Gerald Laird's Fantastic Nickname Texas Rangers, Here's a post from an intern candidate. Gerald Laird, back-up catcher for the Texas Rangers, he of the sub-.700 career OPS, signs his name ?1 Man 5 Tools. He's not toolsy, at least.the way that Matt Leinart and Nick Lachey are. And even though he hasn't been able to turn his tools (or lack thereof) into performance, it's an unintentionally hilarious autograph nonetheless. We wonder though, what if all major leaguers did something like this? (more?).

Is Scooter Feldman for real? Tickets, Feldman! Yesterday, Scott Feldman almost pitched the Texas Rangers into a sweep going seven innings allowing six hits, one earned run, zero walks and four strikeouts. This is the fourth game he's started this season, which raised the question in everyone's mind: Isn't he a reliever? Yes, for the last three or four years, the Rangers have tried making him a reliever and was pretty successful. Two years ago, Feldman pitched.es and had a 3.92 ERA as a 23-year-old kid. But look back.

AA Dish: Andrus Does It All MLB tickets, AA Dish: Andrus Does It All Posted May. 15, 2008 9:02 am by Ben Badler Filed under: AA Dish, Daily Dish Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus put his tools on display, Rays first baseman Rhyne Hughes slugged a crucial home run and Nationals right fielder Justin Maxwell added his seventh home run in yesterday's Double-A action. TEXAS LEAGUE Prospect Of The Day Elvis Andrus has the tools that has scouts imagining a future big league star when they watch him play. Those tools were on displ.

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Hicks delays Glorypark due to ?extreme conditions? Hicks delays Glorypark due to ?extreme conditions? Published at 6:12 am on May 15th, 2008 by Jim Boardman A press release issued in Dallas overnight UK time will add more weight to the claims that Liverpool FC co-owner Tom Hicks will not be able to find suitable finance to purchase the other half of the club from partner George Gillett. The Glorypark project in Arlington, Texas, is to be delayed due to financial concerns. The Dallas Morning News quotes Hicks as saying?We?re in the most. baseball.

Arlington?s Glorypark on hold, development surrounding ballpark and stadium delayed; surprise surprise JEFF MOSIER and STEVE BROWN of the Dallas Morning News report that Arlington will have to wait for Glorypark Development near stadiums. Too that I ask, is anyone surprised? This kind of has a familiar ring to it. The Lame Duck in Washington didn't even act like he was going to develop the ballpark. After selling his share of the Rangers for a 25 fold profit (read this story to see how little Bush did to kick off his political career as a Rangers principal) he got the heck out of dodge. The . Texas Rangers ticket broker.

Baseball Salaries still not correlated with performance There are lies, there are damned lies, there are statistics, and then there are baseball statistics. A number of hits from TheBigLead sports blog to an earlier discussion of baseball salaries vs. team performance has prompted me to check that conclusion again with more data. The conclusion was that there is little correlation between salary and winning games. Later, Paul suggested we read Moneyball, I read The Baseball Economist instead. The Big Lead helpfully pointed to the USA Today baseball. MLB.

"A NORTH TEXAS TRIFECTA, AN INNER MONOLOGUE" A NORTH TEXAS TRIFECTA, AN INNER MONOLOGUE 5 Comments Published by lauren on 4/11/2008 at 14:43. I'm already excited for the Ranger, Stars, and Mavs games all going at the same.time and a pitcher of beer. And I'm a little bit horny. We've already decided that we're ordering a few $5 pitcher for each quarter and a shot for each point the Stars score. And I've decided that I'm taking someone home. The Ranger's game starts to wrap up and Milton Bradley goes 2 for 4 with 2 runs batted. major league baseball tickets.

System high points: tickets for Texas Rangers, These are the numbers that are exciting me the most at the various levels in the Rockies system thus far. Colorado Springs.260 That's Ian Stewart's road ISO. Since the Sky Sox started play as the Rockies affiliate, no hitter Stewart's age or younger has maintained that high of an isolated slugging percentage on the road over the course of a season. Few have passed it when you even include their home stats. Of course, Stew's overall ISO of .319 would be the best for the Sky Sox since Brad.

Cairo wins it with two-out RBI Miguel Cairo had a two-out RBI single in the 12th inning and Seattle beat Texas 4-3 to avoid a sweep and keep the Rangers from reaching .500 Wednesday. , baseball tickets.