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Free Drinks at Rangers Ballpark

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Well, OK, by “drinks” I don’t mean booze.  I mean a soft drink, like a Coke or a lemonade or something…

Don’t know who knows about this one, but I thought I’d pass it on. The Rangers for awhile now have had this booth on the concourse behind home plate and the “Guest Services” area. See the pic in the post.

Anyway, if you fill out the coupon there, you pledge to be a “Good Sport”, which basically means you don’t drink anything (alcoholic) while you’re there.

For the last few years, it’s been really good.  However in 2019, they changed the terms, and made it far more restrictive, and to be honest, to the point where I don’t know if I want to bother with it anymore.

You still go there and sign up, and you do get a coupon.  Despite the coupon physically being the same from last year (and saying fountain drink), they no longer give you a cup which you could use to get a soft drink.  All they give you is one 12oz CAN of soda.  Either Coke, Diet Coke, or Dr Pepper.  That’s it.  No other options.

On top of that restriction, where you get them is now far more restrictive.  You used to be able to turn them in at any stand anywhere.  NOW there are only THREE STANDS IN THE ENTIRE BALLPARK that take the coupons.  Two of them are right behind home plate near the place you fill out the form for the card.  The other one is in the 300 level.  There’s NOTHING in the 200 level.  I took a picture of the sign they had at the table showing where you can redeem the cards now.  It’s below.

The program is STUPID restrictive now.  I haven’t drunk fizzy drinks in years now, so I’m pretty much out.  I would always get lemonade or Powerade.  I got a Diet Coke on opening day, and took three sips of it, and then threw the rest out – I can’t drink fizzy drinks anymore, just tastes awful.  ALL of them.

So if you’re not into Coke, Diet Coke, or Dr Pepper, then they’ve changed this so much it’s not worth it.  Which sucks, as this used to be a great way to save money.  I don’t know whether this was Budweiser doing this, or the Rangers offices, or the food service company – but someone decided too many freebies were being given out apparently, and restricted the hell out of the program.  That is sad.  :(

 

One of the only three things you can get with a coupon now

These were the original terms I had on this post when it was good for the last several years.
THESE ARE NOT CURRENT TERMS ANYMORE AS OF 2019…

They give you a voucher for a free soft drink in the park. I use it every time I’m there to get a free lemonade.

On Dollar Hot dog nights, it’s even better – last one I had a drink and three hot dogs for just $3 at the ballpark.

Now it’s an honor system thing for sure.  There’s nothing stopping you from signing up for that, and then walking straight to buy a beer.   But that’s uncool.   If you don’t drink at the park, you might as well do it.  Free medium soft drink at ballpark prices is nothing to sneeze at.  :)

Texas Rangers Set 2019 Roster

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The Texas Rangers made the following roster moves today to get to the opening day limit of 25 players:

–Selected the contracts of RHP Jeanmar Gomez, INF Logan Forsythe, and OF Hunter Pence from Triple-A Nashville.

–Designated RHP Connor Sadzeck for assignment.

–Optioned OF Zack Granite to Triple-A Nashville.

–Assigned RHP Adrian Sampson to Triple-A Nashville.

–Placed LHP Yohander Mendez (right UCL sprain) on the 10-day injured list, retroactive to March 25.

–Placed RHP Luke Farrell (non-displaced jaw fracture) on the 60-day injured list.

The numerical roster is attached.

TEXAS RANGERS OPENING DAY ROSTER

PITCHERS (13): Kyle Bird, Jesse Chavez, Kyle Dowdy, Jeanmar Gomez, Shawn Kelley, Jose Leclerc, Lance Lynn, Chris Martin, Shelby Miller, Mike Minor, Drew Smiley, Jeffrey Springs, Edinson Volquez.

CATCHERS (2): Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Jeff Mathis.

INFIELDERS (5): Elvis Andrus, Asdubal Cabrera, Logan Forsythe, Ronald Guzman, Rougned Odor.

OUTFIELDERS (5): Shin-Soo Choo, Delino DeShields, Joey Gallo, Nomar Mazara, Hunter Pence.

10-DAY DL (1): RHP Luke Farrell.

60-DAY DL (2): OF Scott Heineman, LHP Yohander Mendez.

The Rangers have 40 players on their major league roster.

Texas opens the 2019 season on Thursday against the Chicago Cubs at Globe Life Park in Arlington at 3:05 p.m.

Corporate Sponsorships IV

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ameriquestbell2016About eleven years ago I wrote an article for my Rangers site on Ballpark names and corporate sponsorships.  At the time, I thought about how many stadiums were left that don’t have corporate names.  Things have changed since I wrote that article, including at the Rangers home in Arlington.  So I’ve decided to revisit that article and update it for all the changes since the original piece.   Some info is harder to find – the primary source I used back then doesn’t exist anymore, and I’ve inquired with a few people with the Rangers about where to find that info publicly, and haven’t found a good updated source of info.  So I’ll do my best to find the info – but a few below will say “N/A”, because I couldn’t find the info, not because I didn’t try.

NOTE: I published v2 of this article in July of 2016, and v3 in August of 2017.  The only change between v2 & v3 is that I moved SunTrust Field to “current” vs “future”, and I updated some text and used the name of the new Rangers Park in 2020, as that was announced on Aug 24, 2017.  The only difference between v3 & v4 is the addition of the new Rays park announced in July 2018.  I also added a name change Seattle Mariners on Dec 19, 2018 and a name change for the San Francisco Giants on Jan 10, 2019. [Read more…]

Apparently I was Bored Today

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Here’s a Rangers starting lineup with uniform numbers all under 10.  No repeat numbers, either.  :)

C – Pudge (7)
1B – Mike Napoli (5)
2B – Scott Sheldon (4)
3B – Wayne Tolleson (3)
SS – Elvis Andrus (1)
LF – Al Oliver (0)
CF – Leonys Martin (2)
RF – Larry Parrish (9)
DH – Dick Billings (8)
SP – Rob Bell (6)

DH made it easy to stick anyone there.  I didn’t want to use another catcher there (Lord knows there’s enough “8” catchers), but you rarely see catchers as DH’s.  Dick Billings got on there because I wanted an early Ranger on the list.  Plus the DH came into being the second of his third years with the Rangers.

I may have over thought this a bit.  :)

How Many in 2018?

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Usually towards the end of the year, we always hear about how many players the Texas Rangers have used overall in any particular season. The Rangers are usually towards the high end of that list. Injuries, callups, usually make for a long list, and you tend to forget the guys who are here so quick that they don’t even have time for the proverbial “cup of coffee”. I’ve done this for the last several seasons (2018 will be the 11th season I’ve kept track of this), and it’s worked out pretty well. I’ve also gotten some positive feedback on it, so it’s become a permanent feature here.  If you’d like to see the final tallies for the other years I’ve done this, you can still see them with links at the bottom of the page.

Anyway, this post will get bumped whenever there is a player who is making his first appearance for the Texas Rangers in 2018.  I am going to count guys who get called up, but don’t play immediately (or sometimes don’t play at all), as they will be part of the 25 man roster officially. So here goes.

The most recent additions will be on the top of the list.

Total players in 2018: 50
Total pitchers used in 2018: 30
Total position players used in 2018: 20
Total players making major league debut: 9

  • #50 – C.D. Pelham (9/4 – September Callup)
  • #49 – Adrian Sampson (9/4 – September Callup)
  • #48 – Zac Curtis (9/1 – September Callup)
  • #47 – Connor Sadzeck (8/31 – replacing Cory Gearrin (traded to OAK))
  • #46 – Drew Hutchison (8/5 – replacing Brandon Mann (DFA))
  • #45 – Jeffrey Springs (7/31 – replacing Keone Kela (traded to Pirates))
  • #44 – Eddie Butler (7/27 – replacing Cole Hamels (traded to Cubs))
  • #43 – Willie Calhoun (7/20 – replacing Nomar Mazara (10 day DL))
  • #42 – Cory Gearrin (7/9 – replacing Austin Bibens-Dirks (optioned to AAA))
  • #41 – Ricardo Rodriguez (7/5 – replacing Chris Martin (10 day DL))
    NOTE: Ricardo was first called up on Jun 18, but sent down without playing.
  • #40 – Yovani Gallardo (6/17 – replacing Brandon Mann (optioned to AAA))
  • #39 – Jose Trevino (6/15 – replacing Chris Martin (10 day DL))
  • #38 – Austin Bibens-Dirks (5/24 – replacing Brandon Mann (optioned to AAA))
  • #37 – Ariel Jurado (5/19 – replacing Matt Moore (10 day DL))
    NOTE: Jurado sent back down next day.
  • #36 – Hanser Alberto (5/15 – replacing Adrian Beltre (10 day DL))
  • #35 – Brandon Mann (5/13 – replacing Yohander Mendez (optioned to AAA))
  • #XX – Eliezer Alvarez (5/7 – replacing Drew Robinson (10 day DL))
    NOTE: Alvarez was sent down after 1 day, did not actually play, so doesn’t officially count.
  • #34 – Carlos Perez (5/3 – replacing Juan Centeno (DFA))
  • #33 – Yohander Mendez (5/3 – replacing Nick Gardewine (optioned to AAA))
  • #32 – Renato Nunez (4/16 – replacing Ryan Rua (optioned to AAA))
  • #31 – Ronald Guzman (4/13, replacing Elvis Andrus (10 day DL))
  • #30 – Isiah Kiner-Falefa (4/10, replacing Rougned Odor (10 day DL))
  • #29 – Tony Barnette (4/10, replacing Doug Fister (10 day DL))
  • #28 – Martin Perez (4/5, replacing Jose Leclerc (optioned to AAA))
  • #27 – Bartolo Colon (4/2, replacing Nick Gardewine (optioned to AAA))
  • #26 – Nick Gardewine (3/31, replacing Delino DeShields (10 day DL))

#25 to #1 (no particular order): Matt Bush, Jesse Chavez, Alex Claudio, Jake Diekman, Doug Fister, Cole Hamels, Kevin Jepsen, Keone Kela, Jose Leclerc, Chris Martin, Mike Minor, Matt Moore, Juan Centeno, Robinson Chirinos, Elvis Andrus, Adrian Beltre, Joey Gallo, Rougned Odor, Jurickson Profar, Shin-Soo Choo, Delino DeShields, Nomar Mazara, Drew Robinson, Ryan Rua, Carlos Tocci

Players making their Making Major League Debut are bolded

Roster Notes:

  • Of the opening day 25 man roster, 1 player is making his Rangers AND major league debut (Carlos Tocci)
  • Of the opening day 25 man roster, 8 players are making their Rangers debuts. (Chavez, Fister, Jepsen, Martin, Minor, Moore, Centeno, & Tocci)
  • Previous years counts for major league debuts.. 2017 (2, Hauschild, Robinson), 2016 (1, Barnette), 2015 (6, DeShields, Kela, Klein, Rua, Smolinski, Verrett), 2014 (1, Seth Rosin), 2013 (2, Leury Garcia & Smokin’ Joe Ortiz), 2012 (2, Darvish & Ross), 2011 (1, Mason Tobin), none in 2010, 2009 (1, Elvis Andrus), and 2008 (1, Kaz Fukumori).
  • 1 guy is on an Opening Day roster for the first time (Tocci)

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Globe Life Field Photos & Info

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Today was the press conference given with a “Design Update” on the new Rangers Ballpark.   We got some much better design artwork shown.  HKS spent a lot of time talking about their design philosophies.  In the end it somewhat looks like MMP in Houston, but not too much.  Anyway, below are some high quality photos that HKS released, along with my own notes I jotted down from the press conference.   Here goes the info:

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Ballpark Seating Capacity

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So the new Rangers Ballpark for 2020 is breaking ground next week.  They announced the seating capacity being between 41 & 42,000.  I’ve seen a lot of fans get mad about that given the capacity of the current park is about 49,500.   I want to examine that irritation and what the reality of ballpark seating capacity has been since our place opened in 1994.

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Realignment & Expansion

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If you remember some time ago when Tom Hicks owned the Texas Rangers, then commissioner Bud Selig had promised to do something about the fact that the Rangers were stuck in a division with all West Coast teams.  While there was no solid info as to what was going to happen, there was much talk that Selig would “fix the problem”.   Then came Interleague play. [Read more…]

The 25/40 Man Roster

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Was having a chat on Facebook about bringing up Willie Calhoun, and I made a comment about him not being on the 40 man roster.  The comment was made “I only counted 32 up here at the moment”.  I tried to explain it, but when I didn’t think I was getting the message through, I decided to go and write my own article explaining the 25 man and 40 man rosters.  It’s not as confusing as the infield fly rule, but I’ll try and sort it out.

UPDATE Nov 2019: Starting in 2020, the 25 man roster will be a 26 man roster, and things are changing relative to “September Callups”.  I will revisit this closer to the rest of the season, but for now, this mostly all still applies.

Here goes: [Read more…]

How Many in 2017?

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Usually towards the end of the year, we always hear about how many players the Texas Rangers have used overall in any particular season. The Rangers are usually towards the high end of that list. Injuries, callups, usually make for a long list, and you tend to forget the guys who are here so quick that they don’t even have time for the proverbial “cup of coffee”. I’ve done this for the last several seasons (2017 will be the 10th season I’ve kept track of this), and it’s worked out pretty well. I’ve also gotten some positive feedback on it, so it’s become a permanent feature here.  If you’d like to see the final tallies for the other years I’ve done this, you can still see them with links at the bottom of the page.

Anyway, this post will get bumped whenever there is a player who is making his first appearance for the Texas Rangers in 2017.  I am going to count guys who get called up, but don’t play immediately (or sometimes don’t play at all), as they will be part of the 25 man roster officially. So here goes.

The most recent additions will be on the top of the list.

Total players in 2017: 51
Total pitchers used in 2017: 31
Total position players used in 2017: 21 (one position player pitched)
Total players making major league debut: 7

  • #51 – Willie Calhoun – 9/12
  • #50 – Yohander Mendez – 9/4
  • #49 – Miguel Gonzalez – 9/2
  • #48 – A.J. Jimenez – 9/1, replaces Joely Rodriguez (DFA)
  • #47 – Will Middlebrooks – 9/1, replaces Jhan Martinez (DFA)
  • #46 – Paolo Espino – 9/1, recalled from AAA
  • #45 – Jake Diekman – 9/1, replaces Dario Alvarez (DFA)
  • #44 – Nick Gardewine – 8/21, replaces Matt Bush (placed on DL)
  • #43 – Phil Gosselin – 8/19, replaces Carlos Gomez (placed on DL)
  • #42 – Tyler Smith – 8/9, replaces Nick Martinez (optioned to AAA)
  • #41 – Ricardo Rodríguez – 8/8, replaces Keone Kela (placed on DL)
  • #40 – Clayton Blackburn – 7/31, replaces Jeremy Jeffress (traded to MIL)
  • #39 – Jason Grilli – 7/3, replaces Dario Alvarez (optioned to AAA)
  • #38 – Preston Claiborne – 6/22, replaces Jeremy Jeffress (10 day DL)
  • #37 – Tanner Scheppers – 6/19, replaces Jared Hoying (optioned to AAA)
  • #36 – Ernesto Frieri – 6/17, replaces Andrew Cashner (10 day DL)
  • #35 – Tyson Ross – 6/16, replaces Dillon Gee (DFA)
  • #34 – Adrian Beltre – 5/29, replaces Drew Robinson (optioned to AAA)
  • #33 – Dillon Gee – 5/27, replaces AJ Griffin (10 day DL)
  • #32 – Jared Hoying – 5/16, replaces Carlos Gomez (10 day DL)
  • #31 – Austin Biben-Dirkx – 5/7, replaces Dario Alvarez (optioned to AAA)
  • #30 – Pete Kozma – 5/1, replaces Jurickson Profar (optioned to AAA)
  • #29 – Anthony Bass – 4/20, replaces Mike Hauschild (DFA)
  • #28 – Keone Kela – 4/17, replaces Sam Dyson (10 day DL)
  • #27 – Andrew Cashner – 4/15, replaces Nick Martinez (optioned to AAA)
  • #26 – Nick Martinez – 4/12, replaces Drew Robinson (optioned to AAA)

#25 to #1 (no particular order): Dario Alvarez, Tony Barnette, Matt Bush, Alex Claudio, Yu Darvish, Sam Dyson, A.J. Griffin, Cole Hamels, Mike Hauschild, Jeremy Jeffress, Jose Leclerc, Martin Perez, Robinson Chirinos, Jonathan Lucroy, Elvis Andrus, Joey Gallo, Mike Napoli, Rougned Odor, Jurickson Profar, Drew Robinson, Shin-Soo Choo, Delino DeShields, Carlos Gomez, Nomar Mazara, Ryan Rua.

Players making their Making Major League Debut are bolded

Roster Notes:

  • The number of position players and pitchers doesn’t sync up, because Brett Nicholas (backup catcher) pitched on July 26, 2017.
  • Of the opening day 25 man roster, two players are making their Rangers AND major league debuts (Hauschild, Robinson)
  • Previous years counts for major league debuts.. 2016 (1, Barnette), 2015 (6, DeShields, Kela, Klein, Rua, Smolinski, Verrett), 2014 (1, Seth Rosin), 2013 (2, Leury Garcia & Smokin’ Joe Ortiz), 2012 (2, Darvish & Ross), 2011 (1, Mason Tobin), none in 2010, 2009 (1, Elvis Andrus), and 2008 (1, Kaz Fukumori).
  • 9 guys are on an Opening Day roster for the first time: Alvarez, Bush, Claudio, Gallo, Hauschild, Leclerc, Mazara, Profar, Robinson.

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