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Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Oh what a night it was for Josh Hamilton earlier this week. The Rangers center fielder became the 16th man to hit four home runs in one game. This historic baseball moment was jaw dropping as No.32 crushed the baseball to all directions of the field at Camden Yards in ...
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Thursday, April 26th, 2012
Earlier this week Pudge Rodriguez threw one last dart from home plate to second base at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. The 14-time All-Star catcher has decided to hang up his catcher's equipment after 21 seasons in the big leagues.
Rodriguez spent most of his career with the Texas Rangers, but also ...
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Wednesday, April 4th, 2012
Coming off back-to-back World Series appearances, the Texas Rangers enter 2012 as one of the favorites in the American League to again return to the Fall Classic. But the AL is top-heavy, and in the offseason, Texas lost ace starter C.J. Wilson to division-rival Anaheim. That leaves manager Ron Washington ...
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Thursday, March 8th, 2012
It's a pretty dicey proposition when you start over-analyzing a pitcher's first start in spring training, but that's exactly what was going to happen all along when it came to Texas Rangers' newcomer Yu Darvish. His acquisition was one of the biggest stories of the offseason as the Rangers paid ...
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Thursday, February 9th, 2012
Josh Hamilton made an unfortunate appearance in the news last week for what is being described as an alcohol relapse. The Texas Rangers outfielder reportedly had three or four drinks during a dinner, and then more later during the evening. Hamilton is a recovering drug addict and problematic drinker, and ...
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Friday, January 20th, 2012
After falling short of their World Series goal, the Texas Rangers went out this offseason in search of one more pitcher to add to their rotation. With a loaded lineup, an ace was really the only thing missing in Texas. After scouring the free agents already in the Major League ...
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
That's right folks the Texas Rangers posted a record breaking bid of $51.7 million for only the "privilege" to negotiate a contract with Japanese phenom Yu Darvish. That's considered a privilege? There's not even a contract signed yet? When it's all said and done Rangers GM Jon Daniels will most ...
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Thursday, November 17th, 2011
The last time we heard from Ron Washington, he was doing his best Samuel L. Jackson impression in the clubhouse before Game 7 of the World Series. After listening to the impassioned, profanity-laced speech he gave his Texas Rangers club, he could have had anyone fired up before that game.
For the ...
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Tuesday, November 1st, 2011
Some folks prescribe to the theory that if a team doesn't win a championship, that the season was a total loss. Texas Rangers pitcher Derek Holland is not one of those folks. Asked if the season was lost when the Rangers lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games, ...
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Friday, October 28th, 2011
Game Six of the World Series between the Rangers and the Cardinals had everything you could ever want as a sports fan wrapped up in over four hours of incredible and drama-filled baseball. All the errors, base running blunders, incredible defensive plays, clutch pitches, and clutch hits added up to ...
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