MLB Opening Day 2024: Texas Rangers weather forecast
ARLINGTON, Texas - The Texas Rangers take on the Chicago Cubs on Thursday as the defending champions start a new season.
The weather is cooperating to make today's game a great one.
Temperatures will be around 72 degrees for people tailgating leading up to first pitch at 6:35 p.m.
For the beginning of the game, temperatures will be at 69 degrees.
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Will the roof be open?
"We gotta open the roof," said FOX 4 meteorologist Kylie Capps during Good Day on Thursday morning. The team did not listen to her.
Globe Life Field announced the roof would be closed for the game.
No immediate reason was given, but the team is planning to raise a new banner inside the stadium.
The Rangers have been hesitant to open the roof for regular season games.
Texas played just 11 regular season games with the roof open and went 7-4 in 2023.
Not surprisingly, most of those games were played early in the season, with the final regular season game with the roof opened on May 21.
What's changed for the Texas Rangers since last year's World Series win?
For the first time in the team’s history, the Texas Rangers are starting a season as World Series champions.
The closed roof could be good for pitchers.
Teams averaged a combined 13.7 runs per game with the Globe Life Field roof open and 10.2 runs with it closed in the 2023 regular season, according to ESPN Stats & Information.
Globe Life Field's roof was controversially opened for Game 4 of the ALCS against the Houston Astros, leading to complaints from then manager Dusty Baker.
The Astros beat the Rangers 10-3.
MLB decided to close the roof for the rest of the Rangers playoff games.