WE GOT THIS

in 1977 i was five years old and my father took me to my first rangers game at old arlington stadium and for over thirty years i have mostly suffered but sometimes rejoiced on occasion with this organization, tonight something i've always wanted since my first ballgame in 1977 can come true. i sat diligently through all the other octobers of my youth waiting patiently for the chance of what can occur tonight to happen. i'm a big believer in acting like you've been there before. but my emotions haven't. i'm also not going to sit and and try and describe what i'm feeling, if you know me well enough, you know.

at the end of the night tonight i will be either somewhere on the continuum of frustrated, drained and uneasy or somewhere entirely different. i place i've never been.

through 29 spring training games, 162 regular season games and 15 postseason games, a game of the likes of which i've never had to get ready for, i have no idea what to say or feel. because i have NEVER been here before. and if the baseball gods smile down on us for one more victory, i don't know what i'll say or feel. because i HAVEN'T been here before.

the know the scene in star wars where luke shuts his cockpit off and fires the kill shoot to destroy the death star, relying on the force? tonight i'm going to shut off the controls and visualize ian kinsler stepping into the box for the 867th time in 2011 and settle in for the first moment like it of my life.

#wegotthis #onemorehanger