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Miller says Brownwood is Rangers Country, but were they his favorite team growing up?

Shelby Miller will have family from his hometown of Brownwood in the stands Tuesday night as he faces the Houston Astros in his Texas Rangers debut. Ross D. Franklin AP

Shelby Miller grew up in Brownwood, which he said is Texas Rangers territory in the Lone Star State battle for MLB supremacy.

But that doesn’t mean there weren’t Houston Astros fans in the town nearly three hours away from Globe Life Park.

“I actually was an Astros fans,” Miller admitted Monday. “My dad’s from a little town called Eagle Lake, Texas, which is right outside of Houston.