The Texas Rangers finally get to taste the bubbly Tuesday night by winning the franchise’s first post-season series after defeating the Tampa Bay Rays, 5-1. The Rangers were founded in 1961 as the “new” Washington Senators after the “original” Senators moved to Minnesota after the 1960 season. (The Twins kept the Senators records and history.) After 11 futile seasons in DC, the team moved to Arlington, TX after the 1971 season and renamed the Texas Rangers. The franchise has been a poster child of futility, not reaching the post-season until 1996 for the first time. Now, finishing its 50th season as a franchise, the Rangers have finally won a post-season series and will face the New York Yankees in the ALCS. The Yankees knocked out the Rangers in their only other playoff appearances, 1996, 1998 and 1999. Ironically, the Rangers will have home-field advantage even though they were the third seed since the Yankees, as the wild card, knocked out second seed Minnesota. As they the oldest franchise among the four major sports to have never appeared in their league championship, they are one step close to removing themselves from that distinction.  Could the stars be aligned in Texas this year?