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Kinsler, McCarthy news.
 
Ian Kinsler saw surgical oncologist John Preskitt, M.D., today and the news was good, relatively speaking. Reports indicate that Kinsler's sports hernia is on the mild end, with no torn muscles or li...

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Reward.
My friend Ben Rogers, who along with Jeff "Skin" Wade is taking the Ben & Skin Show from the Ticket taxi squad over to Live 105.3 for a fulltime slot (weekdays, 11-3, starting a week from Monday),...
Justin time.
 
T.R. Sullivan reports on his MLB.com blog that Justin Smoak has signed with the Rangers, minutes before the 11 p.m. deadline. Terms were undisclosed, but it's apparently NOT a major league deal. Out...

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Smoakin'.
 
From Sunday's report: Big week ahead, both in the short term and the long term. All that Texas has before returning to town Friday for a nine-game homestand is a three-game series in Boston, but aft...

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Trading for a starting pitcher.
 
t o get a top-flight pitcher...

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Derek Holland.
 
8-4-1-0-1-10: One of the two or three greatest minor league games I've ever seen pitched. The fact that it was Derek Holland's AA debut, that five weeks ago he was not just in Class A but in Low Clas...

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What might've been.
 
An incredible game in an incredible season, it sort of feels like Boston 19, Texas 17 epitomized the 2008 season in the space of nine innings. The resilience. The energy. The wild unpredictabilty. ...

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Big week.
 
assuming no significant time in the minor leagues in 2009...

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Stuff.
 
d a tear in the fabric of space and time and create d Wilson...

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What does Texas 9, New York 5 mean?
 
I've said all year that, no matter what happens in 2008, if this team is playing meaningful games in August and September, it's going to serve the Rangers really well, considering how many young playe...

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Game. Winners.
 
To Wanda & Keith L.: Don't show me a piece of paper full of numbers. David Murphy is a Winner. Brandon Boggs is a Winner. Don't show me that printout full of numbers. But keep showing it to t...

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Redemption.
 
Texas spanked the $48 million man, Carlos Silva, but Luis Mendoza couldn't lock things down with a seven-run lead. Jamey Wright was as ineffective as he's been all year. The game was still there to ...

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Bruise Cruz.
 
Oklahoma right fielder Nelson Cruz was hitting .339/.440/.671 on July 13, before taking the next day off with what was reported as left elbow soreness. The whole league rested the day after that as t...

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Braves' new world.
 
On Saturday, Jarrod Saltalamacchia doubled in two runs with two outs in the second, drew a walk and scored on Josh Hamilton's game-busting bomb in the fifth, singled and scored on Michael Young's two-...

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No Maas.
 
Chris Davis debuted in the major leagues one month ago today. Since his arrival, these are the American League leaders in slugging percentage: Chris Davis........694 Jhonny Peralta.....685 Grady Siz...

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Luxury Cruz.
 
Nelson Cruz in April: .380/.537/.785, nine home runs Nelson Cruz in May: .292/.352/.615, seven home runs Nelson Cruz in June: .387/.464/.742, nine home runs Nelson Cruz in July (with a week t...

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Knee deep in shinguards.
 
F irst base in Texas...

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