Play Ball!

This year the Texas Rangers have gone further than ever before in the playoffs, and it's so exciting. Bryan and I have really enjoyed watching them this year, particulary on Friday nights when we're ready to relax after a long week. With the responsibilities of caring for a newborn, I wasn't able to make it out to the ballpark this summer; however Bryan and I went to their first home American League Championship Series playoff game last Friday night against the Yankees. And was it a treat.

A few of the highlights included:
* Watching Yankees batting practice on the lower level
* Seeing co-owner Chuck Greenberg up close and personal
* Watching 4 F-16's fly overhead after the national anthem was sung & flag unfurled in the shape of the US
* Seeing Nolan Ryan throw out the first pitch
* My favorite - seeing President George W. Bush sitting in the front row!! I've never seen a President before 'in real life', and it was pretty thrilling. At one point I saw him through the binoculurs sharing peanuts with Nolan Ryan...just two guys at the ballpark enjoying the game!







Front row seats (zoomed WAY in from our seats!):
George W. Bush, Nolan Ryan, Nolan's wife, Chuck Greenberg