BASEBALL: Orbit visits Port Neches
Published 1:35 pm Saturday, April 28, 2018
- Jackie Robinson, left, her son Carson and husband Chris, all of Port Neches, pose with Orbit the Houston Astros mascot during Orbit’s visit to the Neches Federal Credit Union location on Nall Street in Port Neches on Saturday. On Orbit’s left hand is a giant-sized world championship ring, symbolizing Houston’s World Series victory last fall. (I.C. Murrell/The News)
PORT NECHES — A friendly baseball-loving “alien lifeform” de-boarded a Houston Astros van and paid a visit to locals Saturday morning at the Neches Federal Credit Union on Nall Street.
It wasn’t Alf.
Orbit, the Astros mascot, posed for photos with a number of Astros fans still celebrating the team’s first World Series championship from last fall. He paid a visit along with the Houston Astros Shuttle Crew, which set up an inflatable pitching cage for young children, and even signed autographs.
It was the second time the Astros brought a championship celebration to Jefferson County. The Commissioner’s Trophy, presented to the World Series champion, was on display at the Mid-County H-E-B in Port Arthur and the Dowlen Road Buffalo Wild Wings in Beaumont.
Houston hosts the Oakland Athletics tonight, with first pitch at 6:10 p.m.
About I.C. Murrell
I.C. Murrell was promoted to editor of The News, effective Oct. 14, 2019. He previously served as sports editor since August 2015 and has won or shared eight first-place awards from state newspaper associations and corporations. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up mostly in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello.
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