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This postseason has become more sentimental for me and my wife's family.  My father in law is the biggest Astros fan I know.  He watches every game without fail, even DVRing them if he can't watch liv

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1 minute ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Team store is open 24 straight hours for AL West gear. Is anyone really going out and have to get that for the 5th or 6th time and standing in line at 2:00 AM? 

I mean, some of us didn't buy anything the last 6 or 7 times we won it, so...maybe?

But I always hold out. Because you never know; we may win more. And if we win more, I want that gear instead.

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47 minutes ago, Wulaw Horn said:

Team store is open 24 straight hours for AL West gear. Is anyone really going out and have to get that for the 5th or 6th time and standing in line at 2:00 AM? 

You spend any time in Houston the last decade or so? There are probably thousands of dudes, fresh off dropping $500 on Space City merch, racing downtown to plop down the equivalent of a month's rent on "Best in the West" shirseys and flat billed caps.

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1 minute ago, Storm the Field said:

You spend any time in Houston the last decade or so? There are probably thousands of dudes, fresh off dropping $500 on Space City merch, racing downtown to plop down the equivalent of a month's rent on "Best in the West" shirseys and flat billed caps.

 

i live 5 mins away and im tempted to go see if there's a line (and grab a donut)

 

also, no comment .........

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On 4/20/2022 at 8:39 PM, Hank Chinaski said:

This team feels a lot like the 2006 Astros, which began probably the least interesting or entertaining era of Astros baseball in my lifetime (2006-2011).

Both coming off WS loss. Alvarez is Berkman, Verlander is Clemens, Bregman is Ensberg, old Altuve is old Biggio, Framber is old Pettite, Pressley is bad Lidge, Machete/Ausmus, Yuli is kinda like Mike Lamb, Chas is Jason Lane, etc. This team has Tucker and Pena, that team had Oswalt - I think that’s the difference. Neither seems to have any real difference-makers on the farm (maybe Leon is comparable to Hunter Pence in a couple of years). And whatever that bullshit uniform they wore today was, it was the worst they’ve looked aesthetically since those goddamned imbeciles decided to be red and black with pinstripes (as they were in 06).

That team went 82-80; I expect this one to go 83-79 (+/- 3 games).

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As an immigrant… seeing my first Astros game on TV was what made this foreign country seem more familiar (immigrated from Taiwan where baseball is the most popular pro sport). It truly was love at first sight.

 

And boy did we live through some mediocre and bad teams. And all the heartache agains the Braves. All this is to say that I never imagined that we as Astros fans would witness a WS and the sustained success this team is on and because of the foundation Luhnow put in… probable continued success. God I love the Astros. 

Will never take this for granted. It’s still a crystal clear memory during the rebuilding years… I’ll never forget sitting in the Giant’s stadium as they got perfect gamed against… and on the BART ride ride back home, hearing a drunk Giants fan downplay the perfect game because the Astros was a AA team in quality. 

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