{"product_id":"the-team-that-couldnt-hit-the-1972-texas-rangers-paperback","title":"The Team That Couldn't Hit: The 1972 Texas Rangers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBill Nowlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCarl Riechers\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLen Levin\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1972 Texas Rangers were a culmination of decades of trying to get a major-league team in Dallas-Fort Worth. The area has a long history with baseball, going back to the 1800s, and minor-league teams played in both cities right up until the Rangers arrived with Ted Williams at the helm.High expectations were quickly dashed. Just how bad were those early Rangers teams? When reporter Mike Shropshire wrote a book about covering the Rangers from 1973 to '75, he titled it \u003ci\u003eSeasons In Hell.\u003c\/i\u003e Twenty years later, the Rangers still hadn't made the playoffs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCounting the decade when the franchise was known as the Washington Senators, the team did not go to the playoffs for the first 35 years of its existence. So why write a book about the 1972 Texas Rangers, perhaps the worst team in club history? Because they're the start of that history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArticles in this book cover the effort to bring a team to North Texas and the story of Tom Vandergriff, the man now known as \"the father of the Rangers.\" Biographies of every man to play--or coach--for the 1972 team are presented, including Frank Howard, Larry Bittner, Horacio Pina and Tom Grieve, and broadcasters Don Drysdale and Bill Mercer. Owner Bob Short and Arlington Stadium itself are given full write-ups as well. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book is the collaborative work of 46 members of SABR--the Society for American Baseball Research. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS\u003cbr\u003ePrologue: The Washington Senators: 1961-71 by Joseph Wancho\u003cbr\u003eMajor-League Baseball Comes to Arlington by Greg Chandler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePLAYERS\u003cbr\u003eLarry Biittner by David E. Skelton\u003cbr\u003eRich Billings by Steve West\u003cbr\u003eDick Bosman by Dale Voiss\u003cbr\u003ePete Broberg by Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eJeff Burroughs by by David E. Skelton\u003cbr\u003eCasey Cox by Alan Cohen\u003cbr\u003eJim Driscoll by Charlie Grassl\u003cbr\u003eJan Dukes by Clayton Trutor\u003cbr\u003eBill Fahey by Steve West\u003cbr\u003eTed Ford by Chris Holaday\u003cbr\u003eBill Gogolewski by Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eTom Grieve by Steve West\u003cbr\u003eRich Hand by Raymond Rossi\u003cbr\u003eToby Harrah by Frederick C. Bush\u003cbr\u003eVic Harris by Paul Hofmann\u003cbr\u003eRich Hinton by Mark Sternman\u003cbr\u003eFrank Howard by Mark Armour\u003cbr\u003eGerry Janeski by David E. Skelton\u003cbr\u003eDalton Jones by Maurice Bouchard\u003cbr\u003eHal King by Chris Holaday\u003cbr\u003eTed Kubiak by Rory Costello\u003cbr\u003eSteve Lawson by Chris Holaday\u003cbr\u003ePaul Lindblad by Paul Hofmann\u003cbr\u003eJoe Lovitto by Charlie Grassl\u003cbr\u003eElliott Maddox by Gordon Janis\u003cbr\u003eMarty Martinez by Joseph Gerard\u003cbr\u003eJim Mason by Steve West\u003cbr\u003eDon Mincher by Marc Z. Aaron\u003cbr\u003eDave Nelson by Rick Schabowski\u003cbr\u003eJim Panther by Chad Moody\u003cbr\u003eMike Paul by Wayne Strumpfer\u003cbr\u003eHoracio Pina by Rory Costello \u0026amp; Francisco Rodriguez Lozano\u003cbr\u003eTom Ragland by Bob LeMoine\u003cbr\u003eLenny Randle by Charlie Grassl\u003cbr\u003eJim Roland by Gregory H. Wolf\u003cbr\u003eJim Shellenback by Paul Geisler\u003cbr\u003eDon Stanhouse by Maxwell Kates\u003cbr\u003eKen Suarez by Bo Carter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMANAGER \u003cbr\u003eTed Williams by Bill Nowlin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOACHES\u003cbr\u003eJoe Camacho by Charlie Grassl\u003cbr\u003eNellie Fox by Robert W. Bigelow \u0026amp; Don Zminda\u003cbr\u003eSid Hudson by John Bennett\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Susce by David E. Skelton\u003cbr\u003eWayne Terwilliger by C. Paul Rogers III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOWNER\u003cbr\u003eBob Short by Bob Whelan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBALLPARK\u003cbr\u003eArlington Stadium by Will Osgood\u003cbr\u003ePlayers who Homered at Arlington Stadium as Both Minor and Major Leaguers by Alan Cohen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMEDIA\u003cbr\u003eDallas-Fort Worth Baseball Media in 1972 by Steve West\u003cbr\u003eBill Mercer by Bo Carter\u003cbr\u003eDon Drysdale by Joseph Wancho\u003cbr\u003eRandy Galloway by Norm King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOTHERS\u003cbr\u003eTom Vandergriff (\"father of Rangers\") by Greg Chandler\u003cbr\u003eJoe Burke (general manager) by Steve West\u003cbr\u003eHal Keller (dir. player development) by Chip Greene\u003cbr\u003eBill Zeigler (trainer) by Charlie Grassl\u003cbr\u003ealong with recaps of ten significant games from the 1972 season\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 406\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 11.02 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 14, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51796491436320,"sku":"9781943816934","price":40.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/641a1b32e1ad4a5f21346a69271ba28d.webp?v=1780759352","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-team-that-couldnt-hit-the-1972-texas-rangers-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}