By Thom Henninger No division leader had more than a 4.5-game edge when the second half began on Thursday. It marked the first time under the six-division alignment that no first-place club had a lead of five games or more at the All-Star break. The last time every second-place club was within five games out [...]
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By Thom Henninger If you’re wondering who else in the last 45 years struck out the first four major leaguers he faced as a rookie, it was Neftali Feliz, the hard-throwing right-hander who joined the Rangers pen in August and fanned 39 batters in 31 innings.
By James Bailey When the Ron Washington coke-gate story broke earlier this week I figured he would be gone by this time next year. The Rangers stuck by their manager last summer when he came clean about his “one time” cocaine usage, even declining his offer to resign. He’s got a 2010 contract and the [...]
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By Bill Begley Right up front, it must be disclosed: I was totally clueless about “blow-gate” for most of the day Wednesday. The first clue came on the ride home from work, when I heard Texas team president Nolan Ryan explain to the Incredulous Talking Heads on the World Wide Leader’s radio channel in Dallas [...]
By Bill Begley A chance to end a decade-long postseason drought was there for the taking, and for the first time this season the Texas Rangers lost a series to the AL West leaders, the Los Angeles Angels. In a nutshell, that means – not officially, but for all intents and purposes – the Rangers [...]
By James Bailey The Rangers are handling 21-year-old Neftali Feliz with caution, never pitching him on back-to-back days and often giving him two or more games off after an appearance. The rest of the American League should be thankful.
By James Bailey Every time it looks like things are about settled in the American League, one of the down-and-outers sneaks back into the picture. A week ago the Tigers were on the brink of backing into the Central Division crown. They woke up Thursday morning with a 4.5 game lead, down from 7 games [...]
By James Bailey It’s interesting to peruse the list of search terms that land people on this site. Out of curiosity, I created a report of all the searches for the month of August. More than a quarter of them had the word “rookie” or “ROY” in them. Fans are obsessed with rookies.
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By Bill Begley There is a difference between a streak and a surge. The Washington Nationals are on a streak – an eight-game winning streak, to be exact, which barely qualifies as news since the “streak” managed to lift the “Nats” to a resounding 40-72 for the season.
By Bill Begley The trade deadline has come and gone, which does not mean there won’t be any wheeling-and-dealing as races tighten later this month. And, really, measuring how any of these deals will affect the postseason lineup is hard to determine.
