ARLINGTON -- MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, in town partly to stump for the retractable-roof stadium proposal on which Arlington residents will vote on Nov. 8, said the climate is a "competitive disadvantage" for the Rangers on two fronts.

The new stadium, he said, will help change that.

"From a playing perspective, the heat wears you down playing in it game after game," Manfred said. "And it also makes it harder in getting players to play here."

When asked about the relatively short shelf life of Atlanta's Turner Field, which will be replaced next year after 20 seasons, and Globe Life Park, Manfred called the two situations "unusual." He cited the retrofitting of Atlanta's stadium after the 1996 Olympics as less than ideal.

Of Arlington: "I think the climate issues have been here for a long, long time."

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