One Houston Astros fan made quite the promise to his entire section during Friday’s ALDS opener, and ended up paying for it.
One Twitter user noted that a fan in section 104 at Minute Maid Park said Astros outfielder George Springer would lead off the bottom of the fifth with a home run, and promised to buy everyone in his section a beer if it came to pass. It did happen, and he followed up on his promise.
“If @georgespringer hits a homerun, I’m buying everyone in the section a beer!” Springer hits a homerun. He buys us all beer. Heroes don’t always wear capes. @astros #crawfordbox pic.twitter.com/Qvg7p9LNkp
— Charles Adams (@bigangrylaw) October 5, 2018
According to Matt Young of the Houston Chronicle, the fan, Eddie Flores, ending up buying $300 worth of beer for the bulk of his section — row one was excluded, as the vendor ran out of supply.
Flores said it was a no-brainer to follow through on his pledge, and he clearly enjoyed the moment.
“No way, I loved it,” Flores said. “I was celebrating. It went out, we all went crazy and I went looking for the beer man.”
It wasn’t the only home run hit by the Astros in what turned out to be a pretty brutal day for Corey Kluber. It was quite the opposite for the patrons in section 104.
