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My favorite #stlcards email of the day so far, letter for letter: "you're an idito"
My favorite #stlcards email of the day so far, letter for letter: "you're an idito" Keith Law tweeting.
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St. Louis writer has a meltdown over "Waino" and Carpenter losing to Lincecum
St. Louis writer has a meltdown over "Waino" and Carpenter losing to Lincecum But the most entertaining part is the fanboy comments, complaining about how everyone is biased against Cardinals players.
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Richard Durrett with a Brandon McCarthy Q&A
More photos » by Dave Einsel - AP 5 months ago: Texas Rangers' Brandon McCarthy, right, gets a hug from manager Ron Washington, left, after pitching a complete game shutout against the Houston ...
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Friday morning stuff
More photos » by LM Otero - AP 1 day ago: FILE - Texas Ranger owner Tom Hicks looks at a television screen in his box during the baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles in Arlington, Texas, ...
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Cubs deal Aaron Heilman to the D-Backs
Cubs deal Aaron Heilman to the D-Backs Cubs deal Aaron Heilman to the D-Backs for a fringe relief prospect and an organizational depth guy, rather than fool with arbitration with him. I'm surprised to see Heilman is already 31 years old...
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Scheppers Rawks Article
Scheppers Rawks Article "You gotta think the hitters don't feel too comfortable hitting off him," Teagarden said. "It's hard enough catching him."
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Happy birthday, Steve Dreyer
Happy birthday to Steve Dreyer, who turns 40 today... Dreyer was a righty pitcher who logged 50+ innings for the Rangers in 1993 and 1994, never pitched in the majors again, and has a weird stat line. In 1993, he was 3-3 with a 5.71 ERA. In 1994, he was 1-1 with a 5.71 ERA. So both ...
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Rangers add Kirkman and Phillips to the 40
Per the Newberg: After a couple years of missing on my 40-man roster predictions by a player or two, I got it right this time around.  As I speculated in this morning's report, the Rangers have announced that lefthanders Michael Kirkman and Zach Phillips have been added to the ...
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LSB Pick 'em Update
After the jump... Rank Pick Set Name Total Points Dropped Points W-L 1 BoNeZ 604 38 73-56 2 FELDMEISTER(tyd3311) 603 36 76-54 3 \m/ Hook'm \m/ 601 29 75-55 4 gm_darkplace 593 37 76-52 5 drizzle 590 29  ...
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Thursday morning Rangers things
More photos » by Orlin Wagner - AP Browse more photos » The big Rangers story this morning is still Tom Hick attempting to hang onto the Rangers by constructing a new local ownership group. His ...
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Callis on Perez and Feliz
Callis on Perez and Feliz Zach (Philadelphia) I have heard that Martin Perez might turn out better than Feliz. Is this true, and how good does Perez project to be in Texas? Jim Callis (2:36 PM) That could be. Feliz has a more electric arm, but Perez might have more pitches and ...
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Tom Hicks with last ditch effort to keep the Rangers
Tom Hicks with last ditch effort to keep the Rangers
lonestarball.com — More photos » by LM Otero - AP 7 months ago: Dallas Cowboys football team owner Jerry Jones chats with Texas Rangers team owner Tom Hicks during the ... (more) Tom Hicks with last ditch effort to keep the Rangers
Mike Scioscia wins A.L. Manager of the Year Award
Mike Scioscia has been named the A.L. Manager of the Year, finishing with 15 of 28 first place votes. Ron Gardenhire and Joe Girardi were second and third, respectively, and Don Wakamatsu and Ron Washington tied for fourth place, with Jim Leyland being the only other manager named (getting ...
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Random pop quiz
From 1876 until 1980, there was only one major league team that had three outfielders hit at least 30 home runs in the same season. Name the team, the year, and the three outfielders. Answer later today... x
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Michael Young is a bad baserunner
Michael Young is a bad baserunner At least in 2009.
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Clint Hurdle chat session at the DMN today
Evan Grant is hosting a chat session with Clint Hurdle over at the DMN Rangers blog today... You can join in by clicking here ...check it out...
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Wednesday a.m. Rangers stuff
The A.L. Manager of the Year Award will be announced today, and T.R. Sullivan writes that Ron Washington is a leading contender for the award. Evan Grant writes that Chuck Greenberg has moved more and more towards making Nolan Ryan a true partner in his bid to buy the Rangers , with Greenberg ...
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Zack Greinke wins the A.L. Cy Young
Congratulations to Zack Greinke, the winner of the 2009 A.L. Cy Young Award. He is clearly deserving of the award, but the biggest story here isn't that he won -- although with an unimpressive win total, there was a little bit of a question about that -- but that he blew away the field, ...
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Jason Cole profiles the Rangers starting LHP prospects
Jason Cole profiles the Rangers starting LHP prospects
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