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General Discussion => Talk Zone => Topic started by: Mr. Appropriate on October 26, 2017, 04:51:47 pm
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I was thrilled that the Astros road to the World Series went through Boston and New York. They are great teams with a national fan base full of history and tradition. The national market noticed when the Astros won game seven against the Yankees, which would not have been much of a story if the Astros beat Cleveland. Sorry Cleveland, but the country is accustomed to you loosing.
And I am delighted that the Astros are playing the Dodgers. It is easy to say, beat L.A., and mean it. And L.A. and the Dodgers are another big market, big payroll, long history team. People are finally getting to see what Springer, and Altuve, and Correa are all about. And Houston too. A lot of people think of Houston as a backwater submerged trump loving swamp, most likely underwater and in need of pity. I am so proud of the city and hope the national attention helps to frame how awesome and resilient this region and this team are.
More than national recognition, I hope this team can turn Houston into a baseball town. I love seeing all the Astros gear that people are wearing. I love when neighbors ask me the score. I love when someone is a real baseball fan and gets excited about the Astros. Because that's what bothered me the most about the AL move--most of the market was oblivious or indifferent. There is no tradition of loving the home team. I don't have hate for any baseball fan, not even Yankee fan when he's pouring beer on the family of the visiting manager. Sure, he's a classless shit, but he's stupid, and a yankee, and doesn't know any better. And he loves baseball and his team so all right. But someday I'd like Houston to have a lot of people who grew up loyal to the Astros and know the stories of the old greats who played and maybe don't pay so much attention to the Texans until after the home team is done for the year.
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Houston is always a baseball town. It's not always an Astros town.
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Houston is always a baseball town. It's not always an Astros town.
that's it, exactly.
Most of my friends in Houston who love baseball follow the Cardinals, or Yankees, or Cubs, Red Sox, or even the Pirates. All of my brothers love the Rangers. One was honest with me and admitted that he is rooting for the Dodgers--doesn't want the Astros to get a WS win before Arlington does. So yes, I want Houston to be an Astros baseball town.
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i like seeing the swing from mostly Rangers gear and a little Astros gear to mostly Astros gear and a little Rangers gear in Central Texas Academies and Dick's Sporting Goods. Most of the casual baseball fans in San Antonio/Austin are bandwagoners. But, fuck the Rangers. To be honest, I don't care about any residual effect. I just want to Astros to win.
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i like seeing the swing from mostly Rangers gear and a little Astros gear to mostly Astros gear and a little Rangers gear in Central Texas Academies and Dick's Sporting Goods. Most of the casual baseball fans in San Antonio/Austin are bandwagoners. But, fuck the Rangers. To be honest, I don't care about any residual effect. I just want to Astros to win.
I'd like to be able to buy shirts again without driving to Houston.
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Astros fans are coming out of the woodwork. People I had no idea about. Love it.
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i like seeing the swing from mostly Rangers gear and a little Astros gear to mostly Astros gear and a little Rangers gear in Central Texas Academies and Dick's Sporting Goods. Most of the casual baseball fans in San Antonio/Austin are bandwagoners. But, fuck the Rangers. To be honest, I don't care about any residual effect. I just want to Astros to win.
I swear it was Astros Country in South/Central Texas until the Rangers stopped being a total joke. Which proves that they're bandwagoners, but . . . I"ll be glad to see the tide turn.
It's funny though how it takes a World Series for people to take notice.
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I swear it was Astros Country in South/Central Texas until the Rangers stopped being a total joke. Which proves that they're bandwagoners, but . . . I"ll be glad to see the tide turn.
It's funny though how it takes a World Series for people to take notice.
Reid Ryan was on The Ticket in Dallas before the series. One thing he mentioned almost in passing was how the team lost a ton of revenue with the tv deal and so many people not being able to watch the team.
The timing of the rebuild, tv fiasco, and the rangers getting good all combined to swing the non - hardcore fans to the Arlington team.
It'll be interesting to see how the Astros reclaim lost market. I hope it's by winning 2 more games this year.
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I'd like to be able to buy shirts again without driving to Houston.
There is this thing called the internet and....
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There is this thing called the internet and....
This is a guy who's not on Facebook. Which is kind of weird, now that I think about it, given what he does for a living.
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irs nice stuff is showing up in Austin