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Houston Sports: Three concerns of being a die-hard fan

By Kenneth Cline

HOUSTON, TX - OCTOBER 12: A young Houston Astros fan looks on as his team loses the lead in the eighth inning against the Kansas City Royals during game four of the American League Divison Series at Minute Maid Park on October 12, 2015 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Eric Christian Smith/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TX - OCTOBER 12: A young Houston Astros fan looks on as his team loses the lead in the eighth inning against the Kansas City Royals during game four of the American League Divison Series at Minute Maid Park on October 12, 2015 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Eric Christian Smith/Getty Images) /
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HOUSTON, TX – AUGUST 26: Wind from Hurricane Harvey batters a Texas flag on August 26, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi late last night, is expected to dump upwards to 40 inches of rain in Texas over the next couple of days. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
HOUSTON, TX – AUGUST 26: Wind from Hurricane Harvey batters a Texas flag on August 26, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi late last night, is expected to dump upwards to 40 inches of rain in Texas over the next couple of days. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) /

Why Do I Fear?

The fear of every Houston sports fan is that they’ll have their hopes up so high only to see it crushed by failing. Cub fans learned it the hard way when they went from 1908-2016 without a championship. I feel bad for those fans who lived during this time without seeing a title. Cleveland gets my sympathy for having gone 52 years without a title.

But what I hate having to deal with are crazed mainstream reporters like Stephen A. Smith, Rachel Nichols, Skip Bayless, Michelle Beadle, Jemele Hill, and Colin Cowherd all saying Houston sports isn’t good enough. I hate how people call our city a dump or trash. I had a classmate who once told me bad things happened to them every time they go to Houston. Don’t get me started with Josh Huff and his concern of Houston sports.

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Perhaps it’s just paranoia I’m dealing with. But in all honesty, I would like to go and tell it to their faces how bad they are and why their opinion is dead wrong. But I have to respect their opinions even if I don’t agree. And that’s where I think we’re failing in society today.

Not everyone will like Houston sports as much as we don’t like cities like Dallas, Chicago, New York, or Los Angeles. But we know as Houstonians that what haters don’t know is how resilient we are. We’re the best when backed into a corner because we won’t give up easily. That’s why we have the heart of a champion and why we make Texas the way it is.

This picture above is sad to see. But it tells me that like Texas, we might be hurting, but we will rise up and fight back to full strength.

Maybe this too can be a reminder of how we are in life.

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