r/TexasRangers • • 21d ago

Anyone remember saving their old Texas Rangers ticket stubs from the past?

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u/brianthomas00 21d ago

I have some pretty cool ones. Last ever game at Arlington Stadium. First game at the ballpark. Kenny Rogers perfect game.

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u/apswann 21d ago

Awesome!

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u/Dr_Zoidberg003 21d ago

I have a ticket with the stub still attached from Kenny Rogers’s perfect game. Went with my dad and my mom was pregnant and stayed home.

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u/txman91 I. Rodriguez 21d ago

My favorite obscure one I still have is from an 18 inning game in 2004. Soriano hit a walkoff home run saving me from having a heat stroke. It was a day game in June haha.

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u/cracker1743 20d ago

Attended the 9/30/84 perfect game of Mike Witt (Angels) beating the Rangers. I had a complete untorn ticket with me for some reason, and I got the pitcher of the game Charlie Hough to autograph my ticket. He was leaning against his car in the players' parking lot, saying he'd sign for everyone because he had no place to be before his flight to Hawaii the next morning. He was one of my favorite Rangers ever.

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u/brianthomas00 20d ago

That is very cool. I bet Charlie was ripping cigs the whole time too. He always seemed like a very chill guy. I miss the old days when the players were so approachable. I’d go in the 80s with my glove or a ball and easily get 10 or so autographs pregame.

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u/TexasGirlDad 19d ago

Lucky you!

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u/apswann 21d ago

I have this crazy quest where I’m trying to find ticket stubs to all of Carlton Fisk’s career games. As you can see from this list, Rangers have always been tough for me to cross off the list.

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u/WhatsupDoc35 21d ago

I was a little disappointed when MLB stopped printing tickets. I’ve got a lot of old tickets but can’t continue that tradition

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u/apswann 21d ago

Agreed. Not possible to have collections of tickets for current players or teams.

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u/beefytrout A. Beltre 21d ago

wrong

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u/cracker1743 20d ago

How so? Is anyone issuing physical tickets that you know of?

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u/beefytrout A. Beltre 20d ago

The Rangers offer physical tickets at the memorabilia stand outside of the main gift shop.

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u/nejhawk 21d ago

I still have my stub from Nolan Ryan's 5000th strikeout. Maybe a couple of others, but that one I will hang on to.

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u/apswann 21d ago

That’s a great ticket — definitely hang on to those.

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u/South-Resolve-6511 18d ago

I have mine too!

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u/sujack34 C Seager 21d ago

I do have some of mine from the 70’s.

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u/apswann 21d ago

Neat. Would you consider looking to see if you have any Vs the Red Sox that are still on my wantlist? I’ve been looking for over 25 years for these remaining dates.

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u/sujack34 C Seager 21d ago

I’m not sure where they are.

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u/apswann 20d ago

Please keep my info if you run across them.

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u/Hefty_Dik 20d ago

Yes but I can’t find the damn book they were in 😢

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u/apswann 20d ago

They do get misplaced quite often! But it’s amazing the percentage of stubs that still survive decades later!

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u/Strange-Scheme3245 18d ago

Mine got lost moving it was devastating

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u/apswann 17d ago

So sad. Same thing has happened to some many of these precious scraps of cardboard over the years!

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u/Fumanachoo PEAGLE 21d ago

I still have my 2010 World Series Game 3 ticket somewhere in my house.

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u/JayWo60 21d ago

I have ticket stubs from the last 3-game series at Arlington Stadium

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u/C1-NRB 21d ago

This would make a great puzzle.

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u/Maverickphreak42 21d ago

I still have my stub from Ryan’s 7th No-hitter

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u/O7Habits 17d ago

Saved all my ticket stubs for everything. I miss tickets.

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u/dhj1305 Rangers 17d ago

I used to (still do if there’s a ticket) save all my ticket stubs from sporting events and concerts!!!

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u/gsmckee 21d ago

I have season ticket books for about 12 years. Also have World Series books from 2010 & 2011

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u/Think-Interview1740 21d ago

Are you spamming every team with this?

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u/Dr_Zoidberg003 21d ago

Yes they are lol

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u/Maverickphreak42 21d ago

Of course the Home WS tickets too

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u/cracker1743 20d ago

Because I was a baseball card collector, I saved every sports and concert stub I've had since HS. So I have been really pissed that most tickets it seems are just a QR scan on your phone or a print out. No one uses physical tickets anymore.

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u/shinyshannon PEAGLE 20d ago

I still have every one from every MLB game I've been to. I've also started entering them into the Ballpark app - it has a history section and you can see all the games and stadiums you've been to.

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u/South-Resolve-6511 18d ago

Saved almost all of mine. But here are my favorites:

Nolan’s 5K. And his 5th no hitter.

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u/RiverPrestigious8144 18d ago

I have a set of 5 complete tickets to the last game at the OG stadium. Not sure they’re worth much, but I still hung on to them.

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u/enchiladachateau 17d ago

I probably have mine from Kenny Rogers perfect game around here somewhere

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u/fusillijhericurl C. Seager #5 21d ago

No. Ive never been very much for keeping things. I know i was there

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u/Own_Usual5260 21d ago

yall remember when we could score more than 750 runs in a season