Dallas / Fort Worth and Me

At the corner of East Randol Mill Road and Stadium Drive in Arlington, Texas, roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth, stands this monument to the Metroplex’s love of baseball. It’s had several names, but since March 2007 it’s been called the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. That’s because it’s where the Texas Rangers play their home games.

As you can see, I took these sucky photos during the off season, when the place was shut down for repairs. Here’s how it looks from a distance, on a brighter day than the one I visited on:

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Beyond having to constantly weave my way through neighborhood street games populated by erstwhile young Peles and Beckhams, I don’t have much to do with soccer.

Apparently, however, I’m an exception to the local rule.

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The combination of “hockey” and “Texas” may seem counterintuitive, given the general lack of ice in the Lone Star State, but by golly, it works. While watching a bunch of guys chase after a puck doesn’t come as natural to Texas fans as football, we’ve learned to enjoy it; and over the past decade or so, hockey has started to spread all over Texas, even unto the smaller cities like Odessa  and Midland (which you may recall as the President’s  hometown). Notice that I said that hockey has spread, not just its popularity. Minor-league teams are popping up all over. Odessa’s is called the Jackalopes.

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