baseballmusings.com - 6/30/2009
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The Texas Rangers lost to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Monday night 5-2. The Rangers scored their two runs on solo home runs. This is a sign of the offensive slide they’ve been on for over a month.
I saw the Rangers succeeding if they were able to get their ERA around 4.50. The ...
Rangers on and off the field
mlbcenter.com 7/6/2009 — On the field, Texas has rallied back into a first place tie with Los Angeles, after falling out of the lead for the first time in almost two months last weekend, and trailing the Angels by as many as 2.5 games.
Rangers to take back first place from the Angels
betonline.com 7/6/2009 — Just when the Rangers vs Angels odds were shifting heavily in L.A.'s favor, Texas fought back hard. Thanks to five straight wins through Sunday, the Rangers sit tied with the Angels for the AL West crown. Will their MLB odds win out?
Here Come The Angels
mlbnotebook.com 6/24/2009 — The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are now back in first place in the AL West for the first time since April 7, when they had a perfect record of 1-0, and are now tied with the Texas Rangers at 37-32. This is what centerfielder Tori Hunter had to say after their 4-3 win over the hot Colorado ...
Free Agency Ideas - Get Sheets
monkeywithahalo.com 6/24/2009 — Yesterday, I spouted off on how ill-prepared the Angels were for further injuries to their starting pitchers , especially Ervin Santana. I talked about a few subpar free agent additions (i.e. Paul Byrd) they could make to cover their ass, but midway through writing that I was struck with an ...
Game Countdown - 7/7/09: Time to Pull Away - Rangers @ Angels
monkeywithahalo.com 7/8/2009 — Texas Rangers (45-36) @ Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (46-35)
Starters: TEX - Dustin Nippert (0-0, -.– ERA) LAA - John Lackey (3-3, 4.70 ERA)
Game Info: 7:05 PM PT TV-Fox Sports West, Radio-KLAA 830 AM, KFWB, KWKW 1330 AM
With first place all to themselves, the Angels have ...
At Least We Don’t Have Swine Flu
monkeywithahalo.com 7/27/2009 — The Angels, despite their recent winning ways, can’t quite seem to make the Texas Rangers go away. The season is about to head into August yet the Rangers remain 3.5 games back of the Angels even after the Halos just rattled off a lovely little eight game winning streak. It seems ...
Assessing The Rangers' Trade Avenues: Go Big Or Don't Go At All
bbtia.com 6/24/2009 — Several hours after Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels proclaimed that the bullpen was the most likely facet of the major league roster to be upgraded via trade over the next five weeks, the sinkerballer-spinning relief tandem of Jason ...
Don't mess with Texas?
thehaloislit.com 6/7/2009 — Note: The stats below were current when this was drafted on 6/1. Since then, Texas has split its last 4 games while being outscored 23-18. It's the burning question in the AL West this year: Are the Rangers for real? Texas swept the Angels in ...
RANGERS LOOK TO GOOD SECOND HALF START
mlbcenter.com 7/17/2009 — Texas opens the second half with a six-game home stand beginning Friday night against the Twins. Boston follows Minnesota into Arlington for three games next week.
Reevaluating the Rangers Offense
fangraphs.com 6/16/2009 — Dave Cameron mentioned it in his weekly blurb piece this morning, but I wanted to take some extra time to highlight the Texas Rangers, namely their offense.
I have mentioned the concept of numerical anchors a couple times already on this site and ...
GAME OF THE DAY ANGELS 5, RANGERS 2 —
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Juan Rivera and Kendry Morales hit back-to-back home runs that put Los Angeles ahead, and the AL West-leading Angels won their sixth consecutive game, 5-2 over the struggling Texas Rangers on Monday night. Brian Fuentes worked a perfect ninth inning ...