No More Biggio?

A week or so ago, Craig Biggio announced that he will be retiring at the end of this season. For those of you not into baseball, Biggio is the second base player for the Houston Astros. I don't even really remember the Astros without him. I started watching the Astros in the summer of '84. There was a girl at church who was a few years older than me that I thought was the epitome of cool. She mentioned in passing that she had a crush on an Astro player. I started watching the games in the hopes of catching a glimpse of this guy. I figured that he had to be pretty special if she had a crush on him. I watched game after game. I ended up liking the players myself. What I didn't find out 'til the end of the season was there was something called the d.l. For those not in the know, that means the disabled list. Her player was out for the season and never played another game. He would however stay involved with the Astros. He's now one of the radio announcers, Allen Ashby. And you know, he's still kinda cute. Now, Biggio came on the scene in '87. I'd only been following the team for a few years at that point. I remember Jose Cruz and Phil Garner as players; now, they're coaches. I've been a fan for 24 years. And Biggio has been a part of that for over two decades. I have a son of my own. He'll be raised knowing all the Astros players. It's a shame that he won't ever get the opportunity to see one of the best players that the Astros have ever had in action. But like most history, it'll be passed on.