Seems that Westlake’s only toniest gated-golf community, Vaquero, is popping up in local ESPN and Dallas Morning News sports stories about Chuck Greenberg’s protracted procurement of one Texas Rangers Major League Basebol club.Candy has been reporting on Vaquero’s celebrity resident population for ages and even I can attest to the appeal of the community’s picturesque [ ... ] ...
Randy Galloway doesn’t think that’s a good thing. According to Galloway, neither does the Ranger staff:“I work for Tom, I wanted Tom to be successful at this, but, frankly, we can’t sell Tom,” said one. “Our fans, for the most part, will not buy Tom. And our former season-ticket holders, and we’d lost a lot [ ... ] ...
The Yankees are there. The Phillies are there. Not New York’s other team, the other alleged contender in the N.L. East, which was Sports Illustrated’s pre-season pick. And maybe the sorry state of the New York Mets is worth keeping an eye on for Rangers fans.The Mets this season bypassed the September swoons that ruined their [ ... ] ...
Just like we did at the end of May, at the end of June , and at the end of August - Here is the Final edition of our look at the Rangers starting rotation. The point of this exercise is to dig a bit deeper than the basic stats for each starting pitcher to [ ... ] ...
After fielding one of the worst offenses in the history of the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington era, Evan Grant is reporting that the Rangers will not retain the services of hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo. According to the report, the club extended a one year offer to Jaramillo, but he declined it and will explore other [ ... ] ...
UPDATE, 8:21 p.m. : Here we go … I am going to take the weekend off to get my life in order before changing workplaces for the second time in seven months, but after leaving you in a lurch the last two days, I’ll blog tonight as the Rangers try to clinch second place, if [ ... ] ...
FINAL123456789TotalRays0000000347Rangers02003001061:30: So, it was kind of an eventful Saturday night in the AL West race. The Rangers two wins over the last two games combined with the Angels losses mean that Texas will go to California still officially in the AL West race. As of this morning, the Angels magic number remains four.1:47: Quick note: [ ... ] ...
This is what is great about pennant race baseball.Things change. Quickly.One night. Four crazy hours. And this morning, the Rangers seem as alive as a team possibly can when trailing by five games with eight left in a strange, wonderful season.If you weren’t around last night, let’s just recap the evening’s events.Rangers trail 3-1 going [ ... ] ...
FINAL123456789TotalRays1101000003Rangers000111102x157:05: 3B Michael Young is hopeful he can return to the lineup on Monday as the third baseman after being limited to one at-bat over the last four weeks by a hamstring strain. Young ran the bases on Saturday without issue. It’s the first time he’s run the bases since aggravating the hamstring injury on [ ... ] ...
Still no Michael Young, but he said he hopes to be back in the lineup on Monday when the Rangers visit Los Angeles for what they hope becomes a more important series. The Angels begin the day six up and with a magic number of four. Here’s what the Rangers will send out against Tampa [ ... ] ...