I just want to give a tip of the hat to former Bomber Aaron Boone who’s been activated off the Houston Astros DL a mere five months after undergoing open-heart surgery.

It was unclear that Boon would ever play ball again, let alone this season after his operation this past March for a congenital defect in his aortic valve. (I mean, Carl Pavano would likely have taken the opportunity to never get out of bed again.) However, Boone has already completed a minor league rehab assignment.

Boone was not in last night’s lineup against the Cubs, but Astros manager Cecil Cooper seems to want to get him out and playing sooner rather than later. (I mean, what the hell do the Astros have to lose at this point?)

Aaron Boone is, of course, one of those players who’s destined to go down in the annals of Bomber history.  His accomplishments weren’t varied and plentiful. But sometimes all it takes is one act of greatness to be remembered forever.  And his was an act of greatness, to be sure. Like, say, inventing cheese.

As a refresher, what he did was this…

And that eventually led to this…