Tag: Adrian Beltre
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Blue Jays Extirpate Rangers, Advance to ALCS in a Memorable Way
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr. Docile. Manageable. Governable. Polite. Eh. Maple syrup. These are words that slip and slide off my tongue whenever I generalize about Canadians. I can’t help it – my brain is...
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Blue Jays Create Maelstrom to Stay Alive, ALDS Heads Back to Toronto
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . On a humid Monday afternoon, Texas Rangers reliever, Ross Ohlendorf , stood firmly on the pitcher’s mound during the top of the sixth inning, his face wearing a decorated...
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Blue Jays Refuse to Go Quietly in the Night, ALDS Now 2-1
Image courtesy of Arturo Pardavila III/Flickr. From an outsider’s perspective, there was nothing that 100 men or more could ever do: This game belonged to the Toronto Blue Jays regardless of the cost. With their...
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Blue Jays Find their Backs Against the Wall as Rangers Go Bird Hunting
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Tempers flare during baseball square offs – it happens. It’s only human. At the bottom of the 13th inning during Game 2 of the ALDS between the Toronto Blue...
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Underestimation Fuels Rangers, Texas Takes Game 1 of the ALDS
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Once upon a time, there was an atrocious M. Night Shyamalan movie staring Mark Wahlberg (who acted like a Mark Wahlberg cardboard cutout) where this neurotoxin caused anyone and...
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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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The Price You Pay For Beating Adrian Beltre
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Garrett Richards is making an early push for some late season hardware to appear on his mantle. The hard-throwing ace went seven innings against the Texas Rangers on April...
