs are up on a viacom billboard. didn't cc have some signs? thanks for the cash, indirectly though it is!

[nyrocket]

Originally posted by Chance
I find it interesting that Clear Channel has the games and the signs are up on a viacom billboard. didn't cc have some signs? thanks for the cash, indirectly though it is!

Clear Channel is 'We' to you? How much of that cash do you see?

(Yes, I know you work for 610.)

[A-Train]

I think the Astros should have a policy that forbids the signing of players who have last names that can be shortened into dumbass pseudo-nicknames (DPNs).

Their recent transactions have been good. They traded one DPN(Wags), and the player they got in return doesn't appear to have any DPN possibilities, though I wouldn't put it past Milo Hamilton to use the word "Ducky" a few times in reference to Kevin Duckworth.

Kent - already a short last name, so "Kenty" wouldn't make much sense.

Pettitte - Petty? Nah, that would make Astros games sound either like a classic rock station (Tom) or NASCAR radio (Richard)

Clemens - Clemmy? Not a chance

A couple years ago, it seemed like every person on the team had a DPN. The trend is slowly but surely disappearing. Once Bagwell and Biggio retire, hopefully the dumbass pseudo-nickname era will be gone forever...

[deepellumrocket]

I'll bet PETA will have something to say about that billboard.

:rolleyes:

[Bassfly]

Originally posted by A-Train


I wouldn't put it past Milo Hamilton to use the word "Ducky" a few times in reference to Kevin Duckworth.



He already calls Dotel "Ducky"

[codell]

Originally posted by Bassfly
He already calls Dotel "Ducky"

DUCKWORTH: Excuse me. Can I talk to you for a second there, Octavio?

DOTEL: It's "Ducky".

DUCKWORTH: The thing is...I'm supposed to be "Ducky".

DOTEL: Heh heh. You're not a "Ducky". You're a perfect Brandon.

DUCKWORTH: What? Now, you listen to me!

DOTEL: All right, you can have "Ducky". Stop crying.

DUCKWORTH (sniffling): I'm not crying. And I shouldn't have said that about your wife. Please accept my apologies.

[Groogrux]

So, Duckworth's nickname on this BBS has to be Coco now. Good job codell! :D

Wonder if Coco will pitch tonight?

[codell]

Originally posted by Rocketman95
So, Duckworth's nickname on this BBS has to be Coco now. Good job codell! :D

Wonder if Coco will pitch tonight?

Actually, its KoKo.

Will Brandon be wearing "00"?? As in ooohh. As in "oooh, oohh, ahhh, ahhhh".

[Groogrux]

Originally posted by codell
Actually, its KoKo.

Will Brandon be wearing "00"?? As in ooohh. As in "oooh, oohh, ahhh, ahhhh".

Either way, it's a good nickname.

[Hippieloser]

Originally posted by Rocketman95
Either way, it's a good nickname.

Are you kidding? Duckworth's going to be combing the city for Dominican chicks now.