Personally, I'm glad to see people starting to refuse to back down or cater to this cancel culture nonsense. The pendulum has swung too far, some common sense has to kick in.

I'm not saying I agree OR disagree with the election law reforms in Georgia. I don't live there, it doesn't affect me. But it doesn't affect MLB either, and the hypocrisy being exhibited is off-putting. All of this is getting completely out of hand. JMO

rbtexan said:

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Personally, I'm glad to see people starting to refuse to back down or cater to this cancel culture nonsense. The pendulum has swung too far, some common sense has to kick in.

I'm not saying I agree OR disagree with the election law reforms in Georgia. I don't live there, it doesn't affect me. But it doesn't affect MLB either, and the hypocrisy being exhibited is off-putting. All of this is getting completely out of hand. JMO

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And at the detriment of one of their franchises to honor the GOAT of HRs.

I just saw Manfred has an Augusta membership.... unbelievable

Castellanos getting suspended is also a joke. Can't show emotion?!!!

Really nice to see people in the stands

Ballpark looks pretty damn good with the roof open and people in the stadium.

So we have confirmed that the ball does indeed carry well at the new ballpark when the roof is open. Now we just need to figure out how to accomplish this with a Ranger at the plate swinging the bat

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Yeah, the Rangers really seem to love trading with the A's and it this time it really sucks.

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And then add to that that we have to root for Kris Davis. I have hated that guy for a long time. This is a brutal era for the Rangers

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Nelson Cruz still crushing baseballs. I never expected him to be this productive for this long.

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Is he still shying away from crucial fly balls near the outfield wall?

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Still too soon

Just looked at the box score and noticed Biggio, Bichette, and Guerrero in the lineup. I wonder what the record is for most sons of former players in one lineup.

Also, had no idea that Elvis had been traded until I opened this thread. I'm amazed at how disconnected I've become from this team.

Took my boy to his first big league game. Easily the best part of the entire day. I loved seeing the stadium full with folks wearing masks if they so choose.

However, I don't like the stadium for watching games. I thought it was fine when we went in December for the lights. Today, I thought concourses were too small, sight lines were poor (couldn't see the dugout on first base side), and the plastic grass looked awful. I felt farther from the game than I did across the street. Perhaps tomorrow they can close the garage door to centerfield storage area too.

I've got other issues with it as well, but getting in was easier than its ever been on opening day.

I don't know when I'll go back, probably not anytime soon, but I hope they can figure out how to win.

1) I went to NFR, bounced around and watched different events from a few different areas. Every one of them felt so far from the action.

2) Good on you wearing cut off jeans to opening day. The world needs more of that.

My quick thoughts:

Hate how it seems like you are being sold something no matter where you look. Advertisements, raffles, garb. This is not unique to the Rangers in any way, just the way things have been headed for a while -- but definitely a change from how the old ballpark was. Will be even worse in 5 years when there's betting kiosks everywhere.

Doesn't seem to be much of a flow to the concourse, but also difficult to tell on opening day since for the most part every one is wandering.

I don't love that there's more obstructed view "sightlines", but I think that is well worth the tradeoff of a concourse that gives far more accessibility to seeing the game. In the old ballpark when you went down to get concessions, you basically had only the close-circuit TV's to catch any action. Now pretty much every place you are at is a few steps away from seeing the field.

We bounced around a few sections... Section 10 was the "best", but for the price I'd take the 100 level. Feels super close to the field despite not being the most expensive. Sat in Section 4 for a bit down low and thought those were good as well. Ventured up top and man is it steep, and I get the complaint that you feel so far away from the field -- but compared to the cheap seats at the old stadium you are not only much closer but have a better view of the game -- it's just going to take some getting used to.

Still boggles my mind a bit that they can have a year of test runs and still manage to not be able to get everyone in the park in a timely manner. A lot of people missed the first pitch because they were sitting in the outfield entrance line for 20 minutes. Yes, I know there are other entrances -- but when you know that no matter what the person's ticket says that 70%+ of the attendees are going to enter through the outfield you need to plan accordingly. This is the 3rd (4th?) Opening Day in 10 years that Rangers have had 20+ minute waits to get in (including the fiasco 5-6 years ago where scanners went down and people sat outside for 45 minutes). This is very simply a lack of proper planning.

As for the masks - I think it was handled well. I think most know in a major capacity event like this that the masks are for the most part "theater", but enforcement I felt was done well. If you were eating/drinking, no one really bothered you. If you were walking around the concourse you were reminded but I never felt like anyone was over-bearing. For the most part 80% of the crowd are adults that can police themselves and I think this event showed that.

Gigem - I saw the reps running around talking to people and one chatted with the corporate clients I was with for a bit and while it was only a 4-5 minute convo I can tell you that kind of stuff makes a world of difference. The guys I was with know they aren't super high on the totem pole but they were made to feel like they were important. Goes a long way.

Ranger fan masks are covering the wrong half of the face.