I'm an old man now who grew up on Htown pro sports. I fell in love with the Luv Ya Blue Oilers as a very young kid. Earl was my first hero and I will always love him for making me a Houston sports fan and that fandom coincided with those Astros and Rockets playoff teams in 1980/81. I remember watching Cheo, Terry Puhl, Cedeno, Art Howe, Denny Walling, Craig Reynolds, Joe Sambito, Danny Heep, Dave Smith, Nolan (duh), Joe Niekro, etc and then watching the Calvin Murphy/Moses Malone/Robert Reid Rockets teams later followed by the Twin Towers and then those Clutch City Rockets teams that delivered the Greatest Moment in Houston Sports Ever when they beat the Knicks in gm 7.
This man pictured above has surpassed Hakeem as the most iconic face on Houston Sports Mt Rushmore.
We are truly blessed as fans with what the Astros have given us the last seven years and this Astros dynasty (and it is a dynasty goddamnit) does not exist without Jose Altuve.
Do I literally love him? You're goddamn right I do.