University of Houston Athletics
CSTV.com's 'Going Yard' Visits Cougar Field
5/7/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 7, 2007
This article is compliments of CSTV.com's "Going Yard" - a comprehensive three-month tour covering 7,000 miles and more than 65 games, culminating with the College World Series in Omaha, NE. GOING YARD chronicles the journey of two intrepid reporters who are capturing the passion and culture of college baseball, with exclusive interactive broadband content and countless hours of streaming video.
Meyers and Markfield immerse themselves in the culture and lifestyle that encompasses the passion of college baseball, capturing the action, excitement and stories on and off the field. Between stops on campus, they visit people and places along the way to get a complete understanding of the unparalleled passion that fuels these devoted fan communities. For more information and to follow the "Going Yard " tour, visit www.cstv.com/goingyard/.
I hate to be irrational, but I am predisposed to disliking the city of Houston. This is silly for a number of reaons. For starters, it seems like a fine city. Furthermore, I fully support NASA and I have always felt "Knockin' Da Boots" by H-Town is one of the greatest slow jams of all time. Unfortunately, the city carries too much sports baggage from my childhood.
First, it was the site of the legendary Game Six between the Mets and Astros in the 1986 NLCS. The Mets won and I am a Mets fan so I should be happy about that, but for some reason that isn't the case. The Mets were pretty much unstoppable that year, but in my six-year-old mind the Astrodome was the only place that seemed to scare them. To this day, there is no place I feel less comfortable watching the Mets play than Houston, and they don't even play in the dome anymore. Like I said, this is not rational.
That's just the beginning though. What the dislike really stems from is the 1994 NBA Finals, when the Knicks came within one shot of winning the title in Houston in Game Six, only to lose a heartbreaker in Game Seven when Pat Riley let John Starks undermine the team's chances by allowing him to shoot 2-for-18 (Hubert Davis, anyone?). It was a tragic series for Knicks fans as we realized that Hakeem was definitely better than Ewing and we were forced to endure all those references to "Clutch City." In reality, it was New York that was "Choke City."
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