Eugenia Rios has been a loyal Astros fan her entire life.
She has been attending games since 1972 and has faithfully waited for her team to win it all. In fact, on opening day this year she had a feeling this was they year the Astros would do it, which is exactly what they did Wednesday night when they defeated the Los Angels Dodgers 5-1 in Game 7.
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