A sports fan's ultimate weekend!

Over the last three days I have attended four different sporting events and unfortunately witnessed 4 losses! Despite all the losing, it was still a ton of fun...

The weekend began on Friday night with the Brewer game. I wouldn't normally count this as blog-worthy but I got to enjoy the game from the VIP seats in the press box. The great food, drinks, and view make this a very fun experience. My good friend, Luke, was my guest...


I got up early on Saturday morning to head to Dallas with Kristy, Alex, and Parker. We were about to enjoy the much anticipated game between Baylor and Texas Tech. This game was extra fun because it took place at the Cotton Bowl during the State Fair. The game started at 11 and we made it in plenty of time, we even got to see the masked rider run the Tech horse across the field...it was pretty cool. Perhaps the best part of this experience, it was totally free! Thanks again to all my friends who helped to make that happen!

We watched the game until half-time and then experienced the fair during the third quarter. By the time we made it back in the 4th quarter, the game was really close and the Bears were still hanging tough. I'm thinking there was some questionable business going on that may or may not have had an impact on the final outcome of the game. Either way, the Bears fought hard but fell short and lost by a touchdown.


When the last second ticked off the clock we walked quickly back to the car and started the trek to Arlington where the Texas Rangers were one win away from a sweep of the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALDS. We left the Cotton Bowl at 3 and the Ranger game began at 4:07! My friends, Stacey & Kevin, got me a ticket to this game and because of the Baylor game I had to meet them there. Thankfully, Kristy was so kind to drop me off at the ballpark and deal with all the crazy traffic.


The game was going so well until the eighth inning and it all kind of fell apart. The record crowd was literally in shock! Our little group was so shocked and sad to have missed what was supposed to be history in the making that we just had to go back to the game today! So, while we sat in traffic getting out of the parking lot, Stacey bought tickets on her iPhone. We met up this morning after church and sat in the sun all day, hoping and believing that the Rangers would pull it together and get the job done at home. Unfortunately, they did not! At least I had fun with Sutton!


We left the game again very sad and disappointed. And hungry! So, we headed to Saltgrass to eat dinner. We had kind of a strange waiter who kept telling us random Ranger stories, then he came over to tell us Nellie Cruz (Ranger's outfielder) was sitting a couple tables away. We were a little skeptical about it really being him, but sure enough it was! As he got up to leave the restaurant we asked him if he'd take a picture with us and he was so kind to do it.


It was pretty sad to witness all the losing but it was a great weekend and being able to be at every game was super cool. And getting to hang out with so many great people was the best part of all!