How the Texas Rangers Finally Won a Championship
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- The 2023 Texas Rangers accomplished what no other had done in franchise history by winning the World Series. However, as impressive as their 2023 season was, to truly appreciate the significance of this victory, you need to immerse yourself in their team history.
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Chapters:
0:00 "...you had to be there for the losing"
1:28 The Early Years
13:32 Trying to catch up to the Yankees
20:20 Post A-Rod
31:17 A New, Prosperous Era?
38:29 2011 World Series
54:19 Picking Up the Pieces
1:05:01 Another Chance
1:12:51 The Playoff Window Ends
1:17:47 Establishing the Pillars
1:24:12 No Half Measures
1:29:32 Like a Cardboard Suitcase
1:33:43 A Dark Horse
1:39:22 Underdogs or a Facade?
1:50:24 The Ghosts of the Past
2:00:07 "You have to match the moment"
2:05:44 "Finally the Rangers are winning..." - กีฬา
Hey everyone, I’m sorry this video took so long to make, but I’m incredibly proud of it. I hope you enjoy the video!
Also, regular uploads are coming soon
Nah this is awesome lol
One of the best videos I’ve seen on TH-cam.
As a life long rangers fan, I’m honored to see a video with this quality and dedication about the team I love.
Man you made an old baseball fan very happy with this 2 hour masterpiece
😮😮😮😮😮❤❤❤❤
Bro came out of hibernation with a whole movie
deadass😭😭
And we are SEATED
and I am READY with my popcorn
IMMA WATCH IT ON A LOOP
I had to come back with a banger
I've cried 4 times in my life as an adult:
in 2011, when the Rangers lost their second World Series after being so close I could taste it
In 2014, when my twin son and daughter were born
In 2017, when my second daughter was born
In 2023, when the Rangers finally gave me the only sports moment I've ever wanted to see.
So glad that so many new teams are finally Winning 🏆
and in all the Major Pro Sports Leagues .
It’s Great.
Makes it so much Better & funner
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I can stand the same ol BS
Right there with you brother. In July of 23 my father passed away. A day later my son was born. Then the Rangers won the World Series. When Marte struck out I fell to my knees and cried for a long time.
Everytime I rewatch the 2011 WS I just want the outcome to change EVERYTIME!
Very much probably the best infield in baseball maybe baseball history
Last night must have brought tears to your eyes. Doesn't get much worse than choking to the LOL METS.
It’s like a Texas Rangers movie
It makes me so happy. I wish I could buy it on dvd.
As a diehard Rangers fan with two Rangers tattoos, I want to thank you for the bottom of my heart for making this. I was so angry MLB wasn't making a World Series documentary on us, but I am so glad that we have one by you. Thank you!
Also, I had to skip the 2011 WS section. Too many demons I dont want to face again. That series broke me as a person.
2010 was euphoria for me. After years of heartbreak finally! I’m sure 2023 hit rangers fans hard everywhere.
Im glad I'm not the only one still bitter about game 6.....I cant let it go and I shed a tear everytime
@@clarknelson7393 I did 6 months of grief therapy. I still get nightmares about it.
@@MichaelAluminumCan a good theory tbh
As a Rangers fan I still can't believe it actually happened
made all the losing so worth it. all the heartbreak. the 100 loss seasons. all worth it
So glad that so many new teams are finally Winning 🏆
and in all the Major Pro Sports Leagues .
It’s Great.
Makes it so much Better & funner
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Looking back at Game 6 it's hard to comprehend how they lost. When they won the WS it was equally as baffling. It still shocks me that the Rangers won the World Series.
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As a Braves fan who wasn't even alive to remember their last NLCS run prior to 2020 and had experienced nothing but humiliating and soul-crushing playoff failures up until '21, the feeling's mutual.
But I have evidence now, through the highlight reels, my own videos of physically attending Game 3 of the '21 World Series and watching the last outs of that NLCS and World Series, and the ridiculously expensive Tyler Matzek custom championship jersey I bought in the opening month of '22, that my boys won while I was there to watch it.
Welcome to the club. Embrace it.
Don’t call it a comeback 👑
Im a lifelong Mariners fan but I was rooting for the Rangers the whole way
Yup, we will win the AL west this year
Been here for YEARS❕
I knew before the season even started that the Rangers had a chance in 2023 (Mets fan btw)
The pain of 2011 still hurts. But its lessened so much now. Go Texas! Here's to Beltre, Fielder, Andrus, Hamilton and all the others who never won it all with us.
L for saying Fielder and not Kinsler Fielder shoulda never been on the team horrible trade
@@dallasvsworldI like how you say Fielder for not being good and not Hamilton for abusing his kids
@@bmac4 Hamilton was cracked at baseball tho so
I’m at least glad Beltre, Ian, and MY got rings for being in the front office
@@dallasvsworldfielder was a great player but suffered a career ending injury. Put some respect on his name boy
Lifelong Arlington Resident, just a few minutes in, but thank you for making this.
Thank you for doing this story justice for all of us rangers fans. “Texas on the verge” will ring in my ears for the rest of my life.
Proud to say I’ve been a ranger fan since I was born. I’ll never forget the night of the WS. Watching this video made me tear up man.
So glad that so many new teams are finally Winning 🏆
and in all the Major Pro Sports Leagues .
It’s Great.
Makes it so much Better & funner
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Can’t stand same ol BS
Unless it’s Steph & The Warriors Winning it All 😁
I know the rangers won't be having a commemorative DVD for the world series, but this is so much better than any we could have gotten. You got every big detail right especially over the past 15-20 years. It felt very humbling to experience a part of my life being recounted with such care. Thank you so much!
I gave you a lot of credit on your Rangers video last season and I'll say it again SportStorm you are the only baseball creator who understood the kind of team the Rangers were trying to build. Almost every other creator out only had "bad team make checkbook go Brrrrrrrrrr" to say about them.
Thank you for coming back. As a Rangers fan, I'm crying at this video. It's so well done. This made my night. I can't wait for the next videos, as I've always liked all of these. This will always hold a place in my heart though. My dad died in March, and we got to finally celebrate before he passed and now I have my son to share everything with. Thank you
I’m sorry for your loss. I’m glad to hear you got to celebrate with him
2 hour vid on baseball? Thanks man!
I have been cheering for this team and watching them every single season since I was 9 or 10 years old in the mid 90s. I have seen so much heartbreak and pain from terrible seasons or terrible luck or whatever. I have waited so SO long for this to happen. I do not have to sit there and go "We should have won in 2011" anymore because the Rangers finally put those demons to bed. This video brought a tear to my eye. Thank you.
After watching this entire video I can say this is one of the best baseball documentaries I’ve seen on TH-cam.
One day I hope a story like this can be told about the Pirates
Thank you! Maybe Paul Skenes will lead that team
That Blue Jays Vs Rangers 2015-2016 rivalry was crazy awesome
I ain’t even a rangers fan but seeing all this just made me feel happy for them, they deserved that championship
Bro, you made a movie about my team??? Hell yeah!
I cried watching this video man, you have no idea how much last seasons ws win meant to me. Re-living the history of this franchise again just makes it that much sweeter. Great job!
For a decade I thought no sports moment could ever hurt me as much as game 6. Now it doesn’t faze me at all. It’s amazing how much a ring changes everything
It still blows my mind that rotation in 2011 made 157 total starts. They only had two other guys make starts. Especially considering they used fifteen starters (and a record 40 total pitchers) three years later in 2014
I’ve had this TH-cam account since 2013, and I think I can count on one hand how many comments I’ve made.
This is one of the best videos I’ve seen. As a Rangers fan, this means a lot. The quality in your videos is unparalleled. Thank you so much for putting so much care into the history of The Texas Rangers.
Looking forward to your next upload.
That 2023 Season was everything to me. I was too young when 2010 and 2011 happened so I never got to truly experience it, I went to the game in 2015 where they clinched the division and I stayed up on a school night watching that 7th inning. After that the team I loved faded further into obscurity. The turnaround the team had was incredible and that season was everything.
A few things that weren't mentioned in the video that I feel are important to know about the 2023 Rangers.
- They were the first team to even have a record over .500 with a save% under 50%
This point made their postseason run with Leclerc and Sborz becoming elite relievers so much more impressive to watch
- Their primary lineup throughout the season had an OPS+ over 100
The team did have both the 2nd and 3rd place MVP vote getters, but the lineup was so successful because every single person in that lineup was able to contribute and have incredible value.
All in all the 2023 season was an absolutely insane string of events that led to the first championship for a franchise that had gone through so much. To some people it felt like a fluky season and that their slow start this year means they're unable to do it again, but the core of the team is not going anywhere. The entire young core of Heim, Garcia, Lowe, Jung, Carter, etc. aren't going to hit free agency until 2026 at the earliest. They've addressed some issues in the bullpen with Robertson and Yates and their lineup is starting to get it going again after a rough start to the year. It is incredibly possible that the Rangers would be able to go on a hot streak and make a run again this year. As last season showed, this team has shown that even through the lowest points, all it takes is one guy to reignite that elite offense and Corey Seager's hot streak throughout the month of May might be a sign that the team might start figuring it out again.
Awesome video.. hats 🧢 off. Garcia is the most clutch player the Rangers have ever had.. without him, the bad guys would have probably won yet another championship..
I was just thinking "hey it's been a while since I've seen a SportStorm video, I wonder if there will be a new one"
And my prayers were answered
Josh Lewin was such a great Rangers announcer
These types of vids when at work are a godsend!
Sport Storm first off great job and two plus hours well spent. Ironic that the Manager that bested them in their first appearance in the World Series would be the manager that gave them the title.
51:02 bro after that game Rangers fans knew we lost. We weren't gonna win Game 7 after losing game 6 like that. I didn't even watch the game that night, and I'm sure most Rangers fans didn't bother either. It was heartbreaking.
There was good precedent at the time. No road team had won game 7 of the WS in a long time at that point. Plus similar heartbreaks occurring in G6 like the '86 Red Sox and '02 Giants felt all too familiar.
As a still relatively new fan of baseball this kind of history, team oriented and emotional content is what made me like the sport far more than those individual player focused videos that seem to be the main of baseball TH-cam. Great job, you can notice the effort and hard work this took everywhere!
As a lifelong Rangers fan, it's crazy how quick 2023 erased so much heartbreak, for me atleast. Thank you for this documentary, this was extremely well made. I'll definitely be sharing this video.
Beautifully done video. Watched every second. THANK YOU AND GO RANGERS!
I cried several times. Thank you thank you thank you for the love and care you put into this, from a lifelong Ranger fan.
As a Texas Rangers fan this video was long awaited when we won last year. I may not be old enough to have witnessed the 90s struggle. But growing up and especially experiencing the heartbreak of 2010 & 2011…winning the chip finally last year was one of the best memories of my life. Amazing video sir 🫡
This was incredibly well done! As a lifetime fan that went to the 2011 world series game 6, this world series win meant to much so me just like it does to every other rangers fan. Nothing great comes easy and the hard losses our fan base endured along the way makes the title win that much sweeter.
SPORTSTORM TEXAS RANGERS VIDEO DROPPED🗣🗣🗣📢📢📢‼️‼️‼️🔥🔥🔥
My dad and I sat together and watched this whole video. After suffering the pain of those losing years and coming close to blow it. Finally, seeing them win in person with my dad will truly be a memory I cherish
As a Cardinals fan, despite my absolute pure joy of that World Series win in 2011, when I heard the Rangers hadn't won one before, I was bummed that they had to be our opponents. I was definitely rooting for them this last year, and I'm glad the Rangers finally got theirs.
Wow what a documentary this truly was amazing and one of the best documentaries I’ve ever seen
Get your popcorn and drinks ready for this one.
And I am glad they won their first world series last year
I LOVE MY RANGERSSS 🦅🦅🦅🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
As a lifelong Mariners fan, I hope we get one in my lifetime. Great video. 💯
You dropped this king 👑,Welcome back !
I cried when the Rangers won and lost a World Series
Your effort and care into building the suspense of each high and low of the Rangers history made me feel like I was watching it again for the first time, rewatching the portion of the 2011 World Series really really really made me feel like they were going to win it and then watching them lose again, was just as heart wrenching as experience as it was 12 and half years ago.
Thanks for this, it means a lot to true Rangers fans.
Your editing and videomaking skills have genuinely gotten better in the years Ive been subbed. Good stuff, not just a recap but the actual story of the team to latch on to. Im a Giants fan who got to watch my team break their hearts, but I am glad for Rangers fans that they get to enjoy the same catharsis we did 14 years ago, and with our beloved Bochy too.
As a Rangers fan you really did have to be there for all the hardship for it the magnitude of this win to really click. From a team perspective and a personal one it means so much. Thank you for this video, it was an amazing experience
i played baseball as a kid after watching a Rangers game when i was 5 in kindergarten... in 2010, i immediately became a Rangers fan. I watched the snub to the Cards in 2010 on tv. Yet growing up i stayed true to my team, through all the tough times from 2016-2022. There I sit watching game 7 of the ALCS in my freshman college dorm room with my roommate, an Astros fan. I watch us advance to the World Series. Then the fateful pitch comes in and I am jumping and screaming. November 1st 2023 is a day I will never forget. After years of torment of our past we came through. we WENT AND TOOK IT. All this with Higher by Creed playing in all Ranger's fans headphones since the start of the postseason.
2010 was the Giants, 2011 was the Cardinals, big Rangers fan.
This is the best video on TH-cam, thank you for this. Rangers fans, WE UP BABY 🎉
I remember discovering your channel a couple years ago and thinking there might be a chance years in the future for a Rangers championship video. Never thought I'd see one this early and a 2 hour one at that! Thanks man!
Thank you, thank you thank you as a Rangers fan. That was amazing movie. It is crazy that the Rangers are 52 years old at the time they won the World Series and I was 40 years old so there was 12 years I wasn’t a fan because I wasn’t born funny note it took 12 years exactly from the last World Series loss to when they won it. That is one of three crazy stories about me as a Texas Rangers fan. The 2nd I grow up always going to Rangers games with my dad and every time I feel like they always win when we go to the games or watch them. So in 2011 when I was living in Seattle they lost that World Series not only that that stretch of postseason I was also in Seattle every time they lost. But this time I was back in Texas. On Halloween for that game 4 I was watching the game with my dad and passing out candy. I knew I need to be at the watch party for game 5 with my Dad. So that game 5 will go down a special special moment, because I was with my dad when they won the World Series make me feel like I was a kid again, watching a Rangers game with my dad again. But this time watching them winning a championship. The 3rd and coolest they did it in 2023. 23 is special to me. It’s my lucky number. I was born on the 23rd. I went on my first date with my love of my life on the 23rd. I got married to her on 2023 on the 23rd and on that same year of 2023 the Texas Rangers won the World Series. So 23 will always forevermore be my favorite number. Crazy how things work out. Thanks again.
The last of my teams finally got their first championship. Dallas is now one of the greatest sport cities on Earth.
I love you for this video.
So glad that so many new teams are finally Winning 🏆
and in all the Major Pro Sports Leagues .
It’s Great.
Makes it so much Better & funner
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
I’m from Vegas but lived in Waxahachie, Plano, & Carrollton as I kid so I’ve been a lifelong rangers fan and went to many Rangers games as a kid thank you for making this 😭😭🙏🏼
My dad was the absolute biggest Rangers fan I’ve ever met. He was my math teacher when I was growing up, and how hard/how intense class went that day was dictated by how the rangers did. This was during the 2010-2013 era for me. You can imagine how bipolar math class was LMAO. Unfortunately we lost him to cancer in 2015. I cried when they won the 2023 series knowing he would have been happier than anyone I know. It’s a shame his students didn’t get to experience his promise of all 100’s on their tests if the Rangers won it all. RIP Pops I love you so much and I will forever cheer our boys on in your name.
I loved every single second of this video, it brought back so many memories. being 21 years old right now and my childhood having been throughout the rough and best years of the rangers and to finally see them win it all last year was a full circle moment. im happy that I got to experience it once and with my befriend Michael. I will always remember this championship...
2023 was pure magic. I watched my Rangers lose a lot, come close to winning, and then lose. When they won the fancy trophy... I was actually speechless. Sister called and I was trying not to cry with a hard sports cry. I loved it more than the Cows in the 90's
as a rangers fan thank you so much for this, i feel our team is often overlooked and less reported on (for lack of success) so seeing something like this is amazing.
This video actually had me invested and emotional despite no feelings for the Rangers prior. Great video, well done!
As a lifelong ranger, thank you sincerely. I needed this video as the final piece of closure on the rollercoaster of emotion that has been supporting the rangers since 98
I'm glad you took the extra time to give this team's run the due diligence it deserved. The Rangers are a special team to me, and 2011 and 2023 were special years, even if the former ended on quite possibly the worst note imaginable.
The luster may fade from this team over time if their successes aren't continuous, but they can never take away the moment and the memory.
I'm sure you've got plenty on their plate, but I, quite frankly, would love to see similar deep dives on teams like the 2002 Angels or 1997 Marlins.
What A World Series 2023 was
I Love Getting 2 Teams like that
The Unexpected , The Grinders
Just fighting and not giving up
I really enjoyed 2023 MLB
That Garcia leaping catch in the 9th inning of Game 1 alongside his walk off home run in the 11th and Cory Seager’s game tying homer in the 9th were all reverse fortunes in one game. In that Game 5, that strikeout sealed their one strike away that they finally achieved. Considering this was a team not expected to come anywhere close to winning a title, that was as Rangers style of winning a championship as one could get.
So this is what he was cooking up nice
This video/documentary may not be your most viewed, but like an Oscar-contender not always being the highest grossing box office flick, but still an insanely incredible work of art and production that people look at things differently after watching. This video is your best so far. You perfectly encapsulated a magical season down to the last detail. Bravo!
Another lifelong Rangers fan here to thank you for making this. Our little team doesn't make a huge splash nationally like the Yankees or Dodgers, but it's ours. Thank you for telling our story.
Im a young Rangers fan. 2011 made me never wanna watch baseball again. I couldn’t stand seeing it. But I loved my team. And I stayed faithful. And all these years later I got to see the Rangers do the impossible. This is the best video on the internet.
Game 5 of the ALCS and game 1 of the World Series will always have a place in my heart. Being there in person soaking in all the emotion of both games was insane.
If it ain’t feature length, I’m not watching it
As a Rangers’ fan, thank you for this. I guess this is our World Series DVD.
Amazing work. Thank you for doing this. I began following this team as a 7 year old in 1989. The World Series felt light years away then. 2011 ripped me to shreds. The vindication of 2023 was a once in a lifetime feeling of catharsis. It was such an emotional high that nothing in sports is likely to ever top it. As a sports fan it was the absolute pinnacle.
Can I buy this video as a DVD to keep with all my Rangers collectibles & memorabilia? Such a well done video that captured most of the emotions I've felt throughout my life as a Rangers fan. I proposed to my wife at Globe Life Park in it's last season and we were at Game 1 of the World Series; so that Seager HR to tie it will never fail to give me goosebumps. Thank you for making this!
Brilliantly done, and as a Ranger fan, I want to thank you for the hard work you put into this documentary. It's one of the greatest works of art I've ever seen. Thank you, thank you, thank you
I grew up listening to Eric Nadel, that clip of him calling the last out brings a smile to my face and a tear to my eye every time!
Man growing up in DFW in the early 2010's was magical, everyone was talking about the ranger everywhere you go. Felt like that last year too
HES BACK LETS GOOOOO
If a youtube video could win an Oscar, this one would deserve that Oscar
As someone who was working for the Rangers during this run, the WS G1 heroics had me almost in tears. Genuinely asked my supervisor if I could celebrate when it happened. Unreal stuff.
Thank you so much for this! Big Rangers fan here and I was so emotional the night they won it! One of the best nights of my life!
As a die hard rangers fan, and coming from all of the rangers fans out there, thank you so much for making this
I remember over ten years ago watching the Rangers come within a single out of winning it all... And they blew it.
Last December was cathartic beyond belief.
Bruh that 2011 section got me feeling crushed and 2013 should have been our year ,but I'm so glad I was there for loosing to appreciate the winning.
*losing*, but I completely agree
it took until 40 minutes of this video for me to realize it was 2+ hours.
yeah im still finishing it in this sitting
Man 2010 was fun to watch.
Been waiting for this for ages. Very Excited!
As a lifelong Rangers fan I still can’t watch 2011. Thank you for the time stamps.
I was 10 years old and came home from school in Game 5 of the ALDS in 2015 my Dad flips on the TV. As I was about to do homework I wanted to see something magical and god did I witness that badass bat flip on Live TV
Edit: so to see the Rangers win the World Series gives me hope that my Guardians or Rockies could win the WS. Who knows 2024 is looking awfully great rn for one of them
The king is back!
I was 8 years old when the Rangers lost in 2011, and I don't think I've ever cried harder... until 2023.
As a Rangers fan when Altuve hit that homerun I got flashbacks of 2011. I was on break in my car and I remember saying “That’s the life of a Rangers fan”
Lemme get my popcorn ready!
When I say this is the my favorite TH-cam video I’ve ever watch I am not even slightly exaggerating this was amazing
Incredible video. Everything I wanted out of a Rangers World Series documentary, bravo
Amazing vid I still remember the heartbreak of 2011 and we were the floor mat of the league for years can’t believe they actually did it.
Absolutely incredible video. Thank you for making it. Rewatching the hard times isn’t easy but it doable now that we’ve finally won it all.
Been looking foward to this for a long time!
Excellent video man. As a lifelong Rangers fan, i had been waiting for someone to drop a video like this.
30:42 "...Momentum plays a huge role..."
We call this foreshadowing of the 2023 Rangers.