6/24/2024

A&M just lost, and I couldn’t help but think about my friend Ross, who passed over ten years ago. I would have loved to be texting him for the last few days even weeks about Texas A&M’s baseball season and everything else in our lives.

Tonight, alone we would have texted back and forth twenty or thirty times about the baseball game. We would probably have been like schoolgirls texting back and forth, talking about a hit or bad call—especially the last three innings. 

I think of him often especially during football season or sporting events that we both would have loved. That was our time to shine. He knew everything about sports. At all hours of the day, he was watching some sporting event. Whether it be football, baseball, basketball or even women’s volleyball or cricket he would be watching it and know about the sport and people playing. More than once, I would walk into his house, and he would be watching some game on tv that I knew nothing about, but he would know the players and everything about the game. If no game was on, I can guarantee you that he would be watching SportsCenter. 

The last few weeks with Texas A&M baseball remined me of the year he passed away. Back then Johnny Football was the talk of the town and what I would have given to pick up the phone and talk to him about this kid who was taking the world by storm. Watching Johnny Football play the game without a care in the world and living like a rock star, helped push me through that difficult time in my life. 

Even though Texas A&M did not win the World Series tonight, I can laugh and sleep good knowing that my friend is looking down shaking his head in disappointment and all he would say is, “Fucking Aggies.”