thenavarro's trip to game 4 of the World Series in pictures
thenavarro
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It’s been close to a month since the Rangers choked the World Series up, and I think I’m finally over it, so I wanted to share my trip to Game 4 of the World Series with the board. I’m a diehard Rangers fan, and Game 4 was on my 41st birthday, and I did it in style. Here’s some pics of the night.
Walking up:
One of my friends arranged for my wife and I to be flag unfurlers on the field during the National Anthem. Here is my wife at check-in:
One of our first duties was to assist in unpacking the flag and putting it together:
We then practiced a couple of times, learned our cues, and took the flag up underneath the stadium via tunnel access into the area down the 3rd base line.
We waited what seemed like forever in that tunnel, finally time to take the field. You can see us all bringing in the flag in the outfield.
Once on the field, here are some views from my camera phone:
Here are the Rangers lining up for the National Anthem:
As the Anthem begins, we unfurl the flag:
When it got to “Banner yet wave”, we had been instructed to make the flag wave. It was incredible, the crowd went nuts, and I’ve got to admit that a couple tears streamed down my face, it was surreal. My wife is the lady on the lower far right, and I’m the wide guy in the red shirt, black shorts beside her.
At the end of the Anthem, two helicopters flew over us. One had the Texas flag on the bottom, and the other had the American flag. My camera phone was able to capture it:
Here’s a better photo of the choppers:
Next up was the first pitch by two current Texans, Nolan Ryan and George W. Bush:
This was my view from the camera phone:
Here’s a shot from another angle that I’m going to have to get autographed. You can see me taking a photo to Bush’s left, I’m the blurry wide guy in the red shirt, black shorts, holding the camera up:
And here’s another shot where you can see left to right, my backside, my wife’s backside, George W. and Nolan Ryan. This is another one I’m going to get autographed:
After we got the flag put up (which took all of about 3 minutes, the Rangers hooked us up with a bag full of goodies, TShirts, hats, programs, etc. My wife and I then entered the Ballpark to go to the game and spied the ALCS trophies. Of course, I had to have a picture:
We got to see a great game, that was incredibly exciting, capped off by this Mike Napoli 3 run blast that removed any doubt as to the outcome. Here are some camera phone pics I got from our seats of the blast, in the first one, you can see the ball just beginning to leave the homeplate area, I got lucky and just happened to be taking the pictures at that time:
Holland pitched a whale of a good game, and here he is coming off the field after retiring the Cardinals in the 8th:
Holland led off pitching the ninth, but couldn’t quite get it done so it was time for Neftali:
Feliz recorded the final out on this pitch, and this capped off my favorite experience at the Ballpark.
What a birthday!!! The World Series didn’t end up like I wanted, but this was one night that I got to share with my wife, that I’ll never forget.
Walking up:
One of my friends arranged for my wife and I to be flag unfurlers on the field during the National Anthem. Here is my wife at check-in:
One of our first duties was to assist in unpacking the flag and putting it together:
We then practiced a couple of times, learned our cues, and took the flag up underneath the stadium via tunnel access into the area down the 3rd base line.
We waited what seemed like forever in that tunnel, finally time to take the field. You can see us all bringing in the flag in the outfield.
Once on the field, here are some views from my camera phone:
Here are the Rangers lining up for the National Anthem:
As the Anthem begins, we unfurl the flag:
When it got to “Banner yet wave”, we had been instructed to make the flag wave. It was incredible, the crowd went nuts, and I’ve got to admit that a couple tears streamed down my face, it was surreal. My wife is the lady on the lower far right, and I’m the wide guy in the red shirt, black shorts beside her.
At the end of the Anthem, two helicopters flew over us. One had the Texas flag on the bottom, and the other had the American flag. My camera phone was able to capture it:
Here’s a better photo of the choppers:
Next up was the first pitch by two current Texans, Nolan Ryan and George W. Bush:
This was my view from the camera phone:
Here’s a shot from another angle that I’m going to have to get autographed. You can see me taking a photo to Bush’s left, I’m the blurry wide guy in the red shirt, black shorts, holding the camera up:
And here’s another shot where you can see left to right, my backside, my wife’s backside, George W. and Nolan Ryan. This is another one I’m going to get autographed:
After we got the flag put up (which took all of about 3 minutes, the Rangers hooked us up with a bag full of goodies, TShirts, hats, programs, etc. My wife and I then entered the Ballpark to go to the game and spied the ALCS trophies. Of course, I had to have a picture:
We got to see a great game, that was incredibly exciting, capped off by this Mike Napoli 3 run blast that removed any doubt as to the outcome. Here are some camera phone pics I got from our seats of the blast, in the first one, you can see the ball just beginning to leave the homeplate area, I got lucky and just happened to be taking the pictures at that time:
Holland pitched a whale of a good game, and here he is coming off the field after retiring the Cardinals in the 8th:
Holland led off pitching the ninth, but couldn’t quite get it done so it was time for Neftali:
Feliz recorded the final out on this pitch, and this capped off my favorite experience at the Ballpark.
What a birthday!!! The World Series didn’t end up like I wanted, but this was one night that I got to share with my wife, that I’ll never forget.
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Thanx for sharing the pics and your story - I'm sorry about the outcome - I was hoping for your team - tho not a fan.
If I ever make it back to Texas, I'll have to go to a game. It looks like a nice park. Plus, we can go get some wings.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep."
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
Collecting:
Any unopened Baseball cello and rack packs and boxes from the 1970's and early 1980s.
Sorry for your loss, but thanks for sharing a great story.
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Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
Shane
Interesting to see Bush no longer wears "the jacket" in public.
Only an idiot would have a message board signature.
Great photos. Thanks for sharing that. I was actually going for the Cards but dang, what a great series. Both played amazing however.
Mike Napoli lives in my area and hes going to a card store like 20 min from me. He'll be signing and taking photos - keep a look out for that. Ill definitely have pictures posted up on here. Its going to be Saturday Dec 3. Cant wait!
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Ralph