Ranger Game
posted in Life and Whatnot |Went to the Ranger game on Saturday night which was kind of odd because the day before I had been thinking that it would be kind of cool to go to a game but I really didn’t want to spend the money on tickets because A) I’m not a big baseball fan and B) I don’t want to waste my money on a team that’s not doing well. But somehow through my family I was offered a pair of good seats for free to go to the game on Saturday. Apparently I can see into the future.
My sister said I had to make a Sophie’s choice and pick one son to take. I figured the one that loves sports would want to go but I checked with the skaterkid first and he said he would like to go. Crap. So much for an easy choice. I bought skaterkid a new board which made him happy and took sportskid to the game.
I told him he’s lucky I don’t have a girlfriend or she would be with me instead of him. He just looked at me for a second and then said “What girl would want to be with you?” and so I kicked him out of the car on I-30 near Fielder Road. I’m kidding. I kicked him out near 157 so he didn’t have to walk as far. 
By the way, if you haven’t driven by the new Cowboy stadium lately, you really should. This thing is HUGE! I had no idea how close it was to the Rangers Ballpark. We parked right in between the two stadiums and I wonder what they are going to do when the Cowboys and the Rangers play on the same day. Who am I kidding. That’ll never happen. Hey, guess how much cash parking is? $12 bucks. For 12 bucks, I should get valet parking and a car wash.
The seats were really good ($40!) behind 1st base about 12 rows up. One of these days I would like to sit behind home plate and make faces at the pitcher. You know, when you sit close at a sporting event, you really develop a deeper appreciation of how good these athletes are. It’s amazing. Same thing with basketball. If you ever get a chance to sit on or close to the floor, do it. It is very cool.
I bought nachos, peanuts and 2 regular lemonades. Anybody want to guess how much? $18 bucks. So far my “free” tickets have cost me 30 dollars. Trevor bought a sundae and the Rangers kept it close against Tampa Bay until the 8th inning when they went down by a couple of runs. We left during the 9th and listened to the end of the game in the car. Rangers had a chance to tie it but came up short.
By the way, there were TONS of families there and lots o’ babies. Does a 6-month old really appreciate a double play? Oh and surprise, Fox 4’s weather guy, Dan Henry was sitting behind me celebrating his son’s birthday. I talked to him for a minute and he said he understood why I left the morning show and that it was gig he used to do and really did not enjoy the hours. I’m still not sure that people understand it wasn’t the early mornings that got to me. It was the 2 jobs combined Oh well.
Overall, we had a good time although Trevor said he would like to go to a game where Texas actually wins. Was it worth it? Ehhh, we had fun but tack on $80 for tickets and I’m thinking no way, Jose’ Canseco.
(rimshot)
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