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My 8-year-old has himself a new hobby: collecting baseball cards, which now involves semi-regular trips to Nick’s, where, last week, they told him the signed Curtis Wilkerson he found in an old box of Topps commons was real, all right, and worth a good … what … 25 cents? Ah — but what’s it worth if he signs it twice?
Turns out, Wilkerson’s among the dozens of former Rangers scheduled to show up at the Ballpark in Arlington this weekend, when Kenny Rogers is inducted into the ballclub’s Hall of Fame during an on-the-field ceremony scheduled to begin broiling at 6:40 Saturday, pushing back Rangers-Indians to 7:15 p.m. But the tip o’ the ceremonial cap in The Gambler’s general direction is only one of a handful of events scheduled during the weekend.
There’s a Friday-morning luncheon on tap (featuring Rogers, sure, but also Rusty Greer, Tom Grieve, Toby Harrah, Charlie Hough, Nolan Ryan, Ruben Sierra and Jim Sundberg), followed by a Saturday meet-and-greet at the Ballpark, during which some 60 ex-Rangers will sign autographs on the main concourse, between home plate and third base. But it’s a short-lived reunion: The team sends word that they’ll only be out there between 5 and 5:45 p.m. Why so short? Charlie Hough can only go 45 minutes between smokes, man. Jump for the whole list of scheduled attendees. It’s worth it.
Gerald Alexander
Larry Hardy
Leon Roberts
Kevin Belcher
Toby Harrah*
Eddie Robinson
Buddy Bell*
Donald Harris
Kenny Rogers*Rich Billings
Rick Henninger
Jeff RussellTommy Boggs
Dave Hostetler
Nolan Ryan*Mark Brandenburg
Charlie Hough*
Aaron SeleDave Chalk
David Hulse
Scott SheldonReggie Cleveland
Mike Jeffcoat
Ruben Sierra*David Clyde
Jeff Kunkel
Mike SimmsTim Crabtree
Frank Lucchesi
Dan SmithKeith Creel
Joe Macko
Don StanhouseDanny Darwin
Pat Mahomes
Bill SteinOdie Davis
Mark McLemore
Ken SuarezDon Durham
Craig McMurtry
Jim Sundberg*Dick Egan
Mike Munoz
Mickey TettletonTed Ford
Jim Norris
Ellis ValentineJeff Frye
Claude Osteen
Todd Van PoppelTom Grieve*
Ken Pape
DeWayne VaughnRusty Greer*
Mark Petkovsek
Duane WalkerJose Guzman
Geno Petralli
Curtis WilkersonRich Hand
Dave Roberts
Matt Williams
*Member, Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame
List is subject to change
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