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Rangers on the verge of Napoli, Francisco swap

The Rangers were unsuccessful in their quest for Jim Thome, and then when the Rays scooped up Manny Ramirez it appeared they lost out on another potential bat. But Rangers front office said they were still…Read More

Congrats to Neftali

It happens plenty in baseball. A young prospect comes up and busts into the majors with a promising rookie start. But often rookies are put in situations where they have time to feel the majors out and…Read More

Rangers walk of on Yanks in extra innings fashion.

Last night the Rangers started a two game series against the New York Yankees who are leading their division in the East, although no where near the margin that the Rangers have in the West.  The Rangers…Read More

Lee picks up 100th career win over the Athletics.

In Cliff Lee’s 209th start he picked up his 100 career win over the Oakland Athletics tonight.  He pitched eight innings giving up one run on 7 hits and no walks.  The solo run came in the first…Read More

Rangers beat Tigers in the 14th inning…

After taking two of three games from Boston to start the second half of the season the Rangers won the first game of a three game series against the Detroit Tigers in the 14th inning.  It was a crazy…Read More

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Five Rangers tabbed for the All-Star game.

The first half of the 2010 season has been pretty amazing for the Rangers, they are leading the division…Read More

Rangers beat Pirates tonight for third straight National League Sweep.

Interleague play has been wonderful for the Rangers.  They started off in Milwaukee taking 2 of three…Read More

Colby Lewis pitched a quality start and still took the loss.

In tonight’s game against the Minnesota Twins Colby Lewis pitched 6 inning giving up 2 earned runs,…Read More

Colby Lewis picks up his fourth win tonight.

The first night on interleague play in the 2010 season started great for the Rangers beating the Chicago…Read More

Rangers win even with blown call.

The Ranger’s walked off in the ninth inning tonight against the Baltimore Orioles for the first…Read More

Being swept out of town to sweeping out of town

This past weekend the Rangers had the worst road trip of the season, thankfully it was for only three…Read More

The Rangers were swept out of Toronto

Last Thursday afternoon the Rangers had just completed a 12 inning thriller walking off on the Athletics…Read More

Extra innings pay off for the Rangers today.

Two nights ago the Rangers battled the Oakland for 13 innings before losing 7-6 and dropping dead even…Read More

A whole new look

As you may have noticed Nolan Writin’ has been redone and now has the new design of the Fansided…Read More

Rangers Report: Justin Smoak makes his major league debut.

The Rangers started a 3 game series against the Tigers at home tonight after ending their road trip with…Read More

Veteran Michael Young passes Pudge Rodriguez for most multi-hit games as a Ranger.

Over the last eleven seasons nothing in the Rangers organization has been more consistent than third…Read More

Rangers Report: Frank Francisco is temporarily relieved of his closing duties.

Before today’s series finale against the Mariners it was reported by MLB.com that Manager Ron Washington…Read More

Julio Borbon gets his first hit of the season; although the Rangers still fall to the Mariners 4-3.

In today’s game the Rangers starting pitcher Matt Harrison pitched six solid innings.  In his…Read More

What should the Ranger’s expect from Rich Harden in his first start as a Ranger?

Opening day is out of the way and the Rangers already have a win in the win-loss column, today is an…Read More

Opening day is upon us and Jarrod Saltlamacchia saved the day.

It was a perfect setting for a opening day game at The Ballpark in Arlington with temperature hovering…Read More