[AGL] Could be the final out

[Connie Clark]

The hometeam crowd was ready with the champagne on ice.  In the 8th, we were one strike from winning the pennant and the Astros to  the Series for the first time.  So off to St Louis to try again.  
 
Baseball doesn't get much more exciting - and/or disappointing - shocking - devastating...
aargh!
 
Connie
 

Igor Loving <lovingigor at hotmail.com> wrote:
Then there was the ninth inning at Minute Maid Park.

I wandered into the Hole in the Wal a watering hole on Gaudalupe
Street here in Austinl. the Astros and St. Louis playoff game was on
all the tee vees.

There are sometimes when baseball has real drama. Here were the Astros
the only professional baseball team I have ever watched in person more
than 20 times over their 45 years. They started as the Colt 45's as
you mayl recall and they played their games in the
eigth wonder of the world starting in 1968 when they became the
Houston Astros. My historic dates may be a little off. One thing is
certian they have never played in a World Series.

Anyhow the Astros were down 2-1 going into the seventh and 'bingo" they
get a homerun with two men on base and go up 4-2. I was amazed at the
rush I got. I actually shouted as did the rest of the watchers,
"Yeah!, Awright!" and I sat down to watch the eight and ninth innings.

The "Stros" got the Cardinals out in the eighth with their best closer
(There was an inkling of shakeyness visible so we all prayed) and now
here we were in the ninth with 2 outs.

"We can do it", it was as if everyone became the pitcher and you could
feel the tension around you.

No one talked, no one breathed.

One out away, from the first World Series ever for the Astros. The Cardinal
short stop gets a hit with a full count. The next guy walks. Oh dear!,
We have seen this before. The next guy to bat is the MVP of the
league. There are two strikes now...one strike away from the World
Series for the Astros: and wouldn't ya know it, he hits a homer....

"Astros loose, Astros loose."

Damn. Every emotion you can have, and in only thirty minutes of watching
some meaningless game. Or is it really all that meaningless?
--





Charlie Loving



		
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