[nutmeg]

You have to understand that Houston has a long, long history of seeing their teams collapse.

Same with the Boston Red Sox. Remember... 86 years? 1918? ;-)

Hey, the Stros fans are sounding louder now... keep it up! :o)

[Diddle E. Squat]

Not trying to minimize the long suffering of the Red Sox faithful, but anyone from Cleveland(which has it worst of all) or Houston knows that Boston has had it good compared to them. Look how many Celtic championships there were, Bruins, too, and then the Patriots. Houston finally got the Rockets 2 of 'em, but otherwise the futility spanned so many sports. I didn't mention the numerous meltdowns of nearby A&M and UT. They'll lose the Rose Bowl, if they even get there.

Anyway, I must stop to put on 'Sunrise, Sunset'...