The June Swoon

Posted on June 24, 2008 | Comments Off on The June Swoon

It’s touching, if a trifle saddening, to watch Mr. Boy become such a fan of the Texas Rangers baseball team. Partly, it’s because they’re from Texas (he also likes the Astros but not to the same degree) but it’s also because they have a .506 season-to-date average. But I know that they frequently look good by early June, only to crater by the end of the month, and be out of hope for the pennant long before August. But maybe this year will be different. I hope so. Hate to see an eight-year-old disillusioned, especially when he so loves to play (and watch) baseball.

This entry was posted in Mr. Boy and tagged . Bookmark the permalink.

0 responses to “The June Swoon”

  1. Scott's avatar Scott | June 24, 2008 at 9:48 pm |

    Listen here, I got my Rangers virus when I was 12 and they moved to town. Disillusionment is a part of baseball, and a part of life. Best he gets clear on that now with something so ephemereal and permanent as baseball.
    But don’t you go and squish Mr. B’s baseball loves. There’s nothing stronger, and I speak as a man with two ex-wives and countless tweeners. The Rangers outlasted all of them. It could just as easily have been the Astros, except they’re NLers from down south.
    If I had your address, I’d send B an old flag or t-shirt or something, God love his pea-pickin’ Ranger heart.

  2. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | June 24, 2008 at 10:21 pm |

    Hi Scott. He really does have it bad. He tried to watch the Cubs-Orioles tonight, since we couldn’t get the Rangers game, but he gave up after a few innings. Disillusionment IS good training. He certainly had enough of it this past Little League season, with all his strikeouts. But he still wants to play fall ball. I actually like the Rangers, too. I miss Pudge, for instance. But I’ve seen them fail too often to invest much emotion in them, anymore.