Houston trip update - AJ & Bix

[Snaxx]

All is still a go for my trip: Arriving Saturday the 18th, Dynamo vs. LA Galaxy that night, Texans v. Lions the following day, then flying back to NY on Monday. I'll have a rental car and will be staying at the Hilton Hobby Airport.


John (Snaxx)

[andrewjackson]

All is still a go for my trip: Arriving Saturday the 18th, Dynamo vs. LA Galaxy that night, Texans v. Lions the following day, then flying back to NY on Monday. I'll have a rental car and will be staying at the Hilton Hobby Airport.


John (Snaxx)

Looking forward to seeing you. I have a Galaxy ticket for you.

I guess you heard the news about Beckham. He will be a no-show for the Houston game. Suspended for yellow card accumulation and he can't serve it in the Galaxy game against Colorado because he is playing for England this weekend.

[kayrharris]

What's a yellow card?

[littlebeast13]

What's a yellow card?

It's the kind of card Referee Luckett is going to flag you with if you keep making all these gratuitous non-gratuitous posts......

lb13

[ulysses5019]

What's a yellow card?

It's the kind of card Referee Luckett is going to flag you with if you keep making all these gratuitous non-gratuitous posts......

lb13

I thought that was a red card?

[andrewjackson]

What's a yellow card?

Yellow cards are shown by the referee for particular fouls, usually violent or dangerous conduct, in soccer games. They can also be given for violations sort of like technical fouls in basketball; delay of game, disrespecting the referee, handling a ball on purpose, that kind of thing. They are yellow because it is supposed to be a warning that you are doing something bad and if you keep it up you'll get kicked out of the game.

Referees can also give red cards which are for really bad conduct. A red card means you are kicked out the game, your team cannot replace you, and you are suspended for your next game. Mostly they are given if the referee thinks you intended to injure someone or did something illegal that prevented a goal.

If you get two yellow cards in one game that equals a red card with the same punishments.

But just getting one yellow card can also be bad. Most leagues have a yellow card accumulation rule. If you get a certain number of yellow cards over a specific period of time you are suspended for one game. That's what happened to Beckham. Last Saturday he picked up his 5th yellow card, this time for a hard foul, and now has to sit out a game.

[kayrharris]

Thanks!! Never heard of yellow or red cards.

[andrewjackson]

I meant to add that the yellow/red card system was introduced in the 1960s as a way to make warnings and ejections clear in a language-neutral way. Before that the referees would tell a player if he had received a warning but there was often some confusion about who had been warned and how severe that warning had been.

So they came up with the cards.

The card system is used in lots of international sports for the same reason.

[kayrharris]

So it's sorta like fouling out in a basketball game, I suppose.

[andrewjackson]

So it's sorta like fouling out in a basketball game, I suppose.

Sort of a mix between that and hockey penalties where a player has to sit our and the team plays with fewer men on the ice.

[Snaxx]

All is still a go for my trip: Arriving Saturday the 18th, Dynamo vs. LA Galaxy that night, Texans v. Lions the following day, then flying back to NY on Monday. I'll have a rental car and will be staying at the Hilton Hobby Airport.


John (Snaxx)

Looking forward to seeing you. I have a Galaxy ticket for you.

I guess you heard the news about Beckham. He will be a no-show for the Houston game. Suspended for yellow card accumulation and he can't serve it in the Galaxy game against Colorado because he is playing for England this weekend.

Plus LA is all but mathematically out of the playoff race. If Becks plays in the midweek Belarus match he'll benefit from the rest afterwards.

Sometime before next week we can plan a meeting spot and/or trade contact info.

Snaxx

[Snaxx]

P.M. sent to AJ and email sent to Bix.


Snaxx

[Bixby17]

P.M. sent to AJ and email sent to Bix.


Snaxx

I am sort of amused that you are travelling to come to a Texans-Lions game. Though I guess the soccer is an added feature.

If you want to get a sense of the tailgates, here's some reports I've done for AOL for a feature we do called FanHouse in the Stands. (Yes, there's a few pictures of me in there. Eek. The Mario Bros only agreed for me to use their picture if I used the one with me in it too).

http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2008/10/13/fanh ... th-french/

http://nfl.fanhouse.com/2008/10/06/fanh ... ate-not-s/

AJ, you need to come to the tailgating too. I have a great set up now.

[Tocqueville3]

Bix-

Your writing is fab. I especially like this part.

Or, as I learned from my long suffering New Orleans Saints friends, "Win or lose, we still booze."

I really hope that you all don't have to suffer as long as we did. 40 years is a long, long time to suffer, my friend. I feel your pain. You're suffering thru Sage Rosenwhatever like we suffered thru Ken Stabler, Aaron Brooks, and John Fourcade.

But, when it finally comes together and your team starts winning games it is so very choice.

[andrewjackson]

AJ, you need to come to the tailgating too. I have a great set up now.

I would like to stop by and say Hi. But I have lost your contact info.

I just sent you a PM or you can give me a call if you still have my number.

[Bixby17]

AJ, you need to come to the tailgating too. I have a great set up now.

I would like to stop by and say Hi. But I have lost your contact info.

I just sent you a PM or you can give me a call if you still have my number.

Say Hi? I need to give y'all the tailgate tour if you are up to it. You should have a PM.

[andrewjackson]

AJ, you need to come to the tailgating too. I have a great set up now.

I would like to stop by and say Hi. But I have lost your contact info.

I just sent you a PM or you can give me a call if you still have my number.

Say Hi? I need to give y'all the tailgate tour if you are up to it. You should have a PM.

PM received and replied.

The tailgate tour will probably be the highlight of the day. Especially since I'm rooting for the Lions.

[ulysses5019]

Bix-

Your writing is fab. I especially like this part.

Or, as I learned from my long suffering New Orleans Saints friends, "Win or lose, we still booze."

I really hope that you all don't have to suffer as long as we did. 40 years is a long, long time to suffer, my friend. I feel your pain. You're suffering thru Sage Rosenwhatever like we suffered thru Ken Stabler, Aaron Brooks, and John Fourcade.

But, when it finally comes together and your team starts winning games it is so very choice.

That's a good saying.....