World series winner? The Texans.

 Who will I be rooting for when the World Series opens tomorrow evening in the “House that Steinbrenner Built?”

 The answer is: the Houston Texans.

 That’s right I am talking  about the Houston NFL team that won its first back-to-back game in the franchise’s seven-year history with their triumph Sunday over the San Francisco 49ers. The Texans are no New Orleans. (I never thought I’d ever say any team is “no New Orleans.”) But if they keep things upright they might just have a playoff spot to advance in little baby steps as part of their toddler-esque existence.

 But what about the Series? Who cares.

 I suppose if you are a Phillies fan or Yankees fan you would care. But I am neither. Oh, I have had my days of Yankee worship, during the times of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. The Yankees have had some incredible talent in their history. As of late, most of that star power is courtesy of ginormous bucks. That’s nothing against Alex Rodriguez, who I saw play as a Ranger, or Rivera or Jeter.

 The Phillies have also had some fantastic cattle in the pen over the years as well: Carlton, Schmidt, Sandberg and Rose, the latter in between stints with the Reds and his bookie.

 Had the California, Anaheim, Los Angeles Angels been able to pull off the AL crown I might be watching the series starting tomorrow. But the possibility of the Yankees winning their 27th world championship just seems a bit too much, no matter how great their wealthy team may be.

 I wish as well I could say that I am too excited to watch the series due to the Astros hiring new manager, Red Sox bench coach Brad Mills, today. But I don’t know who he is or much about him other than he played a few seasons for the Expos and had the dubious distinction of being Nolan Ryan’s 3,509th strikeout victim, thus making Ryan in 1983 the all-time K leader in the major leagues.

 But Mills don’t field and Mills don’t hit. So we faithful who keep getting our hopes dashed like Charlie Brown and his elusive football kick will just have to wait and see how goes the ‘Stros. In the meantime, we have the Texans. Will they break our hearts as well?

 Not as long as Bud Adams stays the hell away.