When the video above was released by the Rangers' social media team, it sparked a flurry of memes and online jokes about how the team's new home looks more like a sheet metal factory than it does a ballpark.
CBS Sports wrote: "The inside look is more impressive than the bland outside, but that isn't saying much."
Jason Owens of Yahoo Sports added: "It looks like a roasting pan. One of those disposable aluminium pans you buy for a Thanksgiving turkey. Except it's flipped upside down."
Unsurprisingly, the Twitterverse quickly sprung into action.
As many were keen to point out, the finished product didn't exactly look like what the Rangers promised in their initial rendering of the concept.
Meanwhile, Major League Baseball will try to push ahead with a 60-game schedule that will start on July 23 or 24 in empty stadiums amid the coronavirus pandemic,
A dramatically altered season with games full of new rules was the final result of failed financial negotiations. But for fans eager to see any baseball this year, at least now they can look forward to opening day.
The announcement by MLB came while more players continue to test positive for the virus — at least seven on the Philadelphia Phillies alone.
- With AP
