🧩 Philosophy Oct 27, 2022 · citizenmilton

Growing up Astros

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Growing up Astros
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by Milton Lawson



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I spent many summer nights throwing a tennis ball against the wall of the other side of these stairs with the Astros game on the radio, pretending to be a fielder following the play-by-play



The Start





In June of 1978, there was nothing I hated more than the Houston Astros. I had just moved to a new city during summer break. I had no friends. The highlight of my day was watching a Spider-Man cartoon. 



As a latch-key Gen-X kid, I would make my own lunch an

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