the Texas Rangers went from an afterthought to the talk of baseball when they signed a soon-to-be-42-year-old free-agent pitcher from Alvin, Texas. Nolan Ryan, already a sure-fire Hall of Famer ...

Nolan Ryan tied Sandy Koufax's record of four no ... The Braves had released him in spring training, and the Rangers had signed him to a Triple A contract in May. Before the first pitch, Russell ...

Still, this one is a bit mind-boggling. It was on the this day 34 years ago (Nov. 19, 1979) when free agent starting pitcher Nolan Ryan signed with the Houston Astros, setting a new record for ...

RELATED: Baseball believed to be signed by Nolan Ryan, Astrodome turf found in Texas State Aquarium time capsule “Facing Nolan” makes its national debut with a one-night showing on 850 screens ...

Nolan Ryan, seen here after throwing his major league ... than a year remaining on a five-year personal services contract he signed in 2004. He most recently served as special assistant to the ...

When he signed his record-setting free-agent deal ... Only two pitchers have struck out more in a no-hitter: Max Scherzer and Nolan Ryan (he fanned 17 in the Norm Cash game).

Ryan signed a free-agent contract with his hometown Astros (the Ryan family had moved from Refugio, Texas to Alvin, just outside Houston, when Nolan was an infant). Ryan spent the next nine ...

Lipowski put his sleuthing skills to good use recently when he reunited a local boy with the Nolan Ryan-autographed baseball he lost nearly two years ago in a city park. According to the city ...

Nolan Ryan pitches his major league record seventh ... He became baseball’s first $1 million-a-year player when he signed with the Astros prior to the 1980 season. Ryan joined the Rangers ...

There is a moment that comes at the end of “Facing Nolan,” a highly engaging examination of Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan, where viewers are given a graphical look at the 51 career records ...

By Scott Miller Like the Beatles did shortly before him, Nolan Ryan performed at Shea Stadium and sang on the Ed Sullivan Show. The former is a well-known and well-told part of Ryan’s life ...