SEATTLE -- The DVR back home is set, and for Astros third-base coach Gary Pettis, that's the only way he'll get to see his son play football this weekend. Dante Pettis is a junior receiver at the University of Washington, which was scheduled to play Portland State on Saturday night just a few miles from where the Astros were playing the Mariners at Safeco Field.
Pettis was hoping for an early kickoff, but afternoon start times for both games meant he wouldn't get to see his son in person on the field. He did take him to lunch and dinner on Thursday and planned to see the Huskies march into the stadium hours prior to Saturday's game.