"In the blink of an eye, my little Abel is so big."

Houston, in a villa in the Oak River community.

Arya Smith looked at the heroic young man in front of her with emotion and couldn't help but say.

Alex said: "Time passes, you and I are old~"

Looking at the emotional looks of the two old men, Abel hurriedly diverted the topic:

"That's right. When I was on the road, grandpa, you said there was a show in the evening. What's on offer? ”

"Hey, hey, hey~"

Hearing him say this, Alex laughed.

Under his wife's helpless gaze, the old guy groped in a few pockets on his body.

And then-"Bell~~" Alex cried out and pulled out three movie ticket-like things.

Abel looked at it and found that it should be three tickets.

He took it, looked at it, and saw that it was a ticket for an MLB game.

MLB is the abbreviation of Major League Baseball, which is one of the four major professional leagues in the United States.

The NBA, which is a household name in the Celestial Empire, is also one of the Big Four.

Among the four majors, if you have to talk about rankings, you can look at the data of ratings, number of fans and attendance.

In the ratings, the most popular is obviously the NFL, that is, football.

The NFL's annual Super Bowl can be called the Spring Festival Gala in the United States, and it is a big gala.

The famous NFL team Yankees are more famous in the United States than the Bulls, Lakers, Celtics, etc. combined.

Under the NFL, it's the turn of the MLB league, that is, baseball.

At the bottom are ice hockey and basketball, which have been competing for third place.

Sometimes it's third in the NBA, sometimes it's third in the NHL, it's third in ice hockey.

But that's just in the case of the United States, if you count Canada.

Then the NBA is completely at the bottom, because ice hockey is very popular in Canada.

And if in the United States, in terms of the number of fans, the number one is deservedly baseball!

This has to do with its extremely high popularity rate, which is basically an American who has a favorite baseball team, but not necessarily a favorite football team.

The attendance rate is not easy to say, but the basketball court is the smallest, so the basketball attendance rate may be the highest.

Like most American families, the Smiths have their favorite baseball team.

That baseball team is the Texas Rangers.

The reason why I like the Rangers is because the family has a small stake in the team.

Also because the Rangers' home stadium is in Arlington City, which is only about twelve miles from Fort Worth.

and the city of Arlington, which is under the rule of Tarrant County.

This belongs to the hometown team, and the Tarrants don't support it, do they support the Houston Astros?

"Astros vs. Rangers~ Oh no, the last inter-league game is still Texas' own derby."

Looking at the tickets, Abel smiled and said, "It's still a VIP seat, dear Alex, and you're breaking the bank." Okay, I'm going to find two girlfriends to go to the game together, and I won't waste these three tickets. ”

The old man blew his beard and glared, trying to grab the ticket, "Give it back to me, I can only give you one." The rest is mine and Arya's. If you have a girlfriend, you can buy it yourself!! ”

Abel got out of the way to avoid the ticket being snatched away by his grandfather, and said with a smile: "Be careful, don't tear the ticket!" ”

Alex didn't really want to grab his ticket, he just made a show, and the grandfather and grandson were used to this way of getting along.

"Alright." As usual, Arya smiled and came out to be a peacemaker:

"Don't rob it. Abel, if you can really find two girlfriends, then the tickets can be given to you. So, where's your girlfriend? ”

"My girlfriends are all at work and they're busy. So at night, I can only go to see it with my grandfather and grandma. ”

Seeing that Abel said these words indifferently, Arya's heart moved.

She had some ideas.

But seeing that Alex was about to fight Abel again, she suppressed this idea in her heart for the time being.

smiled and made peace with the grandfather and grandson.

After dinner, Abel drove the car.

Alex and his wife sat in the back compartment, and the other bodyguards drove in the other cars in front and behind.

The team departed for the MLB Texas Derby tonight.

It is also the home of the Houston Astros, and is still named after the Houston Space Stadium.

In a parallel time and space, the stadium will be two years away.

It was named Minute Maid Stadium by the Coca-Cola Company at an annual cost of about six million dollars.

From the villa of the old couple, the distance by car is not far.

In about half an hour, we arrived near the stadium.

This half-hour was mainly wasted near the goal field, and the road became particularly congested.

Tonight is the Astros vs. Rangers, the only two MLB teams in Texas to face off.

Or Texas, the last game of this year's MLB preseason.

Not only Houston local fans, but a large number of Texas fans who can afford and have money.

Especially the fans in Tarrant County, who have the ability and money, almost all of them flocked over.

The stadium obviously can't accommodate so many people, and the tickets have long been sold out.

But these loyal fans, even if they can't go into the stadium to watch the game.

They are also willing to watch the live broadcast in the square outside the stadium, from a distance of hundreds of meters, and listen to the cheers of the stadium inside.

In this way, there are too many people coming.

So much so that the vicinity of the stadium was crowded and clogged.

"It's so hilarious." Abel, who was driving, couldn't help but sigh.

After being reborn, Abel rarely drove.

At the beginning, I had just made money in New York and bought several sports cars.

Ferrari, Porsche, Pagani, Lamborghini and the American's own supercar Corvette.

It was okay at the beginning, after all, you can't say you are poor before you are reborn, but you can't get a sports car for a lifetime.

After being reborn, if you have money, you can open these things that you couldn't touch before.

He was naturally excited at first, and enjoyed it.

But New York is famous for its traffic jams, and Manhattan is famous all over the world.

When driving a sports car, stuck in the streets of Manhattan.

This kind of taste, that's called a sour.

After the freshness passed, he quickly got tired of supercars.

Later, except for a few times when he was a girl, he rarely drove by himself.

This time, it was mainly because of his grandparents that he volunteered to be a driver.

When I was in the city center, it was fine, but it was jammed near the stadium.

Fortunately, he was not "fighting" alone, along with the Cadillac Escalade he drove.

There were four other cars around, driven by his bodyguards.

Four cars surrounded him, and by the way, they also opened the way for him.

Abel only needs to follow behind the Toyota Sequoia butt in front of him, so he doesn't have to be afraid of being rear-ended or rear-ended.

Or I'm not afraid of rear-end collisions, it's my own car anyway.

The traffic jam of the rich is so unpretentious.

"There's going to be a big battle tonight." Alex is obviously a baseball fan, and at the age of seventy, he still loves it.

"Everybody's coming, so of course it's lively. Alexander said he wanted to come too, but I didn't have a ticket for him!! ”

Arya was tempted to debunk her husband's boasting, as her son, Alexander, didn't say so.

Alexander, on the other hand, is not a baseball fan.

But without Arya's appearance, Able can debunk Grandpa's boasting.

"Less. Grandpa, my dad doesn't like baseball. He only loves rugby. Abel debunked mercilessly.

More than two meters tall and as strong as a bear, Alexander was the captain of the varsity team when he was in college.

Alex was a little angry, but couldn't refute it.

It's all their own family, who can be deceived by this kind of thing?

The old man diverted the subject, "Hmph. Don't talk about that, you see, the stadium is beautiful, right? The home of the Astros has only been opened for a short time this year. ”

It had reached the parking lot, but the convoy did not enter the public parking lot.

Under Alex's guidance, the team drove into the stadium's VI P parking lot.

This parking lot is small in size and the number of cars parked is not large.

But it's basically a luxury car, because this is a place where only fans who have bought VIP tickets can park and enter.

After parking the car, Abel looked at the stadium not far away.

The former site of the Houston Union Station was built on the site, and the stadium's architectural design cleverly preserves the station's old architecture and serves as an entrance.

It looks a bit retro, and the surrounding area is blended with modern buildings, which is very beautiful.

It's obviously not the first time Alex has been here, and the old man knows how to lead the way.

As he walked, he said, "This stadium is still relatively well repaired." It's much prettier than our Ameri Quiss Stadium, and it's a lot better. ”

Abel shrugged, "There's no comparison. America Quay Field opened in '94, when I was 14 years old. I'm 20 years old now, and the course just opened this year. ”

The new one is better than the old one.

What's more, Houston's population, economy, and other scales far exceed Arlington's.

The Astros Stadium, better than Ameri Quay Stadium, is too normal to be bigger.

"Okay. You have a point, too. I still love Ameri's Queesh Stadium though, hehe, I designed the dressing room! Alex said.

Three generations of the Smith family, all of whom graduated from Rice University.

Abel studied Fine Arts at the University of Alexandria, Business at Alexandria University, and Interior Design at Alex University.

It's just that after graduation, Alex and his son went back to inherit the family business honestly.

While chatting, the grandfather and grandson walked into the VIP passage of the stadium.

VIP access here, it's not just them.

There were other guests who bought VIP seats, and these guests were wealthy people.

It is said that the price of tonight's tickets, the most ordinary tickets, has been fried to $80 each.

Keep in mind that on a regular basis, it costs only $12 a piece.

In the MLB league, the price of home tickets varies from team to team.

Generally speaking, the Eastern Division, especially on the East Coast, is a little more expensive.

For example, the famous Yankees, the ticket price is 15, 25, 150, and 325 yuan in normal times.

Here in Houston, it's usually 12, 20, 100, 220.

Now because it's a special derby, it's been fried by scalpers.

The $220 ticket is said to have earned thousands of dollars.

But these are actually just ordinary tickets, and there are VIP tickets in addition to these tickets.

There are two ways to get VIP tickets.

One is that he has money, and he spends money to buy it directly, and the usual price is 1,888 US dollars.

The other is related, such as having a relationship with the team's senior management, such as the team's senior management taking the initiative to send you tickets.

And Alex, Abel doesn't know if it's the latter or the former.

If it's the former, it's estimated that it will cost a lot of money.

Unless you buy it in advance, today's VIP tickets are estimated to be sold for at least five or six thousand dollars.

VIP tickets are expensive, so naturally there is a reason why they are expensive.

VI P Parking Lot, VI P Entry, VIP Seat Guide, Best Sight Seats, VIP Gifts and Complimentary Drinks, Drinks, Snacks and more.

For the wealthy, this cost can enjoy this superior service.

It's really good, and it can even be said that it couldn't be cheaper.

Ten minutes later, Abel was already sitting on the noisy court with his grandparents.

After sitting in his seat, Abel judged that Alex's ticket should not be simply bought with money.

Because their seats are right next to the Away Rangers' resting place.

Not far to the left, is Anthony, the head coach of the Rangers who has entered.

This position, it is estimated that even if you have money, you can't buy it.

Reminiscent of the Smith family is a minority shareholder in the Rangers, Alex is also a veteran baseball fan, and it is estimated that he participated in the rebuilding of the Rangers back then.

To be able to sit here, it is most likely because of this relationship, not because of simple money.

"It's so hilarious."

After sitting in his seat, Abel, who watched this kind of large-scale game for the first time since his rebirth, couldn't help but sigh.

He looked around and saw that all the seats were almost full.

Alex just said that this new stadium can accommodate about 41,000 spectators.

If you add more seats, 42,000 to 43,000 people can fit in.

This is obviously the case tonight.

In other words, there are likely to be more than 42,000 spectators at the scene.

In terms of atmosphere, it is naturally crowded with people and gongs and drums.

In this atmosphere, even Abel couldn't help but be a little excited.

It's hard for anyone who hasn't been to a major sports event or concert to experience this feeling.

Humans are social animals, when a group is excited about something.

It's hard to describe that feeling.

Young billionaires, are excited a bit like a child.

He suddenly saw his grandfather, Alex standing up.

He also saw Alex greeting to the lower left, which was the Rangers' resting place.

"Hey, Herbert. Good evening, I didn't expect you to come too. Alex laughed loudly.

Bottom left team rest.

Behind him was an old white man who was smiling and talking to the team's head coach and staff, and looked up to see Alex and Abel.

Then a smile broke out on his face, and he also responded loudly to Alex:

"Hey, it's you. Alex, I knew that. Others may not come. But you will definitely come. ”

"Haha~" Alex smiled and said, "No way, because I love baseball!" ”

(End of chapter)