Josh Sborz recorded the final strike of the season, the one that had eluded the Texas Rangers twice in their previous attempt to win a World Series, and slammed his glove to the Chase Field turf as a dogpile ensued.
For the Rangers reliever, it was euphoric. For a Texas fan base that had waited more than 50 years to celebrate its franchise’s first championship, it was cathartic.
For 12 years, the game-tying and game-winning swings from David Freese in Game 6 of the 2011 World Series played on a loop in the memories of Rangers fans, haunting them more and more as each passing season of fruitlessness and futility left them without an opportunity to avenge the most heartbreaking defeat in franchise history. They were not convinced they would get another chance.
On Wednesday night in Arizona, their demons were exorcised. The drought was doused. Just two years removed from a 102-loss season, for the first time since the franchise was conceived as the Washington Senators in 1961 and moved to Texas in 1972, the Rangers were World Series champions.
“I’m not going to lie,” manager Bruce Bochy added, “it’s special to come here in my first year with a team that was determined to play winning baseball and had never won a championship.”
Bochy’s Rangers needed only five games to best the Diamondbacks and deliver North Texas its long-awaited title. Still, finishing the job required fortitude. All year, Bochy took pride in his team’s resilience. It was the Rangers’ calling card — perhaps a product of the calming influence of their most important free-agent signing: their manager.
Throughout the Rangers’ run, memories of their past surrounded them. The man whose Giants beat the Rangers in the 2010 World Series was also the person in charge of guiding Texas to the franchise’s first title. In his first season at the helm, Bochy became the third manager ever to win titles in both the National and American Leagues.
Adolis García, a former Cardinal who was traded to the Rangers for cash considerations in 2019, was the story and breakout star of October. He set the all-time record for RBIs in a single postseason with his home run to win Game 1 of the World Series, surpassing a mark previously held by Freese. The walk-off blast came exactly 12 years to the day when the Cardinals’ 2011 standout set it against the Rangers.
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