Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez's take on the Texas Rangers' synthetic grass

Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez visits Globe Life Field and gives his take on the Texas Rangers' synthetic grass

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00:00 Well the turf is nice and it feels like grass to be honest with you. I know it's not

00:04 regular grass but the technology of this grass is made to feel like you're playing in regular grass

00:13 and you probably can see and when you step on it feels very soft and it's the material that they

00:21 have underneath of the surface and I think that's going to be, you know, we have to wait and see how

00:30 the players feel. It's hard for me to say that it's good. I mean they're the ones that play but to me

00:39 it looks soft to me. I walked the whole ballpark earlier and every step that I was walking the

00:47 ballpark feels very soft but I think it's going to be a very good surface for the players to play.

00:53 Well if I was playing right now I could play 50 more years I think.

00:59 But it's good. I think this is needed for the organization. I think it's

01:08 going to be good for the players, good for the fans that they can come here at 1.05 or 1.35

01:16 game or 2.15 game and it's still going to be, you know, 70 degrees like right now and even though

01:23 when we play 7.05 I think that, you know, the great thing about this ballpark that as you can

01:28 see is beautiful and every game is going to be on time. It doesn't matter if it's a one o'clock,

01:33 two o'clock, 7.05. It's going to be on time but I think the players, I think they're going to be

01:41 more fresh playing through the years. 81 games especially July, August and September when it's

01:48 really 108, 190 degrees outside. They're still going to be playing at 70 degrees and I think

01:55 it's going to be good for them. I think the most important thing for them is to stay healthy this

02:05 year. You know, last year we went through a lot of injuries and part of those injuries because of

02:11 heat and this year, you know, we're going to play in good weather and they're going to play in great

02:16 field, great facilities. So, I think I expect the Rangers to stay healthy and have a good year.

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