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Rant Sports MLB Power Rankings For Week Thirteen
Texas Rangers (This Week: 1, Last Week: 1) - They’ve been nearly unstoppable this week, pushing the Los Angeles Angels back to 5.5 games out of first. Josh Hamilton has really struggled in June, as pitchers are taking advantage of the fact he’s a free swinger who will try to make contact with any pitch thrown in [...]
TweetRant Sports MLB Power Rankings For Week Twelve
Texas Rangers (This Week: 1, Last Week: 1) - They’ve won 9 of their last 10, and they’ve returned to their official status as the best team in baseball. Last night Roy Oswalt through a gem in his debut, and Texas couldn’t be happier with the results. The Rangers continue to dominate our MLB Power Rankings. New [...]
TweetMLB Rumors: Ryan Dempster to DL Impacts Trade Value
MLB executives expect the additional Wild Card teams to slow down the trade market this summer, but there will certainly be some teams looking to sell early. You can certainly put the Chicago Cubs on that list. They’re currently in last place in the NL Central and that’s likely where they’ll be all season. There’s [...]
TweetRant Sports MLB Power Rankings For Week Eleven
Texas Rangers (This Week: 1, Last Week: 1) - They no longer hold the best record in the American League, but the Rangers still boast the best run differential in the majors at +76. For that reason alone, they maintain the #1 spot on our MLB Power Rankings. New York Yankees (This Week: 2, Last Week: 5) - It [...]
TweetRant Sports MLB Power Rankings For Week Ten
Texas Rangers (This Week: 1, Last Week: 1) – While the Rangers were fantastic in April (17-6), they’ve been struggling ever since (17-19). They’re still the most talented team in the majors, but if they continue to post a sub 500 record it’ll be tough for them to remain the #1 team on our MLB Power [...]
TweetJohn Rocker Says He’d Vote for the Devil Over Barack Obama
Former Atlanta Braves’ reliever John Rocker is a bit off his rocker (pardon my horrible pun). We all remember his disturbing diatribe about New York city when he was interviewd by Sports Illustrated. Now, however, John Rocker is back in the news for some more insane comments. This time, John Rocker attacks President Barack Obama. [...]
TweetRant Sports MLB Power Rankings For Week Nine
It is time to continue our MLB Power Rankings for the 2012 season, which will continue to focus on the top 10 teams in the majors. Texas Rangers (This Week: 1, Last Week: 1) The Rangers felt having a top 3 ERA in the AL wasn’t good enough, so they added Roy Oswalt. He’s about a month away, but [...]
TweetStrange Baseball Injuries
More than any other professional sport, baseball happens to have the strangest injuries out there. From tanning to toweling off, sneezing to spiders… baseball players keep finding the wierdest ways to injure themselves. Add Milwaukee Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy to the list. Over Memorial Day Weekend, Lucroy broke his hand when he was reaching for [...]
TweetRant Sports MLB Power Rankings For Week Eight
It is time to continue our MLB Power Rankings for the 2012 season, which will continue to focus on the top 10 teams in the majors. Texas Rangers (This Week: 1, Last Week: 1) - The Rangers had struggled to score runs over the past week, but they more than made up for it against the Toronto Blue Jays. [...]
TweetChipper Jones on Stephen Strasburg: “The Best Repertoire Of Pitches That I’ve Seen”
Chipper Jones has faced over 1,000 pitchers over his career, none quite like Washington Nationals’ young gun Stephen Strasburg. Jones said Strasburg has “the best stuff, the best repertoire of pitches that I’ve seen on any one single pitcher.” We tend to get wrapped up in radar guns, statistics, metrics, advanced metrics, sabermetrics and whatever [...]
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