2011 Texas Rangers Winter Caravan - Central Texas stops

[Shawn_E.]

ROUND ROCK, Texas - Defending American League champion Texas Rangers have announced 2011 caravan stops for Central Texas. The three-day tour includes eight stops stretching from Waco to San Antonio, highlighted by a luncheon Thursday, Jan. 27, in the United Heritage Center at The Dell Diamond in Round Rock.

Tickets for the luncheon at The Dell Diamond will go on sale Jan. 6 through the Round Rock Express ticket office (512.255.2255) and online at The Official Site of Minor League Baseball | Round Rock Express Homepage. Individual general admission tickets are $40, while a table of eight can be reserved for $300. The luncheon is presented by Cody Pools and Mission Plastering. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. CST with the luncheon program beginning at noon. A one-hour autograph session for ticketed attendees will follow the program.

Rangers personnel in attendance for the Express luncheon include Rangers owners Nolan Ryan and Chuck Greenberg, Rangers bench coach and former Express manager Jackie Moore, and Rangers Senior Executive Vice President Jim Sundberg. Players in attendance for each stop on the tour, including the Express luncheon, will be announced in early January.

The Central Texas caravan begins Tuesday, Jan. 25, with a morning stop at Fort Hood in Killeen, followed by an afternoon stop at Brooke Army Medical Center at Fort Sam Houston and an evening autograph session at Academy Sports + Outdoors in Selma. Wednesday's events include a luncheon in College Station sponsored by FSN Southwest and an autograph session at Academy Sports + Outdoors on Brodie Lane in South Austin.

The Rangers will visit a yet-to-be-determined Round Rock ISD school prior to the Thursday luncheon at The Dell Diamond. The caravan then moves north for an autograph session at Academy Sports + Outdoors in Waco. A detailed schedule of the tour is below.

Round Rock, the Rangers Triple-A affiliate, opens is 12th season April 7 at The Dell Diamond, beginning the season with four-game series against the Iowa Cubs and Omaha Storm Chasers.

2011 TEXAS RANGERS CENTRAL TEXAS CARAVAN
Tuesday, Jan. 25
11:00 a.m. - Fort Hood; Killeen
4:30 p.m. - Brooke Army Medical Center; Fort Sam Houston
6:30 p.m. - Academy Sports + Outdoors; Selma

Wednesday, Jan. 26
Noon - FSN Luncheon; College Station
5:00 p.m. - Academy Sports + Outdoors; Sunset Valley

Thursday, Jan. 27
10:00 a.m. - Round Rock ISD
Noon - Round Rock Express Luncheon; United Heritage Center at The Dell Diamond
5:30 p.m. - Academy Sports + Outdoors; Waco

 

[DallasFan]

I will be at the Express luncheon for sure.

 

[buyer_brad]

anybody want to 50/50 Ryan on a ball for me?

 

[gaflames72]

anyone wanna 50/50 Hamilton on 11x14?

 

[franco858]

Will pay or 50/50 to get Ryan on 16x20's. PM me asap! Thanks

-Franco

 

[scoreset]

If anyone can 50/50 Jim Sundberg on cards, please PM me.

 

[neverfinished94]

I will hopefully be going to the luncheon with Nolan as well.

 

[Astrofan5]

Have they announced the players for the Caravan stops yet? I tried looking on the Rangers and Round Rock sites, but cannot find it.

 

[AutographMaster]

If Mitch Moreland shows up on any caravan stops, let me know if someone can 50/50 him for me.

 

[jeffbrown]

Full schedule w/ players.- No OKC this year. Lame.
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The 2011 Caravan begins this Friday with the first Town Hall at the Academy Sports and Outdoors in Fort Worth. The complete schedule of Rangers appearances at Academy Sports and Outdoors locations (all are open free of charge to the public; schedule of participants is subject to change; number of autographs to be signed may be limited depending on location):

Friday, January 7--Town Hall/Autograph Session, 5836 North Tarrant Parkway, Fort Worth, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Tommy Hunter, David Murphy, Jackie Moore, Jim Sundberg, Dave Barnett

Tuesday, January 11--Autograph Session, 445 Forest Square St., Longview, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Derek Holland, Mitch Moreland, Dave Anderson, Tom Grieve

Wednesday, January 12--Town Hall/Autograph Session, 6101 I-20 (at Bryant Irvin Road), Fort Worth, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Thad Levine, Derek Holland, Mitch Moreland, Dave Anderson, Jim Sundberg, Tom Grieve

Thursday, January 13--Autograph Session, 5802 19th St. (at West Loop 289), Lubbock, 5:00-6:00 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Derek Holland, Mitch Moreland, Dave Anderson, Tom Grieve

Friday, January 14--Autograph Session, 3950 John Knox Drive (at Cedar Run Road), Abilene, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Derek Holland, Mitch Moreland, Dave Anderson, Tom Grieve

Tuesday, January 18--Autograph Session, 1101 Walton Drive, Texarkana, 5:30-6:30
Scheduled to appear: Michael Kirkman, Thad Bosley, Dave Barnett, others TBA

Wednesday, January 19--Town Hall/Autograph Session, 3677 Emporium, Mesquite, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Chuck Greenberg, Thad Levine, Michael Kirkman, Thad Bosley, Jim Sundberg, others TBA

Thursday, January 20--Town Hall/Autograph Session, 1101 West Arbrook Blvd., Arlington, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Colby Lewis, Matt Treanor, Michael Kirkman, Mike Maddux, Jim Sundberg, Tom Grieve

Tuesday, January 25--Autograph Session, 15350 IH-35 North (at Olympia Parkway), Selma (San Antonio area), 6:30-7:30 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Tommy Hunter, Andy Hawkins, Eric Nadel, others TBA

Wednesday, January 26--Autograph Session, 5400 Brodie Lane, Sunset Valley (Austin area), 5:30-6:30 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Ron Washington, Tommy Hunter, Andy Hawkins, Eric Nadel

Thursday, January 27--Autograph Session, 210 North New Road, Waco, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Tommy Hunter, Ian Kinsler, Darren Oliver Andy Hawkins, Eric Nadel

Friday, January 28--Autograph Session, 3201 Lawrence Road, Wichita Falls, 5:00-6:00 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Tommy Hunter, others TBA

Wednesday, February 2--Town Hall/Autograph Session, 12700 South Freeway, Fort Worth, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Chuck Greenberg, Jon Daniels, Tommy Hunter, Darren Oliver, Jackie Moore, Jim Sundberg, Tom Grieve

Thursday, February 3--Town Hall/Autograph Session, 1220 West University, McKinney, 6:30-8:00 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Chuck Greenberg, Ian Kinsler, David Murphy, Jackie Moore, Jim Sundberg, Eric Nadel

Other public appearances will include:

Tuesday, January 11--Autograph Session at Super 1, 3828 Troup Hiway, Tyler, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Derek Holland, Mitch Moreland, Dave Anderson, Tom Grieve

Saturday, January 15--Autograph Session/Open House with Frisco RoughRiders, Dr Pepper Ballpark, Frisco, 1:30-3:00 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Chuck Greenberg, Derek Holland, Tommy Hunter, Mitch Moreland, David Murphy, Dave Anderson, Steve Buechele

Saturday, January 22--Autograph Session at Brookshire's, 511 North Stewart St., Azle, 5:30-6:30 p.m. Scheduled to appear: Derek Holland and Darren O'Day

In addition, the Rangers Winter Caravan will make stops at the team's new Triple-A minor league affiliate in Round Rock, at the College Baseball Hall of Fame Luncheon in Lubbock, at Fort Hood in Killeen, at Dyess Air Force Base in Abilene, at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, at Barksdale Air Force Base in Shreveport, and at a number of elementary and high schools in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.