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Trade deadline morning things
A nice win yesterday, and the Rangers are now just 4.5 games out in the wild card race. They are, however, 4th in the wild card race -- trailing Minnesota, the BoSox, and the Yankees -- and are ...
Wednesday a.m. things
Okay, if someone can tell me why Ryan Roberts came up to hit in a 1 run game against a LHP, instead of Brandon Boggs or Jarrod Saltalamacchia, I'd love to hear the reason. Along with why Ramon Vazque...
Sunday morning things
Once again, the Rangers are in a position to sweep the A's. They've failed to win game 3 every time that opportunity has arisen against Oakland this season. We'll see if Eric Hurley can en...
Trade odds
I normally would wait until the beginning of the week to do a post like this, rather than put it up on the weekend, but zywica is going to be blogging Monday and Tuesday while I make a quick jaunt to ...
Saturday morning stuff
Your 2nd place Texas Rangers, at least for now. We could be back in third place by 6 p.m. tonight, but I'm going to enjoy being in 2nd place while it lasts. Evan Grant points out that the Range...
Friday a.m. things
The day after an off day is almost always relatively quiet. Today is no exception. Kevin Millwood's groin supposedly feels better, and he's going to test it today. Gerald Laird, meanwhile...
Wednesday a.m. things
Yeah, that sucked last night. Luis Mendoza looked pretty good for a couple of innings, then things fell apart, apparently because of his inability to throw his breaking ball well. Bah. Ri...
Friday a.m. things
I'm still sitting here trying to figure out why in the world you'd take the bat out of Ian Kinsler's hands in the 11th inning, in order to let Ramon Vazquez and Michael Young try to bring the runners ...
Tuesday a.m. stuff
As someone who has been cautiously optimistic about Luis Mendoza's ability to contribute to the Rangers, I was pretty disappointed in yesterday's outing. That was an absolute disaster, with Mend...
Tuesday morning stuff
Quiet day today, after the off day yesterday. Richard Durrett talks about Nolan Ryan coming back to Houston as president of the Rangers, with his team facing the Astros...Durrett also mentions that B...
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