I have to question whether Mr. Shropshire was even in Arlington Texas anytime during these years because I seem to remember things a bit differently. Of course, I wasn't looking thru the bottom of glass when I saw the Rangers play, perhaps that's the difference. In 1974, the Texas Rangers made a serious run at the American League West title, owned at the time by the powerful Oakland A's. Mike Hargrove was AL Rookie of the Year, Jeff Burroughs had an outstanding year and Billy Martin was doing what Billy Martin did best. Winning. If that is the worst team in major league history, all teams should hope to be so bad. Sure, Mr. Shropshire has some funny comments about some off the field goings on (what he could remember I suppose), but I would have to say this book probably belongs on the fiction shelf.