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Rangers Upper Management Changes are Good News and Bad News

So it came down Friday. Jon Daniels got a promotion and is now President of baseball operations and General Manager. Here’s the good news. He has been a quick study. I mean think about it. He made a…Read More

My Theory of Why the Rangers Are the Envy of the Rest of the League

Let’s look at the happenings of the last couple of weeks. It started with Josh Hamilton’s ridiculous statements about Ranger fans. Now we have the Dynamic Duo from Philly weighing in. Both former Rangers.…Read More

This Will Be Mitch Moreland’s Breakout Season

He’s a leaner meaner first baseman and Ron Washington has informed him he is THE first baseman. Mitch Moreland shared time at first base with Mike Napoli and Michael Young last season, hurt his wrist…Read More

An Open Letter to Josh Hamilton

I really haven’t had much to say about Josh Hamilton leaving the Rangers. The writing was pretty much on the wall in September, knowing Hamilton wouldn’t take a hometown discount and appeared…Read More

Questions Abound as the 2013 Texas Rangers Begin

After one of the oddest off seasons in recent memory, there are many questions surrounding the 2013 version of the Texas Rangers.  I haven’t had a chance to spend any quality time with MLB Radio in…Read More

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Mike Napoli Will be Missed for More Than His Bat

I knew that we had been in on Mike Napoli when his original deal with the Red Sox fell apart. (3 year,…Read More

Rangers Circle the Wagons, Tie Up Loose Ends

While the off season has been hard to call a success, considering our goals, it was not a failure either.…Read More

Does Ian Kinsler Have a Good Excuse for 2012?

Nobody knows how serious the Rangers were about Ian Kinsler moving to first base. Prior to this off-season…Read More

The Rangers Off-Season Award That Means More Than it Says

An interesting turn of events in the last week. Mike Olt was named the Rangers Minor League player of…Read More

What a Long Strange Rangers Off Season….So Far

I know it’s not over yet, but this has been one of the strangest since the days of John Hart and Tom…Read More

R.I.P. Brad Corbett- A Texas Rangers Fan in the Owner’s Box

I had been a Ranger fan before Brad Corbett bought the team in 1974. But he took over the team as I was…Read More

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…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,…Read More

Which Josh Hamilton Did the Angels Sign?

In case you missed it, Josh Hamilton signed with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim today. Five years,…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…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…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…Read More

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

Steroid Users: NO Hall of Fame

Going out of bounds a little bit for writing purposes here, but since Sammy Sosa was property of the…Read More

Ranger Brain Trust Playing it Close to the Vest

Nolan Ryan, Jon Daniels and the rest of the Rangers brain trust have done an incredibly good job at keeping…Read More