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According to Fox Sport’s Ken Rosenthal and the Fort Worth Star Telegram’s Jeff Wilson, Jeff Banister is the Texas Rangers’ new manager. Banister bested fan
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Studying under Maddon, Francona, and Washington certainly has it perks: learning the principles of implementing shifts under Maddon, learning baseball by
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Move over, Jerry Jones. Texas Rangers general manager Jon Daniels is DFW’s newest punching bag. Lose 25 players to injury … Blame Jon Daniels! Too hot at t
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Part three of our Texas Rangers Offseason Guide brings us to the middle infielders. Two starting spots. Four viable middle infielders.
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Part two of our #RangersOffseasonGuide brings us to first base – more specifically, Prince Fielder. In 2014, your Texas Rangers penciled 11 players into the lineup at first base,
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Congratulations. You made it. The Texas Rangers offseason is finally here. A season in which many called the worst season ever has finally come to a close.
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From time to time, we all ponder existential questions such as What is life? or Why are we here? or Why do we drive on parkways and park on driveways? One
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Did you know William Shakespeare once penned a play about your Texas Rangers? … No? Take a look. To trade … or not to trade Elvis Andrus – that is the ques
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The Texas Rangers fielded their 60th player of the season on Tuesday, setting a new major league record. That’s right: no team in the history of profession
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The consequence of success – well, former success in this case – is the poaching of talent. The Houston Astros fired their manager, Bo Porter and bench coa
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The calendar may say August, but the Texas Rangers are smack dab in the middle of March, mixing and matching rookies in the starting lineup like a patchwork
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It’s no secret: the Texas Rangers Front Office is secretive. Jon Daniels and his army of advisers operate in the shadows, lurking behind every waiver claim, trade bait, and free agent. However, on Tuesday, the veil was lifted.
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Last night marked my first attendance at a Frisco RoughRiders game this season. But I have an excuse: I lived in Houston this summer completing an internsh
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CBSSports.com ranks Elvis Andrus the 11th best shortstop in the major leagues and the best shortstop in the AL West during the 2014 season. However, only
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It’s widely known that the Texas Rangers have coveted thy neighbor’s (Mariners) starting pitcher (Felix Hernandez) for many years. Well, after incalculable
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April 21st, 2014: It’s the first inning in Oakland, California. The Texas Rangers, sporting a 12-8 record, feature a lineup of Shin-Soo Choo, Andrus, Rios, Fielder, Kouzmanoff, Moreland, Murphy, Martin, and Chirinos. More than thirteen-thousand raucous A’
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Believe it or not, this is a lost season for the Texas Rangers. Blasphemy! Outrage! Loud noises! We can all kick and scream and holler as much as we like, but barring a meteoric rise like Justin Bieber on YouTube, the 2014 playoffs are as good as gone.
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Rougned Odor is the iPhone 6. The trending commodity coveted by fans, scouts, and geeks alike. Odor has all of the new features: grit, tenacity, power, a magnetic glove
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Alex Rios is a hypothesis – a kite in the sky, a microbe in a petri dish, an experiment to be tested. And if you look closely, Alex Rios will tell you everything you need to know about the 2015 season.
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I hope this piece is tantamount to the Babe stepping between the chalk lines for the first time or Michael Jordan lacing up his first pair of sneakers.
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