Rangers Upgrade Left Field

[kepdawg]

Make changes at 3rd and home also!

LINK (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/stories/121708dnsporanglede.2d69344.html)

[Balcones fault]

Now if only they could find a scoreboard that can pitch.

[michaelp23]

Originally posted by Balcones fault
Now if only they could find a scoreboard that can pitch.

Dooooh! You beat me to it!!!:clap: :clap: :clap:

[Electus Unus]

Sure is crazy all these people building new things with the economy the way it is. Wonder if the tax payers will have to pay for it like the new stadium in new york.

[Emerson1]

Why are they adding seats? They sell out what, maybe opening day and that's it?

[crzyjournalist03]

Originally posted by Electus Unus
Sure is crazy all these people building new things with the economy the way it is. Wonder if the tax payers will have to pay for it like the new stadium in new york.

Nope. I read a comment on a blog yesterday that said these upgrades have been paid for by Wes Littleton, Kameron Loe, and Gerald Laird.

(For those of you who may not know what that means, those are three players who were on the Rangers last year that have been traded for nothing, and their combined salaries come to almost the exact amount that these upgrades cost.)

I for one, am disappointed that the left field scoreboard is going to become electronic. That's going to take away from some of the old-time nostalgia feel that I thought the stadium had.

[Trashman]

Originally posted by michaelp23
Dooooh! You beat me to it!!!:clap: :clap: :clap: :ditto: :iagree:

[Bull Butter]

I thought they were moving the Left Field fence back 50 ft. to keep opposing hitters from launching balls over it.

[SintonFan_inAustin]

Originally posted by Bull Butter
I thought they were moving the Left Field fence back 50 ft. to keep opposing hitters from launching balls over it. Astros should do that to their little league left field fence :D

[Bull Butter]

Originally posted by SintonFan_inAustin
Astros should do that to their little league left field fence :D

They don't need to. They can win without it, as demonstrated by their record since Minute Maid opened in 2000(7 winning seasons in 9 years).

How've the Rangers done in that time? I usually don't hear too much about them unless it's April.

[BwdLions]

The Astros are in a weak division for one reason. If the Rangers were in the Astros division, they'd make the playoffs about as often as the Astros.