By rss@youtube.com (excelvir) Bottom of the 5th Aaron Cunningham pops out to shortstop Michael Young. Two out. Bobby Crosby grounds out softly, pitcher Vicente Padilla to first baseman Hank Blalock. Three out. Author: excelvir Keywords: Oakland A's Athletics Aaron Cunningham Bobby Crosby Texas Rangers MLB Baseball

By rss@youtube.com (excelvir) Bottom of the 4th Jack Hannahan pops out to first baseman Hank Blalock in foul territory. One out. Author: excelvir Keywords: Oakland A's Athletics Jack Hannahan Texas Rangers MLB Baseball Added: September 22, 2008

By Adam J. Morris Clint Hurdle has been hired as the Rangers hitting coach, and Jeff Wilson writes that Hurdle wants to focus on the hitters' approach, rather than on their mechanics. Five Rangers filed for free agency yesterday -- Marlon Byrd, Hank Blalock, Pudge Rodriguez, Eddie Guardado, and Joaqui...

By Tyler Hissey Hank Blalock: Blalock is also listed as a first baseman, and here is what I wrote about last week: After ten years with the Texas Rangers organization, Blalock will finally say goodbye to the only team that he has ever known. The presence of first baseman Chris Davis and impending arrival of...

By Adam J. Morris Evan Grant has grades for the infielders...he seems to be erring on the positive side for Hank Blalock and Chris Davis, but overall, his grades seem reasonable. Richard Durrett looks at right field for the Rangers, saying that Nelson Cruz has to improve defensively, and suggesting Cruz coul...

By grantlovesbaseball(noreply@blogger.com) TR: Hank Blalock is a free agent at the end of the season. If the Rangers don’t re-sign him, I think that will take care of that issue. Me: Do you think Josh Hamilton should move to one of the corner outfield spots long term? If so, who’s the Rangers’ center fielder of the future?

Starter Casey Janssen began the inning by walking Hank Blalock and things unraveled from there. After Nelson Cruz had a single, Aaron Hill booted a ground ball at second off the bat of David Murphy to load the bases. Marlon Byrd then scored Blalock on ... BetUs.com - Dallas Morning News

Hank Blalock, 3B, Rangers: Facing a right-hander, Blalock is a must start. His slugging percentage is 269 points higher against right-handed pitching, with 21 of his 34 hits going for extra bases. He's also 2-for-5 with a home run against Casey Janssen ...

Out: Kevin Youkilis grounded out third to first to end the inning. Walk: Hank Blalock walked. Runner on first with none out and Nelson Cruz due up. Out: Nelson Cruz flied out to left. Runner on first with one out and David Murphy due up. ...

 TX Through the first two months of 2009, the Texas Rangers have proven to be a legitimately good team (unlike the 2008 fraud doomed to failure) that has done a superb job of addressing their weaknesses from last year. They've cut down their number of ...

 TX Key players: Hank Blalock (3), Kevin Mench (4), Aaron Harang (6). Blalock made the All-Star Game in his first two full seasons in the majors, but he's seen his career slowed by injuries. He's stayed healthy so far this season and is on pace for a ...

Washington Post  IA Rangers 6, Astros 3 -- At Houston: Nelson Cruz homered twice and Hank Blalock also connected as Texas won its second straight in this season's Lone Star series. Mets 3, Red Sox 2 -- At Boston: Omir Santos hit a two-run homer off Jonathan Papelbon with ...

 TX In the seventh inning of a scoreless game with Hank Blalock on third as the go-ahead run, the crowd was doing the wave as David Murphy stepped in for an important at-bat. Murphy ended up hitting a sacrifice fly to give the Rangers the lead. ... Sunday's Texas Rangers game highlights WFAA

By Adam J. Morris about : Texas Rangers' Hank Blalock, second front right, celebrates his three-run homer with Marlon Byrd (22) in the fifth inning of the baseball game against the Cleveland Indians in Arlington, Texas, Monday, April 6, 2009. Nelson Cruz, second from left, and Josh Hamilton scored on the...

By SC The club could install Aubrey Huff, who started 23 games at first last year, as the team's everyday first baseman. They also have had trade discussions to fill the vacancy, with the Texas Rangers' Hank Blalock among their targets. Kevin Millar, their everyday first baseman last season, Er...

News: The Texas Rangers exercised their $6.2 million option on Hank Blalock for the 2009 season. Rangers pick up first baseman Blalock's $6.2M option for '09 ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers on Friday exercised a $6.2 million option on oft-injured infielder Hank Blalock.

By benmor78 It's a testament to the type of season the Rangers had to take a look at the community projections for this year... a list that included Botts, Jennings, and human medical curiosities Brandon McCarthy and Hank Blalock.  In a season that seemed like, eventually, the Rangers' marketing depart...

 - What the Rangers will ultimately do with Davis and Hank Blalock (.287-12-38 in 258 AB) remains to be seen (will one play third and the other first, ...

By Joey Matschulat ● Had Taylor Teagarden accumulated the requisite 100 plate appearances needed to qualify, he would have placed second in the PrOPS+ department (.058). Milton Bradley (.025), Chris Davis (.024), Josh Hamilton (.015), David Murphy (.014), Gerald Laird (.009), Hank Blalock (-.003) and Ramon Va...

By Joey Matschulat “It’s very fast,” Washington said. ● Hank Blalock has been recognized as the American League’s Co-Player of the Week (along with Tampa Bay’s Ben Zobrist) for his 10-for-22 pace and four home runs over the final seven games of the season.

By Adam J. Morris If you could swing a deal to land Hardy, then I think you can bring back either Milton Bradley or Blalock to DH, roll with Josh Hamilton in center until Julio Borbon is ready and the Murphy/Byrd/Cruz combo in the outfield corners.  You've got one area where you are probably weak defensively -...

By Joey Matschulat If Wednesday afternoon’s offensive outburst indeed represented the swan song performance for Hank Blalock and Nelson Cruz in Texas Rangers uniforms, then they left one heck of a lasting impression on the 16,832 faithful fans that shirked their school or work day responsibilities to s...

By Joey Matschulat The 94 mph cheese in on Sweeney’s hands was absolutely unhittable, and induced an easy inning-ending grounder to Hank Blalock at first base. Rajai Davis: FB-93.5-b, FB-94.0-c, FB-94.7-b, CH-83.2-x (double, 7) Rajai Davis: FB-91.0-x (lineout, 4)

By notsellingjeans Texas Rangers @ Oakland Athletics 09/12/08 7:05 PM PDT Texas RangersOakland AthleticsJoaquin Arias - 2BRajai Davis - CFMichael Young - SSAaron Cunningham - LFJosh Hamilton - CFEmil Brown - RFMarlon Byrd - LFJack Cust - DHNelson Cruz - RFKurt Suzuki - CHank Blalock - 1BBobby Crosby - SSG...

By Joey Matschulat I’ll have plenty more thoughts on the Texas Rangers’ ever-convoluted catching situation in the next explosive edition of the Mike Hindman-moderated “Armchair GM Round Table” at the Dallas Morning News Rangers blog, but two items from Ken Rosenthal’s latest FOXSports.com column abso...

By Rob(noreply@blogger.com) The Rangers answered with two of their own in the top of the sixth, knocking Jered Weaver out on 108 pitches after he failed to get out either of the two batters he faced to lead off the frame, Milton Bradley or Hank Blalock. That led to Jose Arredondo, who was, by his lights, rather wobbly; he al...

By Joey Matschulat Dallas Morning News: Fresh start for Texas Rangers’ Blalock in 7-5 loss Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Session with Nolan Ryan a huge boost for Rangers’ Brandon McCarthy Dallas Morning News: Texas Rangers’ Murphy making strides toward return

Mark Teixeira hit .205 with three homers for the remainder of July 2005. Hank Blalock hit .158 with one homer in July 2004. LHP Glen Perkins (6-2, ... Minnesota Twins plaster Texas Rangers again with 14-2 win at Metrodome Pioneer Press Minnesota Twins 14, Texas Rangers 2 Pegasus News

By Joey Matschulat The team has announced that Hank Blalock will take over first base in Arlington when he comes off the disabled list, and now Davis has new first-round pick Justin Smoak in his rear-view mirror. The Blalock move likely slows Davis’ ascent to Texas by a couple of months, but as long as he keeps h...

By Adam J. Morris Texas Rangers (80-82, 840 RS, 849 RA). I’m a bit surprised at how good the Rangers look, but it's a function of the outfield upgrades over the offseason on top of the potential for one healthy season from Hank Blalock. If I had to pick a surprise team in the AL, it would be this one; the Rangers cou...

By Joey Matschulat 8. Ben Broussard, 1B: Broussard has a career average of one RBI per 6.71 at-bats. That’s the third highest ratio of anybody on the Rangers behind Hamilton (6.34) and Blalock (6.46). He has been platooned in his career against left-handed pitchers, but Washington isn’t planning on that this sea...

By Joey Matschulat ● Kevin Millwood (hamstring) and Joaquin Benoit (weak arm) are now expected to pitch simulated games on Monday, as the Rangers don’t feel that either is ready to appear in a live game, and would rather have each pitch under controlled circumstances.

“The Pitch” puts these questions and more to Lone Star Ball author Adam Morris in an attempt to gauge the root of the Rangers’ inability to reach October. The guys also cover the mystery of Hank Blalock, the difficulty of pitching in Arlington and some trades still in the mix for Texas.

By Joey Matschulat Alright, it’s official: Roger Clemens tiredhead has thoroughly set in. How about this: The Rangers trade Hank Blalock for the Dodgers’ Andy LaRoche and Clayton Kershaw? Sounds good to me. – Sarah C., Fort Worth …] – Benjamin P., Midland, Texas

By Joey Matschulat 2006 didn’t bring much improvement, as Texas designated hitters jumped to third worst in the AL in OPS+. More mediocre production from Phil Nevin ensued (who was shipped out of town in May), while Hank Blalock and Matt Stairs pretty much stunk up the place. To sum it all up, the Rangers are in d...