Texas Rangers tickets are on sale for the 2012 season schedule at Rangers Ballpark, where the fans expect nothing less than a World Series win. This is the great state of Texas, where they tend to worship winning and they do not want to attract sports hubris, becoming a three-time loser after the cousin Cowboys made the Bills one of the most unfortunate franchises in sports history. TheSeats has Texas Rangers baseball tickets for the new year.

Texas Rangers Tickets on Sale

Last season, the Rangers enjoyed their best season in franchise history and came the closest they ever have to bringing home a World Series win. They fell one game short, ultimately losing to the Cardinals in Game 7. This was the second consecutive World Series loss, so there is going to be increased pressure on Manager Ron Washington to not only win the AL West and adorn the wall with another AL Pennant, but to finally win the World Series in 2012.

They do so with terrific hitting and great starting pitching. The thing is that the hitting is recognized for its greatness while, once again, the starting pitching is going to be largely an unknown collective for much of the MLB’s fans. This makes this the favorite baseball team in the AL West.

Yes, the lineup of catcher Mike Napoli, second baseman Ian Kinsler, third baseman Adrian Beltre, left fielder Josh Hamilton, right fielder Nelson Cruz, and DH Michael Young is well-known and feared amongst American League pitching staffs. However, most fans do not know enough to be weary of Colby Lewis, Derek Holland, Neftali Feliz and perhaps Yu Darvish. They should even have some fear of Matt Harrison or Alexi Ogando, whoever ends up as the five man.

This team has a flaw though. It has a suspect bullpen. I am not referring to new closer Joe Narhan. He may have had a rough 2011, but he has excelled in the previous six. The Rangers area of concern is the middle relief. It is dominated by right handers with only a single lefty penciled in.

Texas Rangers History

The Texas Rangers spent a decade in the nation’s capital as the Senators before leaving for Texas as the Rangers. One can hardly blame the franchise for moving. As the Senators, the team had a single season over .500 and six seasons with fewer than 70 wins. As the Rangers, the situation did not improve until the 1977 season.

The Texas Rangers finished second in the AL West with a 94-68 record, beginning a cycle of three MLB seasons with winning records. The truly first glimpse of contention came in the 1990s. Will Clark, Juan Gonzalez, Julio Franco, Dean Palmer, and Rusty Greer provided the offensive support to cover the poor pitching. The Rangers won the AL West three times from 1996 to 1999, though they lost to the Yankees in the ALDS every playoff series.

Years later, the Texas Rangers had finally put together a stellar pitching staff to couple with the prolific offense. In 2010, under Ron Washington, the Rangers won the AL West with 90 wins and beat the Rays in the ALDS and the Yankees in the ALCS before falling to the Giants in five games. This young team remains a contender and TheSeats has the Rangers tickets for the regular season schedule and the postseason.