Heartaches and Triumphs with the Texas Rangers, discloses how Nolan Ryan came to make peace with Robin Ventura, the player who had charged the mound and launched a bloody (and losing) attack on the legendary pitcher.

Reeves is the author of Dallas Cowboys: The Legends of America’s Team and Remember the Alamo Bowl: Bram Kohlhausen’s Epic TCU Comeback. The award-winning sports reporter and columnist at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and ESPN.com, has covered 29 World Series, a dozen Super Bowls and numerous NBA championships and Stanley Cup Finals. In 1987 he was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the sale of the Texas Rangers to a group headed by George W. Bush.

“Few writers know baseball and people like Jim Reeves, who has produced an intimate and entertaining recollection far removed from other grinding sports franchise histories. The Texas Rangers he portrays are humorous, heroic, and, quite often, heartbreakers. It's all here, from front office wheeling and dealing to zany clubhouse and press box moments; serious superstars to whimsical wannabes. In a word: 'Delightful.'” – Carlton Stowers, author of Oh Brother How They Played the Game