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Welcome to SportsDay Rangers!<\/a> <\/p>\n

Long-time Dallas Morning News Texas Rangers<\/a> beat writer Evan Grant has teamed up with Texas Rangers senior advisor and team historian John Blake for a new podcast. Our two hosts bring nearly 70 years of combined experience covering the Texas Rangers to the pod. <\/p>\n

Each week, Evan and John will be joined by at least one guest from the Rangers\u2019 past or present. They\u2019ll dive into some historical items, talk about the state of the current team and, most importantly, try to have a little fun. <\/p>\n

Evan breaks down the plan for Kumar Rocker and the re-emergence of Marcus Semien before the guys sit down with former Rangers pitcher Darren Oliver, who is now a special assistant in the front office. Darren discusses playing or working for the last 5 Rangers GMs dating back to Tom Grieve, being traded for the first time and winding up smack in the middle of the Great Home Run Chase, his transition to a new career as a reliever and what Rangers minor league pitcher he\u2019s most fascinated with at the moment. From the Archives Vault, John takes us back to the first interleague game in MLB history and how he spun a timing quirk into a major event.<\/p>\n

Rangers<\/p>\n

Be the smartest Rangers fan. Get the latest news.<\/p>\n

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Go to your favorite podcast app and search \u201cThe Dallas Morning News.\u201d Select the podcast of the same name and hit the \u201cSubscribe\u201d or \u201cFollow\u201d button. (Here are quick links to our feed on popular apps such as Spotify<\/a>, Apple Podcasts<\/a>, Stitcher<\/a> and iHeartRadio<\/a>.) You\u2019ll also get access to our daily news roundup and our special audio reports.<\/p>\n

Or, you can stream individual episodes like this one here on our website or on our YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Find quick links for all of this, plus instructions on how to listen to The Dallas Morning News on your smart speakers and devices at dallasnews.com\/listen<\/a>. You\u2019ll also find a special membership offer just for listeners.<\/p>\n

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