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January 1, 2015
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Tag: Texas Rangers
“That’s the Way Baseball Go,” Merle Haggard
August 18, 2014
In 2011, Texas Rangers club co-chairman Bob Simpson and his wife, Janice, had the idea to modify Merle Haggard’s “That’s the Way Love Goes” into a baseball song. The result was “That’s the Way Baseball Go,” and Haggard was good enough to record the song with the new lyrics.
This day in baseball: Benching fury
March 28, 2014
On March 28, 1977, an angry Len Randle attacked Rangers manager Frank Lucchesi for benching him during Spring Training. Sent to the hospital, Lucchesi wound up with a fractured cheekbone. Supposedly, Lucchesi instigated the attack by calling Randle a “punk.”
This day in baseball: MVP sweep
November 19, 2013
On November 19, 1998, Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs was awarded the National League MVP award, and Juan Gonzales of the Texas Rangers won the American League MVP. It was the first time that both MVP awards were won by Latino players in Major League Baseball.
This day in baseball: Ten-cent beer night
June 4, 2013
On 4 June 1974, it was ten-cent beer night at Cleveland Stadium as the Indians took on the Texas Rangers. As the game progressed, Indians fans grew increasingly inebriated, resulting in a riot during the ninth inning of play. As a result of the crowd’s unruly behavior, the game was interrupted and could not be resumed in a timely manner. Home plate umpire Nestor Chylak stopped the game, which was tied at five runs a piece, and pronounced a forfeit by the Indians, thus declaring the Rangers victorious.
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