Take Me Out To The Ballgame

Sonny Boy and I joined a group of Texas Ranger fans for a trip to the ballpark to watch the Rangers play the Colorado Rockies, one of baseball's worst teams. A favorable pitching match up had the entire bus breaming with confidence in a Ranger victory.

After 5 1/2 innings, we realized the confidence may have been unwarranted. The Rockies were knocking the cover off the ball and had built an insurmountable 11-1 lead. The home team came back with a six spot to cut the lead to four runs, but that's as close as they could get.

Even though we witnessed a loss, we still had a great time at the ballpark, father and son. Tough to beat an afternoon like that : )

We have tickets to next Saturday's game against the A's, so Sonny Boy, my daughter (Chic Genius), Ms. Duck, and I will hope for a win this time.

Not to be out done by MOJO, here are a few pictures of the day's festivities. Click on the picture for full screen goodness.

Rangers Ballpark at Arlington (Centerfield Entrance)

View From Our Seats In Right Field

Lucki Duck And Sonny Boy

We parked next to a train yard, so after the game we took advantage of a vacant Union Pacific locomotive. The hard part was trying to climb on the engine before the camera's 10 second timer went off : )

Finally, here's a shot of a van we passed on the way to the game. An example of Texan ingenuity at its finest!

I'm pretty sure the window unit isn't standard equipment from the factory! Hope that's exterior grade plywood :o)