I grew up near Cincinnati, and my parents are from Connecticut. Naturally, I grew up a fan of the Montreal Expos.Loyal Scaiaholics may recall how, as a li’l rapscallion, I became an Expos fan during the 1988 All-Star Game because of their hats.Each year, the Texas Rangers have reporters show up to try their new dishes…
This week, the Texas Rangers open their season, hosting the defending World Series Champion Houston Astros.Each Spring since I moved to North Texas, I’ve enjoyed attending the event at the beginning of the season where the Rangers’ concession company, Delaware North, introduces new dishes at the park. This year carries extra significance. If you walk up to the…
Today, the Texas Rangers begin their defense of their consecutive division titles. In both cases, they lost to the Toronto Blue Jays in the playoffs because they mistakenly converted the baselines to metric and 90 meters (or “metres”) made it more difficult to let out an infield single.The Rangers, as usual, will be introducing some new dishes and let…
About five hours before game one of the American Division Series started Thursday morning, fans started tailgating outside Globe Life Park.”Things didn’t go so well last year, but I think they’ll make it to the World Series,” one fan told me.Another fan would explain, “They’re not only a better team this year, I think they…
Each Spring, the Texas Rangers host a media day so reporters can try their new concessions (for the good of journalism, you know, transparency) and to show off improvements to the ballpark. They put a lot of work into this event. I mean, they forged freakin’ souvenir bats for all of the new dishes!Imagine Josh Hamilton going through a…
Loyal Scaiaholics are surely furious at the lack of activity on this blog. I understand. I’ve been busy at work. Even as I’m writing this, I’m sitting at Globe Life Park, saddled with the hassle of covering playoff baseball.The Toronto Blue Jays have a commanding lead, though, and that has given me some free time to…