The patriarch of the family, Zack, worked as a clubhouse manager for the Rangers from 1988 to 2009, giving his four sons -- ...

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Most baseball fans have to access the digital world to learn about the likes of Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams, Goose Goslin, Hank Greenberg – and what it was like back in the “Golden ...