season , ▁the ▁Florida ▁Mar l ins ▁were ▁considering ▁moving ▁to ▁San ▁Antonio , ▁among ▁other ▁cities , ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁fund ing ▁for ▁a ▁new ▁stad ium . ▁Another ▁professional ▁baseball ▁team ▁in ▁Texas , ▁whether ▁by ▁re location ▁or ▁expansion , ▁in ▁either ▁league ▁would ▁create ▁greater ▁rival ries , ▁similar ▁to ▁the ▁kind ▁in ▁the ▁NBA ▁with ▁the ▁Sp urs , ▁Ma ver icks , ▁and ▁Rock ets , ▁and ▁possible ▁real ignment ▁issues . ▁ ▁The ▁L one ▁Star ▁Series ▁was ▁not ▁conce ived ▁until ▁, ▁four ▁years ▁after ▁inter le ague ▁play ▁began . ▁It ▁was ▁only ▁logical ▁to ▁have ▁the ▁R angers ▁and ▁Ast ros ▁matched ▁together ▁since ▁they ▁are ▁the ▁only ▁ML B ▁teams ▁representing ▁Texas . ▁Since ▁both ▁played ▁in ▁two ▁different ▁divisions ▁( AL ▁West ▁and ▁N L ▁Central , ▁respectively ), ▁Major ▁League ▁Baseball ▁had ▁to ▁rect ify ▁the ▁o vers ight ▁even ▁though ▁inter le ague ▁play ▁would ▁not ▁be ▁rot ated ▁from ▁division ▁to ▁division ▁on ▁a ▁year ly ▁basis ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 2 . ▁ ▁There ▁has ▁only ▁been ▁one ▁rain out ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁the ▁L one ▁Star ▁Series . ▁A ▁game ▁scheduled ▁for ▁Sunday ▁June ▁ 3 0 , ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁at ▁R angers ▁Ball park ▁in ▁Ar ling ton ▁was ▁post pon ed ▁due ▁to ▁rain ▁and ▁res ch eduled ▁for ▁Monday , ▁September ▁ 2 . ▁The ▁R angers ▁won ▁the ▁last ▁game ▁of ▁the ▁year ▁against