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]]> SI.com Google News http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/opinion:baseball-today/ 21 Aug 2008 07:36:29 PDT Opinion: Friday's sports transactions http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/opinion:friday-s-sports-transactions/  PA - TEXAS RANGERS -- Activated RHP Kevin Millwood from the 15-day DL. Optioned RHP Luis Mendoza to Oklahoma (PCL). ATLANTA BRAVES -- Placed LHP Tom Glavine on ...


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]]> Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Google News http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/opinion:friday-s-sports-transactions/ 15 Aug 2008 21:14:32 PDT Opinion: Joey And Jason On The Rangers: The Looming Trade Deadline http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/opinion:joey-and-jason-on-the-rangers-the-looming-trade-deadline/ Written by Joey Matschulat
If there’s one thing we’ve learned about the Texas Rangers over the years, it’s that pitching staff projections are ultimately futile; case in point, just six of the 12 pitchers I projected for the Rangers’ pitching staff this spring still reside on the active roster as of the morning of J...


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]]> Joey Matschulat Baseball Time in Arlington Most Valuable Network - Baseball Time in Arlington - A Texas Rangers column http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/opinion:joey-and-jason-on-the-rangers-the-looming-trade-deadline/ 31 Jul 2008 18:53:11 PDT Opinion: Bullpen Implodes As White Sox Overpower Rangers, 10-8 http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Bullpen_Implodes_As_White_Sox_Overpower_Rangers_10_8_243jom/ Written by Joey Matschulat
Join me, if you will, for an annotated review of Wednesday evening’s incomprehensible rubber match between the Texas Rangers and Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field: 1:08 p.m. - Shortstop Michael Young lofts a 3-2 fastball from rookie left-hander Clayton Richard into the warm, sunny a...


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]]> Joey Matschulat Baseball Time in Arlington Most Valuable Network - Baseball Time in Arlington - A Texas Rangers column http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Bullpen_Implodes_As_White_Sox_Overpower_Rangers_10_8_243jom/ 25 Jul 2008 03:19:18 PDT Opinion: Statistically Assessing The Texas Rangers’ First-Half MVP http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Statistically_Assessing_The_Texas_Rangers_First_Half_MVP_22s63u/ Written by Joey Matschulat
That exact same principle applies to baseball writers, particularly the true die-hards who do it for little more than the love of the game - and, of course, their beloved team. But first thing’s first: who is the Rangers’ first-half Most Valuable Player?


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]]> Joey Matschulat Baseball Time in Arlington Most Valuable Network - Baseball Time in Arlington - A Texas Rangers column http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Statistically_Assessing_The_Texas_Rangers_First_Half_MVP_22s63u/ 17 Jul 2008 02:32:19 PDT Opinion: Sunday Morning Rangers Notes http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Sunday_Morning_Rangers_Notes_1zl9hz/ Written by Joey Matschulat
If Hurley is able to hang around the big leagues even half as long as the two who have preceded him in that peculiar pitching chain, it will have been an unmitigated success in player development for the Texas Rangers. As far as the here and now is concerned? I’d be happy just to see Hurley pick u...


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]]> Joey Matschulat Baseball Time in Arlington Most Valuable Network - Baseball Time in Arlington - A Texas Rangers column http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Sunday_Morning_Rangers_Notes_1zl9hz/ 29 Jun 2008 14:16:28 PDT Prospect Review http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Prospect_Review_1x3amk/ Written by Tim Dierkes
Thomas Diamond, Texas Rangers – Once part of the vaunted DVD trio of pitching prospects (joining Edinson Volquez and John Danks), he is now the only one left pitching for the Rangers organization. He’s also the only one not pitching in ...


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]]> Tim Dierkes Fantasy Baseball - RotoAuthority.com Google Blogs http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Prospect_Review_1x3amk/ 13 Jun 2008 09:03:52 PDT Opinion: Texas Rangers Day One Draft Recap: Smoaking Out http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Texas_Rangers_Day_One_Draft_Recap_Smoaking_Out_1w436b/ Written by Joey Matschulat
Said Smoak of the Jones and Teixeira comparisons: “To even be mentioned in the same sentence with guys like Chipper and Mark Teixeira is overwhelming. I’ve always looked up to Chipper and, more recently, to Mark Teixeira. A lot of people say I act like Chipper, that I swing like him, that I eve...


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]]> Joey Matschulat Baseball Time in Arlington Most Valuable Network - Baseball Time in Arlington - A Texas Rangers column http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Texas_Rangers_Day_One_Draft_Recap_Smoaking_Out_1w436b/ 06 Jun 2008 02:08:23 PDT Opinion: Thursday a.m. stuff http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/opinion:thursday-a-m-stuff/ Written by Adam J. Morris
But on the other hand...the Rangers just played .500 ball on their longest road trip of the season, against a middling team playing middling ball, a good team playing middling ball, and a good team that currently has the best record in the A.L.  For a team that is in rebuilding mode and isn't suppos...


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]]> Adam J. Morris Lone Star Ball http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/opinion:thursday-a-m-stuff/ 29 May 2008 08:32:19 PDT Opinion: MLB managers on the '08 chopping block - Round 1 http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:MLB_managers_on_the_08_chopping_block_Round_1_1ssmcm/ tags: Sports, Baseball, Bud Black, Detroit Tigers, Jim Leyland, John Gibbons, John McLaren, MLB, New York Mets, Ron Washington, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays, Willie Randolph We’re over a month into the season and I figured what better time than...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:MLB_managers_on_the_08_chopping_block_Round_1_1ssmcm/ 09 May 2008 17:00:34 PDT Opinion: Back To Square One: Rangers Collapse In 12-6 Loss http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Back_To_Square_One_Rangers_Collapse_In_12_6_Loss_1qox89/ Written by Joey Matschulat
But if what team owner Tom Hicks witnessed on Saturday evening - a rousing chorus of boos from a disheartened Rangers Ballpark in Arlington crowd of 33,053 during the club’s eighth-inning meltdown, which ultimately prompted Hicks’s disgusted departure from the owner’s box - continue...


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]]> Joey Matschulat Baseball Time in Arlington Most Valuable Network - Baseball Time in Arlington - A Texas Rangers column http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Back_To_Square_One_Rangers_Collapse_In_12_6_Loss_1qox89/ 27 Apr 2008 03:31:54 PDT Opinion: Rangers Link Dump: 4/9 Edition http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Rangers_Link_Dump_4_9_Edition_1nvloj/ Written by Joey Matschulat
Dallas Morning News: Knock on Texas Rangers could be the hitting Dallas Morning News: Texas Rangers’ Ryan not thrown by opener …] With those words from Orioles hitting coach Terry Crowley began a flood of emotions … out of both dugouts at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.


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]]> Joey Matschulat Baseball Time in Arlington Most Valuable Network - Baseball Time in Arlington - A Texas Rangers column http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/opinion:rangers-clean-up-in-espn-bp-top-100-mlb-prospect-rankings/ 31 Jan 2008 16:35:52 PST Opinion: Sullivan’s Latest Rangers Mailbag; Nolan Ryan For President? http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Sullivan_s_Latest_Rangers_Mailbag_Nolan_Ryan_For_President_1hzx4u/ Written by Joey Matschulat
And finally, there may be a long-awaited breakthrough in the Rangers’ wearisome search for their next club president. According to Richard Durrett of the Dallas Morning News, 2003 Rangers Hall of Fame inductee and all-time strikeout king Nolan Ryan has expressed some degree of interes...


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]]> Joey Matschulat Baseball Time in Arlington Most Valuable Network - Baseball Time in Arlington - A Texas Rangers column http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Sullivan_s_Latest_Rangers_Mailbag_Nolan_Ryan_For_President_1hzx4u/ 29 Jan 2008 11:53:00 PST Opinion: Gossage Elected To Hall Of Fame; Rangers Close In On Guardado http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Gossage_Elected_To_Hall_Of_Fame_Rangers_Close_In_On_Guardado_1gsi4c/ Written by Joey Matschulat
For one day at least, there will be little talk of Roger Clemens or Brian McNamee here at Baseball Time in Arlington. Considering that the Rangers have been on a perpetual search for pitching, however, shouldn’t it tell us something that they were willing to part with Volquez?


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]]> Joey Matschulat Baseball Time in Arlington Most Valuable Network - Baseball Time in Arlington - A Texas Rangers column http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Gossage_Elected_To_Hall_Of_Fame_Rangers_Close_In_On_Guardado_1gsi4c/ 09 Jan 2008 21:03:49 PST Opinion: The Clemens Quandary; Rangers Pursuing Nomar? http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:The_Clemens_Quandary_Rangers_Pursuing_Nomar_1grw2g/ Written by Joey Matschulat
How about this: The Rangers trade Hank Blalock for the Dodgers’ Andy LaRoche and Clayton Kershaw? Sounds good to me. – Sarah C., Fort Worth …] …] The Rangers announcing the long-awaited addition of Kazuo Fukumori to the 40-man roster would be a nice step in the right direction.


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]]> Joey Matschulat Baseball Time in Arlington Most Valuable Network - Baseball Time in Arlington - A Texas Rangers column http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:The_Clemens_Quandary_Rangers_Pursuing_Nomar_1grw2g/ 09 Jan 2008 18:20:19 PST Opinion: Rangers Continue Search For Pitching Help http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Rangers_Continue_Search_For_Pitching_Help_1g48vt/ Written by Joey Matschulat
Such is the nature of baseball’s damaged goods market. Mike Hindman of “Rangers Farm Report” has named the left-handed duo of Kasey Kiker and Neil Ramirez as the 5th and 6th best pitching prospects in the Rangers’ organization, respectively.


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]]> Joey Matschulat Baseball Time in Arlington Most Valuable Network - Baseball Time in Arlington - A Texas Rangers column http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Rangers_Continue_Search_For_Pitching_Help_1g48vt/ 01 Jan 2008 03:58:18 PST Opinion: Rangers Notebook: Holiday Edition http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/opinion:rangers-notebook-holiday-edition/ Written by Joey Matschulat
As it so happens, outfielder Josh Hamilton may not be the only member of the 2007 Cincinnati Reds to be joining the 2008 Texas Rangers. …] …] Rangers Question Please! TEXAS: A couple of Rangers questions, What is your take on the Hamilton/Volquez trade and what is your take on the state of the...


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]]> Joey Matschulat Baseball Time in Arlington Most Valuable Network - Baseball Time in Arlington - A Texas Rangers column http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/opinion:rangers-notebook-holiday-edition/ 26 Dec 2007 23:24:03 PST 2007 Sabermetric Year in Review: Texas Rangers http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:2007_Sabermetric_Year_in_Review_Texas_Rangers_190tuo/ Written by Pizza Cutter
Perhaps the Rangers should follow the lead of the Angels.  They should become the Arlington Rangers.  Then the Dallas Rangers.  Then the Dallas Rangers of Arlington.  Has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it.  As the thirty part series of team reviews (in reverse alphabetical order!) continues, le...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:2007_Sabermetric_Year_in_Review_Texas_Rangers_190tuo/ 02 Nov 2007 00:07:23 PDT Opinion: Snakebitten Rangers Shut Out Again http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/opinion:snakebitten-rangers-shut-out-again/ Written by Dubi
Only two teams have given up fewer goals per game this season than the New York Rangers, and those teams are a combined 13-1-1. Only one team has taken more shots on goal per game than the Rangers, and that team is 8-1-0. Only two teams have a larger positive differential in shots for vs. shots aga...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/opinion:snakebitten-rangers-shut-out-again/ 23 Oct 2007 21:11:40 PDT Opinion: Nate Silver on the Rangers offseason http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Nate_Silver_on_the_Rangers_offseason_1871hp/ Written by Adam J. Morris
Jarrod Saltalamacchia might be an above-average catcher, if he gets his bat going.  Michael Young might be an above-average shortstop, if he hits more like he did in 2005 and 2006 and less like he did in 2007.  Hank Blalock could be an above-average third baseman, if his offensive improveme...


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Then there is the lawsuit against the NHL over control of the Rangers' web site. As further details emerge, the AP reports that the NHL forced the Rangers to stop "making Rangers-branded merchandise available through the Rangers web site and making Rangers games available to subscriber...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:NHL_Melting_Its_Own_Ice_17cd3s/ 29 Sep 2007 08:48:28 PDT Opinion: On Saltalamacchia, Loney, and trade prospects http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:On_Saltalamacchia_Loney_and_trade_prospects_13gtjo/ Written by Adam J. Morris
There's been a lot of squawking from some Rangers fans that the Atlanta offer isn't good enough, that Jarrod Saltalamacchia isn't all that and that the Rangers need something better than him as the headliner of a package. As a point of comparison, when Mark Teixeira was 22 (the same age Salt...


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:On_Saltalamacchia_Loney_and_trade_prospects_13gtjo/ 26 Jul 2007 09:41:12 PDT Opinion: Just Like Old Times http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/opinion:just-like-old-times/ Written by Joey Matschulat
Yankees 10, Rangers 1 This team sucks. Wednesday, May 2nd Game Preview New York Yankees (10-14) at Texas Rangers (10-16) Andy Pettitte (1-1, 3.00 ERA) vs. Robinson Tejeda (3-1, 3.82 ERA) 7:05 PM CST in Arlington, Texas (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington) TV: FSNSW | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM


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]]> http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/opinion:just-like-old-times/ 02 May 2007 09:55:33 PDT Opinion: Hello everyone http://www.boxxet.com/Texas_Rangers/Opinion:Hello_everyone_v8ibw/ Written by Joey Matschulat
I’m Joey Matschulat, and I’ll be joining John Vittas in providing Rangers coverage for the Most Valuable Network. I’m quite excited to have this opportunity to write about the Texas Rangers, a team that I’ve developed an incredible passion for. My first baseball experience was in 1996, as...


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