Swing Away For Opening Day
Ranger's Opening Day
History of Texas Rangers
The Texas Rangers are one of the best teams in the NBL. They have been to the World Series twice in a row, and no other team in history has done that. All of the spring training and practice was put to use when they played on opening day. Texans all die hard baseball fans, and Texas Rangers are a die hard team! In the end it all comes down the first and last pitch! Stands packed, a bunch of peanuts and cracker jacks.
Texas Rangers Salary
The picture above is what the Ranger are paid. As you can see Nelson Cruz is being paid the most. With the others just a little.
Texas Rangers Schedule 2014
Planning on seeing a home Texas Rangers game? The red boxes are the home games for the Rangers. (Arlington, Texas) This schedule is for April-September.
Yu Darvish
Yu Darvish is a starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers. Being Japanese, he was part of the 2009 Baseball World Classic. He also pitched in the 2008 World Olympics in Beijing!
Texas Rangers Important Info.
Every year, opening day is a sellout. Many people across Texas stay home or get a day off of work just to watch it. Since the Rangers have been to the World Series twice in a year, the tickets go cheaper in cost every opening day. Just this year, the Texas Rangers sold their name to Global Life Insurance Company. Now the Ranger's park is called Globe Life Park!
Ranger Facts!
- According to the MLB website for the Rangers, "Globe Life Park in Arlington contains approximately 1,400,000 suare feet. The ballpark measures 114 feet from street level to the top of the roof canopy."
- 48,114 seats on just 5 levels!
- http://texas.rangers.mlb.com/tex/ballpark/information/index.jsp?content=facts_figures