Me too. I grew up in Houston and was 7 when they awarded a Major League franchise, the Colt .45’S. I went to many a game a Colt Stadium which, even though I was young, was a miserable place-HOT and mosquitoes. I watched them build the Astrodome and was at the first game-Mickey mantle hit the forst home run and President Johnson was there. it was like a palace then. To see it in its’ sorry state now is pretty sad.
Speaking of Mickey Mantle, I went to an old-timers game at the Dome that summer (’66) and they had a collection of players from the National League and the American League square off. Dizzy Dean pitched one inning and got all 3 batters out, but some of the other pitchers were serving them up to the batters. Mantle, who must have been batting right handed, jerked one out over the left field wall. But I always count it as an honor and fond memory that I saw Dizzy and Mickey play in the same game.