WATCH: Globe Life Field's Synthetic Grass – Is It That Different for the Texas Rangers?

If you've noticed an uptick in the video quality, you can thank Bri Amaranthus, our newest contributor at Inside The Rangers on Sports Illustrated.

Bri is an Emmy-winning reporter who recently signed on with Sports Illustrated. She is the newest digital reporter on CowboysSI.com and DallasBasketball.com, covering the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks respectively. She will also be providing a lot of video content for us at Inside The Rangers, so let's give her a Texas-sized welcome!

A few of Amaranthus’ career highlights include the first College Football Playoff, NBA Playoffs, a Final Four run, multiple Rose Bowls and nationwide features. Amaranthus also took a stab at accepting roses as a contestant on ABC’s ‘The Bachelor’.

In the featured video above, Bri Amaranthus and our Rangers insider Chris Halicke discuss the new synthetic surface at Globe Life Field and if it really is that much different than the real thing.

The new synthetic grass at Globe Life Field is a polarizing topic.

For baseball traditionalists, the game is always better on grass. In this new age with retractable roof stadiums, it's not as simple as laying down a natural surface and letting it be. The upkeep takes a much larger effort and sometimes, it's still in vain. This is why the Rangers were open to the idea of a synthetic surface, which they ultimately decided was the best choice for their new home at Globe Life Field.

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