Texas Rangers Baseball is winding down.  I am pretty sad about that.  I have really enjoyed the season.  It's a little disappointing that we (Texas Rangers) came in second, but the Rangers have a lot to hold their collective heads up about.

Great season, although there was quite the post All-Star break slump--which was the main reason we came in second.  Baseball is so much fun to watch.  You can watch kind of passively.  You can actually have a conversation during a game--unlike watching the NBA Dallas Mavericks (there is a "no-talk during the game rule")  My husband is quite serious about the Dallas Mavericks, and for that matter, so am I. They are our team.

I exaggerate a bit about the no-talk rule-lest you think my husband is "one of those."  Trust me he's not.  He's the best, coolest and most wonderful-est.  Now that you're gagging, I'll go on.

Watching the Texas Rangers to me is like a real piece of "Americana" on display.  These kids (kids=under 40) are so cool.  They are incredibly diverse in background and look like a kindergarten class witht he kids oin big, athletic bodies.  (Let's not talk about the athletic bodies--or we'll have to go to PG-13)  We have so much fun watching them have fun.  I think its the innocence and pure exuberance.  The joy that they exude is quite thrilling to watch.  It makes me smile. 

I am really chilling out in my "middle age."  There, I said it, middle age.  Now that it is "on the table--I can move on.  Thanks for listening and "Go Rangers in 2010!"