Astros 2016 Rollercoaster Ride Season

As a fan of Texas country music (that's right, Texas has its own genre of country music), Aaron Watson's "Rollercoaster Ride" seems to adequately describe my relationship with the Astros pretty well. You can probably guess how the song goes, but I'll give you a taste anyway:

We've had our ups and downs and turn arounds...

Baby ain't life and love one big rollercoaster ride

Fortunately, I've never been in a relationship that I would describe with a rollercoaster analogy... well, except for my relationship with the Astros.

When Jeff Luhnow took over as GM of the Astros, we got into the cars and pulled the lap bar down to prepare for the ride. We waited patiently for the ride to begin... and…