I was living in Midland during the Astros dark ages, and it was tough. West Texas was formerly solid Astros country until those uppity Rangers made a run, and the bandwagon got pretty full. It was not unexpected, but it was still annoying as fuck. The second best thing about the 2017 World Series win was knowing it happened before the Rangers ever won one.
Thatās the play that I was leaning towards, although I couldnāt remember for certain. I was standing on the floor of the Garden before the game just out of earshot, watching the two talk. Spike was very animatedly telling Rudy something, then the pause, then they both dissolved into laughter. It wasnāt until years later that I randomly saw a video (and, crucially, heard the audio) of that exchange. It was quite amazing to a) finally get an answer to something that had been gnawing at me for years and b) to have it be so great.