ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers being the only Major League Baseball team not to hold a Pride Night was not a decisive factor when the commissioner's office picked the team to host this year's All-Star Game.
"There are a whole host of factors that go into deciding who's going to get an All-Star Game, and I don't view whether you have a Pride Night or not as a outcome-determinative issue," baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said before Tuesday night's game at Globe Life Field. "It's an issue. We look at all those issues and make the best decision and try to give it to the place that we think is going to kind of be the best in terms of marketing of the game.