Ian Kinsler and John Blake will be inducted into the Texas Rangers Hall of Fame, it was announced today. The ceremony will take place on August 13, 2022, before the game between the Rangers and the Mariners.
If you’re reading Lone Star Ball, you are well aware of who these two folks are, and you probably already know they are very deserving.
Kinsler was a 17th round draft pick of the Rangers in the 2003 MLB Draft. He was actually traded to the Colorado Rockies in July, 2004, by then-g.m. John Hart, along with pitcher Erik Thompson, in a deal that would have brought Larry Walker to Texas.