*****Official Texas Rangers 2021 Season Thread*****

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Proposition Joe
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In reply to DallasAg 94 • 1:52p, 4/11/21
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You'll see betting kiosks and in-seat tablet gambling.

I said 5 years ago that gambling was the only realistic avenue live sports had to continue keeping attendance #'s up, and the Ballys acquisition just further supports that's the way we're headed. I don't like it, but it's the future.
I'm admittedly not a Gambling Man, but I don't see how Kiosks in a baseball stadium will help anything. I'm not disagreeing with you... the stadium is certainly setup for it.

It works in a similar way that you see people out at Lone Star Park. A large % of those people don't love horse racing, they love betting on a live event. The pieces are already being moved in such a way that you're going to see the official stats and official sportsbooks and eventually the official smorgasbord of live betting options only available to in-stadium bettors.
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1:54p, 4/11/21
It's tough to gauge the non-aesthetic aspects of the ballpark at this point because staffing anywhere is going to be a very unrefined process post-COVID (though I will say it's tough to give any sports team the benefit of the doubt when it comes to this, as 99% of them go bargain-basement... *cough* Levy *cough*).
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In reply to Proposition Joe • 2:18p, 4/11/21
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Proposition Joe said:
At the end of the day, it's a stadium. People complain about the gimmicky stuff like the field level suites/clubs, but really that's really only the "unique" type stuff you can do. Otherwise you've got physical seats to watch a game, there's not a whole lot else you can do to really make the watching experience something that just has to be attended live multiple times a year... Really only other place to go is to get super gimmicky and do your "hot tub in the outfield" or "lazy river" type ideas, and I don't think anyone yearning for the "classicness" of RBiA are going to be a fan of that.

The next big shift in experience (sadly) is going to be gambling. Then probably VR experiences a few years after that.
I would say augmented reality is gonig to be the next thing.

Also, any discussion about attendance or 'buzz' is all a result of covid. Regardless of your personal opinion, most people aren't comfortable attending live events like this yet.
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2:29p, 4/11/21
And sight lines IMO are a non-factor as long as the seats are labeled limited/obstructed. They exist because as we all know this facility will be used for more than baseball.
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In reply to DallasAg 94 • 2:38p, 4/11/21
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DallasAg 94 said:
wbt5845 said:
powerbelly said:
Sight lines matter. There are seats in the stadium that you cant view the whole field from. Hard to watch baseball when you cant see the whole field.
I can see the whole field from my seats.
wbt5845... If I were to get Season Tickets... they'd have to be where yours are. You did well in your selection.
Mr. Gigem helped me choose those. He knew I preferred being down the 3rd base line (wife likes to be able to look into the Rangers dugout) and he knew I was poor af.

I think the 200 level down the 3rd base line are the best value seats in the place.

We did go down and look at some high $$$$ seats so it looked like he was trying to upsell me.

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2:43p, 4/11/21
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The problem with concessions is a product of not hiring any of the concessions staff until probably 2 weeks from the season starting. There was no way any of those people were going to be trained well enough for the start of the season, and it absolutely shows right now. They have no idea what they are doing. Totally set up for failure.
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In reply to DallasAg 94 • 2:45p, 4/11/21
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DallasAg 94 said:
wbt5845 said:
powerbelly said:
Sight lines matter. There are seats in the stadium that you cant view the whole field from. Hard to watch baseball when you cant see the whole field.
I can see the whole field from my seats.
wbt5845... If I were to get Season Tickets... they'd have to be where yours are. You did well in your selection.
Good news. The seats right in front of wbt are available. Y'all could become best buds
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In reply to wbt5845 • 2:47p, 4/11/21
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Those are great seats.
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3:01p, 4/11/21
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BTW - WTF is up with the foul poles being solid instead of a mesh? I know they wanna put advertising on there, but geez...

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3:08p, 4/11/21
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Meanwhile, in St. Petersberg...

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In reply to DallasAg 94 • 3:33p, 4/11/21
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Fair enough. The seats we got were already an upsell from what we paid a the old stadium - about 30% more. . They are Baseline Pavillion seats.

Next section up from there is Mezzanine, which were like 50% more expensive than the Baseline Pavillion.
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4:31p, 4/11/21
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This dude will never be anything than a tall 1b that occassionaly makes a great snag on a throw to 1st, and hits a monster home run once a season
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In reply to DallasAg 94 • 6:56a, 4/12/21
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I was thinking yesterday...this team won't do much record wise this year. But I think they will be entertaining
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In reply to AgBQ-00 • 8:11a, 4/12/21
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3 games. 4 runs. 12 total hits. 0 wins.

Nothing entertaining about this past weekend.
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8:47a, 4/12/21
Hopefully this was just running into the Padres machine, because yeah, the first 2 series had some signs that they may be bad but at least score some runs to make things interesting. But this last one was concerning
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8:55a, 4/12/21
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Folty was good.

https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/rangers/2021/04/11/curse-of-globe-life-field-why-the-texas-rangers-cant-even-be-called-the-kings-of-their-new-castle/
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In reply to Mozart Paintings • 9:05a, 4/12/21
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Eh...the no-no was just one of those things. And the Padres are liable to be really good this year. But I don't have much as far as expectations so I can sit and watch a game and not worry about much of anything but getting to watch baseball.
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9:45a, 4/12/21
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Our 1, 2, and 3 pitchers got swept by their 3, 4, and 5 pitchers. Not even their #5 because he left in the 1st inning. It was an all hands on deck situation against a rested BP because we couldn't generate offense.

I expect SD to be a contender this year and I hope they are. I like their team and what their ownership has been willing to do the past few years in trades and FA.
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10:25a, 4/12/21
Sucks losing to SD because of Preller.
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11:16a, 4/12/21
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It sucks to get swept and I'm not excusing lack of performance, but isn't SD supposed one of the best pitching staffs in baseball this year? I think they are going to do that to a lot of teams this year.
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12:00p, 4/12/21
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Less concerned about SD individually and more thinking that this is what it's going to look like when we face remotely decent MLB teams. We're not gonna get no hit all the time but yeah
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12:15p, 4/12/21
Yeah, if it was SD's 1-3, I wouldnt be as concerned. But when it was 3-5 with one being a last minute bullpen game, it's a bit scary. But it's baseball. Not much can be drawn from 3 games
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12:35p, 4/12/21
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12:50p, 4/12/21
I'm good with being patient with Tavares and doing what makes sense for his development. So give him a good 4-6 weeks, and if needed, then maybe you send him down to work on the issues identified.

I'm done with Guzman. I do not think he'll ever hit at this level and it's not because of his first 6 games

I've expected Solak to be fairly middling as an everyday guy. I think he'll improve from what he's shown though
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