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The Texas Rangers were born of a move by the old Washington Senators to Arlington, Texas after the 1972 season. In one form or another, the ballclub has been in existence since 1961, in Washington or as the present-day team. Playing in the American League’s Western Division, they are famous for being one of three teams to have never played in a World Series. Unfortunately, they’re also the only active major league club to have never won a playoff series.
The team, hopelessly mediocre, lost its fan base and moved to Arlington, Texas to start over. The new team came through with a season above .500 seasons. The team collected several individual awards- Mike Hargrove was named Rookie of the Year, Billy Martin was named Manager of the Year, Jeff Burroughs was named MVP, and Ferguson Jenkins was named Comeback Player of the Year after winning 25 games in 1974.
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About The Texas Rangers
As the Texas Rangers, the club played its first game April 15, 1972, losing 1-0 to the California Angels. A couple of Hall of Fame managers also helmed the team in its early years; Whitey Herzog and Billy Martin, both of whom had been celebrated for being able to turn almost any team into a winner. Martin proved that out, leading the club to a winning record in 1974, finishing just behind the eventual World Series champion Oakland Athletics. Texas Rangers tickets were quite the item to sport that year.
A pattern began to develop in the life of the ballclub, and that was that it would put together a few years of poor or mediocre performance followed by a season which would be almost successful, tantalizing fans of the team with the promise of a follow-on year in which the Rangers would finally break out fully. For the most part, fans have tended to remain loyal; delivering good Texas Rangers tickets campaigns, especially after the team began to play their weekend games in the evening to mitigate the effects of a long, hot and humid summer baseball season.
Under the aegis of Bobby Valentine, who would captain the club for nearly 1200 games over a long career, the Rangers began to make steady progress in on-the-field performance and in the selling of Texas Rangers tickets. The late 1980s and the 1990s saw winning seasons with some regularity, to the point where the club could be counted on for at least a second-place finish, though their inability to reach the top evidenced by a playoff appearance on occasion led to Valentine’s dismissal after the 1992 journey. Marquee players like Ruben Sierra and Rafael Palmeiro also helped sell a great many Texas Rangers tickets in those days.
The Rangers of the 1990s continued to show strong performance with the play of stars like Kenny Rogers, Ivan Rodriguez and Will Clark, to name a few. They won the division title in 1996, the first in the club’s history, falling to the Yankees in the first round. 1998 and 1999 saw a return to division championship form, though playoff success continued to elude. There was no lack of interest in Texas Rangers tickets, though.
A blockbuster deal in 2001 saw superstar Alex Rodriguez come over from the Seattle Mariners. Unfortunately, the team failed to live up to expectations, suffering dismal finishes for much of the time A-Rod was with the club. After the superstar was traded to the Yankees, the club actually made a good run in 2004, battling for a playoff spot for much of the season. Potential stars such as Milton Bradley and Gary Mathews, Jr. have seen duty with the club, and it continues to come tantalizingly close to finally making it over the hump to consistent baseball success, though sales of Texas Rangers tickets are still good, regardless.
2010 might prove eventful. The club has been through the baseball wars, finding a toughness that only adversity can create. If they can improve upon the success of 2009, they should be able to ride the strong arm of Nefi Perez and the fielding and bats of Omar Vizquel and Nelson Cruz to a fine season. Texas Rangers tickets are going to be a hot commodity in Arlington once more, it would seem.
