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ARLINGTON -- It’s been 50 years since the Rangers franchise moved to Arlington. Throughout that time, players and managers came and went, three stadiums were called home and the league evolved. But one thing -- one person -- remained a constant: John Blake.

Blake is the club’s executive vice president of public affairs. On Saturday, he and Ian Kinsler were inducted as the 25th and 26th members of the Rangers Hall of Fame. Blake has spent 34 of his 44 years in professional baseball with the Rangers, with stints in the Orioles and Red Sox organizations.

Since joining the franchise, Blake has served in multiple roles while overseeing various aspects of media, player and public relations, broadcasting, marketing, social media and many other projects -- including helping manage communication during the construction of The Ballpark in Arlington and Globe Life Field -- throughout his tenure.

Before his induction, Blake spoke with MLB.com about his favorite moments in Rangers history, in no particular order:

(This conversation has been edited for length and clarity)

Moving from Arlington Stadium to The Ballpark in Arlington
“That was huge for us. It really legitimized us as a franchise. Arlington Stadium was not a Major League park, it was a converted Minor League Stadium. I mean, if you were trying to portray yourself as a Major League franchise, this place was what it was. If we ever had tried to do postseason in the place, I don’t know. The press box had 25 seats and there was really nowhere to do things, like interview rooms. Building the new ballpark -- what went into that, the opening and the way it was received by this area and by the players and everything else -- that’s definitely one [big memory]. That Opening Day on April 11, 1994, was certainly one of them. That was kind of the epitome of arriving.”

The Nolan Ryan days
“The Nolan Ryan days are always going to be big for me just because, again, it was a franchise-changing moment. If you take the month of April 1989, where he took three [potential] no-hitters into the eighth inning and captured the nation -- that put us on the map. And then [on] Aug. 22 of ‘89, we had done a lot of build-up just leading to 5,000 strikeouts. We’d done the 5,000 strikeout list, which we didn’t have computers in those days -- so you had to do all that stuff by hand -- and we had a ton of national media here. That’s still a big memory for me. And then you go on with the no-hitters and the 300th win and all that, but that was really the first thing for me in ‘89.”

1996 playoff berth
“Going to the World Series was great for me in 2010, but the first time we were in the playoffs in 1996 was even bigger because they finally got the albatross off their back. This team would [typically] fold in the second half -- and just getting to be a playoff team and everything [was big].”