When You Wish Upon A Star…
I got an email tonight from a concerned reader who noted that I failed to note anywhere in my blog about the success of a certain sports team of my acquaintance. I want this reader to know that I was going to write this entry after I got done with my celebratory Martinelli’s, but if you insist…
For the first time in MLB history, a team from the great land of Texas is in the World Series. The Houston Astros (woot!) beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 in Game 6 of the NL Championship, securing themselves a spot in the World Series. This is a great moment for me. You see, I spent two years in Houston, Texas as a missionary, and during that time of adopting all things Texas, I also adopted the struggling Astros. I remember the euphoria of victory last year as we slipped into the playoffs on a wild card spot. I remember the agony of defeat as the Cardinals beat us to go on to the NL Championship series. And I remember the hope for better luck next year.
Here we are at next year, in a place we only dared dream we might be. So let me say congratulations to the ‘Stros, best of luck against those dirty White Sox, and thanks for a great ride so far.
October 20th, 2005 at 12:49 pm
Funny story about Texas. I served a mission in Chile, and have a Chilean flag hanging up in my house. The Chilean flag, and the Texan Flag are very simmilar in their apperance. Last night, my roommate had a date. She is from Texas. She looked at my flag and said ‘HEY! WHO SERVED IN TEXAS?’. I just laughed. I said, ‘That isn’t the Texas flag’. She was adament that it was, because she’s FROM Texas, and she KNOWS her flag. I proceeded to pull up a picture of her flag on the internet, and put it next to a picture of the Chilean flag. Needless to say she felt pretty stupid. I have no guilt in telling this story, cause the chic was a total snot. I do not, however, hold all Texans in the same esteem as I hold this incredibly ignorant . I just thought it was a funny story, so all you texans out there… take no offence, cause there was none intended! I hope you all get a laugh out of it.
October 20th, 2005 at 3:00 pm
That’s better. Thanks for the update, Nate.
October 20th, 2005 at 8:29 pm
I dont take offense(I’m from Texas doh)..I’m not all woot I’m a hardcore Texan, I love my state.grr..
That must have felt pretty sweet though proving her wrong..ha ha
October 20th, 2005 at 8:30 pm
oh yea…forgot ..GO CHICAGO ..:)
October 21st, 2005 at 8:49 am
Lame, Michelle. Totally lame.
October 21st, 2005 at 11:10 am
It was pretty sweet proving her wrong, I must say… I hope the Jazz make the series soon.
(By the way, I changed my screenname, I’m not ‘illuminate’, I’m ‘Bags’… it’s cooler.)
October 21st, 2005 at 4:04 pm
lol..well yea naturally I gotta go for the other team because of my circumstances..But I’m happy for the Astros that they got this far..
I’m lame..:p
October 21st, 2005 at 6:20 pm
has there really never been a team from texas in the world series? lame! it’s about time then! go ’stros!
p.s.- as long as we’re talking about texas, did you know the state snack is tortilla chips and salsa? for that matter, did you know that there WAS a state snack? oh yes. google it if you don’t believe me.
October 22nd, 2005 at 10:37 am
I’m not gonna lie… Utah’s ‘State Snack’ is Jell-o. We all expected it, didn’t we. The thing I didn’t know is that Jello-s spokesperson, Bill Cosby, is an honerary citizen of Utah now. Wierd… well, that’s the way it goes!
P.S. IT’S ALIVE!!!!
October 23rd, 2005 at 4:35 pm
Jello!? Strange…