For the long-suffering Houston sports fans...

....Enjoy this!  All of you have earned it!!!

• My brother-in-law, who shared (via Facebook) that he was born the same year the franchise began and he's wanted this his whole life.  
• My cousin Kenneth H., who endured every televised moment of the Astros' 1980 postseason even when it didn't have a happy ending.  
• All the fans who saw the Astros make it to the World Series in 2005 only to be swept by the White Sox.
• People in southeast Texas who suffered loss due to Hurricane Harvey.  
• All of us who remember (and endured) the "rainbow-uniformed" Astros of the 1970's and early '80's. 
• Houstonians and others who sadly watched younger franchises such as the Royals, Marlins, Blue Jays and Diamondbacks hoist the trophy.  
• Folks who treated going to the Astrodome as special.  
• Everyone in the above categories who is sick and tired of Houston being treated as third-rate by the sports media.  
• Speaking of the Astrodome, those who remember the Astro Nuts and Chester Charge.  
• Lastly, not baseball-related but still pertinent:  All in Houston who ground their teeth because of the number one prime time drama from 1979 onward being named after and taking place in "that other city in Texas."