Born in '60, was playing Little League in Haltom City when the Rangers came to town. Saw plenty of Spurs games prior to their arrival. Listening to Ranger games became an addiction, that was only fueled by later being able to watch them on HSE. Took my oldest daughter to her first game in 1992 when she was 6, and ceremoniously passed the addiction onto her.

Work brought me to Houston in '94, where I still reside. Always hoped for a State of Texas World Series, but that ended with the Astros moving to the AL. Subsequent indifference towards the Astros then turned to outright disgust in '17.

It has definitely been a roller coaster ride over the last 50 years, but my passion for Ranger baseball has never derailed. Opening day '24 cannot get here fast enough!

C1NRB said:

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I was 2 when the Rangers came to Arlington.
We would go to a game two or three times a year. Anybody remember Bat Night?
When I was in high school, I was going a bookshelf and came across a program my Dad, who never spent money at the ballpark, had keep score. Nolan Ryan was pitching for the Angels.
I was at the game where Wilson Alvarez got nobody out.
I was at the game when Ryan got his 5,000th strike out with by best friend growing up. One section away was my wife with her best friend. We met a year and a half later.
My wife and I were at Opening Day at The Ballpark in Arlington.
Good, bad, or otherwise I was late for the 2011 unmentionable Game 6, so my family Tivo'ed it for me. We caught up in the bottom of the 8th and watched "the horror."
Finally. Your Texas Rangers are World Series Champions.

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Bat night kid here….. the outfield would be so loud with bats banging on the bleachers, metal floor etc….. Also Jim Sundberg Dr Pepper Jr Ranger….by now there are about 500,000 on hand to watch Nolan beat Venturas ass…. I was 1 of the 500,000. Lost my dad before the Rangers could win the WS, but I have a baseball mom and she really enjoyed this season….. hoping she gets a repeat nxt yr!

First memory (lead in) was when my dad was stationed at the Pentagon and I was delivering the Washington Daily News as a 12 year old paperboy and reading that the Senators were moving to Minnesota. Cried. Elated when finding out that the next year baseball was creating an expansion club as the new Washington Senators. Turned out to be a group of misfits, over-the-hills, lame and lazy, who started the long tradition of losing 100 games or more a year, but they were my team. "My mother drunk or sober, but still my mother". Over the years l followed them in newspaper articles, The Sporting News, sports mags, etc. as I traveled to Japan, A&M and then in the Army. Sad when I found out they moved to Arlington in 72. Friends living in Dallas were elated, and went to a game when visiting them that first year there, but can't remember the score or even who won or lost. I did know the players though! And that pattern continued with my years in the Army, following the team through printed media, and when visiting my folks in El Paso, on the radio. Didn't start going to games until 1980 when I started dating my future wife who lived in Dallas (I was in Ft. Riley, KS). When there, we would drive over to Arlington, sometimes meeting friends, and always tried to sit up against the press box. However, I draw a blank trying to remember who we played, highlights, and who were the players. Just remember they were fun times. After eventually settling in Austin, I maybe went to a game every 3rd year and listed to the radio and TV broadcasts. The latest "memory" was my son and I driving up to Arlington this summer for a game against the Astros, and that one I do remember (we lost). So the wait for the Rangers Worlds Series victory was 62 long years for me!

Those who stuck with me to the end of my rambling reminiscences, I thank you!

Great story!

Panhandle Ag said:

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Cried when Sborz got the last K to win it this year.

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We all did. And likely will for quite some time. Baseball.