Week 4: Dallas Cowboys vs. New Orleans Saints ~ Farewell Globe Life Park ~ Rest

GO COWBOYS!!! 3-0 (wins-losses)
Dallas Cowboys vs. New Orleans Saints (away vs. home)
Sunday, September 29th @ 7:20 PM CST

Test #4 comes this Sunday.

We've defeated the NY Giants, Washington Redskins, and the Miami Dolphins. People are saying those teams aren't good enough to give Dallas credit for the 3-0 start. A lot of people are either sold on our team, or think we're going to start a losing streak this week against the New Orleans and next week vs. the Packers.

What does Peyton Manning think? Watch this short clip from his analysis on Dak. He's on board. 

Keys to the Game... 

1. More Randall Cobb. With Gallup out with knee surgery, Cobb will need to play more of a role, opposite Amari Cooper. The Saints have given up the 3rd most fantasy points to WR's and allowed 436 yards per game (301 of those yards from the passing game). Throw the ball! Just not in the direction of Safety Vonn Bell or Marcus Williams. Williams already has 1 interception (INT) this year. 

2. Run the Ball. The Saints are going to rush Dak as much as possible. They have quick Defensive players who have 191 tackles and 52 sacks on the season. More tackles than the Patriots, but 21 less sacks. NE is leading the NFL in Defense... AND Offense. Next topic. Give Zeke the ball. Let him hurdle a few guys, no one get injured, and let's win this thing! 

3. The Saints QB. The All-Pro Drew Brees is out with a hand injury. This is super sad because we always want to play the staring guys, if we can. Not that Teddy Bridgewater is bad, he's their back-up QB, who lead them to victory over the Seattle Seahawks last week. He threw for 177 yards with a 70.4% completion rating and two TD's (touchdowns). He will get the ball to Michael Thomas, and we will have to find a way to stop him. 

4. Alvin Kamara. The Saints running back. He has 211 rushing yards and 179 receiving yards this season. I fully expect to see him in similar routes you'd see the Cowboys use Zeke in. It will be a fun battle for our D to figure out this new-ish offense without Brees and shut-down the run.

Remember that Dak is from Louisiana. The game is in Louisiana. I have a lot of friends in Louisiana that are Saints fans, and I love it because they cheer for Dak too! Well, some of them. The Mississippi State fans do. Thanks Ric!

GO COWBOYS!

Cowboys 21 ~ Saints 10

Checkout the Cowboys full schedule.

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#undefeated

GO RANGERS!!! 76-84 (wins ~ losses)

We went to the Red Sox vs. Rangers game Thursday. One last family outing, missing my sister who lives in CO. 

It was a crazy game. We watched Danny Santana hit a Grand Slam (home run with three runners on base to get 4 total runs) in the bottom of the 5th inning... only to have the Red Sox hit two solo home runs in the top of the 7th. So, what did we do? Hit two solo home runs of our own in the bottom of the 7th. Thanks to Calhoun and Odor. 

Then the fun part happened. None of us in the stadium knew why Mike Minor, one of our best pitchers, was still in the game in the 8th and then 9th inning. He had well over 100 pitches (which is normally around the cut-off), and then our first baseman, Guzman, let's a foul ball drop, right in front of him. We yelled, as only real fans do. Then the next pitch was a strike, to get his 9th strikeout (K) and get 200 strikeouts for the season. Wow. Okay, then we all knew why he was still in the game. Our team is out of the Post-season, but individual stats still matter. Also, it was the first time since 1990 that two of our pitchers had 200 strikeouts in a single season, Mike Minor and Lance Lynn.

Trivia: Who were the two Texas Rangers pitchers in 1990 that had 200 strikeouts? 

 

 

I also got to attend the Friday night Fireworks game vs. the New York Yankees (not in our season ticket seats). Had a great time with friends, watched a lot of Yankee home runs (6 to be exact), and "teared-up" during fireworks (links below).

I started going down memory lane... and I realized... I have a lot of good memories at the ballpark. Tears. 

I don't even think we have photos of all of them, but some of my favorites would include my birthday celebrations there. My parents took my friends and I to the game for my 21st birthday (yes, you read that correctly), paid for me to stand where the sign says "The Ballpark in Arlington" (it used to say that), and then the announcer shouted "The Texas Rangers and Dr Pepper would like to wish Lindsey Overby a happy 21st birthday" - haha! I was, by far, the oldest one up there, but I got an A-Rod bobble head! It was awesome!

Then a ton of my friends and family came out for my 30th birthday celebration. Made the mistake of sitting in the Home Run section, so hot!! But, we were able to go on the field after and that was so fun!! I loved being with all of them!

I'm not a big birthday person, but I'll use any excuse to go see a game. And for years the Yankees would come into town the week of my birthday, so naturally, that became a tradition as well (I lived in NYC for a few years, but don't worry, the Rangers are still my #1 team... the Yankees are #2, and so is Jeter). Another reason I had to see the Yankees play the Rangers one last time in The Ballpark in Arlington. 

More memories to come...

There are two Rangers vs. Yankees games left. If you're nostalgic like me - spend the money. Make the memory. Enjoy the green grass and fresh air one last time. 

Here's part one of the videos from the Farewell fireworks at Globe Life Park.

Here's part two of the videos from the Farewell fireworks at Globe Life Park. 

Trivia Answer: Bobby Witt and Nolan Ryan

Check out the full Rangers schedule. 

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#FarewellGLP

Random Info...
Rest. It's good for you.

I'm slowly learning this.

#hugsomeone
#rest

~smile~