Fall is either make it or break it for baseball fans. As with all sports in Texas, things are taken very seriously. Since I’ve moved, I’ve really come to love the Rangers baseball team. Maybe it’s because the entire ball club seems to be one big ole family and Nolan Ryan seems to be the most down to earth and humble owner you could ask for.
2010 marked an exciting year for the Rangers. Not only did they win their first playoff game in Ranger history but they also won the ALCS Championship against the Yankees. Who better to beat than the Yankees, I say! We were lucky enough to be there for the championship game. What a night.
We showed up to the ballpark and it was raining, almost down right pouring. Fans were ready to go!
We found our seats, on the highest level but it didn’t matter we still had a good view and if there is anything about attending a playoff game, it doesn’t really matter where you are sitting you are part of this incredible crowd.
We had this huge Texas Rangers foam cowboy hat sitting at work. It came to the point where if there was a day game, we would be with the hat at work and the Rangers would win the game. If it was an evening game, someone would have to take it home and if someone was going to the game – the hat went too. If the hat was left alone during an evening game, we lost. Yes, this really happened. We took the hat. We won. Coincidence? I think not.
So the game went on. We were all nervous as ever.
Here is the final Yankee at bat, Alex Rodriguez.
It’s pretty exciting to be in this setting.
Families brought their kids – they wanted them to witness history.
That night they did.
Some of the players ended up bringing out their kids after the game.
It was nice to just sit and see everyone relish in the moment, almost surreal.
Would we get tickets to another ALCS playoff game?
Does it get any better than the game we went to last year?
When we finally left, outside was insane. Everyone was filled with so much excitement you would think that they just won the World Series. The Texas Rangers have some great fans!
Congrats to the Rangers for winning their second ALCS Championship over the weekend!