GO RANGERS!!!!!
Since my Astro's are no where near a playoff team I root for the other home town team, the TEXAS RANGERS!!!
I have been a fan of Nolan Ryan since I was a kid. When I was 10 years old in 1970 Nolan Ryan came with three other major league ball players to my Little League field in Houston. They were in the National Guard and all four were in their fatigues. I got his autograph on a baseball that I still have to this day. I also got a picture with him. I now live in Pearland and Alvin his hometown is 10 miles away and until he and Ruth moved to Round Rock to be closer to their grandkids he lived in Alvin. I used to see him every once in a while at Joe's Bar-b-que on Highway 6 in Alvin. We were even members of the same Country Club in Pearland and had seen him there many times.
Now that he is part owner and President of the Rangers, they are one of my favorite teams mainly because of him. Going into the playoffs he met with the Rangers pitching staff and asked them to reach down deep and go the extra mile and pitch the extra innings. His philosophy that he used in his own career was that more pitching, not less avoided injuries and made you a better pitcher. Hearing that from the all time career strike out leader and hall of famer certainly carried some weight. He used his own career and fitness philosophy with the staff and maybe it's paying off.
The Yankees are a very good team but sometimes in Baseball it may be heart and desire that wins out over money. Even my friend at work who is a die hard Yankee fan is beginning to show cracks in his support and is really impressed thus far with the Rangers.
GO RANGERS!!!!!! WIN IT FOR NOLAN!!
, what? teen mom instead of my beloved yankees. Oh the thingss we parents do to keep peace in the family.
CJ should be pitching today and I know him personally and he is a great guy!
my team!!!
Are we in some kind of alternate universe??!? 
