My whirlwind trip to Houston this week to see my Astros battle the Detroit Tigers in an American League wild-card playoff game wasn’t a total loss. Far, far from it. Yes, the team I’ve loved since early childhood in the late 1960s lost Game 2 of the series 5-2 Wednesday, eliminated in two don’t-blink-or-you’ll-miss-’em games … More Yes, the Astros lost and were eliminated far too quickly – but what a memorable trip to Houston this was for me