Casual fans have become avid watchers ever since the Texas Rangers made it to the World Series. Both students and faculty all around campus have been talking about baseball, and the overall morale has risen.
The Rangers have historically been a mediocre Major League Baseball team – apart from their two year run 12 years ago when they made it to the World Series back to back in 2010 and 2011. But, neither of those years they were successful.
According to freshman Ahan Jain, interest in the Rangers and baseball in general has been very low, specifically in our generation. But with a local Dallas favorite team making it this far, attention and talk about baseball is at an all-time high.
“I [used to watch] the highlights at least,” he said. “I still don’t find [the games] that entertaining because I don’t like baseball that much, but since we’re in the World Series I watch it regularly.”
A big factor in this is that playoff baseball is a lot different than regular baseball: every inning has high stress and importance. Still, baseball is rarely watched.
This new spike could lead to more viewership in the future World Series among Greenhill students.
“I’ve been watching every game. I just sat down and watched the thing start to finish,” said freshman Leo Meyer.
According to Meyer, a winning team in the metroplex excites people, and the occurrence of a World Series champion team in Dallas is a great feeling no one can deny.
At 10:01 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 1, with a final score of 5-0, the Texas Rangers’ legacy was solidified after winning their first ever World Series during the team’s 62 years in the league.
