Table of Contents Page Chapter Chapter Page Meet the Rangers 4 Glory Days 6 Home Turf 12 Dressed for Success 14 We Won 16 Go-To Guys 20 Calling the Shots 24 One Great Day 26 Legend Has It 28 It Really Happened 30 Team Spirit 32 Timeline 34 Fun Facts 36 Talking Baseball 38 Great Debates 40 For the Record 42 Pinpoints 44 Glossary 46 Extra Innings 47 Index 48 ABOUT OUR GLOSSARY In this book there may be several words that you are reading for the first time Some are sports words some are new vocabulary words and some are familiar words that are used in an unusual way All of these words are defined on page 46 Throughout the book sports words appear in bold type Regular vocabulary words appear in bold italic type
Meet the Rangers B aseball players are taught to be patient The greater the pressure they face the more they must relax and trust that their t their talent will shine through The same could be said for fans of of the Texas Rangers They went almost 40 years before their team made it to the World Series p How did the Rangers reward the patience of their fans The team found just the right mix of pitching and hitting and the wins started coming easily For many years the Rangers had fallen short of a league championship That is no longer true today Texas can proudly say it has won a pennant This book tells the story of the Rangers They began in in another part of the country in the 1960s and moved west in the in the 1970s It may have taken them a while to get used to their new address but these days the Rangers are feeling right at home in Texas Nelson Cruz returns to the dugout after scoring another run for the power packed Rangers 5
