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 The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. From to the present, the Rangers have played in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, located in Arlington, Texas. The team's name is borrowed from the famous law enforcement agency of the same name.

The franchise originated in 1961 as the Washington Senators, an expansion team awarded to Washington, D.C. after the city's first ballclub, the original Washington Senators, relocated to Minnesota and became the Twins. After the season, the new Senators moved to Arlington, Texas and debuted as the Rangers the following spring.

The Texas Rangers Baseball Club has made five appearances in the MLB postseason, all following division championships in 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2010, and 2011. In 2010, the Rangers advanced past the Division Series for the first time in franchise history, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays. Texas then brought home their first American League Pennant after besting the New York Yankees in 6 games. In the 2010 World Series, the franchise's first, the Rangers fell to the San Francisco Giants in five games. Having won a game, the team became the first Texas MLB team to win a World Series game, the Houston Astros having been swept in their 2005 World Series appearance.(From Wikipedia)