I think I will always remember the night the Texas Rangers won the World Series since Drake all but levitated at the last pitch. Most people don’t ‘get’ it. He’s been following baseball since he was 7 years old. His first team was the Cleveland, Indians. It was his Dad’s team, and he even got to go to some games. When he was a bit older, he used to call up the radio station and answer trivia questions to win tickets to an Indian’s game. That happened more than once. Of course, the Indians were never able to overtake the Yankees to win the pennant and go to the World Series.
When the family moved to Texas, he became a fan of the newly formed Houston Astros. He followed that team from 1963 until 1989. Playoffs a couple of times, but no World Series. When we moved to the DFW area in 1990, he became a Ranger fan. Then, he endured the heartbreak of 2010 and 2011 World Series losses. So, he’s waited from age 7 to age 73 for his team to win the World Series.
The other terrific thing that happened was so many of our friends called us, emailed us, and texted us with congratulations. He’s certainly looking forward to next season, and I think it’s more fun to watch a winning team. Drake doesn’t really care – baseball is baseball. Ironically, he went to a Fall League baseball game the day after the World Series finished. (Fall League is a league of the best lower A, upper A, AA and a few AAA players that the teams send to Arizona to play against one another from now until Thanksgiving.) I guess he needed to taper off.
I'm sure you've realized I started this blog months ago, but we've been incredibly busy. Now, the baseball world is in 'Winter Meetings' where deals are made. The Rangers have already signed another relief pitcher.... He's a bit of a rehab. No more deals yet.
The hot topic is: Can the Rangers repeat? We've got a precedent (2010/2011). I hope Michael Young and Adrian Beltre enjoyed the World Series win, but it must have been somewhat bittersweet.
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