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       #Post#: 1343--------------------------------------------------
       Go Astros!
       By: AJ Date: October 22, 2017, 10:13 am
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       ..Wow...Only the second time in club history they've made it to
       the Fall Classic. Hopefully they'll fare better than they did
       the last time!
       Not that I have a dog in the hunt really...I don't follow
       baseball, mostly because over their history, The Astros have
       been unremarkable for the most part.
       Guess that makes me a fair weather fan...
       #Post#: 1368--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Go Astros!
       By: indigo_dave Date: October 22, 2017, 6:13 pm
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       This is a time you can't avoid being swept up in the local
       hysteria.  Enjoy it.  The Magic (basketball) were contenders
       when I first moved back to Orlando in 1995.  It was fun.
       Enjoy it.
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       Re: Go Astros!
       By: AJ Date: October 22, 2017, 8:48 pm
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       Thanks Dave. I still have the newspaper from when they won their
       last pennant, 12 years ago.
       #Post#: 1410--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Go Astros!
       By: AJ Date: October 27, 2017, 11:23 pm
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       Wow!
       Just watched game three and it was a GAS!!!
       #Post#: 1441--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Go Astros!
       By: AJ Date: November 1, 2017, 7:03 pm
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       Gotta win this one Boyz! Down to the wire!
       Go 'Stros!
       #Post#: 1444--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Go Astros!
       By: AJ Date: November 1, 2017, 11:24 pm
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       HOUSTON ASTROS
       WORLD CHAMPIONS!
       Sonuvabitch that feels good to say!!!!!!!!!!!! Been waiting
       since 1962 to say that!
       We used to live about 2 blocks from the Astrodome when it was
       being built...Used to ride my bike down there after school and
       watch them building......
       Sonuvabitch I'm Happy!!!!
       #Post#: 1449--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Go Astros!
       By: indigo_dave Date: November 2, 2017, 9:06 pm
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       Happy Daze ! Congratulations Astro Joe !
       #Post#: 1450--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Go Astros!
       By: AJ Date: November 2, 2017, 10:54 pm
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       Thanks Dave...It's a delicious euphoria....Short lived
       although...The starting quarterback for our Houston Texans
       football team tore his ACL today...Out for the season....Maybe a
       good thing...The offensive line has sucked this year and the
       defense has already crumbled significantly due to injuries.
       perhaps they can make some trades and get some decent draft
       picks this off season because this season is trashed
       already......
       Strange...You know, I was never a sports guy really...I played
       Little League baseball and Junior High basketball....But totally
       lost interest in sports once I got the music bug.
       Then in my mid thirties...I started watching NFL football..At
       first just my home teams, at the time, the Oilers, The Astros,
       The Rockets. But I was never like, into stats and all that.
       Then the Oilers left town...And I lost interest again....Then
       the Texans came to be and I perked up again...But my interest
       has never really gone past keeping up with the Home teams and
       divisional NFL stuff....
       ...So now with our Astros ensconced in Glory, at least until
       spring....The Texans pretty much done in my mind at least, for
       the season...and Basketball not even getting interesting for at
       least until mid-season......I feel strangely...Sports
       Unencumbered for quite a while....Oh, I'll keep up with
       standings...To a point....And when the divisional playoffs come
       around I'll probably watch some games. I don't expect my team to
       be involved.....But I'll probably watch the AFC contests, up to
       and including the Super Bowl...But that game is one I always
       watch with my younger brother anyway. Kind of a ritual
       thing...He and I always watched it with our Dad....And he just
       watched it to be with us....He wasn't a sports guy at all....He
       never missed any of our games when me and Boomer(My Kid
       brother's nick) were playing sports, but beyond that he'd rather
       just be out in the garage tinkering with motorcycles,cars and
       lawnmowers.
       Pop passed in '89...But me and Boomer have watched every Super
       Bowl, together, since.
       So if I watch no other sports event...I know I won't miss
       that'n.
       Beyond that...No guarantees of any others the rest of the next 6
       months.
       
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