Longtime Girlfriends Bring Sparkle to Houston Astros Games: Meet the Glitter Babes!

Mar. 15, 2025

The Astro Glitter Babes with a cutout of Houston star José Altuve.Photo:Astroglitter Babes

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Astroglitter Babes

Julia DeVore and her friends took some glittery jackets and enthusiasm and turned their neighborhood happy hour group into a cheering squad known as the Astro Glitter Babes.

At any given Houston Astros baseball game at Minute Maid Park in Texas, you might find about 10 of the friends dressed alike, waving pom-poms and sitting in the stands together.

In 2022, DeVore and some of her friends bought their matching glittery jackets and made their way to a game; some fellow fans stopped them and said, " ‘Look at these ladies, they’re the Golden Girls,’ " Devore recalls.

“We didn’t want to be known as the Golden Girls,” she continues. “So we said Glitter Babes, because our happy hour group is called the Happy Hour Babes.” Plus, “we don’t feel old! And I don’t think other people should.”

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DeVore calls herself the Astros’ “number-one fan.”

“I work at a hospital,” she explains. “On Fridays we’re allowed to wear scrubs with a jersey and I always wear my Astros gear — everybody just goes crazy about it.”

One of her favorite memories of attending a game was when she was named Fan of the Game this season; she made it to the Jumbotron as her friends cheered around her.Other Astros fans have started to notice the crew, too, often asking for photos (though no love from DeVore’s favorite player, second baseman José Altuve, just yet).

“It’s a great crowd,” says DeVore. “I come home, and I’m bouncing off the walls, whether we won or lost.”

source: people.com