It's been a challenging but fulfilling ride for Ryan, the 46-year-old
son of Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan and former Astros batboy. The
Astros, who won their Jacob Hannemann Youth Jersey first championship by beating the Dodgers in the World Series, are on
top of the baseball world, and Ryan couldn't be happier ... or busier.
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"It's been crazy," he said. Jake Arrieta Youth Jersey "Going to the Winter Meetings, I couldn't go two steps without someone
either congratulating us or asking me for a job. It's been wild. The
excitement around town, people are very joyful with the win. I think
Astros Nation is very prideful, so I'm seeing gear everywhere. I was at
the airport the other day, and everybody's got hats and shorts on still.
I think it's still a feeling of pride in this community."
Considering the Astros played an extra month this year -- they beat the
Dodgers in Game 7 on Nov. 1 -- the offseason has flown by. That's
especially true when you take into account how busy the Astros have been
celebrating their World Series win. Ryan is planning a Commissioner's
Trophy tour around Houston for January, with Spring Training coming
closely behind.
"Here we were in Jake Buchanan Youth Jersey November wrapping up, and we're now less than 50 days to Spring
Training -- something like that -- in the middle of February," he said.
"It was just the amount of things from the World Series that occupied us
through November, and we looked up and it was December and we're
sitting here going, 'Holy cow, we've got 30 days until it's 2018.' The
front office, the team, they've turned the page. We're onto 2018, and
this group of guys wants to have another great year next year, so I
think you're going to see a lot of passion out there on the field once
again."
