Adios, Rangers

They lost the World Series, 4-1. At least they got to play in it and won one game. Wasn’t so long ago no one in Texas would have believed they’d ever get that far.

As for the loss, well, as Wash says, “That’s the way baseball go.” And there’s always next year. Thanks guys for the good show and congratulations on the pennant.

0 responses to “Adios, Rangers

  1. Dick, though I usually root for the National League team in the World Series, this year I was rooting for the Rangers; because they use to be the Washington Senators (1958-1972). The original Washington Senators, the Minnesota Twins was also in the playoffs this year. Given that Washington’s current MLB team, the Nationals is keeping to the Senators tradition of finishing last, having a former Senators team in the World Series was about as close as Washington is likely to get for the foreseeable future. Remember the old saying:
    “Washington,
    First in War, First in Peace &
    Last in the American/National League!”

  2. Heh. The first pro baseball game I ever saw in person was the Senators in the summer of ’61, which I believe was their opening summer. (Was living in Northern Virginia at the time.) The team, that is, which became the Rangers. A previous Senators team had become in 1960 the Minnesota Twins.