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Took a road trip with Wayne to see the Texas Rangers rip the Houston Astros a new one. And that they did. The game started at 3 and since we live in the DFW area, we had to leave a little early. I left the apartment around 7am, swung by Waynes place and we hit the road. It was a pretty uneventful ride, which is good. We beat the Memorial Day traffic (I guess) cause we didn’t really hit any traffic till we got down to the Woodlands – Houston area. But it wasn’t really bad at all. So we got there before the gates opened which gave us some time to walk around Minute Maid Park. It looks bigger on the outside than it does on the inside.

We got to see the Rangers do some batting practice.

Then a few of the guys came over to sign some autographs.

Josh Hamilton was walking over to do some signing and a group of kids kept screaming his name. He finally looked over at them and told them to calm down that he would make it over there to sign their stuff.

And here’s Wayne getting his ball signed by Josh.

Let’s play some ball!

Between innings there’s a chick that wonders around and does the giveaways and contest. She made it over to our area and did a contest with a mother and daughter couple. I don’t remember what their question was but they got it wrong and lost a chance at a vacation.

Then we noticed Nolan Ryan. He had been sitting behind home plate. He was there with Tom Hicks since he’s working for the Rangers organization. And of course he used to play with the Astros in his younger days. I’m not sure, but I think that’s Jim Sundberg in the red shirt.

And as usual, if you would like to see a few more shots from the game, please check out my Flickr page.