Category: MLB
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MLB Draft Review
Screen capture courtesy of MLB/Flickr . Unlike virtually every other sport I can think of, the MLB does their draft in the middle of their playing season. Monday, June 8 th was the start of...
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Rays Pitcher Matches Century Old Mark
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Baseball has thousands of obscure stats and other instances that you'll see rarely if ever in your lifetime. If you were not watching the Sunday contest between the Seattle...
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MLB Draft: Dansby Swanson Projected to be No. 1 Overall Pick
Screen capture courtesy of MLB/Flickr . Major League Baseball will mark the 50th anniversary of the MLB Draft today through Wednesday, with Rob Manfred announcing first-round picks for the first time as Commissioner and the...
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Texas Rangers Caught Not Looking, Fail to Sweep Royals
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . There was a brief moment of ecstasy for the Texas Rangers in the seventh inning of Sunday's game against the Kansas City Royals. After trailing KC 3-0, first baseman...
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Hungry Work: Rangers Profit off of Royal Faults
Image courtesy of Arturo Pardavila III/Flickr. In the past eight-straight games whenever the Texas Rangers have erupted during the first inning, they tend to crush their opponent, cornering them in a way that exposes their...
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Welcome to the Party, Chi Chi Gonzalez
Screen capture courtesy of MLB/YouTube. After throwing 102 pitches in 5.2 IP, Texas Rangers fans weren’t too sure if they would be seeing rookie pitcher Chi Chi Gonzalez grace the bottom of the ninth inning...
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Josh Hamilton Returns to Texas Rangers: Cue Freak Out in Five… Four… Three…
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . On the side of a damp stone dripping with the Texas rain that soaked the streets of Arlington over the holiday weekend, a match was struck. And before the...
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Utterly Effortless: Texas Rangers Sweep New York Yankees
Image courtesy of Mike LaChance/Flickr . While the Texas Rangers, supported on the shoulders of some hefty offense, are coming up smelling like a spring field of wildflowers, the stench oozing off the New York...
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While Yankees Redefine the Black Hole of Suckitude, Rangers Enchant
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Well, it’s official: Viagra has been replaced by third innings here in Arlington, Texas, home of the Texas Rangers. Following an over-zealous bitch-slap fest early in their game against...
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Texas Rangers Best Boston Red Sox as Mitch Moreland Beats the Green Monster
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Last year around this time in the American League West Division, normalcy was pretty much fundamental when speaking in terms of the MLB standings: The Oakland A’s were leading...
