A TOUCHDOWN OF A TIME!
Former Texans player gets taste of Astros road-hate up close, leaves 2 fans with big smiles
Apr 19, 2022, 5:32 pm
A TOUCHDOWN OF A TIME!
Sometimes the stars align to make for a pretty cool moment. And when you can throw in some unintentional, lighthearted fun: even better.
Hey Texans fans- remember Arian Foster? Of course you do. There’s only been about 6 great Texans in the history of the franchise, and he’s certainly one of them. Who are the other 5? Andre Johnson, JJ Watt, and you can fight about the rest.
Over the weekend Foster, who also goes by the musical alias “Bobby Feeno,” realized that he had purchased too many tickets to the Astros-Mariners matchup on Saturday. With no way to get a refund, Foster offered them on Twitter with the caveat, the best response would win them.
got faded and accidentally ordered 2 extra tickets to tonight’s mariners game in seattle, and they won’t let me refund em 🥴. giving them away. respond if you’re interested, best response why they should go wins pic.twitter.com/n7A9CPClps
— feeno (@ArianFoster) April 16, 2022
Shortly after, Foster announced the tickets were spoken for. For the moment, that’s all we knew. More on that in a minute.
In the meantime, Foster did some fun tweets reacting to the experience of being at the game.
He gave us a firsthand glimpse of the crowd. We can immediately see at least one (seemingly cold) Astros fan in the crowd.
i am littyyyy. baseball is the funnest shit to do pic.twitter.com/SQxGwFyxVQ
— feeno (@ArianFoster) April 17, 2022
Then he showed off his Ken Griffey Jr. stadium giveaway bobblehead.
bobble head night w the goat pic.twitter.com/hj0gbzEvvY
— feeno (@ArianFoster) April 17, 2022
Next, he got to hear some road hatred from the Seattle faithful when Jose Altuve walked to the plate.
they boo the shit outta altuve 😂
— feeno (@ArianFoster) April 17, 2022
After the game, Foster posed for a pic with the lucky couple he had given the tickets to. They were lifelong Mariners fans who are both fighting cancer.
The gentleman, named Dayne, was quick to express his appreciation to Foster after the game. But maybe TOO quick…
Thanks again see Aiden! We had such a great time!
— Dayne Gardner (@DayneGardner) April 17, 2022
Whoops. The misspelling of “Arian” as “Aiden” was enough to make Dayne’s son cringe.
Oh Dad 🤦🏻♂️ gotta proofread
— WaneBrettzky (@WaneBrettzky) April 17, 2022
Foster was unfazed by the typo, though, and added to the pleasantries on the original Twitter thread.
my man!!
— feeno (@ArianFoster) April 17, 2022
The son assured Arian he’d help his dad Dayne with his spelling next time.
Thanks for treating my parents, Arian! We’ll work with him on the spelling 😂
— WaneBrettzky (@WaneBrettzky) April 17, 2022
And if the night wasn’t perfect enough, they got to watch a vintage Justin Verlander performance on the way to a 4-0 Astros victory. Ok, maybe Mariners fans wouldn’t appreciate that AS much, but they’ll always have the memories and the Griffey, Jr. bobblehead!
The Houston Astros announced on Monday that additional imaging has revealed that Jeremy Peña is dealing with a small fracture in one of his ribs.
Peña left Friday's game after being hit by a pitch in the ribs. The club originally believed they had avoided any fractures or breaks, but new information has informed them otherwise.
Update on Jeremy Peña: pic.twitter.com/jfCsCUKWFx
— Houston Astros (@astros) June 30, 2025
Peña is heading to the 10-day injured list retroactive to June 28. This news comes at an unfortunate time, with Jeremy posting the best regular season numbers of his career. He's currently slashing .322, .378, .489 with an .867 OPS.
Peña will miss the Rockies and Dodgers series at a minimum.
Story on Peña headed to the IL with quotes from Dana Brown.
“This isn’t one of those things where you have to be sidelined the whole time. Once the inflammation goes down, he might feel good enough to swing a bat.” https://t.co/ih2G09Jpcf
— Brian McTaggart (@brianmctaggart) June 30, 2025
Let's hope the team doesn't rush him back too soon and create an even bigger problem. These quotes above from Dana Brown have me concerned. Playing through injuries can create bad habits, and Jeremy has clearly found his swing this season.