After 63 seasons, the Texas Rangers are finally World Series champions! The win was for all those old Washington.Senators teams that plummeted in the standings. It was for the late Frank Howard. It was for Toby Harrah and Buddy Bell and Nolan Ryan. And mostly it was for all those fans who suffered for decades with their beloved Texas Rangers, enduring 100-loss seasons and playoff routs and, most cruelly of all, the 2011 World Series, when the team was just a single strike away from a title. This magazine is a tribute to the team’s storied history—and the dynasty it is about to become.

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