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The Hot Stove and Josh Hamilton

There are two passages of time during each calendar year where the rumor mill pumps and churns at a higher frequency. There’s now, the pinnacle point of the offseason as the Winter Meetings progress,…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.  They haven’t made a lot of moves over the Jon Daniels years during the festivities. It’s…Read More

Winter Meetings Wish List

The Rangers have officially arrived into their third full month of the offseason, and with only minor acquisitions to account for at this point, more questions loom beyond the baseball horizon than answers.…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 secrets. I know that is the M.O. of most of the teams in MLB. They also do as much in the MIS-information…Read More

Analyzing the 2013 Payroll Situation

Almost a week ago, Joey Matchulat of Baseball Time in Arlington wrote a comprehensive article accounting for every Ranger’s salary in 2013. This includes each player under contract, every arbitration…Read More

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Tell Me All Your Thoughts on Josh

A couple of days ago, an interesting tweet popped up on my timeline: Jim Bowden (@JimBowdenESPNxm) –…Read More

Rangers Interested in David Ortiz, and Other News

In an attempt to quench the appetite of a starving Rangers fan base in desperate need of some good news,…Read More

Ranger Brass Brings New Ideas to Hot Stove

So the Nolan Ryan led ownership group is dug-in now. They have been here long enough to leave an impression.…Read More

Idle Hump Day Thoughts

I’ve been following the Rangers for almost 17 years now, since I was a six year-old boy. And though…Read More

In Fear and Faith

Life is getting scary for Rangers fans. They can’t handle the 2.5-game lead with 5 left to play.…Read More

Game 153: Beltre Battles Gut to Help Rangers Win

Let’s get the not so fun stuff out of the way first… Derek Holland tossed an unimpressive…Read More

Josh Hamilton, Adrian Beltre Out Of Wednesday’s Game

Albert Pujols will be back for the Los Angeles Angels tonight, but the Rangers will be missing two of…Read More

Game 147: The Quick Hook By Ron Washington

Yesterday’s game, believe it or not, wasn’t always lost. In the fourth inning, with Ryan…Read More

Lost And Found: The Story of Rangers Hitting and Pitching

After taking 2 of 3 against Baltimore to start this most recent home stand, the Rangers bats again put…Read More

Game 116: Rangers drop third straight

For the third game in a row, the Rangers’ bats failed to provide the serious “pop”…Read More

Game 110: Oswalt Didn’t Work Alone

Ron Washington left Roy Oswalt in the game a little too long, and Washington admitted that he made a…Read More

Game 109: Dempster Back On Track As Rangers Beat Red Sox

Ryan Dempster really worried a lot of Rangers fans in his first start with Texas. Most media members…Read More

Game 106: Scotty Be Good

Regression to the mean is so much fun when it goes this way. Scott Feldman was perceptively the worst…Read More

Game 101: Another Winnable Loss

Tonight’s game featured a pretty reasonable 3-3 score before Anaheim’s furious 6th inning…Read More

Game 98: Uh, Yeah…

I’ve been trying to write my usual Moments that Mattered recap for over an hour now and it’s…Read More