Reggie Jackson is at Minute Maid Park again tonight, 44 years after No. 44’s masterpiece: A three-homer outing for the Yankees in the clinching game of the 1977 World Series. That was when Jackson became Mr. October, the nickname that’s stitched in orange on the side of the navy cap he’s wearing.
The navy color fits, but the orange is new. Jackson, 75, joined the Houston Astros in May as a special adviser to the team’s owner, Jim Crane. In an interview with Tyler Kepner last week, Jackson said his role was to reassure the players.