Here is the starting line ups for the
White Sox @ Rangers game during our first day at Spring Training.
My Rangers are warming up here in Surprise, AZ.
Newly acquired infielder Asdrubal Cabrera is on deck as Joey Gallo is at bat.
Former Dodgers Infielder Logan Forsythe is making his way to the plate here. The Rangers signed him to a minor league deal and invited him to camp this year.
My buddies Chad and Bob are here with me at the game. I kept telling Bob not to wear that hat. LOL. The A's suck!
I bid on and won a football autographed by former Cowboys FB Daryl "The Moose" Johnston at the game. The proceeds go to a good cause also.
We got to see Infielder Ronald Guzman up close as he took batting practice at the Surprise Stadium also.
Guzman is the 1st baseman for the Rangers.
We went to Cholla Prime Steak House at Arizona Casino in Scottsdale for dinner on that first night. This was actually a decent bottle of wine that we picked out for us.
We were served a sorbet course as well to cleanse the pallet between our amuse course and the main course.
I ordered the filet mignon and grilled shrimp for my main course.
We watched the Giants play the As the next day in Mesa. I hate both teams, but I hate the As even more so I rooted for the Giants.
We played a little golf...um...Top Golf I mean in Scottsdale on Monday.
Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport has therapy dogs that anyone can pet. "Misty" was a nice dog.
We had to go to
Spring Training a little earlier in 2019 because my buddy wanted to see
his As play before they went to Japan for the rest of Spring
Training. However, our first game of this trip was the
best! We got to see my Texas Rangers take on the White Sox.
We got good weather for most of the trip however. I ended up
bidding on an autographed Daryl Johnston football too, and I won
it! Daryl Johnston was the Cowboys FB from the glory years of the
1990s when we won three Superbowls! It was $125, but the proceeds
go to a great cause.
For dinner, we tried a new steakhouse in Scottsdale called Cholla Prime Steakhouse. The service and food was excellent. The staff brought us warm towels to wash our hands as we sat down. After selecting a bottle of wine, the waitress brought us an amuse compliments of the chef. Afterwards, we enjoyed a raspberry sorbet to cleanse the pallet as our entrees were being prepared. The steak was not bad at all. They even gave us macarons after the dessert when the check was brought to us.
I had to watch the crappy A's on Sunday since my buddy is an A's fan. Afterwards, we tried a great restaurant in Tempe called Ghost Ranch with a buddy of mine who worked at my company before he retired and his family. That night, we partied in Tempe by Mill Avenue. It was a little slow since it was a Sunday night.
We went to Top Golf on Monday, and I ended up finishing first! For a while, I was scoring on almost every drive! Another great Spring Training trip was in the books after we got to pet a therapy dog at the airport and fly home.
For dinner, we tried a new steakhouse in Scottsdale called Cholla Prime Steakhouse. The service and food was excellent. The staff brought us warm towels to wash our hands as we sat down. After selecting a bottle of wine, the waitress brought us an amuse compliments of the chef. Afterwards, we enjoyed a raspberry sorbet to cleanse the pallet as our entrees were being prepared. The steak was not bad at all. They even gave us macarons after the dessert when the check was brought to us.
I had to watch the crappy A's on Sunday since my buddy is an A's fan. Afterwards, we tried a great restaurant in Tempe called Ghost Ranch with a buddy of mine who worked at my company before he retired and his family. That night, we partied in Tempe by Mill Avenue. It was a little slow since it was a Sunday night.
We went to Top Golf on Monday, and I ended up finishing first! For a while, I was scoring on almost every drive! Another great Spring Training trip was in the books after we got to pet a therapy dog at the airport and fly home.