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Texas' World Series Failures Run Gamut

ARLINGTON, Texas -- There is no end to the ways that the Texas Rangers hurt themselves in the 2010 World Series. After Game 1, they didn't score a run without the benefit of a homer. For the last 21 innings, they got just two men as far as second base. In Game 2, down just 2-0 in the bottom of the eighth inning, the...

Battered Rangers Ponder Cliff Lee on Short Rest, Woeful Bullpen

ARLINGTON, Texas -- There is plenty of precedent for teams coming back to win the World Series after having lost the first two games. It's been done 11 times in 51 tries, or about 20 percent of the time. What is unprecedented is the way a San Francisco offense that is arguably the weakest of any World Series team in at...

As World Series Moves to Texas, Rangers Have Yet to Show Up

SAN FRANCISCO -- Dear State of Texas: Thank you very much. Signed, your friends in California. Our economy's hurting, so folks could use a morale boost. Big as Texas, you're doing your part this fall. Real friendly like, your football team in Austin let our unranked boys from UCLA run all over them last month. Better...

C.J. Wilson Aside, Rangers Awesomely Awful in Game 2 Disaster

SAN FRANCISCO -- C.J. Wilson deserves better than to be lumped with the rest of the pitchers wearing Texas uniforms the first two games of the World Series. Plagued by a blister, Wilson was forced out of Thursday's Game 2 down 1-0 in the seventh inning as the Rangers attempted to bounce back after Wednesday's 11-7 loss to...

FanHouse TV: Playoff Pulse Friday

Heading into the 2010 MLB Playoffs, many experts were predicting a rematch of the 2009 World Series between the Yankees and the Phillies. After both teams won their Game 5's, the rematch is still possible. FanHouse TV's Steve Phillips takes a look at how it happened, and what each team has to do to force a decisive Game...

Derek Holland News From the Web

05/26/12 Joyce's grand slam carries Toronto past Boston, 7-4 Source: The Hutchinson News - Hutchinson KS Matt Joyce hit his second grand slam in six games and Elliot Johnson had a two-run shot to lift the Tampa Bay Rays to their third straight win, 7-4 over the Boston Red Sox on Friday night in a game that saw the benches empty in the eighth inning.
05/25/12 Jays send Morrow to hill in Arlington Source: NBC - WGRZ 2 - Buffalo NY It appears safe to say that Brandon Morrow has successfully made the transition from reliever to dominating starter.
05/24/12 Kretzschmar: Plenty on TV this weekend, but don't... Source: Longview News-Journal - Longview TX Before I begin this week's column, I have a plea.
05/23/12 Rangers Rotation Set For Extra Day Source: NBC DFW Locals Only. The Texas Rangers will play a day game in Seattle today, and when the game ends they will have finished a stretch of 19 games in 20 days and 15 games in 14 days because of the doubleheader in Baltimore.
05/23/12 City Council assigned to new committees Source: Lee's Summit Journal - Lee's Summit MO New Mayor Pro tem Allan Gray gave his fellow council members and himself to their new committee assignments last week.