mlb.mlb.com - 6/29/2009
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By T.R. Sullivan / MLB.com 06/28/09 7:36 PM ET ARLINGTON -- Matt Harrison's arm problems could force the Rangers to make starting pitching a priority in any trade discussions they have with other teams. General manager Jon Daniels said last week that he was more inclined to look at improving ...
bizofbaseball.com - 7/2/2009
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bizofbaseball.com —
In a sign that Tom Hicks’ financial woes
may have reached a critical level, the Texas Rangers...
may have borrowed as much as $15 million from Major League Baseball to make payroll. The news of the possible shortfall by the club arose yesterday on “Inside Pitch” which airs on SIRIUS XM Radio’s ...
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Rangers May Have Borrowed As Much as $15 Million from ...
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Rangers Shifting Focus To Starters?
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com —
With starter Matt Harrison hitting the DL, T.R. Sullivan at MLB.com says that Rangers GM Jon Daniels could comb the starting pitching market for help. We've known that the Rangers have been looking for arms, but the priorities could be shifting from RPs to SPs: "We probably have more internal options in the bullpen than in the
rotation. [Starting pitching] is ...
Looking Forward: First-Place Angels Loom As Rangers Regroup
Baseball Time in Arlington —
Said recently extended Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington after an ill-timed recurrence of offensive malaise resulted in a second consecutive defeat at the hands of the fourth-place Padres on Sunday evening: "I don't think we ever envisioned that anyone could shut this offense down to one hit. It happened tonight."
Which is superficially a fine and worthy sentiment, except that (a) Tigers left-hander Dontrelle Willis heavily contributed to precisely what Washington describes above back on May 19th, limiting Texas to a first-inning double from third baseman Michael Young through 6.1 scoreless frames before the bullpen notched eight consecutive outs to end it, and (b) the recent assortment of three- ...
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Major League Baseball has provided the Texas Rangers access to a reported $15 million from the central fund to help assure a stable environment for the financially-strapped franchise, controlled by ...
