SI Commemorates the 2023 World Series Champions - The Texas Rangers
LEAP OF FAITH • THE FRANCHISE WON ITS FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER MAKING A GROUP COMMITMENT TO ACHIEVING THE UNPRECEDENTED
The Season • THE RANGERS TOOK A TEAM THAT WAS ALREADY STRONG AND BOLSTERED IT WITH MAJOR MIDSEASON ACQUISITIONS, BUILDING A SQUAD THAT PROVED TO BE THE BEST IN BASEBALL
The Playoffs • THE RANGERS SWEPT PAST TAMPA BAY AND BALTIMORE BEFORE BATTLING HOUSTON IN A SEVEN-GAME CLASSIC AND, WITH ONE LAST UPSET, EARNING THEIR WAY BACK TO THE WORLD SERIES
OFF AND RUNNING • AFTER ENDING ITS SEASON ON A SOUR NOTE, TEXAS FOUND ITS SPARK AGAIN BY MAKING QUICK WORK OF TAMPA BAY
SWEPT AWAY • BALTIMORE’S REGULAR SEASON HAD BEEN A JOY RIDE, BUT IN THE PL AYOFFS THE TEAM FROM TEXAS HAD ALL THE FUN
ASTRO SMASHERS • TEXAS DELIVERED A KNOCKOUT PUNCH TO THE DEFENDING CHAMPIONS, LED BY AN UNLIKELY HERO IN ADOLIS GARCÍA
Rising Above • TEXAS’S STARS DELIVERED ON THE BIGGEST STAGE AND, GUIDED BY THEIR OLD-SCHOOL MANAGER, DID SOMETHING NO RANGERS TEAM HAD EVER DONE: WIN THE WORLD SERIES
The Heroes • THE STARS OF THIS CHAMPIONSHIP RUN INCLUDED VETERANS WHO DELIVERED EVERYTHING THEY WERE HIRED TO DO AND A ROOKIE SENSATION WHO PLAYED LIKE HE WAS BORN FOR THIS MOMENT
COREY SEAGER • IN THE 2023 POSTSEASON, THE WORLD SERIES MVP FINALLY SHOWED SOME OF THE EMOTION THAT CAN GET SUBSUMED BY THE INTENSITY OF HIS DAILY ROUTINE
NATHAN EOVALDI • WHEN TEXAS ACQUIRED THE VETERAN RIGHTY IN THE OFFSEASON, ITS GOAL WAS NOT ONLY TO IMPROVE THE PITCHING STAFF BUT ALSO TO BUILD A WINNING CULTURE
EVAN CARTER • THE YOUNGEST PLAYER ON THE RANGERS’ ROSTER APPROACHED THE PLAYOFFS LIKE HE HAD BEEN IN THE MAJORS FOR A DECADE RATHER THAN A MONTH
The History • SINCE MOVING FROM WASHINGTON, THE RANGERS HAVE MADE PLENTY OF MEMORIES FOR THE FANS IN ARLINGTON, WITH MORE THAN A FEW FEATURING A STRIKEOUT KING FROM DOWN THE WAY
ALL-TIME GREATS • FROM FEARSOME SLUGGERS TO STRIKEOUT ARTISTS, RANGERS PLAYERS HAVE THRILLED FANS IN ARLINGTON FOR DECADES AND LEFT A PRODIGIOUS MARK ON MAJOR LEAGUE HISTORY
THE OLD HAND • THE RANGERS WERE THE FINAL STOP IN THE MAGNIFICENT CAREER OF NOLAN RYAN, ONE THAT BROUGHT HIM TO A PL ACE WHERE THE NATIVE TEXAN COULDN’T HAVE BEEN MORE AT HOME
BY THE NUMBERS • THESE SIGNIFICANT FIGURES TELL THE HISTORY OF THE RANGERS’ FRANCHISE FROM THE TIME OF ITS TEXAS RELOCATION TO TODAY
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