The Texas Rangers have issued an apology for the trash that accumulated on the "Rangers Fans" statue as fans entered on Opening Day.

The statue had beer cans and other items pile up on it prior to Monday's game. It honors all Rangers fans with a depiction of the late Shannon Stone and his son, Cooper.

Stone died at the ballpark in 2011 as he tried to reach for a ball thrown to him by Josh Hamilton as a souvenir and fell over the railing in the outfield. His son, Cooper, was with him at the game.