Rangers Return To World Series With Boom & Purpose
The Texas Rangers are back in the World Series with a boom and a purpose. Just getting there isn't enough this time.
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The Texas Rangers are back in the World Series with a boom and a purpose. Just getting there isn't enough this time.
Nelson Cruz and the Texas Rangers are headed to their second straight World Series, finishing off the Detroit Tigers to become the American League's first repeat champion in a decade.
Move over, Reggie, Babe and all those other October sluggers. Nobody has ever had a postseason power surge like Nelson Cruz just did in the AL championship series.
Detroit manager Jim Leyland would love to see Justin Verlander pitch again because that would mean the Tigers are in the World Series.
Only 3 years ago, Cruz was there to be had by any other team when Texas waived him at the end of spring training to keep another young slugger on its roster.
Detroit held on for a 7-5 victory over the Rangers on Thursday. That win cut the Texas team's lead to 3-2 in the AL championship series.
At Chad Stone's house in Grandview, the Rangers game is on full blast. The Stones will tell you they've always loved baseball, especially the hometown Rangers.
Talking baseball seems to come naturally for Michael Wang and Flo Walzer, because it was baseball that brought them together. Michael, the fan and Flo, the employee, began their friendship 22 years ago.
Tigers manager Jim Leyland says relievers Jose Valverde and Joaquin Benoit won't pitch in Thursday's fifth game of the AL championship series.
Nelson Cruz hit a crushing three-run homer in the 11th inning that helped send the Rangers over the Tigers 7-3 on Wednesday night.
Delmon Young and Victor Martinez are in the starting lineup for the Detroit Tigers, and Adrian Beltre is set to start for the Texas Rangers in Game 4 of the AL championship series Wednesday.
Josh Hamilton's bat slipped out of his hands as the Rangers slugger swung, sailing into the stands and hitting a fan wearing a Tigers jersey.
Doug Fister delivered a strong start in a game Detroit needed, to lead the Tigers past the Rangers 5-2 Tuesday night in Game 3 of the ALCS.
The Queen of Soul is back, hoping to help her hometown Detroit Tigers bounce back in the AL championship series.
