For the 2010 American League Division Series playoffs that is! For the first time since 1998, the Texas Rangers are headed to the playoffs and I'm right behind them. We are so thrilled with how the team has done this year! A big congratulations to the Texas Rangers and all their fans! Please continue to support the Rangers and cheer them on!
What Has the Ryan Family Been Up to in 2010?
Ruth and I are spending lots of time in the DFW Metroplex where I'm president and now an owner of the Texas Rangers.
Reid and Reese stay busy with the Ryans’ minor league baseball operations in Round Rock and Corpus Christi. Recently, the Round Rock Express became affiliated with the Texas Rangers in a reunion of sorts of our family. They also run the Central Texas franchise for The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and recently opened their fifth store in Austin.
Wendy, her husband and 2-year-old son live in Amarillo. They are involved in her husband’s family ranching operation near Palo Duro Canyon.
Our children’s time is challenged just like mine. So when it comes to ranching it’s pretty much myself and the employees that I have.
What else is new in 2010?
The severe drought of 2009 was really hard on us. But the spring and summer were more promising as we watched our cattle find more grazing opportunities on all of our ranches.
With nature’s help, we will increase the number of cows we take care of this year, but we’ll do it from within our own operation rather than buying them. If we produce the mamas, we have better control over the type of beef we produce from our calves.
No doubt it’s a slow process. And it’s even slower because of our family’s schedule.
Nonetheless, we continue to focus on our beef operation. Recently we sold our San Angelo, Texas, ranch and bought a ranch between Sonora and Junction on the north Llano River in Texas. We call it the Fort Terrett Ranch because the land holds the ruins of the old military camp by that name. It was occupied by U.S. federal troops from 1854-1856 to protect settlers along the Old San Antonio Road. A lot of the beef we’ll put in the Nolan Ryan program in coming years will come from this historic old ranch.
It's Time!