Fort Worth Star-Telegram Bud Kennedy column
By Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram | |
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So one persistent Rangers fan got it changed.
After an
When
A
"Once we took a look at it and thought about it, we said, 'They're right,' " said
He and Rangers spokesman
"We got a letter and decided she had a very, very valid point," Blake said.
"I think all the other signage fits in. That sign was rushed. We're going to work on a better one."
Rand included the
"Let me first assure you that I am not upset about the sweet deal that we signed for the naming rights," she wrote, arguing that what made her gasp wasn't the name change but the aesthetics.
The mismatched sign is "quite upsetting to this baseball traditionalist," she wrote, even quoting
Even the
She has three children in public schools and another at a state university, and has gone to
She got better results from the Rangers.
"I am so grateful that they took our concerns seriously," she wrote Friday by email.
She was careful to argue about the sign and not the name, she wrote: "I don't think anyone is truly happy when a ballpark or stadium changes a traditional name ... but I chose to pick my battles and to not try to fight that one."
She has been going to Rangers games for 30 years at two adjoining stadiums known by a combined total of six names in
In her letter, she called Globe Life "OUR ballpark and it feels almost as though it has been desecrated by this offensive sign."
Of all the comments about the change, that sign generated the most complaints and the strongest reaction, Majors said.
Blake asked forgiveness.
"I think everybody realizes it was a mistake, and we're working hard to correct it," he said.
"We're pretty responsive to our fans."
We need a sign that'll look good for 10 years.
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