38,000 Texas Rangers fans pack home opener, flouting mask requirements and getting drunk

Dallas, April 6 (RHC)-- In Arlington, Texas, over 38,000 fans packed the home opener of the Texas Rangers Major League Baseball team Monday.  The Rangers said masks were required, but the rule was widely flouted.

It was the first time in over a year that any professional sports team in the U.S. has allowed its stadium to fill to capacity.  As of Monday, just 16% of Texas residents had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

Meanwhile, in Waco, Texas, thousands of college students who’d gathered in Baylor University’s football stadium to watch the NCAA basketball finals rushed the field Monday night after their team won the national championship.  The students packed together for celebrations, few of them wearing masks.