The Houston Astros have not performed particularly well with United States Sen. Ted Cruz in attendance for their games this Major League Baseball postseason as the team has gone 0-4 with him in the stands. But that’s not keeping him away from Monday night’s American League Championship Series Game 7 against the Texas Rangers.
A spokesperson for Ted Cruz confirmed to Rolling Stone that the Senator will indeed be in attendance for Monday night’s Game 7 and insisted that despite the team’s brutal record with Cruz in attendance this postseason, Cruz has “a legendary record supporting the Stros in their biggest victories.”
“No one calls them the ‘Astros.’ Go Stros. Senator Cruz has a legendary record supporting the Stros in their biggest victories, including when he cheered the Stros on to victory on June 3, 1989, which was one of the longest baseball games in history,” the spokesperson wrote. “But go ahead, write a hit piece on Senator Cruz spending time with his young daughter cheering on their hometown heroes.”
Still, most people did not see this as a particularly good omen for Asros as people reacted to the news.
Ted Cruz ignoring his constituency is his brand https://t.co/1k1bI6b4z8
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) October 23, 2023
This man does not care about his constituents https://t.co/DhTy29ZOd9
— Thickie Don (@AstrosCounty) October 23, 2023
The Texas Rangers are world series bound. https://t.co/KCqJcyO6k7
— Paulo Alves (@PauloAlvesNBA) October 23, 2023
america is the funniest country ever because this is a 100% serious headline https://t.co/DzuZgf8STY
— texas tornado (schlossnagle szn) (@ccherubrock) October 23, 2023
Congrats to the Texas Rangers on their first World Series trip in 2 decades! https://t.co/6r2nELQVHI
— Cooper Klein (@Alley_Oop_Coop) October 23, 2023
He’s literally never listened to his constituents before why would he start now https://t.co/kZLAVsuMWr
— liz 🇵🇸 (@okaygreatfine) October 23, 2023
We’ll have to see whether or not the Astros can break the unfortunate streak with Cruz in attendance.
