@realdarylhall Congratulations! My wife had a kidney transplant (from her brother) 26 years ago. She’s recently began losing that kidney and is now starting dialysis for the first time. We hope you all the best!!
Joe Espada had no choice but to try and squeeze three more outs from Kai-Wei Teng. He got one, so the Astros' bullpen will need to cover at least 17 outs tonight. King, Pearson and De Los Santos have pitched two of the past three days. Hader isn't pitching unless it's a save opp.
USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.
Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.
I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."
"They just come with the table, man."
They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.
This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.
I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.
"Did we…?"
"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."
Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.
My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."
Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.
I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.
Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.
I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.
Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.
Today's roster moves:
OF LaMonte Wade Jr. signed to a Major League contract.
C Collin Price selected to Major League roster.
OF Joey Loperfido reinstated from the IL and optioned to Triple-A.
OF Zach Cole optioned to Triple-A.
C César Salazar and OF Rhylan Thomas DFA'd
The Astros released OF Luis Baez. Baez’s $1.3 million signing bonus was the largest of Houston’s 2022 international class and, in some publications, he rose as high as No. 2 in organizational rankings. Baez, 23, had a .440 OPS in Double-A this season after a .644 mark last year.
THE ASTROS 18TH NO-HITTER!!!
5th combined.
The first no-hitter of 2026 in MLB.
Also, the first no-hitter in MLB history won on an ABS challenge!!!
Imai-Okert-Santa
May the 4th be with you, always... and at home with a new Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge soundscape on Disney Parks YouTube! 🌌 Enjoy a FIRST LISTEN of music from the new mission coming to Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run at @Disneyland Resort and @WaltDisneyWorld Resort on May 22, 2026. https://t.co/GeYw0oN8jQ
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