I’m going to be at Saturday’s game. It will only be my second game of the year so far (after opening day). I’m getting a good one. The pitching matchup will be Vicente Padilla and Roy Oswalt. That should be quite good (assuming they both pitch like themselves). Just saw one thing come across the Ft Worth Star Telegram Rangers blog. Check this out:
The national anthem before the Rangers-Astros game at 6 p.m. Saturday will be played and sung live via satellite from Baghdad, Iraq. The anthem will be performed by soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division, which is based in Fort Hood. This is the first time the Rangers have had the anthem performed via satellite.
Normally, the National Anthem bores me. Not the message behind it, but the fact that most people who sing it make it their personal time to go “LOOK AT ME!”
However, having it come in from Iraq is a seriously badass idea. I can’t wait to see that.
Thanks for the heads up — I’ll be at the Saturday game, too, and
I will admit that I always wait until after the Anthem to enter the
seating bowl .. however, for a different reason. I am a crier. I
always cry during the Anthem — always have and am sure that I always will. I was in the Army 1973-76 and the words to that song just rip through me. I saw no VietNam action, but I had plenty of friends that did.
This time, I’ll just take plenty of kleenex.