The Rangers this season say goodbye to the most important element in their history.
This will be the final season of major league baseball in Globe Life Park, the ballyard's fourth name in its 26-year history. Given the major contribution the park made, it deserves a grand send-off into an uncertain future.
Nurtured into existence by club president Tom Schieffer, Globe Life debuted as The Ballpark in Arlington on April 11, 1994. The direction of the franchise changed forevermore.
The new park would mean more to the Rangers than Hall of Famers Nolan Ryan and Ivan Rodriguez and likely HOFer Adrian Beltre.