Lets Go Rangers! (Clap, clap, clap clap clap)

As the Texas Rangers were heading into their last game against the NY Yankees to clinch the American League Series Championship, Carl decided at the last minute to get us tickets. I am SO GLAD that he did. As long as the kids are less than 36 inches they do not need a ticket. John was about .5 inch over that limit, but I was prepared to make him walk in bare foot and slouched over! J Good thing they did not even question it as we walked through the gates. J

So, we had 2 seats in the 3rd base commissioner’s box which is literally on the field, 1st row. I could reach out and touch Derek Jeter, A-Rod or any of the other NY Yankees that I really like. Of course I was cheering for the Rangers, but I like the Yankees (remember the post of Carl and I going to the 1st game of the World Series last year to watch the Yankees!!!) so it was super cool to watch them here in Texas with such great seats!

The game started at 7:00 and John chose not to take a nap that day! WHAT?!?! We were both a little nervous about it. But he did GREAT. And he is a magnet for getting cool stuff. First the little Ranger girls came by and picked him out of the crowd to give a t-shirt to, then the Rangers mascot “Captain” came over and gave him a hug, took a picture and gave him a baseball card. And last but not least – a foul ball! The story was this: We had these 2 really annoying/drunk men behind us that were screaming mean things to the Yankees (at least they were not cussing), and as Bengi Molina hit a foul ball down the 3rd base line and the umpire put the ball in his pocket, the two men behind us were giving him a hard time. Telling the umpire that it was a ‘fan friendly’ game and he should have thrown it to the crowd, etc., etc. Well… come to find out, as soon as the inning was over, the umpire walked the ball straight over to John and handed it to him. He was just waiting for the inning to be over to make sure that John got the ball. It was AWESOME!

John did have his hands over his ears for a bit, but relaxed as the game went on. We were on TV during the bottom of the 5th inning which was really cool! He would do his antlers and claws through out the game, it was SO CUTE! He got to eat whatever he wanted including a hot dog, popcorn, French fries, ice cream and of course cotton candy. All the way up to 10:00 I must say.

The Rangers of course won this game. We stayed until the trophy ceremony was over; it was really cool to be at that particular game, such energy! It was about 10:30 and people were crowding the 1st row to see the field, John had had enough. He put his hands over his ears and passed out on my shoulder.

AWESOME EXPERIENCE!