July 18 - Stayed at Mom's a little more, and we talked and
listened to music some more, and did crosswords. The article in the
Chronicle appeared, and I was fairly pleased with it, even if I am
only from the San Jose area, and not San Jose. I left to meet Dad at
his place in Clear Lake City. When we both had arrived, a message for
me from Matt was on his machine. Channel 13 wanted to interview me at
the game, so I called and set it up. We got to the game before
anybody else in our group. Our group ended up being me, Dad, Krista
and Bob, Matt, Brian, Chuck, and Jason Stevens. Jason was funny; he
grew up in Italy, so at first, he didn't seem to know what was going
on. He seemed to catch on quickly, however. The Astrodome has changed
a little; the tacky light bulb scoreboard which lit up when the
Astros hit a home run is gone, and seats replace it. I miss them.
However, they have a lot more banners around the top. I guess
they did a good job; I just miss the light bulbs and the rainbow
stripes on the uniforms. The game was great, but it wasn't at first.
St. Louis got out to an 11-0 lead in the second inning. But the
Astros scored 11 runs in the sixth and won 15-12. Was the biggest
comeback in National League history. YEAH! GO ASTROS! I think
everybody at the game had a good time, and I am sorry Randy, the
eternal Cardinals fan, missed the game. Channel 13 came and
interviewed me during the eleven run inning. People taped the news,
but since they were showing the game on ABC, the news was delayed.
I taped the interview directly off of the news when it repeated
at 1:45, but the sound didn't come through very well. Oh, well. And
Marvin Zindler had just left for Florida to check out conditions in
the refugee camps, and I didn't get him. A true Houston experience
missed. I decided not to try and get a Gallery Furniture commercial,
though.
The Society for American Baseball Research has an article on this game: https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/july-18-1994-astros-erase-11-run-deficit-in-biggest-comeback-in-astrodome-history/
It was an accident that I recorded this without sound:
Astrodome before the game:
Check out that 6th inning.
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