It's this type of hype that is preventing me from spending any money on this team, specifically going to games, even on Dollar Hot Dog Nights, even with AC. They've gotten me watching TV again. Let's take it slow before we take it any further, ok? Let me know your true intentions.
On that note (sorta)... I had a chance earlier this year to go to an Arlington Renegades USFL game. They play at the old The Ballpark. That was as sad as it was creepy...Bits and pieces of the previous glories were still present, but... Bits and pieces is all they were. And the bowl itself...gutted. Almost, which was even creepier.
If this team is truly committed to the long haul (whatever that means these days), then ok, let's make some new memories. But dammit, none of this inflated expectations just to suck(er) the dollars. Fuck that. Mean what you say. Deeds not words.
And speaking of memories...the statue of Shannon and Cooper Stone is still where it's always been, not necessarily in disrepair, but not really kept up either. My granddaughter started to play in it, but my sib told her no don't do that, that's for somebody who died here. She's only 6, but she understood and said oh, soory, and got right down.
I mean, I still very much remember all that. It was horrible. And that statue is as moving as it ever was. In a lot of ways, it's more about the meaning of baseball as social fabric than any pennant or any player.
And they left it behind. They left them behind for the Fucking Arlington Renegades. The USFL.
Do I trust this organization yet?
No.