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Baseball Brunch: (St)Ranger Than Fiction, Texas Pitching Is Pretty Good

NEW YORK – Thanks in part to the influence of a 300-game winner, and the brother of a 300-game winner, the Rangers no longer have to try to out-slug people.In the most remarkable turnaround of the season, Texas' pitching staff is actually pretty good, with a 4.46 ERA after shutouts Thursday and Friday and allowing...

From Wild Thing to Big Unit to 300

SAN FRANCISCO -- Even though Randy Johnson was the one who was pitching, catcher Dave Valle still woke up the next day with a sore left shoulder.Valle, the Mariners' primary catcher in the early '90s, was the man who had to handle Johnson when he was more Wild Thing than Big Unit."The fastball would soar up and away (to...

MLB Power Rankings: Week 5

MLB Power Rankings: Where MLB FanHouse's editors, writers and bloggers team up to break down the who's who and the what's what in the baseball world.What a zany week for a pair of pitchers with amazing stories: Zack Greinke is America's favorite story right now, somehow managing to be hotter than Twitter. (And if Oprah...

Holland Harbinger of Future in Texas

BALTIMORE – The Texas Rangers are changing. The arrival of 22-year-old left-handed pitcher Derek Holland in the majors is merely one of the first signs. You wouldn't know changes are afoot on a steamy Monday night as Texas wraps up a four-game series against the Orioles. It is hot – game-time temperature at...

The Dugout: No Use for a Name

On Wednesday, Rangers pitcher Darren O'Day wore ex-Ranger Kason Gabbard's jersey onto the field and promptly gave up a hit to end the game. There is precedent for this, of course. During Game Seven of the 1991 World Series, Lonnie Smith's jersey was mistakenly donned by a four-year-old who had just fallen off a...

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05/29/12 Texas Rangers Foundation gets boost from Ryan,... Source: Dallas Business Journal - Dallas TX The Texas Rangers came together as a team, off the field, to raise money for needy children Sunday night.
05/22/12 Nolan Ryan to be featured guest at The Crohn's and... Source: North Texas eNews - Bonham TX The Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Americaï¿½s (CCFA) North Texas Chapter will host a fundraising dinner on Thursday, May 24, 2012, featuring special guest Nolan Ryan. ï¿½Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, collectively known as Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD), affects over 1.4 million American adults and children,ï¿½ said Charlie Weiss, Gulf Coast Regional Director for CCFA.
05/19/12 Justin Verlander's first one-hitter a pain his idol... Source: The Flint Journal - Flint MI That was Justin Verlander's first career one-hitter?
05/19/12 Ryan fears losing Hamilton Source: Sports Illustrated Texas Rangers star slugger Josh Hamilton insists he isn't worried about his impending free agency.
05/19/12 Ryan: Rangers Tabling Hamilton Contract Talks Source: CBS - KTVT CBS 11 - Dallas / Fort Worth TX Texas Rangers CEO Nolan Ryan does not expect a new contract for Josh Hamilton by the end of this season, according to ESPN.com. The Rangers do not expect to approach a new deal for the 31-year-old Hamilton until late November or December, according to Calvin Watkins of ESPNDallas.com. When asked about Hamilton's willingness to stay in Texas, Ryan had this to say : It's hard to predict what's going to happen with Josh.