Garret Ward

[NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯_夏樹蒼依 @japan_nobunaga]

USA. A Mexican restaurant. We had not yet ordered anything, and the food was already arriving.

Chips. Salsa. Unrequested. Free.

I stopped the waiter. "We have not earned these."

"They just come with the table, man."

They come with the TABLE. In my land, hospitality is a debt. Every gift creates an obligation, weighed carefully, returned in the proper season with interest of feeling. Here, the gift arrives before you have even proven you can pay for dinner.

This is not an appetizer. This is a declaration: we trust you. Eat.

I ate with the gravity the moment deserved. And then — I must report this calmly — the basket emptied, and a new one appeared.

"Did we…?"

"Refill," the waiter said. "It's bottomless."

Bottomless. They have wells of salsa. The supply lines of this nation are beyond anything my ancestors imagined.

My friend warned me. "Don't fill up on chips, dude."

Too late. I had accepted three baskets. Honor demanded each one be finished — an unfinished gift is an insult. By the time my actual food arrived, I was a ruined man.

I was not hungry. I was not comfortable. I had been defeated by a courtesy.

Generosity that arrives before the request cannot be repaid. It can only be survived.

I know the rule now. I have made my peace with the basket. One basket. Two at the most.

Who am I deceiving. There is no number of baskets I would refuse. The trust of a nation is in that salsa, and I intend to honor all of it.

[Chris Burke @ChrisBurke02]

Hey now!!!
@Mike_Rooney 😳🤯🔥

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

BAYLOR FIRST BASEMAN TYCE ARMSTRONG HITS THREE GRAND SLAMS TO START THE SEASON 🤯

He’s only the second player since 1957 to hit three grand slams in a D-I game.

[NCAA Baseball @NCAABaseball]

"THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NUTS" 🥜

Tyce Armstrong ties the @NCAA record with THREE GRAND SLAMS to open the season 🤯

#NCAABaseball x 🎥 ESPN+ / @BaylorBaseball

[ESPN @espn]

RT for a chance to win one of 30 exclusive Lee Corso collectibles in honor of Coach’s final College GameDay 🧡

[Lit 🍉 @mixedrelay]

Uniform collections for Paris 2024 Olympic Games 🤩

- Spain

[11Point7 College Baseball @11point7]

Never forget in 2005 when Tulane lead 7-0 in the 7th inning against Baylor in a College World Series elimination game and the Bears came back to win

FSU lead 7-0 against Virginia in the 7th today, now it’s 7-2 👀

(Honestly just wanted an excuse to tweet this awesome video)

[Reach Records @reachrecords]

HELP US WELCOME JACKIE HILL PERRY TO THE REACH RECORDS FAMILY 😮‍💨🙏

[Garret Ward @Garret116]

Too bad this was on Keonte but what an amazing play!!

[Ben Rogers @BenRogers]

I saw that this @luka7doncic, @KyrieIrving, @TheRea1DJones masterpiece was the most viewed play of the year — represented here via the brilliant artistry of the great @merixalexander on IG. A must follow. Hello, playoffs. Let’s do this.

[Holly Rowe @sportsiren]

This is hysterical.

[Baylor Men’s Basketball @BaylorMBB]

35 years of memories at the Ferrell 🏀

We'll see you there one last time tomorrow night

🎟️ https://t.co/VThJAzpBgc

#SicEm | #CultureofJOY

[Texas Rangers @Rangers]

No surprises on this year's #SpotifyWrapped 🏆

[Stephen Schoch @bigdonkey47]

I’d take this dude first overall

[Garret Ward @Garret116]

@Rangers can we get some World Series champs wallpapers please 🙏 🙏

[Baylor Athletics @BaylorAthletics]

UNREAL!!!! 🤯

A full-court Mattson putt at tonight’s @BaylorMBB game!!!! ⛳️

#SicEm

[Barstool SicEm @BarstoolSicEm]

SOMEBODY FINALLY HIT THE 5 K PUTT

[Garret Ward @Garret116]

@1660ESPN why are there so many high school football playoff games on Thursday this week instead of Friday?

[Texas Rangers @Rangers]

For our fans far and wide.

[Baylor Men’s Basketball @BaylorMBB]

Inspired by the past, motivated by the future.

🎙️ @J_Hooper11

#SicEm | #CultureofJOY