Thousands of Texas Rangers fans lined a two-mile stretch near the team’s ballpark hours before a parade Friday to celebrate the franchise’s first World Series championship. The parade comes two days after the Rangers wrapped up the World Series with a 5-0 win on the road in Game 5 against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Texas Rangers’ Marcus Semien hoists the Commissioner’s Trophy next to pitcher José Leclerc upon the arrival of the baseball team at Dallas Love Field on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Dallas, the day after their World Series win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Texas Rangers’ Marcus Semien hoists the Commissioner’s Trophy upon the arrival of the baseball team at Dallas Love Field, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, in Dallas following their first-ever World Series win.
World Series MVP Seager, AL Championship Series MVP García and all of the Rangers players were expected to participate in the parade in the entertainment district of Arlington, the city where they play along Interstate 30 halfway between downtown Fort Worth and downtown Dallas. The Rangers arrived home in North Texas on Thursday. All-Star second baseman Marcus Semien exited first, hoisting the World Series trophy into the air as he stepped out of the plane.World Series averaged 9.
Arlington Mayor Jim Ross called the World Series title for the Rangers “a dream five decades in the making.” The Rangers won their first championship in their 63rd season as a franchise, which began as the expansion Washington Senators in 1961 before the team moved to Texas in 1972.
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