Going to an Astros Game

Usually when I go to an Astros game I am sitting in the press box away from the fans and in between various media types like this guy.

But, the other day I went to an Astros game as a fan with my 6-year-old cousin Armaan. This was Armaan's first baseball game so that was a lot of fun but explaining to him why Jose Valverde got boooo'd out of a game was not that fun.

Here are the highlights from the experience at Minute Maid Park...

• Armaan's favorite part of the game was when he got to meet the Little Pumas! Now if you do not know who the Little Pumas are then you need to go visit their website. They are a bunch of friends who went to a lot of Astros games and they thought it would only be proper if they created a fan group for the Big Puma. They bought some costumes on-line and started showing up to the games by the Home Run Pump. The rest was history, they started to appear all over the chronicle, ESPN and various other outlets. I met Bubba (one of the creators) and his crew before the game so Armaan could meet the Little Pumas. They were incredibly nice and they made his night by taking a picture with him! By the end of the night, Armaan was asking if we could go get the Little Puma's autograph!

• Armaan also got to take a picture with legendary radio hosts Sean and John. He wanted to meet the guys that kept him entertained on the ride to MMP. The highlight of the meeting was when Sean asked Armaan for his autograph.
  

• Going to the game Armaan had one goal and one goal only...he wanted a foam finger. Well, he got a sweet Astros foam finger and a Big Puma foam claw courtesy of the Little Pumas. Armaan was a very happy kid when he got his foam finger.

Overall it was a very entertaining night and I had fun cheering out loud for a change. I just hated when one of my Astros gave up the game...thank you for ruining Armaan's night Valverde!