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Memories from The Ballpark in Arlington & those who called it home

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Josh Hamilton & Miguel Tejada during the 2009 MLB All-Star Game played at Busch Stadium in STL

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Highlights from TEX-STL matchup from June 19, 2016

Jurickson Profar’s pinch-hit single in the 8th inning leads Texas to a 5-4 Father’s Day victory in STL

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Derek Jeter & Josh Hamilton prior to the 2009 MLB All-Star Game played at Busch Stadium in St Louis

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Kenny Lofton robs Adrian Beltre of a HR at Safeco Field in Seattle

Lofton would play 84 games for TEX in 2007 before being traded back to the Indians on July 27, 2007

OTD- June 1, 2007

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Memories

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@Ashura96 These teams could draw so well.. 2011-2013 was definitely peak time at TBiA in terms of attendance/fan interest

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Jurickson Profar hits a late go-ahead HR against Royals reliever J.C. Gutierrez to lead the Rangers to a 3-1 victory

Profar would finish the 2013 season with a .234 AVG, 6 HR, and 26 RBI across 85 games

June 2, 2013

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Yu Darvish K’s a season high 11 Royals across 6 IP in Kansas City

Yu would finish the 2016 season with a 7-5 record and 3.41 ERA in 17 starts

July 22, 2016

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@scubasteve028 @FWMoy926_41 Almost 14 years ago, Phil gets some grace on this one. Hell, I had a hard time remembering what I had for dinner last night 😂

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Michael Young hits HR after Kansas City plunks Nelson Cruz

Young took Royals reliever Louis Coleman deep to LCF then proceeded to sprint around the bases

Texas won the game 8-4

September 3, 2012

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OTD- May 31, 2015

Josh Hamilton delivers a pinch-hit, two-out, two-RBI walk-off double to give the ballclub the victory over Boston

It was only Hamilton's 4th home game back with the Rangers, after spending the prior two seasons in Anaheim

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@scubasteve028 Great memory 🙏

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View of Nolan Ryan’s fastball from “Nolan Cam”

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Pudge Rodriguez throws out Royals 2B Jose Lind attempting to steal third base

Pudge would finish the shortened 1994 season throwing out 23 would-be base stealers on 37 attempts

June 12, 1994

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Jurickson Profar represented the Rangers organization at the 2012 MLB Futures Game

📍Kauffman Stadium- Kansas City, MO

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@Underground36ma Walk-off 2B off Koji coming up tomorrow!

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Josh Hamilton hits two HRs in second game back in Texas

Hamilton took Boston knuckleballer Steven Wright deep twice on the night

Josh finished the 2015 season with 8 HR across 50 games

May 29, 2015

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@umpireman7 Called the 2nd one right off the bat!

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Elvis Andrus hits a walk-off single, narrowly scoring Mike Napoli to secure a 7-6 Ranger victory over Kansas City

Despite the ball beating Napoli to the plate by a sizable margin, he was able to evade the tag and slide in safely

May 29, 2011

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@Ashura96 Not a bad place to watch a game!

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OTD- May 28, 2016

Yu Darvish returns to start his first game since Tommy John surgery, against the Pittsburgh Pirates

Yu struck out 7 Pirates across 5 Innings of work. He would finish 2016 with a 7-5 record