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How Rangers became an October power

Describing four key moments over the past two weeks that helped to transform Texas

Originally Published: October 25, 2010
By Howard Bryant | ESPN.com

ARLINGTON, Texas -- In the visitors' clubhouse at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, after the Texas Rangers had ended the New York Yankees' World Series title defense, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman stood in a hallway deflated, glum in the face of a new, unexpected reality.

From disparate corners and various degrees, a sliver of grudging credit here, an enthusiastic revelation there, the full scope of their accomplishment had finally come into full focus, the truth forcing skeptics ...

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