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The 2024 Home portion of the MLB Season for the
Defending World Series Champions, Texas Rangers is coming to an end this
weekend—with the final six games to close it out at Globe Life Field, have the
Toronto Blue Jays, and the Seattle Mariners coming through town, the Rangers
who start this final series at home are 9 games out of first place in the
American League West, and they are 7 games out of the Wild Card race… either
way there will be NO post season for this team this year.
The bright side of this, is that Chris Young, their GM
has been given an extension on a contract and a new title of President and
oversees Baseball Operations, so that will help, and that Manager Bruce Bochy
will return to the dugout for another season (it will be his third in that
capacity).
The Rangers will go into the off season, with more
questions than answers, the first being, if certain players return to the
Rangers for the 2025 season, that would include names such as Catcher Jonah
Heim, Outfield- Adolis Garcia, some pitchers might not be back like Nathan
Eovaldi—but that pretty much is still up in the air, all of those names are
actually still possible to stay with the Rangers, but the Winter Meetings in
December, in Dallas, Texas—will be very telling.
The celebration of the opening game of the 2024 season
against the Chicago Cubs, at home, the presentation of the Commissioners
Trophy, the dropping of the World Series Banner from the rafters, the fans
enjoying the excitement of reliving that Championship feel, one more time.
The season showcased, because of the likes of Chuck
Morgan, the promotional items through out the year, the replica Championship
rings, the bobble heads that showcased the Gold Glove Winners, the moments of
the Post Season, the replica Jerseys of players that made an impact during the post season
and the World Series—and again the joy and delight of the fans that were able
to participate with receiving those items.
The ALL STAR GAME, that was held in July at the home
of the World Series Champions, from the previous year, that was special, only
the third time in baseball history, has that happened, once with the New York Giants
the other was the New York Yankees, and now the Texas Rangers can add their
name to that very small list of teams to have done that feat.
Alas, though this season is coming to an end, and this
team, will not be able to repeat as Champions, and this team, will lick their wounds
and prepare for the off season that is about to come, and set their sights on
what will be available with either trades, free agency, or better yet in the amateur
draft come June of 2025.
For now, though, those of us that have suffered the
slings and arrows of previous years of, “Wait til next year”—we did and we got
there, and we were just full of the joy and the thrill, that North Texas
claimed another championship in the area, the Dallas Cowboys are FIVE TIME Super
Bowl Champions, the NHL’s Dallas Stars, Stanley Cup Champions, the NBA’s Dallas
Mavericks, and now the Rangers are a part of that lore. HOWEVER! Let us not
forget the minor league champions in the area as well, the TWO TIME Texas
League Champions Frisco Roughriders, the CHL Ft Worth Brahmas, the CHL/ECHL 4
time Champions Allen Americans.
So this is a CITY OF CHAMPIONS—a METROPLEX of
Champions…. And the Texas Rangers, added to that compliment of trophies in the
trophy case.
Lets see what happens in 2025, and if Bruce Bochy once
again, can show that he is indeed the Mad Scientist, and recreate once again,
what he did in the city by the Bay, and replicate the same magic and bring home
another championship with the name Rangers attached to it!
Just a thought
