The Texas Rangers Tickets:the Team Are One Of Franchises To Have Never Played In A World Series
The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area
. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League.
From 1994 to the present, the Rangers have played in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, located in Arlington, Texas. The team's nickname originates from the famous law enforcement agency of the same name.
The franchise originated in 1961 as the Washington Senators, an expansion team awarded to Washington, D.C. after the city's first American League team, the original Washington Senators, relocated to Minnesota and became the Twins. After the 1971 season, the Senators were moved to Arlington, Texas and became the Rangers the following year.
The Rangers are one of three Major League franchises to have never played in a World Series, along with the Seattle Mariners (established in 1977) and the Washington Nationals (established in 1969 as the Montreal Expos).
The Senators/Rangers franchise is the oldest team in any of the major North American professional leagues that has never won a league championship, although the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians and San Francisco Giants won their most recent respective World Series prior to the founding of the Senators/Rangers franchise. In addition, the Rangers are the only MLB team that has yet to win a postseason series; their three previous playoff appearances (1996, 1998, and 1999) all resulted in losses to the New York Yankees.
The Rangers had a hot start to the season, highlighted by newcomer Josh Hamilton who looked to be a threat to win the Triple Crown, before fading off as the season wore on and only won the RBI crown. During the All Star break, Hamilton crushed a first round home run record in the 2008 Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium, by blasting 28 home runs.
The previous record was twenty-four by Bobby Abreu. Hamilton hit an additional four in the second round and three during the final round, for a total of thirty-five home runs. Four Texas Rangers played in the 2008 All Star Game, Josh Hamilton, Ian Kinsler, Milton Bradley, and Michael Young, who would repeat his 2006 All Star Game feat by driving in the winning run via a sac fly.
After speaking with club president Nolan Ryan and his agent, Young later rescinded his trade request, and agreed to move to third base. The offseason also saw the departure of mercurial All-star outfielder/DH Milton Bradley to free agency.
The 2009 Season saw the Rangers soar into playoff contention for the first time since 2004. Despite injuries to Josh Hamilton and Ian Kinsler, the Rangers occupied first place in their division for a good part of the season before trailing off late and being passed up by the Los Angeles Angels in August and September. The Rangers finished the season at 87-75, their first winning season since 2004, and finished in second place in the AL West, ten games behind the Angels.
3B Michael Young responded to his move to third base by posting one his best offensive seasons ever (22 home runs, .322 batting average) while committing just nine errors and was named to his sixth straight All-Star game where he started at third base for the American League.
Fellow Rangers Josh Hamilton and Nelson Cruz were also named 2009 AL All-Stars. The 2009 season has widely been viewed as fans and media as one of hope for the future as several rising stars from the Rangers strong farm organization took their places with the club including the spectacular rookie season of defensive whiz Elvis Andrus as well as the dazzling debut of Neftali Feliz who tied a major league record by striking out the first five hitters he ever faced as a Major Leaguer.
Ian Kinsler completed the cycle while going 6-6 against the Baltimore Orioles and became the fourth Rangers player in club history and fifth in franchise history to hit for the cycle. Scott Feldman also had his breakout season, winning 17 games, and finishing 3rd in the AL in that category.
Off season moves made by the Rangers sent Kevin Millwood to the Baltimore Orioles and free agents Rich Harden, Colby Lewis, and Vladimir Guerrero joining the team. Josh Hamilton was moved to left field with Julio Borbon taking over in center field.
With the new influx of talent the Rangers entered the season with expectations to compete for the division, a goal that was set in place in the 2007 season by the front office. Center fielder Josh Hamilton even went so far as saying that the Rangers would win 95 games. During the off-season, Texas Rangers' team President Nolan Ryan spoke about the Rangers' chances in the upcoming season by saying,My expectations today are that we're going to be extremely competitive and if we don't win our division, I'll be disappointed.
by: Cynthia Hoffman
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