ARLINGTON STADIUM

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Updated Arlington Stadium site

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Arlington Stadium, Next Exit

TEAM ::: TEXAS RANGERS
LOCATION ::: ARLINGTON, TEXAS
MY FIRST GAME ::: JULY 23,1993
OPPONENT ::: TORONTO BLUE JAYS

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RATINGS

BALLFIELD ::: B
SCOREBOARD ::: B
FOOD ::: B
FACILITIES ::: B
MLB STADIUM RANK ::: 19 OF 28

Arlington Stadium, Texas

MY TAKE ON THE PARK

From the third base side

THERE IS ONLY ONE REACTION TO THIS PLACE THAT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THEY NEEDED MORE SPACE, THEY JUST ADDED A SECTION ... IT'S HOT!!
A 7:30 GAME AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS 97 DEGREES. PEOPLE IN DALLAS HAVE TOLD ME THAT IT IS THE HEAT THAT IS KEEPING THE TEXAS RANGERS FROM COMPETING INTO OCTOBER. COSIDERING YOU BREAK A SWEAT JUST WATCHING THE GAME, I CAN UNDERSTAND THEIR THINKING.

Down the first base side side, Arlington Stadium

THE STADIUM WAS NOTHING TO RAVE ABOUT, A MINOR LEAGUE PARK THAT ADDED A SECTION TO ACCOMODATE THE MAJOR LEAGUES, NEXT DOOR THEY WERE BUILDING THE NEW PLACE, DARK RED BRICK AND DESIGNED TO GIVE THE FANS THE LEAST AMOUNT OF SUN EXPOSURE. FROM THE OUTSIDE IT DID LOOK LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE A GREAT LOOKING PLACE, BUT IF ANY PLACE NEEDED A DOME, THIS WAS IT. WHEN IN DALLAS, EVERYTHING INDOORS IS COLD, AIR CONDITIONING IS ALWAYS AT FULL BLAST, I WOULD THINK THE PEOPLE OF DALLAS WOULD HAVE DEMANDED A DOME.

Nolan Ryan - Arlington Stadium

YOU CAN TELL WHO THE FAVORITE SON IS HERE AT ARLINGTON, THE OUTSIDE OF THE STADIUM IS DRAPED WITH PICTURES OF NOLAN RYAN.

A SPECIAL "TEXAS" TWIST TO THE PLACE IS THE 7TH INNING STRETCH. AT COUNTY STADIUM THEY SING "ROLL OUT THE BARRELL," IN TORONTO THE SING THE BLUE JAYS SONG, AND HERE IN TEXAS, GET UP AND STRETCH TO "THE COTTEN EYED JOE" AS SOON AS THE FINAL OUT IS MADE IN THE TOP OF THE 7TH, THE VIOLIN POUNDS OVER THE PA AND THERE IS NO OTHER CHOICE BUT TO GET UP AND STOMP YOUR FEET.

OF THE MAJOR LEAGUE PARKS I HAVE VISITED I RATE ARLINGTON 18TH, BEHIND MILLER PARK BUT AHEAD OF CLEVELAND. IN ARLINGTON YOU HAVE REAL NICE PEOPLE, A SURPRISE TO ME CONSIDERING THE HEAT, AND A SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO JOIN TEXAS AND BASEBALL. AS WITH THE REST OF THE CITY, THE DRINKS ARE ICE COLD AND THE FOOD IS SPICY HOT.

Alone in Arlington

ON THE DAY AFTER MY FIRST VISIT I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD TAKE A WALK THROUGH THE STADIUM IN THE AFTERNOON. I DIDN'T BELIEVE THIS BUT TOOK A RIDE OUT TO THE EMPTY STADIUM. TO MY SURPRISE THE GATES WERE OPEN AND I HAD MY RUN OF THE PLACE. I WENT INTO A SKYBOX AND SAW THAT THEY WERE AIR CONDITIONED AND QUITE COMFORTABLE. I THEN WALKED OUT INTO THE SEATING AREA AND WATCHED AS THE SPRINKLERS WORKED IN THE 100 DEGREE SUN KEEPING THE GRASS AS GREEN AS POSSIBLE. I SAT QUIETLY IN A FIELD BOX, LOOKING AROUND AT THE PLACE AND IGNORING THE HEAT. I THEN HEARD SOMEONE WALKING AROUND AND THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BE ASKED TO LEAVE, IT WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE STADIUM AND HE SEEMED HAPPY TO SEE ME THERE ENJOYING HIS PARK. A FRIENDLY GOOD MORNING WAS THROWN MY WAY IN HIS SOUTHERN ACCENT AND THAT WAS IT, I GUESS IT WAS OK FOR ME TO STICK AROUND. I DID A LITTLE LONGER AND THEN LEFT WITH A VERY SPECIAL PLACE FOR ARLINGTON IN MY HEART.