Dumped, by Jumbotron

It’s bad enough being a fan of the Houston Astros this year. It’s worse being this guy.

The biggest excitement happened in the stands when a fan failed in his public attempt at popping the question.

With the couple highlighted on the big screen, the mood soured after the man took a knee to offer an engagement ring. Wearing a brick-red replica Astros jersey, the woman appeared to angrily dump a bag of popcorn on the man before rushing up the stairs amid a chorus of boos.

Well, at least he could console himself in an Astros win, right?

No, no he didn’t even have that. The ‘Stros got shutout by the Washington Nationals (the team that was supposed to lose 125 games this year but which has the same record as Houston this year). The pitcher who beat them was a guy named Tim Redding who, back in 2001, was one of Houston’s brightest prospects – a pitcher who was going to pitch them to a championship dynasty and instead folded worse than a cake in a shaky oven. The Nats dusted him off, put him on the mound, and found that maybe he still had some game in him.

Alas for the Astros. And that jilted suitor.

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