Tommy Hunter News

This is an Oct. 3, 2009, file photo showing Seattle Mariners' Ken Griffey Jr. hitting a solo home run on a pitch from Texas Rangers' Tommy Hunter during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Seattle.

As I mentioned last week, although the Texas Rangers had a very successful 2009 season, they still have a shopping list that needs to be addressed this winter in order to build upon their success and hopefully take the next step towards making the postseason.

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.

Texas Rangers pitcher Tommy Hunter is using this off-season to help out himself and lend a helping hand wherever he can.

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.

The very publicly stated goal for the Rangers' starters in 2009 was to go deeper into games and lower the embarrassing 5.51 ERA from 2008.

The Dodgers are easily the most interesting team to watch this post season. WTF is there to enjoy watching Yanks-Angels? I'm rooting for some wholesomely debilitating swine flu, and perhaps a slip and fall or three Best case scenario: Arod cranks a liner right into the melon of that no-talent hack of a girlfriend, and Jeets pulls his groin on a ...

Last game of the season today. Which I felt the need to mention, since some of you might not be aware of that.

The final weekend of Don Wakamatsu's first season as a Major League manager has arrived, and the skipper is looking forward to being reunited with his Arlington-based family.

Whoever buys the Texas Rangers will get a team filled with promise. There are Derek Holland and Tommy Hunter, rookie pitchers who became mainstays in the rotation.

Ken Griffey Jr. is enjoying his strong finish to the season. Griffey hit his 630th career home run to help the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 2-1 Saturday night.

The usual nonsense does not apply. It was a slaughter from beginning to end, a no-doubter to end the regular season and begin the playing-out-the-string of the good kind, waiting for the eventual ALDS against Boston.

Up and down the Texas Rangers ' clubhouse, players point to the improvement in the pitching staff as a big reason for the club turning around its present fortunes.

The Texas Rangers re-defined the word 'failure' Monday night, losing 11-0 to the LA Angels in California in a game they had to win.

The Angels have joined another postseason party, hoping to stick around to the finish this time.

With a few timely hits and a few more timely outs by their bullpen Sunday, the Angels made certain they'll welcome the Texas Rangers today with a simple formula to seal their playoff fate.

Hank Blalock drove in four runs Wednesday, two of them with a fourth-inning homer, and Texas overcame the loss of a four-run lead to defeat Oakland 9-8. The Rangers won for only the third time in 10 games and inched within 6 1/2 games of the division-leading Los Angeles Angels in the American League West.

Clayton Mortensen didn't exactly take a step forward Wednesday night in trying to work his way into the A's 2010 pitching plans.

Pitcher Tommy Hunter #35 of the Texas Rangers throws against the Texas Rangers on August 6, 2008 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas.

By ANTHONY ANDRO ARLINGTON - The surprising return of Michael Young was expected to give a struggling Texas Rangers offense a spark.The spark didn't last long, though, as Young started Tuesday's game against Oakland but left after one at-bat.Young took himself out of the game, but it wasn't because he aggravated his strained left hamstring.