Texas Rangers

 - Sports Network) - The Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles continue a three-game weekend set at Camden Yards tonight. Yesterday, Freddie Bynum drove in ...

By Craig Barnes Friday, July 4th Game Preview Texas Rangers (44-42) vs. Baltimore Orioles (43-41) Vicente Padilla (10-4, 4.13 ERA) vs. Jeremy Guthrie (4-7, 3.50 ERA) 3:35 PM CST in Baltimore, Maryland (Oriole Park) TV: FSN SW | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 179 Rangers Yankees Pos. Player Pos. Player 2B Ian Kinsler S...

By Chris Olds Its lone highlight is a Nolan Ryan card showing him in a Texas Rangers uniform while the only other mentionables are a Rafael Palmeiro (Rangers) card and an Eddie Murray (Dodgers) card. There are no rookie cards, either, ...

By By LYNN ZINSER Until the Rangers handed them their first loss of the postseason on Thursday night, everything the Pittsburgh Penguins had touched seemed coated with pixie dust.

By Joey Matschulat Dallas Morning News: Short-handed bullpen ruins Texas Rangers’ sweep dreams Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Texas Rangers’ Josh Hamilton up for Derby Dallas Morning News: Texas Rangers’ Feldman to get extra rest Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Texas Rangers’ Ian Kinsler tough to catch

By Joey Matschulat There is no doubting that Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler (.323/.381/.533 in 353 AB, 143 OPS+, .313 EqA) has been one of the American League’s most dynamic offensive performers thus far in 2008. But one of the many long-standing tenets of professional baseball is that superior defen...

By Stephen Williams 2B - Ian Kinsler, Texas Rangers - The first of several Texas Rangers on this list, Kinsler not only leads all American League second basemen in OPS, but he has the sixth highest in all of baseball. He also sports a .323 average and 50 ...

Giambi hit a grand slam and drove in a season-best six runs, Alex Rodriguez added a three-run shot to move another notch up the career home run list, and New York pounded the Texas Rangers 18-7 Wednesday night to avoid a series sweep.

Sweet sweep denied: Yankees use offensive explosion to cool off ... - Temple Daily Telegram

Giambi Gives Yanks Jolts They Needed - New York Times

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Jason Giambi hit a grand slam and drove in a season-best six runs, Alex Rodriguez added a three-run shot to move another notch up the career home run list, and New York pounded the Texas Rangers 18-7 Wednesday night to avoid a series ...

Sweet sweep denied: Yankees use offensive explosion to cool off ... - Temple Daily Telegram

Giambi Gives Yanks Jolts They Needed - New York Times

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 - Giambi hit a grand slam and drove in a season-best six runs, Alex Rodriguez added a three-run shot and New York pounded the Texas Rangers 18-7 Wednesday ...

Giambi, A-Rod power Yankees to win over Rangers - WSTM-TV

Giambi Gives Yanks Jolts They Needed - New York Times

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 TX - Josh Hamilton’s two RBI in the third inning pushed him to 82 for the season and second on the Rangers’ all-time pre-All-Star break list. Juan Gonzalez had ...

 TX - While there have been some concerns the A's may have circumvented Major League Baseball's rules regarding international signings (deals may not be made ...

By Jason Parks Of the 224 Venezuelan players to ever play at the Major League level, care to guess how many were signed, developed and promoted to the show by your Texas Rangers? Two. Both players signed as international free agents in the summer of 1986 along with a skinny Puerto Rican kid by the name of Jua...

By Joey Matschulat And then something clicked. It’s difficult to say exactly what. Perhaps Ian made a minor mechanical adjustment to his swing (or stance) that allowed him to improve his timing and better turn on the baseball. Perhaps something just mentally clicked in the former 17th-round pick’s head. Or pe...

 TX - By EVAN GRANT / The Dallas Morning News RHP Luis Mendoza (1-2, 5.40 ERA): Mendoza opened the season as the Rangers' fifth starter, but blister and shoulder ... Rangers don't regret parting with Ponson Newsday Ponson puts past with Texas Rangers behind him Dallas Morning News

By David NEW YORK -- Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton will receive the Best Comeback Award, it was announced Tuesday, as the list of 2008 ESPY nominees was released. Two other special awards will be given out on the sports award show July 20 on ESPN. The Arthur Ashe Courage Award will be given to...

By Joey Matschulat A sizable furor has been raised over the last several days in light of the Texas Rangers’ widely reported pursuit of top Dominican pitching prospect Michel Inoa, which was evidently halted when agent Adam Katz informed Inoa’s many courters that the 16-year-old phenom had agreed to term...

 - Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Texas Rangers reliever Eddie Guardado left Monday's 2-1 victory over the New York Yankees prior to the eighth inning with pain ...

Jim Reeves: Texas Rangers fall short of sweep, by a long way - Star-Telegram.com

Texas Rangers reliever Eddie Guardado said his shoulder should be ... - Dallas Morning News

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 - Bronx, NY (Sports Network) - Josh Hamilton and Chris Davis each knocked in a run to push the Texas Rangers past the New York Yankees, 2-1, in the opener of ...

I hesitate to even mention any bright spots: Veras battled out of a jam - you love to see that. Moose was brilliant, shutting down the top scoring team in the A.L., Giese looked sharp as well. Gardner’s patience was impressive and he’s blazing fast, but I thought he looked late and overmatched on...

 - 11 this evening, when the New York Yankees start a three-game series with the Texas Rangers at Yankee Stadium. Mussina, who is 10-5 with a 3.93 earned run ...

 TX - ARLINGTON – If you're a long-suffering Texas Rangers fan, which, come to think of it, sounds redundant, it's been safer over the years to pin your hopes on ...

 TX - Dustin Nippert threw the second seven-inning no-hitter in the Texas Rangers’ minor-league system this season, leading the Oklahoma RedHawks to a 2-0 victory ... Rangers prospect throws no-hitter Amarillo.com (subscription) all 2 news articles

By David By ANTHONY ANDRO ARLINGTON — The Texas Rangers had the stage set for fireworks on several occasions Saturday night against the Philadelphia Phillies. Unfortunately for the fans, most of the pyrotechnics were limited to a post-game show after most of the Rangers had already left the ball...

By Joey Matschulat Dallas Morning News: Texas Rangers’ Gabbard not in control “He’s got stupid pop,” Bradley said admiringly in the Rangers’ clubhouse afterward. Baseball America: Prospect Hot Sheet: June 27 Baseball Prospectus: Fantasy Focus: Deep in the Heart

 - Jun 28, 2008 Sports Network) - The Philadelphia Phillies will try to escape the clutches of their recent skid when they battle the Texas Rangers in the second test of a ...

By Joey Matschulat For Chris Davis, it was a reticent, low-key Major League debut that bordered on downright ironic. Then again, not all in the Rangers clubhouse were overcome with exuberance: “I could care less,” shortstop Michael Young said. “They can keep it for all I care.”

By Joey Matschulat No Josh Hamilton. No Milton Bradley. A rookie catcher making his first Major League start behind the plate. A still-intimidating, albeit uncharacteristically struggling ace toeing the hill for the opposition. And yet, a win that was significant not only in vaulting the Texas Rangers one g...

By Joey Matschulat Dallas Morning News: Time of the season: Young, Texas Rangers batter Nationals Baseball America: Prospect Hot Sheet: June 20 Baseball America: Prospect Hot Sheet Chat Baseball Prospectus: The Next Ten: Top GM Candidates 9. Thad Levine (Assistant GM, Rangers)

By Joey Matschulat As the dynamic triumvirate of Texas Rangers further solidified their standing among the top-two vote-getters at each of their respective positions, the positive effects of the organization’s concerted push to rally the beleaguered fanbase and incite it to send their deserving play...

By Joey Matschulat “I was trying to bury that breaking pitch, but it kind of slipped and came out on the side,” Gabbard said. “It was up enough for him to hit it back up the middle. I really feel like I pitched better than my line showed. It’s frustrating, but it’s part of baseball. I’ll keep pitching and hope this make...

By zywica It’s hard to remain professional when talking about Feliz. When I ranked him as the No. 3 prospect in the Braves system at the end of 2006, I got a ton of emails calling me a moron, or worse. When I ranked him as the No. 1 prospect in the Rangers system this year, those emails continued. He was too young...

 CA - Imagine what the Rangers could do with some pitching. Daniels' new boss certainly does -- guy by the name of Nolan Ryan. Jake Peavy's win over the Dodgers ...

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 Joey Matschulat Including Tuesday evening’s 6-5 victory, the Rangers are on pace to score exactly 900 runs in 2008. Texas hasn’t scored that many runs since their last playoff season (1999), when a club-record 945 runs were plated through the collective efforts of Ivan Rodriguez, Rusty Greer, Juan Gonz...

By Joey Matschulat So, too, did the likes of Ian Kinsler (2-for-5, 1 R), Michael Young (2-for-4, 1 RBI, 1 R), Ramon Vazquez (2-for-3, 1 R), and, of course, the ever-heartsick Milton (2-for-5, 1 R, 2 RBI), whose firey post-game display of raw emotion was admittedly refreshing to see.

By Joey Matschulat ● 2:08 p.m. - From Will Carroll of Baseball Prospectus: The Texas Rangers have selected first baseman Justin Smoak. Baseball America: Kevin Goldstein, Baseball Prospectus: …] …] …] …] Baseball America: Baseball America: Baseball America:

By Joey Matschulat What: Major League Baseball’s First-Year Player Draft (Rule 4 Draft). Plan Jim Callis, Baseball America: Kevin Goldstein, Baseball Prospectus: Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News: John Sickels, Minor League Ball: Eric Hosmer - Rangers shell out big bucks. Steve Henson, Yahoo! Sports:

By Joey Matschulat Rangers Major League Player of the Month - Josh Hamilton 115 AB, .322/.360/.617, 8 HR, 29 RBI, 161 OPS+ Rangers Major League Pitcher of the Month - Jamey Wright Rangers Minor League Player of the Month - Max Ramirez 86 AB, .394/.465/.717, 7 HR, 23 RBI (Double-A Frisco)

By Joey Matschulat Just minutes earlier, Texas had driven a cruising Greg Smith from the mound at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington with a quartet of singles and an all-important seven-pitch walk from shortstop Michael Young, igniting a dramatic five-run rally that vaulted the Rangers into position to coll...

By monkeyball Sure, every game at Arlington has the chance to erupt like this, thanks to the weather, the dimensions, and the annually immediate and unrelenting suckiness of the Rangers pitching. But that was one insane back-to-back pair of half-innings.

By Taj Adib Mr. Reliable Joe Blanton (3-6, 3.92 ERA) will take the hill tonight opposing Ponson. We all know the drill with Joe pitching well enough to win but never getting run support, and as much as he says it might not bother him, you've gotta think that pitching with a lead every once in awhile would do a...

By Joey Matschulat In lieu of available Memorial Day spirits, however, you can always turn to the Rangers’ unstoppable minor league stable, where singular performances and accomplishments from the future of the franchise are a seemingly everyday occurrence.

By Joey Matschulat ● In response to Major League Baseball’s edict for umpires to begin better enforcing the rules governing the pace of baseball games (the league is expressing concern over the fact that the average time of a nine-inning game has creeped to 2:51:45), the Rangers and Twins took a leisurely t...

By monkeyball Sidney Ponson, after a really awful first inning, tossed a Blantonesque struggling-effectively-through-lousy-stuff performance at the A's. It was only when the A's got into the Rangers lousy (and, ironically, given their recent string of shutouts) and overextended bullpen that th...

By Taj Adib GOOD NEWS: With Millwood leaving the game in the 1st due to injury, the Rangers had to use 6 different bullpen pitchers over the final 8 1/3 innings to get the win tonight. If the A's can jump on Sidney Ponson early tomorrow, they could be in good shape as far as late inning matchups go.

By Joey Matschulat Texas Rangers team owner Tom Hicks finalized a four-year contract with new team president Nolan Ryan on Friday morning; mere moments later, Hicks and Ryan placed the finishing touches on a new two-year contract extension for general manager Jon Daniels.

By Adam J. Morris Others around baseball have heaped accolades on the Rangers for turning around their farm system. With so little to brag about, the Rangers' publicity machine has made sure everyone knows that they jumped from 28th to 4th in Baseball America's rankings of minor league systems, the most d...

By Joey Matschulat ● Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News has named minor league right-hander Omar Poveda as the 10th best overall prospect in the Rangers’ organization, while Mike Hindman of “Rangers Farm Report” has published his evaluation of the club’s top five outfield prospects.

By Jason Cole I just thought I’d post a couple of quick thoughts on some recent developments in the Rangers minor league world. First, the obvious. By now I’m sure you’ve heard that the Rangers have signed Sammy Sosa to a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training.