OK, so it's not football and Sammy never returned kicks in college. Heck, he never went to college and if you believe him in the Congressional hearings on steroids in baseball a few years back, he's barely able to speak English. Still, Sammy broke the 600 homer barrier last night at The Ballpark in Arlington (which will never be referred to as Ameriquest Field or Rangers Ballpark in Arlington or any other Tom Hicks angle to line his pockets a little more at the expense of the fan). And since I actually was there, I will celebrate the historic occasion. For those of you who have never experienced the sadistic pain that is Texas Rangers baseball, it's not as bad as you'd think. Some of the positives include:
- being able to lose 60% of your water weight by the 3rd inning due to the blast furnace conditions known as "Summer" in Texas.
- enjoying the greatness of 3 divisional titles in 30 plus years in Arlington (why, oh why, did we convince the Washington Senators to move here? We had shots at the A's or expansion....and we get the cursed team.....)
- realizing that the Cowboys , who are building just down the road, were smart enough to air condition their stadium, yet here you sit sweating away, noting it's still 4 weeks until the START of the NFL TRAINING CAMPS.
- realizing you'll very rarely miss a day game, mainly because of the heat and the fact that the stadium is at min. 15 miles from any major business district in North Texas.
- tickets are always available, unless it's Dollar Dog Night, the Yankees or BoSox are in town, or it's in the first three weeks of the season, when it's still cool enough you don't die and the team is usually 'still in it'
- at least the Rangers are to be commended for being the first major league baseball team to serve Gameday nachos (at the good ol' Arlington Stadium/Turnpike Field) and have perfected the best part of the ballpark experience: cold beer and garlic fries.....
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