On Thursday night Reese and I needed to get our off-season baseball fix so we went to Arlington for an autograph signing with a few of the Rangers. It's become an annual event hosted by a local Rangers fan blogger. We had to wait in line for something like 2 hours this year, and I was afraid Reese might be a train-wreck by the time we got to the players. While we were waiting in line we were able to order some french fries. That got Reese re-energized while we waited.
Once we finally got up to the front of the line Reese started getting very excited. By the time we got ushered up to the signing table he was ecstatic. I wasn't sure if he'd remember them since it's been a couple months since the season ended. But he recognized all of the guys, even in street clothes. Reese brought his cap to get signed and I brought along a foul ball we caught last season and got it signed too. Here are the pictures of Reese with some of his heroes.
Reese with pitcher Tommy Hunter- he was very cool and really liked Reese's full uniform.
Derek Holland said to Reese, "Hi, I'm Derek, what's you're name?"...and Reese was so awe-struck he couldn't say anything. He just grinned from ear to ear.
Former Rangers OF Rusty Greer was on hand, next to current 1B Chris Davis. They wanted Reese to come over between them for a picture but Reese was too nervous, so Greer picked him up and put him in his lap. I told Reese who Rusty Greer was before we went so he thought this was very cool. For the record, Reese informed me on the way home that Chris Davis is his new favorite player.
Becky and Abby stayed back so Abby could finish some DIY Christmas gifts. Abby was perfectly fine with that until she heard that her favorite player, Ian Kinsler, was going to be there. (he's Becky's favorite too so she was bummed also). So I asked Ian to send Abby a little message...
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