{"id":40835,"date":"2011-10-23T15:46:41","date_gmt":"2011-10-23T15:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/softlayer-the-texas-rangers-the-world-series\/"},"modified":"2011-10-23T15:46:41","modified_gmt":"2011-10-23T15:46:41","slug":"softlayer-the-texas-rangers-the-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/planetology\/softlayer-the-texas-rangers-the-world-series.php","title":{"rendered":"SoftLayer, The Texas Rangers & The World Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the beginning of the baseball season, we gave away tickets for a lucky customer<\/a> to see a Texas Rangers game, and as a result of that generosity, the Rangers thought it fitting to make it to the World Series<\/a>. Well … our little giveaway may not have had anything to do with their success, but we like to think our support helped a little. <\/p>

Understanding that we have customers and employees who are die-hard St. Louis Cardinals fans, I don’t want to turn anyone off with this blog post, but with all of the buzz in the air about the World Series coming back to Arlington this year, I started thinking about the Top 10 Ways SoftLayer is Like the Texas Rangers<\/strong>:<\/p>

  1. Secret handshakes<\/a> \/ fist bumps.<\/a><\/li>
  2. Have a no “I” in “Team” mentality … In fact, there are no I’s in “Texas Rangers” or “SoftLayer.”<\/li>
  3. Teams’ leaders (i.e. coach and the CEO) are … um … charismatic (to say the least). <\/li>
  4. Come ready to play on any day that ends in “y.”<\/li>
  5. Strong lineups all the way through.<\/li>
  6. Texas is home, but both teams do amazing jobs “on the road.”<\/li>
  7. Both have Michaels who like pink.*<\/li>
  8. Both have Louisville Slugger bats … The Rangers’ bats do great things, while SoftLayer’s bats are given to recognize employees that have done great things.<\/li>
  9. Support is awesome from the customers (fans) to the back office to the team on the field making plays.<\/li>
  10. Champions of the World, baby!!**<\/li><\/ol>

    * Apologies to Michael Young<\/a>, as this statement may not be true as applied to him. Each of my blogs to date has a veiled (or obvious) reference to our CFO, and it was very difficult to think of how to incorporate this reference in a blog dealing with the Texas Rangers, so I may have taken undue liberties for which I apologize.<\/p>

    ** The aspirations associated with that last comparison may have strayed me from an unbiased comparison. \":-)\" <\/p>

    -@badvizsla<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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