The Pecan Park Eagle

After just seeing this idea this morning on the ABC Good Morning, America news, it hit home as a useful concept to plug this general year’s end housecleaning notion from NYC into the specific issues facing those of us who are Houston sports fans. Whereas, the newscast showed a woman who was saying “good riddance” in writing a public note to the husband she had just divorced, we think Houston sports fans are capable of expressing themselves here with a public statement of which persons or local conditions they would love to say “good riddance to” in all sincerity about our local sports experience.

As a special bonus here at The Pecan Park Eagle (TPPE), those who post at least one “good riddance” item will be eligible to Rub the old genie lamp for one wish they would make now about some area of Houston Sports, if they knew that wish was bound to come true. Of course, we cannot stop you, nor do we really want to stop you from bypassing the “good riddance” item and going straight to the “one magical wish” step, if you so choose. But just know that you will be cheating if you do. 🙂

I’m limiting myself to one “good riddance” and one “magical wish” here, simply because I don’t want to skew the arena of consideration too much, but the ones I’ve picked hit the general field of ideas hard enough, as is:

Our TPPE Good Riddance To: 2013 – and what we hope will be the only season in history in which Houston fields the worst professional baseball and football clubs in the world of big league sports.

Our TPPE Magical Wish: That 2014 will see us find a way to save and preserve the Astrodome in a dignified, meaningful, and productive way.

Now, please step up to the plate yourself on these two points. And feel free to express as many “good riddances” as you have – and use that one magic wish wisely.

Most all. Have fun. We don’t get magical wishes everyday.

An Astrodome Note. Just a parting note on my Astrodome salvation wish: Most of the wisest people I know agree that the Astrodome is not going to be saved by all of us little guys with a million pleasant memories and can-clinking coin contributions. Some of our big money people are going to have to step up and kick the can down the street with their millions – or its not going to happen. – Therein rests the problem. – What is it going to take to attract their interest, attention, and commitment to the dual ideas of saving an architectural landmark that is internationally as important as the Eiffel Tower by instilling the old structure with a legitimate business venture?

It’s like a native Houstonian attorney friend of mine says: “Houston is home to some people with very deep pockets. Unfortunately, most of them have very short arms.”