The Texas Rangers lost the 2011 World Series in seven games to the St. Louis Cardinals.
The 2012 World Series was the 108th played.
The New York Yankees last played in the 2009 World Series beating the Philadelphia Philies for their 27th World Series title.
The Texas Rangers have never been to the World Series.
The Last game (4) of the 1954 World Series was played on Saturday, October 2, 1954.
2011 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Texas Rangers.
1994.
As of May 2010, it has never happened. In fact the only time either the Rangers or the Astros played in the World Series was 2005 when the Astros lost to the Chicago White Sox.
The Chicago Cubs won two World Series titles in 1907, and the last in 1908.
As of 2011, the last time the Chicago Cubs played in the world series was in 1945. They played the Detroit Tigers and lost 4 games to 3.
The last time a day game was played in the World Series on a day other than Saturday and Sunday was Game 5 of the 1972 World Series (Cincinnati at Oakland), which was played on a Friday afternoon. The last World Series day game period was game 6 of the 1987 World Series, St. Louis at Minnesota.
The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Texas Rangers in Game 7 of the 2011 World Series, 6-2.
The last World Series the Yankees won was in 2009, and Alex Rodriguez was the third baseman.