WITH THE TEAM AND HE IS PART OF
TONIGHT’S FESTIVITIES CATCHING THE FIRST PITCH FROM FORMER
PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH.
LOTS OF FUN AT THE PRINT THIS
WORLD SERIES RUN IS THE LONG-
AWAITED ANSWER TO PRAYERS OF SO
MANY HAVE ROOTED FOR THE
RANGERS THEIR ENTIRE LIVES.
TO DATE WE SET DOWN SOME OF THE
TEAMS BIGGEST FANS ABOUT THE
WAYS THEIR SUPPORT HAS EVOLVED
OVER THE YEARS.
>> AS LIFELONG FANS OF THE
RANGERS --
>> REALLY SINCE I CHIEF SPORTS
CONSCIOUSNESS --
>> MULTIPLE SUPPORTERS.
MOST NOTABLY.
>> A VERY SURREAL DAY.
>> THE WAS THE ONE CAPTURED BY
NBC 5 CAMERAS WHEN THE COLLEGE
FRIENDS BECAME KNOWN AS THE NET
MAN.
>> BRIAN HAD ACCESS TO CHEAP
TICKETS.
THE FRONT ROW AND DOWN THE
THIRD BASE LINE WAS KIND OF A
FINAL TO US.
SO THE WALL WAS HIGH ENOUGH THAT YOU COULD REACH OVER WITH
A GLOVE AND NOT FILE OUT OF THE
STANDS BUT YOU COULD REACH A
NET DOWN AND THEY DIDN’T HAVE
ANY RULES AS TO THE SIZE OF THE
NETS.
>> FOR MULTIPLE SEASONS, THE
FRENCH SHOWED UP AT THE
BALLPARK WITH FISHING NETS
SNAGGING BALLS FROM GAMES THEY WILL NEVER FORGET.
>> IN BASEBALL SOME DETAIL HOME
RUN OR A FOUL BALL, YOU CATCH
IT AND IT IS YOURS.
IT’S LIKE A PIECE OF THE GAME
AND I WAS THOUGHT THAT WAS
PRETTY COOL.
>> IS LIFE EVOLVED SO DID THE
WAY THEY SHOW THEIR SUPPORT.
SPERRY WOULD SHARE HIS PASSION
FOR THE RANGERS WITH HIS WIFE
AND CHILDREN.
>> WE WENT TO A DIFFERENT
BALLPARKS.
>> INCLUDING HIS YOUNGEST NAME
FOR A RANGERS GREAT.
>> NOLAN WAS BORN 12 YEARS AGO
TODAY AND THAT WAS THE FATEFUL DAY OF GAME SIX WHERE IT LOOKED
LIKE THE RANGERS HAD IT WON AND
LOST IT AT THE VERY END.
>> THIS TIME AROUND THE FATHER
AND SON WILL WATCH TOGETHER
WITH TICKETS ALREADY SECURED
FOR GAME FOUR.
KINZER SAID HE’S HOLDING OUT
HOPE TO ATTEND GAME SIX.
>> I HOPE THAT THE RANGERS CAN
PUSH THROUGH.
THE COWBOYS HAVE WON AND THE
STARS HAVE WON AND THE
MAVERICKS HAVE WON AND I HOPE
FOR THE FRANCHISE AND ALL THE
BASEBALL FANS OUT THERE THAT
THEY ARE ABLE TO DO IT THIS
YEAR.