T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Monday
October 25, 2010
Volume 92, No.
34
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY JOHN HARDEN
The Shorthorn news editor
After the second out, the cheers
went silent.
It was the top of the ninth,...
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T H E U N I V E R S I T Y O F T E X A S A T A R L I N G T O N
Monday
October 25, 2010
Volume 92, No.
34
www.
theshorthorn.
com
Since 1919
BY JOHN HARDEN
The Shorthorn news editor
After the second out, the cheers
went silent.
It was the top of the ninth, the
New York Yankees were at bat, trailing 6-1.
“It felt like a dream,” alumnus
Jerry Wan said.
“Everything went
still because we knew it was happening.
”
Wan, a Rangers fan, watched
with his family at Buffalo Wild
Wings.
When it seemed likely the
Texas Rangers would finally reach
the World Series, everyone’s attention was on the game, Wan said.
“I folded my hands together as if
I was praying.
Come to think of it, I
was praying.
I prayed for one more
out, that’s all,” he said
Wan said he’s been a Ranger fan
since his dad took him to one of
their games when he was in middle
school.
“I’ll never forget where I was
when I became a fan,” he said.
“And
I’ll never forget the moment I knew
we were going to win, surrounded by
my family
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