Omar Vizquel News

ANAHEIM, Calif. a ' If Ervin Santana's right arm is truly healthy, it sure has a funny way of showing it.

It looks like resident stat dork Bill Marshall has taken time away from his tetris addiction to write another edition of Statspeak , this time naming his own NL stat-based All-Stars in part two.

If you know that Roy Hobbs became "The Natural" swinging a bat named "Wonderboy," you know baseball bats.

This isn't Black Betsy - which is what Shoeless Joe Jackson and Babe Ruth called their black bats - but it's obviously been well-used by the Rangers.

Chris Davis is in his second season with the Texas Rangers. In 74 games, he has struck out 111 times, which is an average of 1.5 strikeouts per game.

Omar Vizquel broke Luis Aparicio's record for most hits by a native of Venezuela just five days ago.

An off-duty police officer shot and wounded two men who had assaulted him in a crowded stadium parking lot after a Colorado Rockies-Los Angeles Angels game, authorities said Thursday.

Up next: vs. San Diego, 7:05 p.m. Sunday 11:33 PM CDT on Saturday, June 27, 2009 The jump to the pros has been smooth for rookie shortstop Elvis Andrus.

Texas Rangers' David Murphy, left, gets high-fives from Chris Davis, bottom left, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, middle, and manager Ron Washington after his home run.

Texas Rangers shortstop Omar Vizquel singled in the first inning against the Arizona Cardinals for his 2,678th career hit, the most ever by a native of Venezuela.

By JEFF WILSON PHOENIX - Top prospect Neftali Feliz will start working as a reliever tonight at Triple A Oklahoma City as the Texas Rangers look to the hard-throwing 21-year-old to bolster the big-league bullpen later this season.General manager Jon Daniels announced the decision early Wednesday morning via e-mail. He had said fewer than 24 ...

Omar Vizquel is ready to make history. More than ready. He has been ready for a while.

The Rangers, after a day off Monday, open a three-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on Tuesday.

Texas Rangers' Omar Vizquel flies out against the San Francisco Giants in the seventh inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Saturday, June 20, 2009.

JOHNSON VS. RANGERS : Randy Johnson faces the Texas Rangers tonight. Only two current Rangers have more than 10 career at-bats against the Big Unit.

Has he faltered? Has he succumbed to the cowboy allure and the texture of snake skin? "Hell no," Vizquel said Thursday.

About the Rangers: Only the Yankees have hit more home runs than the slugging Rangers, but it's a surprising pitching staff that has led Texas to the top of the American League West standings.

Texas Rangers' Hank Blalock, left, congratulates Omar Vizquel who scored on a Michael Young single off a pitch from Los Angeles Dodgers' Hiroki Kuroda in the third inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Friday, June 12, 2009.

Forget about the Silver Boot that is at stake when the Houston Astros come to town Tuesday.

The team that paid Andruw Jones simply to go away is likely to face the five-time All-Star tonight, but he said he will approach his anticipated start against the Los Angeles Dodgers like any other.