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Baseball reminds me of my mom. In 2005, the Astros won the National League pennant and went on to play the St. Louis Cardinals in the World Series. My folks came to our house to watch the series on TV with us and our six-month-old twins. I have a picture of Nathan sitting in my mom's lap with her Astros ball cap sitting lop-sided on his fat, little head. It was the last baseball season my mother ever watched. She died a few weeks after the season ended. She loved my kids and she loved baseball. All that love just blends together in my memories.