The Official Site of The Texas Rangers: News: Rangers rebuff interest in Laird

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Laird Likely To Stay Put
Published 3/11/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
According to MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan, the Rangers don't plan on trading catcher Gerald Laird despite some interested parties.  In fact, Laird could catch 100+ games this year despite last year's Jarrod Saltalamacchia acquisition.  Salty could take a smaller role with the big club or get some Triple A seasoning.  It's easy to forget that he skipped that ...

Walkoff ‘Cruz Missile’ Powers Rangers To 7-5 Win
Published 3/12/2008 by Joey Matschulat at Baseball Time in Arlington
In his 19 months and 12 days as a member of the Texas Rangers organization, enigmatic corner outfielder Nelson Cruz has belted three walkoff home runs. The first of those three doses of late inning dramatics was delivered on March 31st, 2007, and singlehandedly propelled Texas to a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers during the club’s final exhibition contest of the spring. His walkoff blast would not only promise a exhilarating, joyous car ride home for the 22,385 fans in attendance at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington that evening, but also gave the club an impressive 16-11 record on the spring. Of course, we all remember - perhaps far too well, in fact - ...

Baseball Today: Wednesday, March 12
Published 3/12/2008 by Art Martone (amartone@projo.com) at Projo Sox Blog
... becoming more prevalent. Our Belo cousins, the Riverside Press-Enterprise, reports the Angels have been fielding lots of calls but nothing interests them yet . . . The Mets have asked about Blue Jays outfielders Shannon Stewart and Reed Johnson (New York Post) . . . A Yankee scout watched Joe Blanton's last start (San Francisco Chronicle), though the New York Post blog says the scout wasn't there just for Blanton . . . The Rangers are turning down inquiries for Gerald Laird. (mlb.com) OLD FRIENDS: Johnny Damon has a ...

Salty
Published 3/12/2008 by Chip's Moody Blues at Uwe Blog
It's like playing Boggle It was intimated yesterday in an article at the Texas Rangers website that Jarrod Saltalmacchia may not make it out of camp with the big-league team. Today, T.R. Sullivan wrote that basically the starting catcher's spot is Gerald Laird's to lose. Isn't this mildly shocking that Salty -- with all the hubbub ...