Rangers Fans are so classy

Castor27 · Apr 1, 2014

http://www.nbcdfw.com/blogs/red-fever/Texas-Rangers-Statue-Trashed-on-Opening-Day--253311201.html

Texas Rangers fans are furious after a photo circulating on social media shows a memorial for a fallen Rangers fan covered in empty beer cans and bottles.

The photo shows trash placed on a statue at Globe Life Park in Arlington that memorializes Brownwood firefighter Shannon Stone, who died at the ballpark in 2011 Stone died after he fell from the stands trying to catch a ball for his 6-year-old son, Cooper, at a Rangers game. The franchise honored Stone and his son with the statue in April 2012.

Opening day attendees left empty beer cans and bottles on the statue of the fallen fan, which stands outside the home-plate gate of Globe Life Park.

One ballpark guest took a photo of the garbage on the statue and posted it to Twitter.

The Texas Rangers issued the following statement after the photo circulated social media channels after the Opening Day loss to the Philadelphia Phillies.

"The Rangers certainly regret and apologize for the trash that accumulated on the Rangers Fans statue at the home plate gate this afternoon. With thousands of opening day fans, many of whom had been tailgating, entering the park in the 30 minutes before game time, large amounts of cans, bottles, and other items that are prohibited in the park, accumulated at all entrances. Numerous clean up calls came into the maintenance department in this period, and the club utilized a large number of employees to continually remove the vast amount of trash that was accumulating. The debris on the statue was removed in a timely manner but it should not have been allowed to be placed there in the first place. The Rangers Fans statue is a cherished component of Globe Life Park in Arlington and the club will make certain this situation does not occur in the future."

During the dedication of the statue in April of 2012, Nolan Ryan -- who was President of the team at the time -- spoke about what the statue represents.

"This bronze represents so many things that are good about baseball -- competition, happiness, memories -- and I think Shannon embodied what we as an organization hope for in our fans," Ryan said.
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REEKO_HTOWN · Apr 1, 2014

The statue is stupid. I'm sorry but if they gave that guy a statue then where's the one for the drunk idiot who fell off the escalator at Reliant?

ths balla · Apr 1, 2014

REEKO_HTOWN said: ↑

The statue is stupid. I'm sorry but if they gave that guy a statue then where's the one for the drunk idiot who fell off the escalator at Reliant?
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Hamilton tossed the guy a ball to give to his kid and in attempting to catch it he fell to his death, I don't see how the 2 compare??

REEKO_HTOWN · Apr 1, 2014

ths balla said: ↑

Hamilton tossed the guy a ball to give to his kid and in attempting to catch it he fell to his death, I don't see how the 2 compare??
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They're both accidents. **** happens. No need for statues just for the hell of it.

RootHouston · Apr 6, 2014

REEKO_HTOWN said: ↑

They're both accidents. **** happens. No need for statues just for the hell of it.
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The need for a statue is debatable, sure, but for god's sake, why deface it?

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