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In Crane we trust.

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by rockbox, Oct 26, 2021.

  1. Buck Turgidson

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    mlb.tv + vpn = success
     
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  2. Hippieloser

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    As racist war profiteers go, I gotta say he's been a hell of a team owner.
     
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  3. Squirtle

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    Lol, out of the three owners currently. I would say he's the best. McNair will not be good for a long time, if ever. Fertitta, I guess I'll wait and see on.
     
  4. conquistador#11

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    Y'all sleeping on Cal Mcnair.
     
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  5. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Do you ever find that your VPN quits working and reverts back to like you're not using VPN?
     
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  6. Buck Turgidson

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    Nope, I use Nord btw, because I read on one of the tech sites a couple of years ago that it was the most reliable and secure, if not the fastest (though I've never had a problem with that)
     
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  7. bobrek

    bobrek Politics belong in the D & D

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    Same one I use. It tends to occur when I'm at a hotel in or around Houston and the hotel doesn't have the Astros channel.
     
  8. Invisible Fan

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    Favorability has changed a lot since 5 years ago when people were reacting to leak details of botched picks and the 100 L seasons...
     
  9. Air Langhi

    Air Langhi Contributing Member

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    Most of the team was built by Luhnow. The red sox brought back cora and he took them to alcs.
     
  10. HeyBudLetsParty

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    The ballpark experience has gotten significantly better since he’s taken over. Feels much cleaner, drinks and food are pretty affordable, and seems all together run super well. Anyone else feel this way?
     
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    It should be $1 dog every game unless promotional (jersey, shirt, bobble-head) games during the regular season.
     
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    Baseball games should be free on weekdays. Full capacity every night + 20,000 more potential food and merch costumers might pan out, especially if you’re a bad team.

    That, and baseball’s better the fuller the crowd.
     
  13. megastahr

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    tried that the vpn didn’t work for me. I use ExpressVPN and it still blocked out local games. It’s supposed to be one of better ones
     
  14. cmlmel77

    cmlmel77 Up all Night Watching Houston Sports

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    I have used StrongVPN while living in Dubai, China and now Europe. It works very well, they are honest, and the app is very user friendly. You can pick your "home location" from almost any country, and it seems to always work for me.
     
  15. Pistol Pete

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    I think the league thought that the 3 year tank job was cheating as well. Luhnow seemed a little arrogant.
     
  16. Wulaw Horn

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    Saying the bar is low on that one does not even adequately convey in the least what that means. I can't fathom a worse ownership situation than exists currently with the Texans, and that is with me fully and full throatedly declaring ferntits is the worst owner in the NBA. But, even with that absolute truth being the case he looks like he has the midas touch compared to that chuckle**** McNair.
     
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  17. jiggyfly

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    What else do you need to see?
     
  18. rockbox

    rockbox Around before clutchcity.com

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    After 2 championships and 8 years of success, Crane would probably have to have 5 more years of 100 losses for me not to trust him. Especially how this team bounce back from the scandal.
     
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    He should buy the team on Kirby.
     
  20. Yordan The Great

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    Who knows with some of these people.

    Got people in the know using the word dynasty to describe the last 6 years and somehow he's not the defacto #1 on the entire list of Houston pro sports owners?

    Go figure.
     
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