Tampa Tarpoons MiLB Button Down Jersey City-NorthPort The newly renamed Texas Rangers

The newly renamed Texas Rangers set down roots at Arlington’s Turnpike Stadium

when he hit #715 off a pitch by Al Downing (who coincidentally also wore #44)

slid and – on rare and memorable occasions – flipped

helping the Black Barons defeat the mighty Kansas City Monarchs to claim the 1948 Negro American League pennant

Tampa Tarpoons MiLB Button Down Jersey City-NorthPort The newly renamed Texas RangersHistory: The Tampa Tarpons first came to life in 1955 as an independent team in the Florida State League, becoming the first occupants of Al Lopez Field. They would go on to become affiliates of the Philadelphia Phillies (1957 60), the Cincinnati Reds (1961 87), and the Chicago White Sox in their final season, 1988 in which they played as the Tampa White Sox. The name was revived in 2018 when the New York Yankees, who had established a new Class A