Before we left Galveston the boys really wanted to stop at a souvenir shop. Matt got a toy turtle, Joe and david got shark tooth necklaces, and they all got a few shells. We shopped at the Mermaid Souvenir Pier. This was a really cool place on the Gulf.
So many shells to choose from...
There were some great views of the Gulf at the back of the Mermaid Souvenir Pier.
Joe was just chillin' on the pier...
Before we left Galveston, I had to stop at Starbucks. No, not for the expensive coffee! June the 5th was the day of Paul McCartney's latest release and the Starbucks record label was carrying it.
David is checking out the new CD. After buying David and Matt root beer and a strawberry drink for Joe, we went over to Little Caesar's and ate pizza before leaving Galveston on our way to Arlington.
We're on our way...back on the road again...
Approaching Houston...good photo, Joe!
After checking into our hotel in Arlington, we didn't waste much time heading over to Rangers Ballpark at Arlington. Our room was less than a mile from the park.
We were there so we could get in when the gates opened; two hours before the first pitch. We hoped this would give the boys a chance to get some autographs. Matt has one of his new Ranger's jerseys on. I found four practically new (some still with tags) Rangers jerseys for the boys recently on Ebay.
Joe is ready, sporting his new Rangers jersey. The promotion for this game was Rangers tee shirts for two dollars. I bought us each one.
David is sporting his Cubs Sammy Sosa jersey.
Here we are in line near the first base on deck circle hoping to get an autograph. A nice lady from Tyler, TX offered to take our photograph. David was over behind the dugout at the time.
This is David, with the Rangers' dugout and the right field stands behind him.
Some guy standing over to our left seemed to know a lot of the players and coaches who periodically went over to greet him. This is Magglio Ordonez of the Detroit Tigers.
Tigers manager Jim Leland seemed to be in excellent shape as he was hitting ground balls to his infielders. He was also very nice. He came over and signed autographs for Joe and Matt.
David (of course) took this photo of Sammy's sign down the right field line.
David also took this photo of Sammy's sign as we walked to our seats.
The guy in front of us wore the bag over his head the entire game.
We had pretty good seats in section 215. I heard an advertisement on the Rangers broadcast selling tickets for half price in this section. The Rangers have the worst record in baseball, mainly because they have the worst pitching staff in baseball. The Rangers actually won this game, though, 7-4.
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