On Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010, I boarded a bus in Round Rock, Texas, 19 miles north of Austin. The bus was chartered by the Round Rock Express, the new Triple-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. Our destination was Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, for Game 2 of the ALCS vs. the New York Yankees. It was my fourth season as a Rangers fan. Some may say I didn’t pay my dues to ride that bus. Those folks can kick rocks. I picked right.
In mid-2006, I picked up and moved to Austin, just as I was “getting back into baseball.