There are no baseball fans in Texas.

I like keeping up on the baseball standings throughout the year, and this year the race that has caught my attention is the AL Central. It’s the most intriguing. Joe Mauer redefining the position of the catcher much like Johnny Bench did it in the 80’s. And outspoken manager Ozzie Guillen and his White Sox who just never seem to go away. Minnesota made a run, then Chicago, and now Minnesota.

The most surprising though is the AL West. A rejuvenated Vlad, and a potential MVP that has no more demons to beat down, Hamilton, is crushing the rest of the division when the LA Angels looked (on paper) as the team that was going to win this division easily…. Again.

And much to my pleasure they played a 4 game series in Arlington. Like an AL Pennant preview, the 2 goliaths battled it out. And last night when Cliff Lee, the Moses Malone of the modern MLB, and Francisco Liriano, Minnesota’s best pitcher without handlebars on his face, went at it.

And 24,738 people came to see it. That is a staggering 50.3% of a stadium that’s capacity is 49,115.

The largest division lead in all of baseball and nobody in the entire state of Texas seems to care. I’m gonna jump on the bandwagon just cause nobody else has. Go Rangers.

I guess things aren't ALWAYS bigger in Texas,
definitely not the fan base.