2011-12 Hot Stove

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Cliff Lee Trade Still Makes Sense

Last summer, while it never came to a roar, there was quite a bit of buzz about the Rangers possibly being interested in making Cliff Lee a Ranger again. The Rangers are still looking for a one-two punch…Read More

Late Season Texas Rangers Collapse Runs Through Off Season

I wasn’t an active blogger before the spring of 2012. I had a blog where I would rant about sports, city politics here where I live, architecture and talk about TV shows I watched. After reading…Read More

The Dominos Fell on the Texas Rangers

Nobody loves a good conspiracy theory more than me.  Baseball is famous for its collusion, umm excuse me “good old boys” network.  I would love to make this a case of us getting squeezed but it just…Read More

So Long Michael Young

Being a baseball fans is sometimes like watching the movies. In the movies they rely on a thing called suspension of disbelief. You know what that is. You see something that really couldn’t happen,…Read More

Restraint -Thy Names are Ryan and Daniels

First things first, by the time this posts up something altogether different could have happened because I am posting this at the beginning of getaway day in Nashville. Most reporters are reporting this…Read More

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The Winter Meetings: Curb Your Enthusiasm

I wouldn’t look for the Rangers to make a splash during this week’s Winter Meetings in Nashville. …Read More

Giants Win Should Change Rangers Priorities

The Rangers officially said goodbye to some of their players this week. Free agency has started and we…Read More

A Day in the Life of a Video Game GM

It’s been a whole week since the abrupt ending to the 2012 Rangers season. And yesterday, the…Read More

Did the Rangers make the right choice?

The Angels and the Rangers have a unique relationship. The national media has often billed them as rivals,…Read More

Panicking Is The Worst Thing The Rangers Could Do

With the depleted pitching staff, especially the starting rotation, the Texas Rangers are involved in…Read More

Roy Oswalt, nitpicking, and looking forward

May 29th, 2012 could potentially mark the day we all look back on as what propelled the Rangers into…Read More

Rangers Add Roy Oswalt To Rotation

I have talked and listened to a lot of baseball people ever since Roy Oswalt’s name became associated…Read More

Additions, Omissions

The 2012 Opening Day roster has been set, with the final positions on the bench being given to outfielder…Read More

Who Should Roam Center Field for the Rangers?

So far, Spring Training has been remarkably kind to Borbon.  He has looked solid in the outfield, avoiding…Read More

Center Field

Texas Rangers right fielder Craig Gentry (23) slides safely to second base beating the tag Credit:…Read More

Offseason in Review: What the Rangers Didn’t Do

Extensions, or Lack Thereof Mike Napoli The Napoli extension is a curious case. On the one hand, prudence…Read More

That Whole Extra Wild Card Thing

On Wednesday, the baseball universe took a somewhat substantial shift in its climate, opting to vote…Read More

Why the Rangers Front Office is more Dangerous Than Yours

Yesterday, the Rangers front office once again popped in under the stealthiest of fashions, inking 17…Read More

2012 Offseason in Review – What the Rangers Did

This article is Part 1 of a two part series grading the Rangers offseason. Part 1 evaluates the transactions…Read More

No News Might Be Good News

Roy Oswalt has officially announced that he is officially not signing anywhere, for now. Instead, he…Read More