Bri Amaranthus and Chris Halicke of Sports Illustrated discuss the new Globe Life Field's synthetic grass.
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00:00 I'm Brianna Marethes and Chris Hallick from Sports Illustrated talking about the Texas Rangers.
00:06 Alright, the Globe Wide Field is about to open and the one thing that fans are really not sure about is the active turf.
00:13 Sorry, not turf. Synthetic grass. Synthetic grass is what they're calling it.
00:18 But come on, we all know what it really is.
00:20 It's not real grass. So the Rangers did play around with the idea of having real grass.
00:25 But they wanted to weigh all their options. They wanted to be able to use the stadium for things other than baseball.
00:31 And being able to have a state of the art synthetic grass was part of the decision.
00:35 And they ended up deciding with this Shaw synthetic grass.
00:40 It's looking good so far.
00:42 So you were there today. So tell me about the synthetic grass.
00:45 Did you play around with it? How was it like?
00:47 I did. I did like the toe drag that the receivers do in football just to see the infield come up.
00:51 Because it's not the same infield, the rubber pellet. It's this organic stuff made of coconut husk.
00:56 And it's this organic feel that they're putting in.
00:59 So it's good to see something different. It's made specifically for baseball.
01:05 So not just for players but also for the way the ball bounces off it.
01:09 So it definitely feels a little bit different, that's for sure.
01:12 And Pudge Rodriguez also had some high praise for it too.
01:15 Talk about one of their greatest races of all time.
01:18 Right. And the Arizona Diamondbacks at Shakespeare Field play on the same floor as the surface.
01:23 Is it true that the Rangers are going to go prep while they're there?
01:26 Yes. In Arizona on March 14th, the Rangers players are going to get to be there,
01:31 shot some fly balls, and take some grounders on the surface just so they can start to get acclimated to it.
01:36 And then they will also have a workout the day after they get back from spring training at the floor by field
01:42 to continue to get acclimated to it before they actually play next Michigan game on March 23rd against the St. Louis Cardinals.
01:49 Right. Well, baseball's on the horizon. We can't wait to bring you more.
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