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Rangers Gameday: 5/19 Vs. MIN
2008-05-20 01:55:00 Monday, May 19th Game Preview Texas Rangers (22-23) vs. Minnesota Twins (21-22) Scott Feldman (1-1, 3.45 ERA) vs. Boof Bonser (2-5, 5.37 ERA) 7:10 PM CST in Minneapolis, Minnesota (The Metrodome) TV: FSN-HD | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 178 Twins Rangers Pos. Player Pos. Player 2B Alexi Casilla 2B Ian Kinsler DH Brendan Harris SS Mike Young C Joe Mauer CF Josh Hamilton 1B Justin Morneau DH Milton Bradley CF Michael Cuddyer RF David Murphy RF Jason Kubel LF Brandon Boggs LF Delmon Young 1B Frank Catalanotto 3B Mike Lamb C Jarrod ... More About: Gameday
Josh Hamilton, Milton Bradley, And Equivalent Run Production
2008-05-20 01:53:00 You already knew that Josh Hamilton and Milton Bradley ranked among baseball’s most feared offensive weapons thus far in 2008. But do you know how they stack up league-wide? In an effort to determine how the Texas Rangers’ top two sluggers compare with the most potent one-two punches across Major League Baseball, I went with a quick, ...
Present And Future: Rangers Drop Series Finale To Astros, 5-4, But Bradley,
2008-05-19 11:11:00 Milton Bradley. Matt Harrison. One represents the enticingly competitive present. The other represents the undeniable future. Both might wind up representing the future if this keeps up much longer. While the Texas Rangers’ 30-year-old designated hitter was busy igniting a furious late-inning charge against the Houston Astros that unfortunately fell just short on Sunday afternoon, the Frisco RoughRiders’ ... More About: Drop
Rangers Gameday: 5/18 Vs. HOU
2008-05-18 20:42:00 Sunday, May 18th Game Preview Houston Astros (24-20) vs. Texas Rangers (22-22) Brandon Backe (2-5, 4.62 ERA) vs. Kason Gabbard (1-0, 2.12 ERA) 2:05 PM CST in Arlington, Texas (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington) TV: KDFI-HD | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 179 Astros Rangers Pos. Player Pos. Player CF Michael Bourn 2B Ian Kinsler 2B Kazuo Matsui 1B Frank Catalanotto SS Miguel Tejada SS Michael Young DH Lance Berkman DH Milton Bradley LF Carlos Lee RF David Murphy RF Hunter Pence C Gerald Laird 1B Mark ... More About: Gameday
NEWSFLASH: Blalock Moving To First Base - Permanently?
2008-05-18 20:35:00 Over the span of his seven-year Major League career, Hank Blalock has appeared as a third baseman in 687 of his 691 games played in the field. There may not be a 688th appearance in the cards for Hank. Or at least not in a Texas Rangers uniform. Multiple local media sources, including Richard Durrett of the ...
Rangers Quote Of The Week: 5/18 Edition
2008-05-18 10:47:00 April 24th, 2008: May 17th, 2008: “To get back to .500 in the middle of May is a pretty good showing. We just went back to playing ball and got on the same page and it’s been a lot of fun since then.” Shortstop Michael Young, as quoted by Richard Durrett of the Dallas Morning News, disseminating ...
Rangers Gameday: 5/17 Vs. HOU
2008-05-18 00:50:00 Saturday, May 17th Game Preview Houston Astros (24-19) vs. Texas Rangers (21-22) Roy Oswalt (4-3, 5.05 ERA) vs. Vicente Padilla (5-2, 3.23 ERA) 6:05 PM CST in Arlington, Texas (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington) TV: FSN-HD | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 179 Astros Rangers Pos. Player Pos. Player RF Hunter Pence 2B Ian Kinsler 2B Kazuo Matsui SS Michael Young SS Miguel Tejada RF Josh Hamilton 1B Lance Berkman DH Milton Bradley DH Carlos Lee LF David Murphy LF Darin Erstad C Gerald Laird 3B Ty Wigginton 1B Frank Catalanotto CF Michael ... More About: Gameday
The Josh Hamilton Show: Rangers Dominate Lone Star Series Opener, 16-8
2008-05-17 08:16:00 There are, without fail, a few Texas Rangers games every season that defy any and all logical explanation. And when one of those games begins to unfold, you simply cannot help but to abandon whatever activities you happen to be pursuing at the moment - whether they are of trivial or urgent importance - and revel ...
Rangers Gameday: 5/16 Vs. HOU
2008-05-17 01:57:00 Friday, May 16th Game Preview Houston Astros (24-15) vs. Texas Rangers (20-22) Shawn Chacon (0-0, 3.53 ERA) vs. Sidney Ponson (2-0, 3.16 ERA) 7:05 PM CST in Arlington, Texas (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington) TV: FSN-HD | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 179 Astros Rangers Pos. Player Pos. Player RF Hunter Pence 2B Ian Kinsler 2B Kazuo Matsui SS Michael Young SS Miguel Tejada CF Josh Hamilton DH Lance Berkman DH Milton Bradley LF Carlos Lee RF David Murphy 1B Darin Erstad LF Brandon Boggs 3B Ty Wigginton 1B Frank Catalanotto CF Michael ... More About: Gameday
Demystifying The Struggles Of C.J. Wilson
2008-05-16 08:00:00 What’s wrong with C.J. Wilson? It’s a relatively popular question right now in Texas Rangers fandom. And for good reason. After pitching virtually lights-out baseball through the better part of last summer, and compiling a stellar 2.40 ERA and 1.12 WHIP in 60 IP through September 1st (fatigue is likely to blame for his 7.56 ERA and ...
NEWSFLASH: Blalock Suffers Minor Setback; Broussard Placed On Release Waive
2008-05-16 04:49:00 Because you just knew that the Texas Rangers, even on their first off-day since April 28th, would find some way to stir up the news wires. Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram is reporting that third baseman Hank Blalock (partially torn left hamstring) was scratched from his Thursday evening rehab start for the Double-A Frisco ... More About: Release , Minor
Mariners Edge Rangers In 12-Inning Series Finale, 4-3
2008-05-15 10:25:00 A large percentage of the time in baseball (and perhaps life in general), the difference between success and failure is as much about what you didn’t do as it is about what you did do. Such was the case for the Texas Rangers during Wednesday afternoon’s overcast, but precipitation-free series finale at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, ... More About: Series , Finale , Edge , Mariners
Rangers Gameday: 5/14 Vs. SEA
2008-05-14 19:52:00 Wednesday, May 14th Game Preview Seattle Mariners (15-25) vs. Texas Rangers (20-21) Carlos Silva (3-2, 4.33 ERA) vs. Scott Feldman (1-1, 4.07 ERA) 1:05 PM CST in Arlington, Texas (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington) TV: FSN-HD | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 180 Mariners Rangers Pos. Player Pos. Player CF Ichiro Suzuki 2B Ian Kinsler 1B Miguel Cairo DH Frank Catalanotto 3B Adrian Beltre SS Michael Young LF Raul Ibanez CF Josh Hamilton 2B Jose Lopez RF David Murphy C Jeff Clement LF Brandon Boggs DH Kenji Johjima C Jarrod Saltalamacchia RF Wladimir ... More About: Gameday
Quality Defense, Pitching Spark Rangers To 5-2 Win
2008-05-14 10:21:00 Just nineteen days ago, the rapidly fading season of the utterly hapless Texas Rangers - who were coming off a disastrous 2-7 road trip that had sent their 2008 record plummeting to 7-16, placing them a full seven games behind the first-place Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim - appeared to be beyond ... More About: Defense , Spark , Quality
Rangers Gameday: 5/13 Vs. SEA
2008-05-14 01:34:00 Tuesday, May 13th Game Preview Seattle Mariners (15-25) vs. Texas Rangers (19-21) Felix Hernandez (2-3, 3.42 ERA) vs. Kason Gabbard (1-0, 1.85 ERA) 7:05 PM CST in Arlington, Texas (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington) TV: FSN-HD | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 180 Mariners Rangers Pos. Player Pos. Player CF Ichiro Suzuki 2B Ian Kinsler 1B Miguel Cairo DH Frank Catalanotto 3B Adrian Beltre SS Michael Young LF Raul Ibanez CF Josh Hamilton 2B Jose Lopez RF David Murphy C Kenji Johjima LF Brandon Boggs RF Wladimir Balentien C Gerald Laird DH Jeff Clement 1B Chris ... More About: Gameday
Walk-Off Vengeance: Vazquez Homer Powers Rangers To 13-12 Victory Over M?s
2008-05-13 10:31:00 There were no immediately detectable traces of hostility, vindictiveness or animosity lingering in the air between the Seattle Mariners and the Texas Rangers at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on Monday evening. There was, however, one hell of an exceedingly frustrating, yet ultimately edifying ballgame. The night could not have conceivably begun much worse for starter Vicente Padilla, ... More About: Victory , Vengeance , Walk , Homer
Rangers Gameday: 5/12 Vs. SEA
2008-05-13 01:47:00 Monday, May 12th Game Preview Seattle Mariners (15-24) vs. Texas Rangers (18-21) Erik Bedard (2-2, 1.99 ERA) vs. Vicente Padilla (5-2, 3.02 ERA) 7:05 PM CST in Arlington, Texas (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington) TV: KDFI-HD | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 180 Mariners Rangers Pos. Player Pos. Player CF Ichiro Suzuki 2B Ian Kinsler 1B Jose Vidro SS Michael Young 3B Adrian Beltre CF Josh Hamilton LF Raul Ibanez DH Milton Bradley 2B Jose Lopez LF Brandon Boggs DH Jeff Clement C Gerald Laird C Kenji Johjima 1B Chris Shelton RF Wladimir Balentien RF German ... More About: Gameday
Rangers Quote(s) Of The Week: Tom Grieve Edition
2008-05-13 01:28:00 What, you were honestly expecting something else in this week’s space? Dream on! “That pitch to Sexson wasn’t even close to hitting him. But I guess when you’re hitting .209, and you can’t drive in any runs, you’re going to try and take it out on the pitcher.” “If Kason Gabbard’s going to hit anybody, he’s going ... More About: Rangers , Week , Edition , Quote
Mother?s Day Letdown: Ponson, Rangers Fall To A?s 12-6
2008-05-12 09:56:00 Last Wednesday, I submitted that the very foundation of Sidney Ponson’s early success was built not upon the strength of glittering strikeout rates or impeccable control, but rather an unsustainably low fly ball rate, coupled with the good fortune of not having surrendered a home run through his first three starts (spanning 20.1 innings) of ... More About: Rangers , Mother , Fall
Rangers Gameday: 5/11 Vs. OAK
2008-05-11 21:09:00 Sunday, May 11th Game Preview Oakland Athletics (22-16) vs. Texas Rangers (18-20) Rich Harden (1-0, 0.82 ERA) vs. Sidney Ponson (2-0, 1.33 ERA) 2:05 PM CST in Arlington, Texas (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington) TV: KDFI-HD | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 180 Athletics Rangers Pos. Player Pos. Player C Kurt Suzuki 2B Ian Kinsler 1B Mike Sweeney SS Michael Young LF Jack Cust RF Josh Hamilton DH Frank Thomas DH Milton Bradley RF Emil Brown CF David Murphy SS Bobby Crosby LF Brandon Boggs 2B Mark Ellis 1B Frank Catalanotto 3B Jack Hannahan C Jarrod ... More About: Gameday
NEWSFLASH: Millwood To 15-Day DL; Mathis Purchased; Fukumori Clears Waivers
2008-05-11 20:25:00 Where are you going, where have you been? The Texas Rangers bullpen, thoroughly beset by exhaustion after being forced to record 25 outs in Saturday evening’s narrow 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics, received a much-needed insurance policy on Sunday. His name? Doug Mathis. The 24-year-old sinkerballer’s contract was purchased from Triple-A Oklahoma before the Mother’s Day series ...
No Millwood? No Problem - Rangers Win Fifth Straight Game, Series
2008-05-11 10:15:00 One streak was unceremoniously ended on Saturday. The other still perseveres. And the Texas Rangers , for all their innumerable early-season struggles, continue their improbable and unforeseen resurgence back into contention - this time with a crisp 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics, simultaneously marking their 10th victory in 13 games and their fifth consecutive series win. This ... More About: Series , Game , Problem , Straight
Rangers Gameday: 5/10 Vs. OAK
2008-05-11 01:45:00 Saturday, May 10th Game Preview Oakland Athletics (22-15) vs. Texas Rangers (17-20) Dana Eveland (3-2, 3.05 ERA) vs. Kevin Millwood (2-3, 4.94 ERA) 7:05 PM CST in Arlington, Texas (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington) TV: FSNSW-HD | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 180 Athletics Rangers Pos. Player Pos. Player C Kurt Suzuki 2B Ian Kinsler 1B Daric Barton SS Michael Young LF Jack Cust CF Josh Hamilton DH Frank Thomas DH Milton Bradley RF Emil Brown RF David Murphy SS Bobby Crosby LF Brandon Boggs 2B Mark Ellis C Gerald Laird 3B Jack ... More About: Gameday
Boggs, Feldman Shine As Rangers Run Scoreless Inning Streak To 31
2008-05-10 08:44:00 This is Brandon Boggs ’s world - and we are all very privileged to live here. The very first thought that sprang to mind after the Texas Rangers ’ scorching hot 25-year-old outfielder slammed knee-first into the left field wall during the first inning, while sprinting full tilt in a futile attempt to snag a Daric Barton foul ... More About: Shine , Feldman
Rangers Gameday: 5/9 Vs. OAK
2008-05-10 02:13:00 Friday, May 9th Game Preview Oakland Athletics (22-14) vs. Texas Rangers (16-20) Greg Smith (2-1, 2.54 ERA) vs. Scott Feldman (0-1, 5.40 ERA) 7:05 PM CST in Arlington, Texas (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington) TV: FSNSW-HD | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 180 Athletics Rangers Pos. Player Pos. Player C Kurt Suzuki 2B Ian Kinsler 1B Daric Barton SS Michael Young LF Jack Cust CF Josh Hamilton DH Frank Thomas DH Milton Bradley RF Emil Brown RF David Murphy SS Bobby Crosby LF Brandon Boggs 2B Mark Ellis C Jarrod Saltalamacchia 3B Jack Hannahan 1B Chris ... More About: Gameday
NEWSFLASH: Sexson Suspended; Mench Traded; Murphy Wins AL Rookie Of The Mon
2008-05-10 01:50:00 Dallas Morning News: Texas Rangers deal with fallout from brawl Major League Baseball handed Richie Sexson, who charged the mound after a high pitch from Gabbard, a six-game suspension and a fine. Rangers catcher Gerald Laird was fined $1,000 and Ponson $500 for their parts in the scrum. Mariners pitcher Felix Hernandez also was ... More About: Murphy , Wins , Rookie
Tensions Flare As Rangers Win Fourth Consecutive Series
2008-05-09 20:59:00 Perhaps the most infuriating aspect of the Texas Rangers ’ 5-0 drubbing of the Seattle Mariners at Safeco Field on Thursday evening - which marked their seventh victory in nine games and quietly edged their season record to 16-20, the closest the club has been to the .500 threshold since April 19th - is that buried ... More About: Series , Flare
On Richie Sexson, Kason Gabbard, And Outright Idiocy
2008-05-09 07:17:00 A few things: ? I try very, very hard to steer clear of personal attacks directed towards anybody associated with the great game of baseball, but I’ll make a special exception in this case. Richie Sexson is a gutless, spineless, piece of trash. Because I am so heated, I’ll allow a (semi)-neutral third party - namely, the ... More About: Idiocy
NEWSFLASH: Broussard DFAed; Metcalf Recalled
2008-05-09 04:05:00 Per Evan Grant: The Rangers have cut the cord on both of their opening day first basemen. The team has designated Ben Broussard for assignment this evening after it became clear that he was not going to get playing time. Chris Shelton has taken over at first base against left-handed pitching and Frank Catalanotto will handle ... More About: Recalled , Metcalf
Rangers Gameday: 5/8 Vs. SEA
More articles from this author:2008-05-09 03:37:00 Thursday, May 8th Game Preview Texas Rangers (15-20) vs. Seattle Mariners (14-21) Kason Gabbard (1-0, 2.18 ERA) vs. Felix Hernandez (2-2, 3.04 ERA) 9:10 PM CST in Seattle, Washington (Safeco Field) TV: KDFI/My27 | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 181 Rangers Mariners Pos. Player Pos. Player 2B Ian Kinsler CF Ichiro Suzuki SS Ramon Vazquez DH Jose Lopez CF Josh Hamilton LF Raul Ibanez DH Milton Bradley 3B Adrian Beltre RF David Murphy 1B Richie Sexson LF Brandon Boggs SS Yuniesky Betancourt 1B Frank Catalanotto RF Wladimir Balentien C Gerald Laird C Kenji Johjima 3B German ... More About: Gameday 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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