no joy in mudville

i've barely slept. i cried all night. i cried on the way to work. i've cried at work this morning. i'm crying right now as i type this. i gave more emotionally to that game than i have in five years of marriage.

“It breaks your heart. Baseball is designed to break your heart."
- A. Bartlett Giamatti

but baseball is still the greatest game, i have love it ever since my father introduced it to me in 1977 at the old arlington stadium, but some days it's the most difficult to take.

the rangers have not lost consecutive games in over two months, they need to be just that good one more time. there is a strong sense [even by me] that you'd rather be the cardinals than the rangers tonight. but i'd rather be the rangers than the other 28 teams NOT here. teams dreams every spring of the opportunity to do what what can be done tonight when pitchers and catchers reported 8 1/2 months ago.

but only two are left.

a new generation of ranger fans [or a big rangers fan base in general] are being built on the foundation of back to back pennants. i took my infant son to his first [of many i hope][pictured above] world series game [rangers won 4-0] all i've ever wanted was to live in a baseball town, it's the only sport that matters to me. it may not be a baseball town but baseball now matters in these parts and will moving forward.

i need the rangers to put me on their back one more time. they've earned my faith. they never quit.

but whatever the baseball gods decide. they decide. i have only so much more i can give.

texas can win the world series tonight.

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