Author: Jan Larson

The Rogers Hornsby Chapter will return to the venue of our June lunch meeting on Saturday, September 24 at 12:30 p.m.   We will be meeting at the Hurricane Grill located at 2701 Parker Road in Round Rock.  Parker Road is perpendicular to the westbound service road (W. Louis Henna Blvd) of Toll 45 just west of I-35 at the La Frontera shopping area.  No tolls are required!  Please RSVP to Jan Larson if you plan to attend so we can get an accurate head count.

The Rogers Hornsby Chapter will hold our second breakfast meeting at 9:00 am on Saturday, August 20th at Rudy’s BBQ at 2451 S. Capital of Texas Hwy in Austin (same location as our previous breakfast meeting).  This meeting promises to be warmer than the previous meeting held at Rudy’s in March.

Please send an RSVP email to Jan Larson at jan.a.larson@gmail.com if you plan to attend.

Five members and guests of the Rogers Hornsby Chapter braved 100+ degree temperatures to watch the home standing Austin Weirdos (Pecos League) fall to the visiting Roswell Invaders by a score of 25-11 in 10 innings in a game played in a not-so-snappy 5:08. 

Austin trailed 5-0 before plating eight runs in the bottom of the third, highlighted by a grand slam home run by center fielder Christian Jones, his ninth home run of the season.

 

Things would fall apart of the Weirdos in the ninth which started with Austin leading 11-8.  Roswell tied the game by plating three runs and then, after holding Austin scoreless in the bottom of the ninth, exploded for 14 runs in the top of the tenth.  The explosion was aided by 10 (count ’em) walks issued by the gassed Weirdo pitching staff in the tenth inning.  By the time the dust settled (the field is not watered down before the game so there is actual dust flying) the Invaders had scored a 25-11 victory.

The gathering marked the 188th consecutive monthly meeting of the chapter.  The August meeting will be another weekend breakfast meeting.  More information to come.

 

The July meeting of the Rogers Hornsby Chapter will include a trip to an Austin Weirdos baseball game as the Weirdos take on the Roswell Invaders at Parque Zaragosa in East Austin at 6:30 pm. on Saturday, July 9.  The Weirdos are playing their inaugural season in the independent Pecos League.

A Weirdos game is vastly different than a game at the home of an affiliated team, such as the Round Rock Express.  Seating consists of covered bleachers behind home plate (bring along a stadium seat if you want anything resembling comfort).  Concessions are very limited and the restrooms are porta-johns.  The PA system consists of a guy and a bullhorn.  There is no scoreboard so spectators must pay attention!

Game tickets are $10 each and may be purchased online on the Weirdos’ website.   There is parking along both sides of Gonzales Street to the south of the field.  Just be careful not to park in the home run zone beyond the right/right center field fence!

The Rogers Hornsby Chapter will be dining at a different venue for our June lunch meeting; one that hopefully is more accessible to chapter members in the northern reaches of the Austin metro area.  We will be meeting on Sunday, June 12 at the Hurricane Grill located at 2701 Parker Road in Round Rock.  Don’t be confused by the obscure address, Parker Road is perpendicular to the westbound service road (W. Louis Henna Blvd) of Toll 45 just west of I-35 at the La Frontera shopping area.  In other words, it is easy to get to the Hurricane Grill.  Note that no tolls are required.  We will be meeting at 12:30 on the 12th.  Please RSVP to Jan Larson if you plan to attend so we can get an accurate head count.

The Hornsby Chapter’s monthly meeting in May will include a trip to the Dell Diamond to take in the Round Rock Express versus the Oklahoma City Dodgers in exciting AAA baseball action starting at 6:05 p.m. on Saturday, May 14.

Different this year is that, unfortunately, I will no longer be able to use discounted vouchers to obtain seats.  Instead, each party will be responsible for obtaining their own tickets prior to the game.  The link to the ticket selection page is shown below:

https://mpv.tickets.com/?agency=MILB_MPV&orgid=22433&pid=8978432&tfl=#/event/8978432/seatmap/?seatmapId=9504&selectBuyers=false&minPrice=20&maxPrice=60&quantity=1&sort=price_desc&ada=false&seatSelection=true&onlyCoupon=true&onlyVoucher=false

I have reserved two seats for myself in section 121, row 23, seats 18 and 19.  On the seat map accessible via the above link, these seats are shown grayed out near the right end of row 23.   Members wishing to attend and sit with the group are encouraged to select seats near these (same row, row below, row above as desired) and are also encouraged to purchase seats as soon as you have identified your ticket requirements.

We will meet at the nearby Salt Lick restaurant for a pregame BBQ dinner at 4:30 pm.  Those wishing to attend the dinner should send their RSVP to jan.a.larson@gmail.com so we can have a headcount to give to the staff at the Salt Lick.  NOTE:  The Salt Lick does NOT do separate checks so please bring sufficient cash to cover the cost of your meal + tip.

The April meeting of the Rogers Hornsby Chapter will be held at the birthplace of the Chapter – the County Line BBQ located at 5204 Ranch Road 2222 in Austin (a short distance east of Hwy 360 on 2222) at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 10, 2022.  Members, guests and baseball fans in general are welcome to attend.

So we can have an accurate headcount, please RSVP to Jan Larson at jan.a.larson@gmail.com if you plan to attend.

The March meeting of the Rogers Hornsby Chapter will be (1) in-person and (2) an early (depending on your definition of early) breakfast meeting.  We’re going to meet at Rudy’s BBQ on Hwy 360 in Austin at 9:30 am on Saturday, March 12. Rudy’s has pre-made as well as made-to-order breakfast tacos so come hungry!  Please RSVP to jan.a.larson@gmail.com  if you plan to attend.

Due to a decision by the SABR home office to have SABR Day fall on February 5 rather than the last Saturday of January as has been the case in past years, we’re going to take advantage and hold the February meeting of the Rogers Hornsby Chapter on Saturday, February 5 starting at 1:00 p.m. CDT.

This will be a remote Zoom meeting so out of state visitors are welcome to join.  (Of course out of state visitors are welcome to join our in-person meetings as well – it just becomes a bit more difficult.)  You may register for the Zoom meeting at the following link:

https://txstate.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcsceqgrjkrH9TTwaSg2abkYFc4XQMzXirO

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

 

The December meeting of the Rogers Hornsby Chapter will be held at the birthplace of the Chapter – the County Line BBQ located at 5204 Ranch Road 2222 in Austin (a short distance east of Hwy 360 on 2222) at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 18.  Members, guests and baseball fans in general are welcome to attend.

So we can have an accurate headcount, please RSVP to Jan Larson at jan.a.larson@gmail.com if you plan to attend.