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The American professional Major League Baseball (MLB) baseball team named the Texas Rangers plays in Arlington, Texas (in the Dallas-Fort Worth area) as a member of the American League (AL) West division. The franchise was established in 1961 as an American League expansion team first in Washington, D.C. (the old Washington Senators had moved to Minnesota to become the Minnesota Twins by 1960). The new Washington Senators played their first season's home games at Griffith Stadium (1961) after which they moved to the new RFK Stadium (1962-1971). After their 1971 season, the Senators franchise moved to Texas and adopting the name of the Texas Rangers. In Texas their home stadiums were first Arlington Stadium (1972-1993) and then Globe Life Park in Arlington (1994-present).
As the Texas Rangers the baseball club has made eight appearances in division championships in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2010, 2011, 2015, and 2016. In 2010, the Rangers won their first American League pennant after beating the New York Yankees in six games. In the 2010 World Series the Rangers were defeated by the San Francisco Giants in five games. The next year they once again advanced to the 2011 World Series as American League champions only to loose to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games.
It should be noted that in the early years baseball teams used pennants rather than flags (hence the practice of calling championships winning the pennant) and there were a host of unofficial manufacturer's variants of these and later fan flags marketed for the Rangers and their fans. They included flags, banners, and pennants too numerous to all be shown here.
Pete Loeser, 12 March 2019
image from Pete Loeser, 24 February 2017
This flag was flown over the Globe Life Park for the 2016 season celebrating the Rangers West Division Championship in 2015.
Pete Loeser, 12 March 2019
image from Pete Loeser, 12 March 2019
The team's name is borrowed from the famous law enforcement agency of the same name and this flag with its Ranger Stetson hat serves as a reminder.
Pete Loeser, 12 March 2019
image from Pete Loeser, 12 March 2019
The star worn by the original Texas Rangers can be seen in this flag design.
Pete Loeser, 12 March 2019
image from Pete Loeser, 12 March 2019
This Rangers fan flag features a little used team logo on a blue stylized baseball diamond centered on a red field.
Pete Loeser, 9 March 2019
image by Pete Loeser, 12 March 2019
These unusual fan flag places the Texas Rangers logo on a field of five alternating blue and red vertical stripes.
Pete Loeser, 26 February 2017
images from Pete Loeser, 12 March 2019
These popular variants of the American national flag have been produced for all the MLB teams and displayed by their enthusiastic fans. They use team colors and a variety of star fields and numbers, plus different stripe patterns.
Pete Loeser, 12 March 2019
image from Pete Loeser, 12 March 2019
This Rangers fan flag defaces a Texas State Flag with the Ranger Logo in the fly instead of the normal star.
Pete Loeser, 9 March 2019
image from Pete Loeser, 26 February 2017
This combines the map of Texas with a design featuring a baseball and the Rangers name written in cursive script.
Pete Loeser, 9 March 2019
image from Pete Loeser, 26 February 2017
This Texas Rangers fan flag places the team name vertically on the red hoist end of the flag and a large Rangers logo from their baseball caps on the blue fly side.
Pete Loeser, 9 March 2019
image from Pete Loeser, 9 March 2019
This Rangers fan flag wraps their cap logo in a Texas State Flag on a blue field.
Pete Loeser, 9 March 2019
images from Pete Loeser, 27 May 2019
For those baseball fans who own boats and want to display their team loyalty afloat, these flags are available for them. The flags take the form of either a broad pennant or a square boat flag with either a cap or team logo near the hoist. Each uses the individual team's colors in their designs.
Note: Because of the small size of these nautical broad pennants. usually about a foot tall (approximately 30.48 centimeters), they have also gained popularity as "golf cart" flags. It should also be noted that a broad pennant, or any other flag shape, is only called a "burgee" if it designates an organized boating club.
Pete Loeser, 17 May 2019