Texans may move 2017 training camp to the Greenbrier Resort (West Virginia)

[Arky]

Originally Posted by nunusguy

You say the Chuckster is a Peurto Rican, that's surprising to me, I would have never guessed it ? Wonder if he knows Carlos Correa ?

No, I thought he was a white guy living in Puerto Rico. I'm guessing Puerto Ricans named "Chuck" are kinda rare.

Last night's loss not withstanding, Astros are kicking ass. Marisnick has been hitting some monster home runs. (I thought was just a goofy guy who threw water in people's faces when they hit a home run) He and Marwin Gonzales are on a pace to hit 50 home runs combined. Who'd thunk it? Astros can play .500 ball the rest of the year and still end up with 94 wins....

[chuck]

A couple of months ago I did one of those DNA tests to see about my ethnic heritage. My mom's family is your normal southern hillbilly clan, you know, you can trace them back forever but hardly get out of Tennessee. My dad was adopted and although as a young man he somehow identified and tracked down his birth mother there was always considerable mystery regarding his background.

Well, disappointingly it turns out I am 100% white guy. No vaguely shameful surprises generations back, no trace of any ethnicity that plays music in an interesting time signature, mostly German, a sprinkling of one of each from the British Isles. White, white, white.

Maybe that's why Buford's always liked me so much.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by chuck

A couple of months ago I did one of those DNA tests to see about my ethnic heritage. My mom's family is your normal southern hillbilly clan, you know, you can trace them back forever but hardly get out of Tennessee. My dad was adopted and although as a young man he somehow identified and tracked down his birth mother there was always considerable mystery regarding his background.

Well, disappointingly it turns out I am 100% white guy. No vaguely shameful surprises generations back, no trace of any ethnicity that plays music in an interesting time signature, mostly German, a sprinkling of one of each from the British Isles. White, white, white.

Maybe that's why Buford's always liked me so much.

Well that sucks because I was all excited about you being a PR. And like Arky says a PR guy name Chuck would be one of a kind, but you are probably already one of a kind, huh Chuck ?

[Arky]

Originally Posted by chuck

A couple of months ago I did one of those DNA tests to see about my ethnic heritage. .....

Which service did you use for that? I looked into it a few months ago and thought most of them were a little too generalizing. I didn't want to pay $200 for them to tell me I was mostly "Western European". Hell, I know that. Was looking for something a little more specific in country/region breakdown....

[chuck]

Originally Posted by Arky

Which service did you use for that? I looked into it a few months ago and thought most of them were a little too generalizing. I didn't want to pay $200 for them to tell me I was mostly "Western European". Hell, I know that. Was looking for something a little more specific in country/region breakdown....

I used the Ancestry one. It wasn't quite as specific as I might've have liked but it was ok and it was $100. You can get it for $80 if you're patient as they occasionally have a sale.

I might do the other one at some point just for the hell of it. I don't really remember the key differences or just why I chose the one I did.

[Arky]

Very good. Thanks!

[HPF Bob]

Hey, Chuckles, say "Hello" to Manny Sanguillen next time you see him. My favorite Pirate back in the day.

[chuck]

Originally Posted by HPF Bob

Hey, Chuckles, say "Hello" to Manny Sanguillen next time you see him. My favorite Pirate back in the day.

I've met quite a number of those old guys over the years. It was especially convenient when they actually used to qualify for participation in the WBC, you'd get a lot of them together in one place.

I ran into Mariano Rivera in the grocery store a year ago or so. He still looks like he could put on a uniform and get people out whenever he wants.

But in all seriousness, if I ever run into Manny I'll send you a picture of the both of us. I'm pretty sure he still spends a lot of time in Pittsburgh but he's pretty likely to spend winters here. I'll ask around.

Roberto Duran lives a block away from me. He is a total lunatic, but in the best possible way. I was walking by his house a couple of weeks ago and he was out in his driveway in his underwear yelling at someone inside. He has what once were luxury cars but are now nothing but old, beat-up pieces of metal crammed into every available square inch of parking in front of his house. Who knows if any of them even runs anymore. Back in 1990 or so he had a pet lion. It got loose one day and went roaming around the neighborhood eating out of trashcans. I too find it odd that anyone would actually use a trashcan but I guess you never know.

[nunusguy]

Originally Posted by Arky

No, I thought he was a white guy living in Puerto Rico. I'm guessing Puerto Ricans named "Chuck" are kinda rare.

Last night's loss not withstanding, Astros are kicking ass. Marisnick has been hitting some monster home runs. (I thought was just a goofy guy who threw water in people's faces when they hit a home run) He and Marwin Gonzales are on a pace to hit 50 home runs combined. Who'd thunk it? Astros can play .500 ball the rest of the year and still end up with 94 wins....

Marisnick is one of my favorite players because he's such a tremendous outfielder. The guy makes difficult catchs look routine and he can really haul ass for a big guy, he's almost TE big.If he can keep hitting HRs like that it will cost the Astros a ton to keep him when he becomes FA.
So far this has been a pretty good baseball season by the Astros and helps to pass the time until the real sport begins in a couple months.