It’s been quite the long while since the Rangers have visited Philadelphia for a baseball game. See that picture at the top? Yeah, those are from the “Roy Oswalt is a Phillie” days. The other options include a diving Raul Ibanez if that helps with your frame of reference.
Tonight, they’ll face each other in a battle of teams that are slightly underwhelming to begin the year. We all know about Philadelphia’s issues, but Texas has had some issues of their own, namely one of their big money free agents isn’t hitting the ball at all. Marcus Semien has been pretty bad so far, but let’s hope he doesn’t get started until after they leave the city.