Due to a stream of classic street rods cruising the interstate like a parade of rainbow-colored Skittles, and a side trip for some solo, socially distanced sightseeing in Commerce, Oklahoma, I arrived late enough at Globe Life Field to watch something I hadn’t seen in months.
Inside Arlington, Texas’ new big-box ballpark the Los Angeles Dodgers had clinched the National League pennant moments earlier. The road to my hotel, Nolan Ryan Expressway, allowed a quick swoop around the stadium and there it was, hard to miss even after all this time of actively avoiding one — a crowd.