top custom html 1ARLINGTON, Texas -- There was the legend, standing in the middle of a baseball field strewn with empty bottles of ginger ale and red, white, and blue confetti. His Texas Rangers had been American League champions for nearly an hour now, and it was all beginning to sink in. "The fans here have just waited a long, long time for this," said Nolan Ryan, already donning the commemorative blue Rangers hat and the commemorative red t-shirt. "Looking back to spring training, I just felt like this team was on a mission. There was a lot to overcome, but this is a resilient team, an unbelievably resilient team. It's a credit to the organization. It's just ..." -- he paused for a moment and gazed up into the stands, where 50,000 fans were still standing and cheering, then continued -- "... very, very rewarding."bottom custom html 1
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