Nick met Josh Hamilton!

The Texas Rangers have a program called the Texas Rangers Kids Take The Field. It is sponsored by RaceTrac gas stations. At the beginning of the season we were at a Rangers game and noticed that they would be having a Kids Take The Field sign up at the RaceTrac by our house. So the day came and Marty took all of the boys and Nick got picked! He was so excited.

They gave us really good seats at the game and Nick got to go on the field before the game started. They pick 9 kids for each game to take the field and each kid gets assigned a position and they get to meet the player at their position and get an autographed baseball. But they don't tell the kids which position they will be at until right before they go on the field. Nick got center field. You don't realize just how big a major league ball park is until you see an 11-year-old kid run all the way out to center field! But he did great! Here he is hanging out in center field waiting to meet his player.

The Texas Ranger center fielder is Josh Hamilton. He's a pretty big name player so it was really cool that Nick got his position. Here is Nick meeting Josh Hamilton and getting his autograph.

Josh Hamilton is a great baseball player and has overcome some issues in his life to stay in the game. Mainly he overcame a drug addiction with the help of his belief in Jesus Christ. It's a very inspiring story. You should watch his testimonial on the I Am Second web site. Click here to see the video. Here is the baseball that Josh autographed for Nick. It has his signature and the verse 1 Peter 2:24. This verse reads, "He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; by his wounds you have been healed."

Then we stayed and watched most of the game. As I said earlier, they gave us really good seats on the 1st base side. Pretty much right by the Rangers dugout. Here is Josh Hamilton warming up before it was his turn at bat.

And here is Nick back at our house with his autographed baseball. He is very proud of it and this is a day he will never forget.

And you know I had to take a video of this event. It's pretty long but watch it all. It's amazing how big that field is!! I'm so proud of Nick!

And here is some music. This is Josh Hamilton's walk-up music (the song that plays when he goes up to bat). It's Phillips, Craig & Dean: Saved The Day