Texas Rangers

The Ten Longest Texas Rangers Home Runs Of 2009: Part III

Baseball Time in Arlington (Free subscription) | yesterday

Powered by beautiful Saturday mornings, $200 million championships and the ever-present hope of tomorrow, we move on to the three longest Texas Rangers home runs from the season that was -- all from the two usual suspects: True Distance, a.k.a. Actual Distance - If the home run flew uninterrupted all the way back to field level, the actual distance the ball traveled from home plate, in feet. If the...

2010 ZiPS projections for the Texas Rangers

Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Dan Szymborski has the ZiPS projections for the Rangers in 2010 up at BTF . ZiPS views this group, as constituted, as around a .500 team, and seems to identify the need for a legit DH.

Texas Rangers hire Hurdle as hitting coach

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Briefly: On the first day of free agency filing, five of the Rangers' seven possible free agents registered necessary paperwork: Joaquin Benoit, Hank Blalock, Marlon Byrd, Eddie Guardado and Ivan Rodriguez. Byrd and Rodriguez are Type B free agents, meaning the Rangers would get a supplemental first-round draft choice next June as compensation if they offer the players salary arbitration and are rejected....

• Rangers Notes: Vizquel, Byrd, Rodriguez - MLB Trade Rumors

AP Sources: Rampage gun purchased legally

Sify (Free subscription) | yesterday

A 5.7-millimeter pistol used in the Fort Hood shooting was purchased legally by suspect Nidal Hasan at a Texas gun shop, law enforcement officials said Friday.

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Saturday Rockpile: Options are all a guy really wants

Purple Row (Free subscription) | yesterday

More photos » by David Zalubowski - AP Yorvit hopes to be diving face first into a pile of cash this offseason. Browse more photos » Rockies decline options on Torrealba, Embree | All Things Rockies No surprises here, as both players have filed for free agency. Yorvit Torrealba could return to the Rockies for less money, but there's also a decent chance that he will find more money elsewhere....

Perry visits shooting victims, applauds their bravery

Dallas Morning News (Free subscription) | yesterday

TEMPLE, Texas — Gov. Rick Perry on Saturday visited the hospital where many who sustained the most serious injuries were taken after Thursday’s mass shooting at Fort Hood. He praised the patients for their bravery and for serving their country. Also Online First responders speak: | | | Twitter updates: | | Meanwhile, medical staff at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple said that...

Andruw among Rangers to file

MLB (Free subscription) | yesterday

Andruw among Rangers to file

One Down: Schleicher County Jury Convicts Jessop of Child Rape

Corrente (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

The State of Texas awaits the jury's decision on his sentence, but even the NYT cared enough about the outcome of the Eldorado, Texas, trial to report the verdict. The jury found him guilty in fewer than four hours. Seen in an AP photo, below, as he was escorted away from the courthouse, Jessop could be sent to a Texas prison for up to 20 years. San Angelo Standard-Times' coverage indicates evidence...

Ft. Hood Shooter's Pistol May Be Linked To 'Guns Galore' Shop in Texas

ABC News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

Feds tracking serial number, purchase record of suspected massacre weapon.

World Series Winners Yankees on Letterman

In Entertainment (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

After winning the 105th World Series to become 27-time world champions, the New York Yankees players Andy Pettitte, Jorge Posada, and Derek Jeter had another challenge to step up to, being interviewed by David Letterman. In an episode, which saw Letterman poke, joke and make fun of the Yankees professional and personal lives, the players [...]

Contemplating Jermaine Dye

Baseball Time in Arlington (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

With the long-overdue arrival of Major League Baseball's hot stove season comes the expected awakening of the rumor mill, which squandered absolutely no time on Thursday in identifying White Sox outfielder Jermaine Dye -- whose 2010 team option seems likelier to be bought out than not -- as a player "of interest" to the Texas Rangers. Sound familiar? If not, it should. Dye, much like Sidney...

Hurdle hired as the Rangers' hitting coach

Denver Post (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

With a passion for teaching still in his blood, former Rockies manager Clint Hurdle was introduced as the Texas Rangers' hitting coach Thursday.

Waco news briefs for Fri., Nov. 6

The Waco Tribune-Herald - News (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

The city of Waco Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring its fifth annual Ride Cameron Park mountain bike clinic Saturday and Sunday for women of all ages.

Girardi stops to aid motorist after bagging Series

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

EASTCHESTER, N.Y. | Good thing Yankees manager Joe Girardi had a late night at the ballpark. Girardi capped off a victorious evening by helping a car crash victim in suburban New York.

Breaking Down The 2010 Free Agent Class: Designated Hitters

Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009

I have had to put the series on hold for the past week, but the next position up in my class of 2010 free agent preview—click links for first basemen, outfielders, second basemen, shortstops, starting pitchers and third basemen—is designated hitters. Last winter, the market was extremely cold for players whose value comes solely from [...]