Rangers advance to the American League Championship Series Texas Rangers Manager Ron Washington and GM Jon Daniels address the media on Wednesday from the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Gordon Jackson of the Dallas Weekly and Cedric Bailey of the LaVida Newspaper attend the press conference. You can listen to our questions that we addressed both men. Game 1 of the AL championship series is Saturday. For the Rangers, it will be either an ALCS rematch starting at the New York Yankees or at home against Detroit. The and Yankees play the deciding Game 5 of their AL division series Thursday night in New York.Before last year, the entire postseason history for the Rangers - who began as the Washington Senators from 1961-71 - consisted of playing the Yankees in the AL division series three times in the second half of the 1990s with nine losses in a row.Texas won its first playoff game 15 years ago at old Yankee Stadium before New York won three in a row to clinch that series. The Yankees swept the 1998 and 1999 series, outscoring Texas 23-2 in those six games. New York went to the World Series all three times. Fittingly, the Rangers clinched their first World Series berth after beating the Yankees in a six-game AL championship series last October before losing in five games to the San Francisco.Texas backed up its first AL pennant by setting a franchise record with 96 wins this season. They have won three AL playoff series in a row after eliminating the Rays in four games. “You don’t accomplish things like that unless you’ve got a lot of people with the same vision pulling hard and pulling together,” said general manager Jon Daniels, who is wrapping up his sixth season in that position.During the regular season, the Rangers struggled against both Detroit and New York. Texas was 2-7 and outscored 62-35 by the Yankees, including a 1-5 mark in New York. CC Sabathia beat the Rangers twice this season and in Game 5 in last year’s series. The Rangers were 3-6 against Detroit. The winning pitcher for all three Texas victories was Alexi Ogando, who is now in the bullpen instead of the rotation for the playoffs.LaVida News website www.lavidanews.comDallas Weekly website www.dallasweekly.comThanks for listening.Cedric Bailey, National Radio host www.musicalsoulfood.com

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