100 things Rangers fans should know & do before they die /
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Chicago, Illinois :
Triumph Books,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword by Jon Daniels; Introduction; 1. Salute Tom Vandergriff Whenever Possible; 2. Bringing Nolan Ryan (the Player) to Arlington; 3. Bringing Nolan Ryan (the Executive) Back to Arlington; 4. Michael Young: The Face of the Franchise; 5. Remember the 2011 Series Run, Not How It Came Undone; 6. Sit Down, A-Rod: Closing Game 6 of the 2010 ALCS; 7. Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez: Teen to Texas Legend; 8. Shot of J.D. Helps Rangers Rise in Relevance; 9. Winning Games 4 and 5 of the 2011 World Series.
- 10. Simp-Lee Sensational: Winning Game 5 of the 2010 ALDS11. Rangers Shift Into Cruz Control in 2011 ALCS; 12. Rangers Win 2011 ALDS in "Year of the Napoli"; 13. Rangers Win First World Series Game in Arlington; 14. Game 5 of the 2015 ALDS: The Call, the Chaos, the Errors, and the Bat Flip; 15. Rougned Odor and the Shot Heard Around the Baseball Universe; 16. 2011 Rangers Complete Best Regular Season in History; 17. Acquisition of Lee Lifts Rangers to the World Series; 18. Ron Washington: The Winningest Manager in Rangers History; 19. Johnny Oates: No Ranger Will Ever Wear No. 26 Again.
- 20. Bannister Leads Worst-to-First Bounce Back in His Rookie Managerial Season21. Adrian Beltre: Worth Every Penny of Big-Money Contract; 22. The Sad Saga of the Rapid Rise and Fall of David Clyde; 23. Globe Life Park: Home of the Heat Index; 24. Josh Hamilton: The Good, the Bad, and the "Baseball Town" Thing; 25. Surviving the Near-Disastrous Slide of 1996; 26. Jim Sundberg: Reluctant Ranger to Lone Star Legend; 27. No Ranger Crushed a Baseball Quite Like Juan Gonzalez; 28. Rangers Trade Teixeira to Atlanta for Prime Prospects.
- 29. 2016 Rangers Starting Pitching Disappears at Worst Possible Time30. The 1974 Season: The First Signs of a Pulse; 31. The Short Union of Nolan Ryan and Chuck Greenberg; 32. Ryan Fans Rickey, Records Strikeout No. 5,000 at Home; 33. Home Sweet Home: Winning a Playoff Game in Arlington; 34. Charlie Hough: Best Bargain in Franchise History; 35. Fergie Jenkins: Triumph and Overcoming Tragedy; 36. Ian Kinsler: Love or Loathe Him, You Had to Respect Him; 37. 1977: One of the Best and Most Bizarre Seasons; 38. Rogers Throws First Perfect Game in Rangers History.
- 39. Ruben Sierra: Carrying the Weight of a Country with Class40. Mark Holtz: Gone but Certainly Not Forgotten; 41. The Radio Voice of the Rangers: Eric Nadel; 42. Rusty Greer Played the Game with a Marine's Mentality; 43. Tom Grieve: The Player, the Executive, the Commentator; 44. Rangers Blast Yanks in 1996 ALDS Opener in Bronx; 45. Heartbreak in the Bronx: Game 2 of the 1996 ALDS; 46. First Home Playoffs Produce More Agony in Arlington; 47. George W. Bush: Leading the Rangers, Texas, and the USA; 48. Mike Hargrove: Worth the Wait.