This blog post is dedicated to the over forty natives of Greater Houston who are avid sports fans and those of us who have lived in Greater Houston for more than thirty years. Many of us are avid fans of Houston's sports teams, just as Cal.E. is.
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Well, CAl.E. got a reprieve for a day to watch the Astros play in the World Series since that is her favorite team. The nurses did not let her wear her Astors' cap, though. I see that she has plenty of spirit still, in spite of her circumstances. She is singing the fight song that she made up for the Astros....
"1,2,3,4 We’re the Houston Astros, Houston Astros. Houston Astros number 1…
Houston has the Astros, the greatest baseball team. They hit the ball from line to line and homer in between."
"The Astros are amazing, their games are never bland. They pitch the ball to Maldy, the best catcher in the land. Their defense is amazing, their hitters are sublime. They make each game interesting, by falling a speck behind… 2.3.4.."
"We’re the Houston Astros, Houston Astros, Houston Astros number one..
They won the World Series,
And Dusty won his first
Rob Manfred is the Commissioner,
He really is the WORST!!"
“Cal.E.! You cannot say that about the commissioner of major league baseball!”
“Why, d.c.? It is the truth! HE only told about the Astros cheating scheme, ignoring the fact that the Red Sox and Yankees used advanced technology to steal signs. Each of those teams got caught cheating twice. The year that the Red Sox won the World Series, they were caught using Apple watches to steal signs. Whom did they beat to GO to the World Series? Why, it was the Astros!! Yet Rob (he is NOT a ) Man,Fred has made the Astros' public enemy number one by revealing supposedly clandestine conversations with the Astros players."
"The Red Sox won the 2018 World Series with Alex Cora as their manager. He was the main culprit in the Astros' sign-stealing scheme. Boston fired him for one year and hired him back as soon as he was eligible to manage again., (smh)"
"Did you know, though, d.c.. that electronic sign-stealing dates back a century or more? There is evidence of cameras being used in centerfield fences dating back to 1899. That is the way that Bobby Thompson hit the most famous home run ever hit, 'The Shot Heard 'Round the World.' He admitted, before he died, that the Pirates had been stealing signs from a camera in the center field fence the whole game. Electronic sign-stealing is nothing new." "Rob (he is NOT a) Man,Fred must just hate the Astros because they are not located on the East Coast. THOSE teams make a LOT of money for MLB."
"Because he is so hateful toward Houston, If I were Dusty Baker or Jim Crane, I would tell Rob (he is NOT a) Man, Fred to take his trophy and..”
“NO! CALE.! You cannot say things like that in a family blog!”
“d.c. I was just going to say that he could KEEP his trophy in a secure place….. where the sun does NOT shine!”
“Cal.E., you do know that the Astros lost, don’t you?”
“They did!? Well, CATNIP! To quote Astros' icon Craig Biggio, though, 'That's baseball.'”
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Cal.E. is back in Ad-Seg now. She apparently stashed some catnip in her cell. Some cats NEVER learn.
Tomorrow, more excerpts from d.c. scot's biographical book, Beyond the Thirteenth Mile; The Iron Man Chronicles.
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