Back Talk benefit: 2 free front-row Texas Rangers tickets for tonight (Friday), first-responder only

IT PAYS TO READ THE BLOG - THESE TICKETS ARE GONE NOW AND ONLY LASTED 3 MINUTES AFTER THE POST WENT UP! BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW TO KEEP READING IN THE FUTURE ... One of our sons has his own baseball team practice tonight, so as a thank-you to our blog readers, I'm offering up 2 front-row tickets and a reserved space parking pass (total value: $161) to tonight's Texas Rangers-Oakland A's baseball game (starts at 7:05 p.m.) to the first Back Talk reader to send an email to [email protected]. These seats are between the visitor's dugout and the tarp, and if you happen to bring along a young child, you have an excellent chance of getting a free baseball: Oakland's third-base coach makes a habit of coming over to the stands between innings and handing out MLB baseballs to kids. Remember - I only have 2 tickets, so whoever asks for them first receives them. And here's a shameless plug: I have these seats for the entire season, but share them with a number of other neighborhood residents. We're always looking for new recruits to our season-ticket group for next year, so if you're interested in potentially buying 10 games from our pool next year, send me an email about that, too.