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3 hrs ago | Seattle Times

Now on the clock: Don Wakamatsu

As brilliant as Felix Hernandez was in 2009, it was harder to muster up a passionate Cy Young case for him, because Zack Greinke was demonstrably just slightly better.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Felix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners, Major League Baseball, Texas Rangers, Derek Holland, Scott Feldman

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Major League Baseball

If Byrd leaves, Rangers have options

The Rangers, faced with the real possibility of Marlon Byrd not coming back, will be look for a right-handed bat when the free agency bidding officially begins at 11:01 p.m. CT on Thursday night.

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Related Topix: Sports, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, Neftali Feliz, Baseball Players, Marlon Byrd, Julio Borbon, San Francisco Giants

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Lone Star Ball

Jason Cole profiles the Rangers starting LHP prospects

"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Texas Rangers, Baseball Players

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Major League Baseball

More than 200 eligible for arbitration

More than 200 Major Leaguers will potentially be eligible for salary arbitration this offseason, including several All-Stars from last season such as Tim Lincecum, Felix Hernandez, Justin Verlander, Jonathan Papelbon, Josh Hamilton, Shane Victorino and Josh Johnson.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Tim Lincecum, Justin Verlander, Shane Victorino, Tampa Bay Rays, Major League Baseball, Matt Garza

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Star-telegram.com

Texas Rangers' Hamilton still keeping the faith

By JEFF WILSON Josh Hamilton will be the first to admit that he's no Clay Council, the batting-practice ace who threw to the Texas Rangers' center fielder in the 2008 Home Run Derby.And Hamilton isn't likely to get any argument from the three batters he plunked while throwing BP at an instructional youth camp on a perfect November Saturday at ...

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Related Topix: Sports, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Lone Star Ball

Friday morning Rangers stuff

So, the buzz today is from Ken Rosenthal's story that the Rangers are interested in free agent outfielder Vlad Guerrero.

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Related Topix: Sports, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, David Murphy, Max Ramirez

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Chicago Tribune

Rangers still an option for Bradley

Chicago Cubs looking for places to dump disruptive player but likely to have to eat large portion of his salary Milton Bradley after striking out with the bases loaded in the first inning against Milwaukee.

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Related Topix: Sports, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, Chicago Cubs, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley, San Francisco Giants

Tue Nov 10, 2009

WXMI

Josh Hamilton Speaks of Obstacles, Redemption

It's a story of redemption. A man overcomes drug and alcohol addiction to become a Major League Baseball player; even an All-Star. Monday night, Josh Hamilton was in Grand Rapids to share his story.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players

Mon Nov 09, 2009

The Dallas Morning News

The first Hurdle: New Rangers hitting instructor must use soft touch as much as he uses soft-toss

There was only one thing worse than watching Alex Rodriguez's attempt at being a gracious winner last night and that was watching Chris Rose interview anybody.

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Related Topix: Sports, Major League Baseball, Texas Rangers, Baseball Players

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Major League Baseball

Rangers in market for right-handed bat

The Rangers are going into baseball's free-agency period hoping to re-sign Marlon Byrd and could come out of it with Jermaine Dye instead.

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Related Topix: Sports, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, Neftali Feliz, Baseball Players, Marlon Byrd, Jermaine Dye, Omar Vizquel

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Fox Sports

Hurdle hired as Rangers hitting coach

Clint Hurdle plans to have a simple philosophy as hitting coach of the Texas Rangers , emphasizing a team-oriented approach and doing whatever it takes to score one more run than the opponent.

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Related Topix: Sports, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Derek Holland, Tommy Hunter

Wed Nov 04, 2009

The Dallas Morning News

When Texas Rangers make new hire, don't expect an instant hit

In the summer of 1988, Bobby Witt threw nine consecutive complete games after a brief exile to the minor leagues, prompting speculation as to what brand of exorcism took place in Oklahoma City and whether the rest of the staff should be on the next bus up I-35. Ferguson Jenkins, Hall of Famer, earned most of the credit for Witt's revival.

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Related Topix: Sports, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, Jeff Bagwell, Baseball Players, Chris Davis, Ian Kinsler

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Postcards from Elysian Fields

Monday Morning Manager...Milton Bradley

The Rangers refused to rule out the possibility of Milton Bradley coming back to Texas.

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Related Topix: Sports, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Milton Bradley, Chicago Cubs

Thu Oct 29, 2009

The Dallas Morning News

Rangers winnow hitting coach finalists to Rusty Greer, Clint Hurdle, Thad Bosley and Gerald Perry

All four are scheduled to meet face-to-face on Monday with Rangers officials, including general manager Jon Daniels, assistant GM Thad Levine, manager Ron Washington and director of player personnel Scott Servais.

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Related Topix: Sports, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Kevin Richardson, Matt Harrison, Tommy Hunter

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Campus Life

Sin: The Rest of the Story

What the snark-infested news media just don't seem to understand. Mollie Ziegler Hemingway posted 10/26/2009 10:35AM W hen Texas Rangers outfielder - and recovering addict - Josh Hamilton fell off the wagon earlier this year, popular sports website Deadspin played it up with snark-infested commentary.

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Related Topix: Sports, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players

Tue Oct 20, 2009

Star-telegram.com

Josh Hamilton headlines youth camp

Star-Telegram Rangers All-Star outfielder Josh Hamilton will headline a youth baseball camp Nov.

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Related Topix: Sports, Baseball Players, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, David Murphy

Wed Oct 14, 2009

The Winnipeg Free Press

Longtime Rangers hitting coach Rudy Jaramillo turns down 1-year deal; he s a free agent now

The Texas Rangers will emphasize situational hitting over slugging next season. That new approach will come from a new hitting coach, too.

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Related Topix: Sports, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, Baseball Players, Ivan Rodriguez, Michael Young, Jeff Bagwell

The Dallas Morning News

Finals: Grading the Rangers outfield

As a unit, the Rangers outfield was beset by slumps and injuries . It would be easy to write it off as a subpar year for the club, but there were still some pretty solid contributions, like Marlon Byrd's career year, Cruz's 33 homers and late-season addition Julio Borbon's electrifying speed.

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Related Topix: Sports, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, David Murphy, Marlon Byrd, Julio Borbon

Sun Oct 11, 2009

Star-telegram.com

Texas Rangers go from years on blink to brink of success

By JEFF WILSON The 2009 regular season is over, and baseball's postseason will again be played without the Texas Rangers.But the Rangers made some noise and were legitimate contenders into the final month of the season - perhaps a season sooner than had been expected.They did so with quality pitching and improved defense that helped overcome an ...

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Related Topix: Sports, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, American League West, American League, Neftali Feliz, Baseball Players, Derek Holland

Fri Oct 09, 2009

The Dallas Morning News

Rangers face first free agent decision of offseason

The first free agent decision the Rangers face in this very important winter should be the easiest.

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Related Topix: Sports, Texas Rangers, Major League Baseball, Andruw Jones, Baseball Players, Elvis Andrus, Michael Young, Ian Kinsler

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