Subject: Cleveland Indians

• Dwarfed by the Cowboys' New Stadium, the Rangers Spiffy Up Their Park

  March 26, 2009

• Oh and 162?

  April 5, 2007

• The Hunt for Dead October

  September 25, 2006

• Juan Gone...to Long Island

  August 3, 2006

• Reading the Mitchell Report, Way Too Quickly, So You Don't Have To

  December 13, 2007

• Texas Rangers Making Contingency Plans In Case This Uptick is a Mirage

  May 8, 2008

• The Rangers are Sending a Pitcher to the Mound Tonight. Duck!

  June 3, 2008

• The Rangers' Milton Bradley, the Hot-Head with a Hot Bat, Has Gotta Go

  June 12, 2008

• Hey, Look Over Here. It's Next Year!

  September 17, 2008

• 10 Steps to Fixing Your Texas Rangers

  October 2, 2008

• Journeymen of summer

  Root, root, root for the home team -- whoever they are

  August 19, 1999

• Unlucky Luis

  All-Star Tuesday should have been a great one for Rangers second baseman Alicea

  July 13, 2000

• A Christmas List for Jon Daniels

  Here in The Sportatorium, every now and then we like to talk baseball. I mean hard-core, balls-and-strikes baseball. By "every now and then" I mean this morning. And by "we", of course, I mean seamhead colleague Sam Merten. Sam, the floor is yours: For those of you distracted by Sean Avery's antics, the format change at Live 105.3 FM and the drama at Valley Ranch, Rangers' GM Jon Daniels and his colleagues spent most of last week in Las Vegas for baseball's Winter Meetings. Daniels has be

  December 18, 2008

• Bad start

  May 4, 1995

• The making of Mike Hargrove

  November 2, 1995

• The World's Top 10 Left-Handed Athletes

  Right is wrong and left is ... right? Seems to be. It's not exactly a bass-ackward revolution, but left-handers are doing okay for themselves in sports these days. Or are they? The idea struck me last week when I saw highlights of college quarterbacks Josh Heupel and Matt Leinart winning BCS National Championship Games. They disappeared = Bad. Then I watched this year's game and saw Florida's Tim Tebow will his Gators to a title. He's one of the best players in the history of college football&n

  January 14, 2009

• Damned Rangers

  August 22, 1996

• Here's the pitch

  November 6, 1997

• So ... Will the Sheets Hit The Fan?

  With the New York Mets signing Oliver Perez, the Texas Rangers' chances of landing free-agent pitcher Ben Sheets just got stronger. Likewise, their radio signal for 2009 is also beefed up. The announcement that Rangers' weekday games will be broadcast on 105.3 The Fan means that 110 of Texas' 162 will be in crystal clear, high-definition radio on a 100,000-watt signal that can be heard from Waco beyond the Red River. KRLD 1080 AM, which has broadcast the Rangers' games on its 50,000-watt si

  February 4, 2009

• Safe at third

  May 14, 1998

• A bush league of their own

  May 21, 1998

• Rangers Spring Training Grades

  TexasRangers.com The kid's catching on pretty fastOnly 19 days until the Texas Rangers open the 2009 regular season at home against the Cleveland Indians. In other words, time for some mid-spring training grades. So far, so good I'd have to say. No major injuries. Josh Hamilton is pounding the ball. Michael Young is flawlessly fielding grounders at third instead of questions about swapping positions. Earlier this week the Rangers scored 10 runs off Indians' Opening Day starter

  March 19, 2009

• The 2009 Starting Pitcher for Your Texas Rangers: Dubya

    This is not the time to talk politics. It's the time to talk baseball. I'll put my liberal left leaning on hold today because the Texas Rangers have announced - no surprise - that former Prez and former co-owner George W. Bush will throw out the first pitch before next Monday's season opener against the Cleveland Indians at Rangers Ballpark. Now, this would really be a coup if Ron Washington could coax a quality six innings out of Dallas' newest resident. Instead, he'll probably le

  March 30, 2009

• Steeeeerrrrriiiiiiiiike One!

  Bush league. Minutes after two jets shook our loins with a flyover, the 43rd President of the United States strode to the mound - the mound, not the rubber - and fired a ceremonial first-pitch strike to Rangers' outfielder Josh Hamilton. The Prez, who somehow received nary a boo, then autographed the ball for Hamilton and headed into the Rangers' dugout. Said George Dubya via statement: "Laura and I are excited to once again cheer on our home team at Rangers Ballpark in Ar

  April 6, 2009

• After a Dynamic Season Opener, Rangers Fans are Seeing Red

  The Rangers' debut was shockingly accessorized by pitching, defense and, don't look now, relevance.

  April 9, 2009

• The Hapless Texas Rangers Turn to their Farm System

  February 5, 2009

• Ask A Mexican

  Laughter is a universal language; comedy isn't

  May 22, 2008

• Ask A Mexican

  There is no fool like an April Fool.

  April 3, 2008

• Tom Hicks is Now a Global Billionaire Bozo

  He's a vilified clown of an owner on two continents. Or at least he should be.

  January 31, 2008

• Rangers: The Texas Treadmills

  Your Rangers yet again perfect the art of going nowhere fast

  October 4, 2007

• Chief Beef, Joey Kendall, Veloura

  September 6, 2007

• Ask a Mexican! Logo Debate Continues

  March 22, 2007

• Corndoggle

  Dallas Is Banking On Ethanol, But Is It The Fuel Of The Future Or A Barrel Of Pork?

  October 26, 2006

• Boy Blunder

  Is baseball's youngest general manager man enough to rebuild the Rangers?

  July 12, 2007

• Déjà Boo

  Another Rangers season ends in a familiar Hunt for Dead October

  September 28, 2006

• Hart Attack

  Everybody loves a winner? Tell it to Rangers GM John Hart.

  March 17, 2005

• Rained Out

  No refunds, Rangers fans, even though the dark clouds of the A-Rod trade threaten the entire season

  March 18, 2004

• Life's a Pitch

  David Clyde was supposed to save the Texas Rangers. Thirty years later, he just wants 27 days of his old life back.

  May 8, 2003

• Ay Caramba!

  Catcher Einar Diaz must take over for Pudge and educate our columnist

  March 27, 2003

• The Buck Starts Here

  New Texas Rangers manager Buck Showalter makes the team much better. Problem is, he can’t hit leadoff, play center field or pitch.

  March 6, 2003

• SNAFU

  Buzz looks back on 2001 and proves once again that the boy just ain't normal

  January 3, 2002

• Break a Leg

  For injured star rookie Ruben Mateo, the only certainty is his comeback isn't a sure thing

  August 24, 2000

• Yeah, But What If Baseball Went To The European Football Table?

  I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we're all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August ... September ... maybe even October? But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards? You know, the top teams rewarded with international play and/or advancement and the worst facing relegation to the league below. I can see the initial extended excitement. Actually a reason to watch Pirates-Nationals a

  July 23, 2009

• Texas Rangers: Soar, Then Stoop

  Some days the Rangers seem legit; others full of saline.​Got this "friend" named Newy Scruggs. He has his theory that the Texas Rangers "play well against the big boys." Hogwash I'd tell him, until the Rangers took two of three against the Angels last weekend. Then I watch Texas last night and - yep - I'm starting to embrace all sides of Newy's thesis. Including the flip-side which mandates that while the Rangers play up to their competition, they also stoop down to it. Evidence: Indian

  August 12, 2009

• The Texas Rangers and Their Holland Tunnel

  Now isn't the time for potential. It's the time for production. Right?​The Rangers' past is sucky and their future is murky. There are frightening skeletons in the closet and financial potholes down the road. The present, however, smells delicious. That's why Derek Holland should be taken out of the starting rotation and replaced by Dustin Nippert. Love Holland. He's 23 with tremendous potential. But with the Rangers throwing meaningful pitches in September for only the fifth time

  September 8, 2009

• Prosecution "Salivating Like a Junkyard Dog Staring at a T-Bone Steak" As Defense Continues Questioning Don Hill (A Live Blog)

  Sam MertenD'Angelo Lee and Don HillAs testimony concluded yesterday in the City Hall corruption trial, it appeared as though the prosecution would begin its cross-examination of Don Hill after Doug Greene, D'Angelo Lee's attorney, finished what is expected to be his relatively short questioning of Hill, especially after Victor Vital told us he had no plans to examine the former mayor pro tem. However, Vital did stress that he reserved the right to question Hill, and he'll exercise that right aft

  September 9, 2009

• The Resilient Rangers: Episode XLV

  This Rangers' playoff run has had more twists and turns than a ... well, you know.​At this point don't fear the valleys, just enjoy the roller-coaster. Just when - yet again - it seemed your Texas Rangers were going to fall out of playoff contention by not scoring a single run in their last 15 innings in Baltimore, this happens. The resilient Rangers, playing without big bats Michael Young and Josh Hamilton, last night scored 21 runs on 31 hits (Marlon Byrd had seven) in sweep

  September 9, 2009