Globe Life exhibition features 2010 Texas Rangers
Why it matters: Andrus, who retired from baseball last year, will be inducted into the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame this summer.
It is also the 15th anniversary (gasp!) of the Rangers' first trip to the World Series.
Flashback: It felt like a World Series win when the Rangers beat the New York Yankees in 2010 to win their first American League Championship.
The Rangers went on to lose four games to one against the San Francisco Giants in the World Series.
Yes, but: Many of the same players — plus Adrian Beltré — went back to the World Series in 2011.
We still don't like talking about what happened.
The intrigue: The exhibition will feature items from the 2023 World Series that were on display last season.
That display includes the Rangers' lineup card from Game 5, Adolis García's bat and Corey Seager's Game 1 jersey.
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