The tenure of Bobby Valentine in Texas had been a pretty good, albeit frustrating one. Valentine arrived in 1986 and turned a franchise that rarely contended into one that won 87 games. Then the Rangers slipped back under. 500 for two seasons. Valentine grinded his way back to the right side of .500 with 83-win […]
Major league baseball came to Texas in 1972 when the Washington Senators relocated and changed their name to the Rangers. Success took a lot longer. Coming into 1986, this franchise had yet to win the AL West. There were only two seasons (1974 & 1977) that had been playoff-caliber by the more lenient standards of […]
The 1993 Texas Rangers were the heirs to a franchise history that was something less than stellar. Since they relocated from Washington in 1972, the Rangers had never reached postseason play. Even allowing the more stringent standards of the era, Texas had just two seasons where they finished with one of the top four records […]