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This Year’s Texas Rangers Better Than Previous World Series Teams
The Texas Rangers are 13-3 after three and a half weeks of baseball and looking like a World Series contender if there ever was one. Heck, they’d already be the top seed in the league if this was the NFL. Yep, the Rangers have the best record in baseball and are on a faster pace [...]
TweetThe Texas Rangers are on Fire
I know how superstitious baseball fans can be, so before I get Texas Rangers fans riled up, don’t worry; I am knocking on wood as I write this. Let me again preface this by saying it’s early. Very early. Nevertheless, the Texas Rangers are unbelievably hot right now. With a 12-2 record (the two losses [...]
TweetYu Darvish Concerns and the Power of the Texas Rangers 8th Inning
This was written after the Texas Rangers won their seventh game in a row by beating the Detroit Tigers 10-3, improving the Rangers already MLB-best record to 11-2. You can read other recaps about what happened in the game elsewhere, and if you’re reading this, you probably already have. Good for you, and good for [...]
TweetIs the Texas Rangers 8-2 Success Sustainable?
The Texas Rangers have started the 2012 season on fire, winning 8 of their first 10 games. This is good enough for the best record in the American League, and the 2nd-best record in all of MLB, trailing only the 9-1 mark set by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Conversely, the remainder of the AL West [...]
Tweet7 Thoughts After the Texas Rangers First 7 Games
The Texas Rangers are a full week into their 2012 season. It has been a good start for the 2010 & 2011 American League champions. Here are my key takeaways at this point of the season. 1. Confidence building Starting the season against the Chicago White Sox and Seattle Mariners at home is a great [...]
TweetJoe Nathan and His Future as the Texas Rangers Closer
The road back to being a dominant closer has gotten off to a rocky start for Joe Nathan. After signing a 2-year, $14.5 million deal with the Texas Rangers in November, the expectation level for Nathan was high entering the 2012 season. Thus far, Nathan has provided mixed results, as he has collected the loss [...]
TweetNeftali Feliz’s First Start Proves Texas Rangers’ Pitching Staff is Set
The Texas Rangers debated for three years whether to move Neftali Feliz from the bullpen to the starting rotation and the right-hander proved on Tuesday night that the latter was the right move. Feliz’s first major league start was a beauty; he pitched seven shutout innings and impressed everyone in the Ballpark with his off-speed [...]
TweetNeftali Feliz Shines in First Career Start for the Texas Rangers
After working as the Rangers’ closer for the past two seasons, Feliz was moved into the starting pitching rotation this offseason. For the first time in his major league career, Neftali Feliz took the mound as the starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers in last night’s game against the Seattle Mariners, and it was an [...]
TweetReport: Texas Rangers, Ian Kinsler Agree to Contract Extension
The Texas Rangers and second baseman Ian Kinsler have agreed to a 5-year, $75 million extension that will go into effect after the 2012 season. The Rangers previously held a club option for $10 million in 2013, which this extension effectively buys out and replaces to keep Kinsler a Ranger through the 2017 season. A [...]
TweetTexas Rangers Newest Culinary Creation: The Yu Dog
On the night that Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish would be making his Major League debut, the ball club introduced a new hot dog named after the Japanese pitching sensation. This isn’t the first time that the Texas Rangers have honored one of their players with a culinary creation. Their latest came during spring training [...]
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