Change in Texas Rangers start time by Fox cost team estimated $500,000

• Saturday June 5th's triple digit heat reduced attendance from what it would have been in the cooler evening.

The Texas Rangers Saturday June 5th game "...was moved to a 3:10 start time for a FOX regional telecast, and the Rangers later estimated the time change cost $500,000 - $600,000.

• The official Dallas/Ft. Worth high temperature Saturday reached triple digits
• for the first time this year, reducing attendance to 25,853,
• down from a likely gate

• of more than 30,000 had the game time remained at 7:07."...

from MLBCenter.com, 6/7/10, "No sweep for Rangers" via SBD

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