Ten years ago tonight under a full moon in Arlington the Texas Rangers defeated the New York Yankees in Game 6 of the ALCS to advance to their first ever World Series.
In what’s probably the most iconic photo in Rangers history (Nolan Ryan bloody lip notwithstanding), Neftali Feliz struck out the hated Alex Rodriguez for the final out of the game before being embraced by catcher Bengie Molina and then dogpiled by so many others.
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The Rangers had sent starter Colby Lewis to the bump for Game 6, and if it weren’t for the Cliff Lee ALDS Game 5 start that was commemorated a couple of weeks ago, this would probably be looked at as the most clutch start by a Rangers’ pitcher in their history.