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RANGERS 2, YANKEES 1; Yanks Come Home and Go Quietly

15 Oct 2008 13:25:16 PDT

Written by By DAVE CALDWELL
Jason Giambi's tongue danced around the corners of his mouth Monday as he legged out his first triple in nearly six years. The capacity crowd appreciated the 270-foot sprint by the 37-year-old slugger, cheering him on as if he were running for a gold medal. It was the fourth hit for the Yankee...

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NEWSFLASH: Texas Rangers Hand Out Minor League Hardware; Coaching Staff Updates

15 Oct 2008 11:47:46 PDT

Written by Joey Matschulat
The Rangers have also asked for, but not yet received permission to interview Milwaukee Brewers pitching coach Mike Maddux, as well as the current special assistant to the executive vice president in pitching development in the Seattle Mariners organization (and former Major League...

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Trivia answers

15 Oct 2008 08:00:05 PDT

Written by Adam J. Morris
1) Who hit the first homer of the season for the Rangers? Michael Young 2) Who hit the last homer of the season for the Rangers? Chris Davis 5) Who led the Rangers in doubles? Kinsler 7) Josh Hamilton led the team in RBIs. Who was second? Young

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1991 Game 9: Minnesota Twins (2-6) @ Seattle Mariners (2-6)

15 Oct 2008 01:00:26 PDT

Written by Scot
Box Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Oakland Athletics 9 8 1 0 .889 - 44 23 Chicago White Sox 7 6 1 0 .857 1.0 30 21 California Angels 9 5 4 0 .556 3.0 45 40 Kansas City Royals 8 4 4 0 .500 3.5 32 32 Seattle Mariners 9 3 6 0 .333 5.0 29 37 Texas Rangers 6 2 4 0 .333 4.5 26 29 Minnesota Twins 9 2 7 0 .222 6.0 32 50 Wednesday April 17...

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Rangers | Padilla a hard worker

15 Oct 2008 00:49:20 PDT

Written by http://www.kffl.com
Rangers.MLB.com's TR Sullivan reports Texas Rangers SP Vicente Padilla is considered the hardest worker on the pitching staff.

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Rangers | Holland named Minor League Player of the Year

14 Oct 2008 07:33:07 PDT

Written by http://www.kffl.com
TR Sullivan, of MLB.com, reports Texas Rangers P Derek Holland was named the team's 2008 Nolan Ryan Minor League Pitcher of the Year.

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Texas Rangers news and blogs - October 15, 2008

15 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit Texas Rangers news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• Maple Leafs prepare for road games against Rangers and Penguins -- from SLAM! Sports
• Contemplating Jake Peavy -- by Adam J. Morris from Lone Star Ball: Front Page Posts
• Cubs of Yore: Kevin Foster 1969-2008 -- by LoserPoet(four2productions@gmail.com) from Thunder Matt's Saloon
• Best Center Fielders of 2008 -- by Sky Kalkman from Beyond the Box Score: Front Page Posts
• Wednesday a.m. things -- by Adam J. Morris from Lone Star Ball: Front Page Posts
• MLB Punchlines: The Rays, Yes the Rays, are One Win Away from the ... -- by noreply@blogger.com (The Sports Point) from The Sports Point
• Rangers | Signing Hamilton a priority -- by http://www.kffl.com from TOP 50 MLB NEWS
• National Hockey League -- from PR Inside (Pressemitteilung)
• TB Rays: The Poor Chicago Cubs -- by Hardcore Legend from Viva El Birdos: FanPosts
• Delay for Rangers skipper Barry Ferguson over comeback -- from Glasgow Daily Record

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Rangers prospect dies during game in Russia

13 Oct 2008 15:38:29 PDT

The Rangers maintained a good relationship with Omsk and the club's general manager even though there has been feuding between the NHL and Russia's KHL. Alexei was an intelligent, energetic young man, with tremendous talent and an extremely bright future," Rangers general manager Gle...

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Opinion: Monday morning things

13 Oct 2008 08:17:00 PDT

Written by Adam J. Morris
But in any case, the bad team defense probably cost the Rangers 6-7 wins last year (at least, THT has the Rangers at 67 runs below average defensively), which is pretty substantial. Meanwhile, the "You're the G.M. -- Rangers edition" discussion over at Minor League Ball got 169 comments. Ch...

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Rangers Link Dump: 10/12 Edition

12 Oct 2008 21:57:32 PDT

Dallas Morning News: Texas Rangers’ president takes aim at pitchers Among Ryan’s suggestions: Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Even when he wins, Rangers-Stars owner Hicks can’t win The Rangers have promoted Jim Sundberg to senior executive vice president, the club announced on Friday.

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A Review of Baseball in 2008

12 Oct 2008 08:26:23 PDT

tags: Sports, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, Boston Red Sox, Casey Blake, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Colorado Rockies, Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins, Houston Astros, Jeff Francoeur, Joe Torre, John Smoltz, Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Angel...

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Opinion: Rangers Fall Instructional League Report: Part II

11 Oct 2008 08:27:36 PDT

Tim Murphy: Yet another player that I will struggle to remain objective about (see a developing pattern here?), Murphy has a very mature approach to the game of baseball. He is extremely focused and possesses the ability to disregard a poor performance and proceed as if nothing happened. H...

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Opinion: Zen and the art of infield defense

10 Oct 2008 08:02:19 PDT

Written by Adam J. Morris
Keith Law addressed this same question in a chat session this week: Too (Legit): How many runs allowed do you think Texas would improve by if they moved Michael Young to 3B and got a good defensive shortstop -- someone like Adam Everett -- to hold down the fort for a year or two until Elvis Andr...

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Opinion: Thursday Evening Rangers Notes

10 Oct 2008 00:43:26 PDT

Written by Joey Matschulat
And, for what it’s worth, from Keith Law’s Thursday afternoon ESPN.com chat session: ● Finally, according to Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, general manager Jon Daniels will conduct interviews next week as part of the organization’s ongoing efforts to fill the remaining c...

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Ryan preaching new pitching gospel

08 Oct 2008 18:25:00 PDT

Written by T.R. Sullivan
Nolan Ryan has spent parts of the past two weeks at the Arizona instructional league being held at the Rangers' Spring Training facility in Surprise, Ariz. He's delivering the same message to one and all: He is serious about addressing the Rangers' perennial pitching problems. Ryan preac...

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Rangers Fall Instructional League Report: Part I

04 Oct 2008 09:40:16 PDT

Written by Jason Parks
The Texas Rangers are only going to become a viable contender at the Major League level by developing and promoting talent up through the minor league system. If this is indeed the case, it should relieve Rangers fans to know that not only do we currently possess the best farm system in the hi...

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Revisiting The Texas Rangers’ Catching Conundrum

08 Sep 2008 18:26:08 PDT

Written by Joey Matschulat
And what better way to revisit it than with a Dallas Morning News Rangers roundtable, consisting of assorted media types (the venerable Mike Rhyner and Bob Sturm of KTCK 1310 AM The Ticket, as well as the DMN’s own Tim MacMahon) and a formidable collection of independent writing talent, i...

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Thursday Afternoon Rangers Notes: Draft Edition

14 Aug 2008 16:12:15 PDT

Written by Joey Matschulat
● Baseball Prospectus’s Will Carroll offers the following injury-related nugget on right-hander Vicente Padilla as part of his Thursday morning “Under the Knife” segment: Murphy, the Rangers’ third-round pick in the 2008 MLB First-Year Player Draft, went 3-1 with a 3.03 ERA and stell...

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Opinion: Bullpen Implodes As White Sox Overpower Rangers, 10-8

25 Jul 2008 03:19:18 PDT

Written by Joey Matschulat
Erm, wait - where’d Millwood go? Oh, right: For C.J. Wilson. • • • • • An official from an American League team, who requested anonymity because his club is not involved, said the Yankees had asked the Texas Rangers about the availability of Gerald Laird to help catch in Posada’s absence.

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Opinion: Statistically Assessing The Texas Rangers’ First-Half MVP

17 Jul 2008 02:32:19 PDT

Written by Joey Matschulat
Is it the grizzled veteran shortstop (Michael Young), Tuesday evening’s real All-Star Game hero with the 15th-inning walk-off sacrifice fly? Perhaps the dynamic center fielder (Josh Hamilton), who gave Yankee Stadium the ultimate sendoff with his unforgettable effort in Monday’s...

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Opinion: Thursday a.m. stuff

29 May 2008 08:32:19 PDT

Written by Adam J. Morris
It occurred to me yesterday that the Rangers have sucked in day games this season...but then I figured, well, it is probably my imagination. But no...the Rangers are 5-12 in day games this year. And Randy Galloway likes Josh Hamilton. And David Murphy.

Original story at Lone Star Ball .

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Opinion: Back To Square One: Rangers Collapse In 12-6 Loss

27 Apr 2008 03:31:54 PDT

Written by Joey Matschulat
Much has been made of the dreaded vote of confidence offered towards manager Ron Washington by club president Nolan Ryan and general manager Jon Daniels on Saturday - the latter of whom could conceivably (but hopefully won’t) find his own position in jeopardy if the 2008 season continue...

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Opinion: Rangers Link Dump: 4/9 Edition

09 Apr 2008 17:27:20 PDT

Written by Joey Matschulat
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. These were Johnny Oates’ teams.

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Opinion: Sullivan’s Latest Rangers Mailbag; Nolan Ryan For President?

29 Jan 2008 11:53:00 PST

Written by Joey Matschulat
The Cubs are interested in Byrd only if they have to include center fielder Felix Pie in a trade to the Orioles for either Erik Bedard or Brian Roberts. Now Bedard appears headed for the Mariners. The Cubs contacted the Rangers. Right now, there doesn’t seem to be much in the works.

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Opinion: Rangers Notebook: Holiday Edition

26 Dec 2007 23:24:03 PST

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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Opinion: On Saltalamacchia, Loney, and trade prospects

26 Jul 2007 09:41:12 PDT

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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