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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...

At Cliff's Edge, Rangers Turn to Lee

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers are up against it now. Down three games to one to San Francisco in the World Series, they face elimination in Game 5 Monday night, and their opposition is two-time Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum. On the bright side, Texas has its ace, Cliff Lee, pitching in this one, and he's...

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...

Tim Lincecum Finds Composure, Holds Off Rangers in World Series Game 1

SAN FRANCISCO -- Let us stop for a moment and consider the importance of maintaining composure during an athletic endeavor, or regaining it once you lose it. The latest poster boy for composure is San Francisco Giants' starter Tim Lincecum, who seemed in the first couple of innings Wednesday to be en route to a gargantuan...

Playoffs Give Elvis Andrus National Stage for Eye-Opening Defense

NEW YORK -- It's not that Elvis Andrus can't hit. The Texas leadoff man has a .429 average in the first two games of the American League Championship Series against New York and has a .266 average his first two years in the big leagues. It's not that he can't run, either. He had stolen 65 bases in the regular season and...

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06/02/12 Kinsler makes costly error in Rangers' 4-2 loss Source: The Daily Tribune - Mount Pleasant TX When the Los Angeles Angels had two on and two outs in a tie game, Texas manager Ron Washington summoned Alexi Ogando.
06/02/12 Wash wouldn't have used Moreland on mound Source: MLB Manager Ron Washington said he considered the possibility of using a position player to pitch on Wednesday in the Rangers' 21-8 loss to the Mariners.
05/23/12 Seattle Mariners 5, Texas Rangers 3 Source: Frisco Enterprise - Frisco TX The Texas Rangers lost a divisional series Wednesday in Seattle, going down 5-3 to the Mariners.
05/17/12 On the Beat: The Winning Formula by John Perrotto Source: Baseball Prospectus Ian Kinsler is not a sabermetrician, but he is a heckuva baseball player and a logical enough guy.
05/16/12 Ian Kinsler scratched Source: Postcards from Elysian Fields Second baseman Ian Kinsler has been scratched from Wednesday's lineup with a stomach virus.