One of my biggest pet peeves is writers, talk show hosts, and sports media members who know nothing about a particular sport but suddenly position themselves as experts when something news worthy happens (see Wilbon, Michael after a hockey fight). So I won’t pretend to be a huge MLS fan, or even a big soccer [...]
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After a stellar 2010 season, and despite a significant amount of time on the disabled list from a rib fracture that made him miss most of September, Josh Hamilton has been named today as the American League MVP. 2010 was Hamilton’s third year with the Texas Rangers; in December 2007, he was traded from the [...]
At least in pitching, the baseball voters are focused more on deep statistics than win/loss records. It’s totally obvious at this point. “King” Felix Hernandez of the Seattle Mariners deservedly won the 2010 American League Cy Young Award. He was clearly the frontrunner, even though his main competition (C.C. Sabathia of the New York Yankees) [...]
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Andrew Brandt tells us why the baseball writers of America got it wrong for AL Manager of the Year in 2010.
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Yes, Ranger fans, there is a Santa Claus. Neftali Feliz, game-saving machine, has been named the 2010 American League Rookie of the Year. A Ranger hasn’t earned this award since Mike Hargrove in 1974.
Pittsburgh Pirates hire Clint Hurdle as manager, leaving the Texas Rangers with a vacated hitting coach position.
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Ross Lindsey evaluates the top 10 prospects in the Texas Rangers’ farm system.
(Writer’s Note: This is the second article in a series about Cliff Lee’s free agency. The first article was about the Yankee advantages for Mr. Lee; this article is all about the Ranger advantages. Yes, the Ranger article is longer. Yes, I am totally biased. What are you going to do about it?) From the [...]
Texas Rangers’ ALCS MVP Center-fielder Josh Hamilton and designated hitter Vladimir Guerrero were both chosen today as winners of Louisville Slugger’s Silver Slugger Awards. Hamilton, who also won the award in 2008, had a career year in 2010. Despite missing a significant amount of time in the last few weeks of the regular season with two [...]
A breakdown of every notable player in free agency for 2010, and one man’s perspective of how it will all play out.
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