Going Back In Time For Perspective On The 2015 Season

Perspective is important. Like when a pro athlete complains about a contract offer and says something to the effect of "I have to be able to feed my family" while you are scraping together change to get a 12-pack of Taco Bell tacos on the day before payday. Or like when folks from places up north (like Oklahoma, or Saskatchewan) laugh at Houstonians when we wear our parkas on our 52 degree winter day. It's all about your perspective. It's about what you know, and what you have become accustomed to.

This also applies to Astros fandom in 2015. The team is having its best year in a decade. There are a lot of people who have just returned to following the team after years of being away. Those…