Arlington, Texas - The Texas Rangers host the Philadelphia Phillies in the first game of the season on Monday, March 31 at Park Life in Arlington Globe initially 13:05.
SCHEDULE MONDAY PAPER PLEASE NOTE CHANGE IN TEXAS CLUBHOUSE OPENING
8:00 am- Globe Life Park in Arlington ... Open Gate Media credentials can be picked up season.
9:15 a.m. -Rangers Clubhouse opens to media
9:35 a.m. - Manager Ron Washington media availability
10:15 a.m. - Rangers batting practice
11:15 am - Phillies batting practice
24:43 - Introductions Rangers
24:51 - National Anthem by the Fort worth Symphony Orchestra
24:56 - ceremonial first pitch by Greg Maddux
13:05 Game Time, Phillies vs. Rangers
TICKET STATUS: The first home game is a complete betrayal. The Rangers and Phillies conclude the series with games 19:05 on Tuesday, April 1 and Wednesday, April 2 . Good seats remain for both games. 2014 Tickets for Rangers home games can be purchased at texasrangers.com calling 972RANGERS, or Park Life Globe first base Arlington ticket office.
Details : Globe Life Park in Arlington cash parking lots open at 8:00 am Monday. The Rangers offer parking cash at the AT & T Stadium Lots 12 to 13 (southwest of the A Lot), as well as regular cash items. In addition, Six Flags, Hurricane Harbor and Arlington Convention Center will be offering cash parking is lots on Monday.
Note that AT & T Way will be closed between Randol Mill Road and Cowboys Way Philadelphia during the series due to preparations for the Men's Basketball Championship NCAA AT & T Stadium the following weekend. As a result, parking is not available on AT & T Stadium Lot 4 on opening day.
Globe Life Park in Arlington gates will open at 10:00 am on opening day.
HOV RAMP: The T- ramp westbound on I- 30 will be open from 10:30 am-1: 00 pm Monday for the traffic coming to Globe Life Park. The T -Ramp will be open for eastbound I-30 from 3:30 to 6:00 pm for traffic leaving the game.
Ceremonial first pitch: One of the best pitchers ever to play the game, a recent first Hall of Fame ballot, and current member of the family of the Texas Rangers held ceremonies honors first step to opening the season. Greg Maddux won 355 games and four CY Young awards in 23 -year career in the Major Leagues from 1986-2008 with the Cubs, Braves, Dodgers and Padres. The right-hander, who was born in San Angelo, Texas, recorded nine seasons with 18 or more wins and recorded at least 15 wins major league record 18 times. The winner of a major league record 18 Gold Glove Awards Maddux was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility in January, receiving 97.2% of the vote. He is currently in his third year with the Rangers as a special assistant to the general manager and has been with the club through most of spring training.
Taking the first release will be the brother of Greg, the Rangers pitching Coach Mike Maddux.
A SPECIAL NATIONAL ANTHEM: The April 11, 1994, the Texas Rangers hosted the Milwaukee Brewers in the first regular season game ever at the Ballpark in Arlington. Ceremonies pre - game featured an unforgettable performance of the national anthem by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra accompanied by Fort Worth resident and award-winning classical pianist, the late Van Cliburn.
Almost 20 years later, the Fort Worth Symphony under Miguel Harth- musical director Bedoya will play the National Anthem. The FWSO will perform in the field as it did in 1994.
Salute the flag: A large American flag is unfurled in center field by Army soldiers Dallas Recruiting Battalion, and airmen, soldiers, marines and Joint Reserve Base Naval Air Station in Fort Worth. Great State of Texas flag unfurled in Greene Hill by members of the Army Recruiting Battalion Dallas. Colors will be presented by Company B of the Executive Law Texas Rangers of Garland, Texas.
MORE ACTIVITIES : Rangers Hall of Fame catcher Ivan Rodriguez will participate in the ceremony of the first ball before the first pitch ... following the National Anthem , there will be a large war bird vintage flight Cavanaugh Museum in Addison step. Country recording artist Neal McCoy will sing God Bless America during the seventh inning. All fans, 21 and older receive a magnetic schedule Rangers Budweiser Opening Day to enter the park.
OPENING DAY: The Rangers open their season number 43 since moving to Texas against the Philadelphia Phillies at Globe Life Park in Arlington ... club opened last season in Houston (MLB season opener) but these marks the fifth time in six years to open at home ... this is the time 24 in club history to open a season in Arlington.
Texas is 21-21 overall on Opening Day, having won 4 of 5, including the last at-bat wins in 2 of the last 4 years ... the club still has reduced October 6, 8, 13, and 10 of the last 16 openers ... Rangers enter today having won 4 consecutive openers that have taken place in the country since losing to Boston in 2006.
Interleague EARLY Monday would be the earliest date for an interleague game in MLB history ... the introduction of the 15-team league in 2013 carried play throughout the year between the two leagues, as the interleague series to start last season was Los Angeles- aL in Cincinnati ... the first game of the series was the 01/04/13 , ie , the competition on Monday will be the first time in March interleague contest ... no parks were interleague games last year until 12/04/13 aL ( MIN NYM ) , as this can easily set the mark for more interleague game at home to a team in the American League .
VS. PHILADELPHIA: This will be a fourth series of the Rangers never against the Phillies, only the second time that Philadelphia has ever visited Arlington ... teams met on 20-22 May 2011 at the Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, with Rangers dropping the first 2 games before netting a 2-0 victory in the series finale against Roy Oswalt ... club lost half-game series 2-0 when Cliff Lee pitched 8.0 scoreless innings.. . Phillies just another visit to this park was 27 to 29 June, 2008, when Texas took first and final match to win the series ... Rangers are just 3-6 all-time vs. Phillies.
Opener: Texas is 23-19 overall in home openers, winning 5 consecutive games since losing to Baltimore on April 8, 2008 ... the only time the Rangers won 5 consecutive home openers from 1976 to 1977 was -78-79-80, such as Monday victory would give Texas a club record six wins in the first home game of the season ... Texas is 11-9 in the opener at Globe Life Park in Arlington.
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