When the team fell out of contention in mid -, Shapiro fired manager Charlie Manuel and traded pitching ace Bartolo Colón for prospects Brandon Phillips, Cliff Lee, and Grady Sizemore ; acquired Travis Hafner from the Rangers for Ryan Drese and Einar Diaz ; and picked up Coco Crisp from the St. Louis Cardinals for aging starter Chuck Finley.

Later in the season, the Rangers traded Sammy to the Chicago White Sox.

MVP and newly-appointed Rangers captain was traded to the New York Yankees for second baseman Alfonso Soriano and infielder prospect Joaquin Arias.

In a sign that GM Jon Daniels was looking for results in 2007, the Rangers ' top pitching prospect John Danks was traded to the Chicago White Sox along with reliever Nick Masset for 23-year-old starter Brandon McCarthy.

With a record of 46 – 59 at the July 31st trade deadline, the team traded Mark Teixeira and Ron Mahay to the Atlanta Braves in a deal that would eventually bring 5 prospects to the Rangers organization, including four of Atlanta's top prospects Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Elvis Andrus, Matt Harrison, and Neftali Feliz.

He was claimed by the Florida Panthers, then was claimed by Tampa Bay in Phase II of the draft the next day, and finally had his rights traded to the Rangers, where he was the backup.

Mark Messier had returned to New York, Theoren Fleury joined the Rangers after spending most of his career with the Calgary Flames, and Eric Lindros was traded to the Rangers from the Philadelphia Flyers.

Historically, their biggest rivals have been the New York Rangers, with an intense rivalry stretching back to the 1970s, the New Jersey Devils, with whom they traded the Atlantic Division title every season between and, and their bitter cross-state rivals the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Enigmatic forward Nikolay Zherdev and Dan Fritsche were traded to the New York Rangers in exchange for defensemen Fedor Tyutin and Christian Backman.

Nash was traded to the New York Rangers on July 23 for Brandon Dubinsky, Artem Anisimov, prospect Tim Erixon and a 2013 first-round draft pick.

Charlie Huddy was claimed by Minnesota in the expansion draft, and Mark Messier was traded to the New York Rangers a day after the season began.

On August 31,, in the middle of a game and while he was in the on-deck circle, the A's traded Canseco to the Texas Rangers for Rubén Sierra, Jeff Russell, and Bobby Witt.

After the 1988 season, Palmeiro was traded by the Cubs to the Texas Rangers along with Jamie Moyer and Drew Hall in exchange for Mitch Williams, Paul Kilgus, Steve Wilson, Curtis Wilkerson, Luis Benitez, and Pablo Delgado.

On March 12, 2002, Lyashenko and Martin Rucinsky were traded to the New York Rangers for Manny Malhotra and Barrett Heisten.

" Despite the reservations expressed by DelPiano, Epstein traded Kason Gabbard and minor league outfielders David Murphy and Engel Beltré to the Texas Rangers for Gagné on July 31, 2007.

On June 13, 1975, at the start of a three-game series with the Texas Rangers, the Indians traded Perry to the Rangers in exchange for pitchers Jim Bibby, Jackie Brown, and Rick Waits.

The Padres traded Perry to the Texas Rangers on February 15, 1980.

He played three seasons with the Rangers, scoring 84 goals, before being traded to the Chicago Blackhawks with seven games to go in the 1993 – 94 season, the year the Rangers went on to win the Stanley Cup.

On March 4, 2009, Antropov was traded to the New York Rangers for a second round draft pick and conditional draft pick.

Becoming more vocal, Blyleven was traded to the Texas Rangers on June 1, 1976.

Then, following an incident in which Blyleven blatantly gave the finger to a television camera obviously focused on him during one of the Rangers ' rare nationally-broadcast games, Blyleven was again traded on December 8, 1977 to the Pittsburgh Pirates as part of the first four-team trade in Major League Baseball history.

Harvey was one of the first to help organize the players association which so infuriated the Canadiens ’ owners that in 1961 they traded him to the then lowly New York Rangers.

On July 1, 2005, Selig suspended Texas Rangers pitcher Kenny Rogers for 20 games and fined him $ 50, 000.

Albert's son, Kenny, replaced him, and has been the radio voice of the Rangers ever since.

The Astros, Rangers, Red Sox, and Yankees expressed an interest in signing him, but Clemens implied that he was finally retiring after his Team USA was eliminated by Mexico in the second round from the 2006 World Baseball Classic on March 16, 2006.

The Texas Rangers, Sosa's original team, signed him to a minor league deal worth $ 500, 000 on January 30, 2007.

On October 4, 2005, the Rangers announced that John Hart would step down as general manager and that Jon Daniels was being promoted from assistant general manager to replace him.

They commissioned him as a Lieutenant Colonel and authorized him to recruit and train a battalion of Confederate Mounted Rangers.

On October 3, 1993, by the order of President Bill Clinton, a force of United States Army Rangers and Delta Force operators set out to capture several officials of Aidid's militia in an area of the Somali capital city of Mogadishu, controlled by him.

The governor's children want him to select Jefferson Smith ( James Stewart ), the head of the Boy Rangers.

Soon thereafter, Renney was fired and replaced as coach by Mike Keenan, reuniting him with Messier, another central figure from the Rangers ' 1994 team.

His 51st goal against the New York Rangers earned him a seven-minute standing ovation from the Chicago Stadium faithful.

As a result of Garner's performance in Darby's Rangers, coupled with his Maverick popularity, Warner Brothers subsequently gave him lead roles in other films, such as Up Periscope and Cash McCall.

Now free from Rita's spell, Tommy chooses to use his Green Ranger powers to assist the other Rangers in defeating the evil that gave them to him in the first place.

; Tenga Warriors: Crow-like soldiers that are able to speak, they are introduced in Season 3 when Rito Revolto takes them with him to the Moon as a wedding gift, and replace Zedd's Putties in attacking the Power Rangers.

Soon afterwards, on 26 August 1863, Governor Grey responding to a suggestion by Captain Jackson granted von Tempsky British citizenship and made him an officer of the Forest Rangers.

Although the series Humphrey starred in enjoyed only a short run, a later generation of Disney artists and directors remembered Humphrey fondly, and cast him in episodes of Chip ' n Dale Rescue Rangers, Goof Troop, Mickey Mouse Works, House of Mouse, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

The request was denied by the Rangers, but his agent Todd Diamond said there were other teams interested in the forward's services, " Several teams were interested in him because they knew he wasn't a fourth-line guy.

After Frank Boucher of the New York Rangers won the award seven times within eight years, Lady Byng was so impressed that she gave him the original trophy to keep.

The Penguins then called him up and Lalime made his NHL debut on November 16 against the New York Rangers, as he replaced Ken Wregget midway through the game, allowing three goals on 14 shots in an 8 – 3 loss.

After the 1985 season, the Cardinals released him, and he wound up his career with two seasons with the Texas Rangers as a part-time player.

In March 2006 the entire management team resigned and were replaced by former Larkhall Thistle manager Gary Faulds ( who had also managed at Glenafton Athletic and Kilwinning Rangers while his playing career took him to Queen of the South, Kilmarnock, Pollok and East Kilbride Thistle to name four ).

On July 7, 2011, firefighter Lt. Shannon Stone from Brownwood, Texas was attending the Rangers game against the Oakland Athletics with his six year old son, Cooper Stone, when outfielder Josh Hamilton threw him a ball, as the father had asked.

Although his high-scoring days were well behind him, his stint with the Rangers was moderately successful, and he helped the team to first place in the Patrick Division until being knocked out by a knee injury.

His first case had, however, been heard on 25 July 1882 when Texas Rangers brought him Joe Bell to be tried.

But Boom Boom had a hard time convincing the NHL of his considerable talents ; Maurice Richard, Andy Bathgate ( New York Rangers ) and Gordie Howe ( Detroit Red Wings ) were so good that they overshadowed him.