For Texas quartet, all that remains is the ring

ARLINGTON — The photo was taken by Jenny Lewis in the visitors’ clubhouse at the Oakland Coliseum when the Rangers were celebrating their American League West championship.

Her husband, Colby Lewis, was in the photo, along with first baseman Mitch Moreland, pitcher Derek Holland and shortstop Elvis Andrus. All smiles, this was hardly their first celebration.

The photo is of the four remaining players from the Rangers’ first World Series team in 2010.

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“It was actually Jenny’s idea,” Moreland said. “She said, ‘We need to get the original four guys together.’ When I told Derek and Elvis, they were all for it. It has been a long ride and a fun ride. We had a lot of success, that group.”

The success has brought the group to this postseason, in which the Rangers have secured home-field advantage through the World Series. Texas will face the winner of the American League Wild Card Game in the AL Division Series that begins on Thursday at Globe Life Park.

Moreland was a rookie in 2010, while Andrus and Holland were in their second year. Lewis, 30 at the time, was experiencing a rebirth in his career, signing with the Rangers that year after two excellent seasons in Japan.

Moreland and Holland were both drafted by the Rangers, while Andrus was part of the franchise-changing trade that sent Mark Teixeira to Atlanta. Lewis was the Rangers’ top Draft pick in 1999, but after making his Major League debut in 2002, he had six injury-riddled seasons with five …

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