PHOENIX — The Rangers — and especially their fans — know better than to make assumptions about what’s coming. This is the franchise that was one strike away — twice — from its first World Series title in 2011, and that’s a sentence that still sends shivers down the spines of the Texas faithful. After …
Although the visitors’ clubhouse at Chase Field was clearly in a celebratory mood after a 3-1 victory over the D-backs gave Texas a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series and a sparkling , record-breaking 9-0 road record this postseason, Max Scherzer is standing in his locker talking about back spasms and Adolis García is headed …
After giving up a ninth inning lead and letting the Rangers down, the D-backs have their own cleaning up to do in Game 2 on Saturday night. Even in a game that has conditioned its athletes to forgive and forget and move on to the next one, the Rangers’ 6-5, 11-inning victory was a gut …
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ARLINGTON — Evan Longoria waited 15 years to get another crack at winning a World Series title. Now, as the veteran third baseman/designated hitter returns to the game’s biggest stage when his D-backs face the Rangers in the 2023 World Series, he feels more ready to go out with a ring than what he did …
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ARLINGTON — Marcus Semien, for all intents and purposes, is the captain of the Texas Rangers. No official patch or designation, but he’s the guy. He’s not their most talented hitter — that’s Corey Seager — and he’s not the emotional backbone of the club — that’s Adolis García. But he is the man that …
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Once, back in 1991, we had what is known as the Worst-to-First Series between the Braves and the Twins, both of which ended the previous year. It turned out to be one of the most memorable World Series ever played, not ending until the bottom of the 10th Game 7 in the old Metrodome, on …
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