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dallasnews.com - 7/6/2009

Texas Rangers' cash flow will be bigger issue in off-season | Tim Cowlishaw Columns | Sports ...

— dallasnews.com — 06:03 PM CDT on Sunday, July 5, 2009 On the Fourth of July, the Texas Rangers found... themselves locked in a first-place tie with the ruling kings of the American League West, the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Texas' first series of the season in ... (more) Texas Rangers' cash flow will be bigger issue in ...

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