Peter Ellwood
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Peter Ellwood is a Texas Rangers blogger for Rant Sports.
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Texas Rangers: 5 Up
The Texas Rangers have played 39 games of their 162-game season. While 39 games is not a nice and clean round number, it is just as good a time as any to take a breath and review their performance to date. The Rangers are on the eve of the start of interleague play, having played [...]
TweetTexas Rangers: 5 Down
The Texas Rangers have played 39 games of their 162-game season. While 39 games is not a nice and clean round number, it is just as good a time as any to take a breath and review their performance to date. The Rangers are on the eve of the start of interleague play, having played [...]
TweetJosh Hamilton Joins Twitter: An In-Depth Over-Analysis
There have been many fake accounts; impostors, charlatans, and fame-seekers bearing the name of Josh Hamilton on Twitter. Now, finally, to silence the frauds and the shames, the Texas Rangers outfielder and 2010 American League MVP and all-around 2012 MLB terror Josh Hamilton has joined the universe of Twitter. Or, as some care to cheesily [...]
TweetShould Rangers Fans Boo C.J. Wilson?
C.J. Wilson returns to Arlington, Texas to face his former team, the Texas Rangers, for the first time as a member of the Los Angeles Angels after signing on with L.A. in free agency this past offseason. There is an internal debate raging amongst Rangers fans regarding what the greeting should be for the straight-edge [...]
TweetConstructing A Josh Hamilton Contract
Josh Hamilton is a free agent after the 2012 season, for the first time in his career. It seems as though Hamilton’s free agency has been a topic of discussion since the beginning of January, when it was reported that Hamilton’s agent and the Texas Rangers were beginning contract discussions. In that way, Hamilton’s free [...]
TweetJosh Hamilton Does the Incredible, Hits 4 Home Runs
There is no denying that Josh Hamilton is one of the most talented baseball players in Major League Baseball today. Tuesday night, he put his full skillset on display in front of about 11,000 fans in Baltimore. Josh Hamilton hit four home runs against the Orioles in another dominating win for the Texas Rangers. He [...]
TweetTexas Rangers Beat Baltimore Orioles 14-3, Re-Establish Dominance
David versus Goliath stories are typically really nice, feel-good stories in which a young, inexperienced, and by all accounts overmatched “little guy” fights against one of the “big guys” and wins. Then, there are the times when Goliath is still a 9-foot giant with a 15-pound spear head that completes his mission for which he [...]
TweetNelson Cruz and Streaking
Nelson Cruz is a very good baseball player. He doesn’t do everything in the game perfectly. Nelson Cruz isn’t an outstanding defensive right fielder, he doesn’t have exceptional speed, he doesn’t hit for a high average (career .268 average), and he doesn’t get on base very well (career .328 OBP), but he is still a [...]
TweetThe Wisdom of Jamie Moyer
Jamie Moyer pitched on Sunday, April 29th, and took the loss in his worst outing of the year. Overall, he still has a 3.14 ERA in 2012, which is incredible for a 49-year old who rarely touches 80-mph with his fastball anymore. If you need further proof of how impressive his performance has been this [...]
TweetTexas Rangers Lose, Human Element Wins
The Texas Rangers lost on Tuesday night, 8-7 to the Toronto Blue Jays on a walk-off home run by Brett Lawrie in the 9th inning. At one point, the Rangers led this game 5-0, and then 6-4, and then trailed 7-6 but rallied to tie it at 7 in the top of the 9th, before [...]
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