MLB playoffs back at the Globe with Texas Rangers part of them, and not neutral 3 years after COVID

There was a World Series and other postseason games played at Globe Life Field even before Texas Rangers fans got to see their own team do anything in the stadium with a retractable roof.

And who knew back in 2020 that World Series MVP Corey Seager had already picked out a locker in the home clubhouse that would become his own.

Three years after MLB's neutral-site World Series during the COVID-19 pandemic in the stadium that was then brand new, the postseason is back. The hometown Rangers, with Seager in his second season as their shortstop, will play their first playoff games there before a full house.

“This is what I’ve envisioned so many times when I’ve walked in there and just looked around,” Rangers general manager Chris Young said Monday, a day before Game 3 of the American League Division Series against Baltimore. “Just to have a packed house full of 40,000 fans rocking and cheering on their home team, I think it’s just great for our community."