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Winter Meetings
Winter Meetings! Winter Meetings! Let’s see…the Giants are linked to Miguel Tejada, Hank Blalock, Ken Boyer, Tom O’Malley, and every other player who has played third base in the past, could play third base in the future, has made it to third base on a recent date, or has ever...
Saturday a.m. stuff
As noted last night, Hank Blalock's option has been picked up, and Jon Daniels says he'll mostly play DH or 1B. The DH part of it suggests the team isn't optimistic about Milton Bradley coming back. Still, I wouldn't be shocked if Bradley ended up accepting arbitration, because there aren't just...
Rangers exercise option on Blalock
The Rangers have exercised their 2009 option on Hank Blalock. UPDATE -- T.R. Sullivan says the plan is for Blalock to DH, and for the Rangers to try to find a third baseman. And if you want a headache, read the comments to Sullivan's article.
Thursday a.m. things
Well, Michael Young has supposedly won the gold glove in the American League at shortstop. I talked about this last night, so I won't belabor it again this morning, other than to note that, for what it is worth, Young wasn't as bad this season as he has been in the past. He still wasn't good --...
Friday a.m. stuff
Some news of a sort this morning... Five Rangers filed for free agency: Milton Bradley, Hank Blalock, Jamey Wright, Ramon Vazquez, and Jason Jennings. Blalock, of course, will be back off the market if (when?) the Rangers exercise his 2009 option. Evan Grant has some quotes from Jon Daniels...
New T.R. Sullivan mailbag up
T.R. Sullivan has a new mailbag column up... We have some wacky trade proposals, as usual, along with some stuff on Hank Blalock (who Sullivan has generally been pretty bullish on, and who he expects to be back in 2009)...
Wednesday a.m. stuff
I was all prepared to talk about how I had mentally geared up for a 10 game losing streak to end the season, and then the Rangers won last night, and ruminate about Hank Blalock's resurgence... However, the big news today is that Nolan says Jon Daniels and Ron Washington will be back next year....
Wednesday a.m. stuff
Nice game last night. Hitters hitting well, pitchers (other than Jamey Wright, who has a 6.49 ERA since June 1) pitching well, and Texas stays 4.5 games up on Oakland with 17 games to go. If Texas goes 8-9 the rest of the way, Oakland has to go 14-4 to pass the Rangers. Evan Grant has some...
Saturday stuff
Sigh. Matt Harrison is frustrating. And he's going to have to start missing more bats if he is going to stick. Richard Durrett's game story is about Hank Blalock returning to the lineup at first base. Anthony Andro's game story focuses on Matt Harrison's struggles after his terrific outing last...
Blalock activated, Metcalf down
As expected, Hank Blalock has been activated from the d.l., and Travis Metcalf has been sent down.
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