Rusty Greer

Tom's Treats Tries, But Nothing Can Replace Cookie Talk. Except This List.

Video: Tom's Treats: Rangers vs. Angels - 07.31.12 Maybe you experienced the awkwardly awesome Cookie Talk segment(s) during the Rangers broadcast. Maybe you didn't. For those suffering from the latter, above's a tip of the amazing iceberg that is now Tom's Treats. Squirming yet? Thought so. Cooki ... More >>

Upon His Return to Arlington, David Clyde on His Bittersweet Legacy as a Texas Ranger

Via historicimages-store on eBayThe 18-year-old David Clyde being informed he's now a Texas Ranger in June 1973​We began talking at 11:55 Thursday night and wrapped up some time after 1 Friday morning. But, what else did he have to do? "I'm just drivin'," he said, "somewhere on I-45, a little clos ... More >>

The Return of David Clyde, Ruben Sierra, Charlie Hough, Buddy Bell and Mickey Tettleton

​My 8-year-old has himself a new hobby: collecting baseball cards, which now involves semi-regular trips to Nick's, where, last week, they told him the signed Curtis Wilkerson he found in an old box of Topps commons was real, all right, and worth a good ... what ... 25 cents? Ah -- but what's it w ... More >>

Josh Hamilton and His Head-First Sliding: Super or Stupid?

​Didn't see this with my own eyes, but apparently around 1 a.m. this morning the Ranger who just spent six weeks on the disabled list with a broken arm suffered in a head-first slide ... slid three times head-first in one memorable, moronic trip around the bases in Texas' weather-ra ... More >>

My Top 21 Texas Rangers in the History of Ever

​C.J. Wilson was superb in last night's much-needed win over Seattle. Pedro Strop is gone. Mark Lowe is back (uh-oh). Tommy Hunter and Nefali Feliz are getting close. And dazzling Cuban defector Leonys Martin is fast-tracking our way.In the middle of a very transitory Rangers season I was ... More >>

The Texas Rangers Are Better, But Who's Gonna Talk About 'Em?

​So now that the Texas Rangers have a hitter (Adrian Beltre) and a pitcher (Brandon Webb), they've got one more important hole to fill this off-season: Television play-by-play voice. Remember just before Game 5 of the ALDS, the Rangers announced they weren't bringing back nine-year veter ... More >>

Ten Sports Items From Yesterday That, In My Humble Opinion, Are Worth a Look-See

What's Favre's legacy? You tell me.​10. Christmas came early for Mavs fans, as Dallas ended the Heat's 12-game winning streak with an entertaining 98-96 victory last night in Miami. My wrap-up is forthcoming, but until then, Wilonsky over at Unfair Park showed us the team's official Christmas gift ... More >>

Clint Hurdle Gone. Batter Up?!

​Neftali Feliz is the American League Rookie of the Year. Deservedly so. Cliff Lee's Arkansas friends can't imagine him leaving Texas for New York. Fingers crossed. But now Texas Rangers' hitting coach Clint Hurdle is the new manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates. What becomes of Josh Hamilton's ... More >>

Lawnmower Man: Kenneth Page Followed His Peculiar Dream from Texas to Florida.

Everything Old is New Again in Arlington, On the Brink of a New Rangers Season

Patrick MichelsMichael Young takes a few cuts before Friday night's exhibition.​For the first time since fall, the smell of hot dogs on the grills overtook the Ballpark in Arlington Friday afternoon, as the stadium came rumbled back to life for an evening exhibition against the Royals -- ... More >>

Whitt's End: 10.30.09

​Whether you're at the end of your rope or merely the end of your week, welcome to Whitt's End: *I take absolutely no very little joy in D Magazine's Inside Corner sports blog going belly up any second now. Evan Grant is a solid baseball Xs and Os writer and I'll follow his work back to Dalla ... More >>

Dallas' Fantasy Roster

No. 12 in your football program ... No. 12 on our fantasy roster.​When I say No. 22, who comes to mind? Do you immediately think of the Dallas Cowboys' all-time best runner? Or their all-time best rusher? Or perhaps instead the second-leading all-time scorer in the history of the Dallas Mav ... More >>

The Ticket's Great (Goofy) Game

UncleBarkyI've heard of the 20-20 feat in baseball. But never the 20-20 final score. I was at a premiere party/fundraiser last night and unable to attend The Ticket's second annual "Great Game" at Frisco's Dr Pepper Ballpark, but from what I'm gathering it was - as expected - a unique, m ... More >>

The Great Digit Debate

Just which local players have earned the right to be eternally identified with their uniform numbers?

Sure, the Rangers Are Fun and All. But There's Still Some Fixin' To Do.

Looks Like I Picked A Good Night To Blow Off Hockey

Arm-Chair Managing in the Hours Before Ron Washington's Fired

Two Iconic Baseball Voices Announce a Texas Dream Team for the Ages

Can Nolan Ryan Save the Texas Rangers? Again?

Play Ball! Notes from Texas Rangers Spring Training, Thus Far.

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.

Hard Ball in the Courtroom

Fergie Jenkins to Pitch at Ballpark Tonight. Jim Sundberg to Catch. Really.

Boy Blunder

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

Texas Rangers Hall of Fame -- Oxymoron Much?

Last Places or Famous Faces?

Wednesday P.M. Throat-Clearing

It's "Hardline" Out Here for a Wimp

A Kinky Wednesday

The Young and the Peerless

Baseball's best-kept secret plays in your backyard

The Curse of Sucking

Is this the year the Texas Rangers finally...? Nah.

Welcome Back

Gabe--Kapler, not Kotter--returns, but what does that mean for the Chad?

The A-Team

Love it when a plan comes together? Not so fast. Sure, they've got A-Rod and I-Rod, but what about Rusty Greer hitting leadoff, Tim Crabtree closing, and Johnny Oates acting human? John Gonzalez goes to Texas Rangers spring training to look for answers.

Push the Panic Button

The Rangers have their worst season in years. The reaction? Ho hum, wait till next year.

Positive reinforcement

The Rangers and their fans continue to see the team's glass as half full

Liberation front

Two local Web sites hope to bring Dallas music to the world

The spring of our discontent

Raphael Palmeiro is hurt. Johnny Oates is grumpy. Pudge Rodriguez is acting like a spoiled brat. Lee Stevens just wants to play baseball. Welcome to Texas Rangers spring training.

Talking up The Ticket

Or: Why The Fake Johnny Oates is better than the real thing

1998 Best of Dallas

Sports

Do over

Todd Van Poppel doesn't have to be great anymore, just good enough

Safe at third

When Fernando Tatis' game struggled, he kept his head down and his mouth shut

Getting to first base

Everyone's a contender during spring training, but can Will Clark and the Texas Rangers come back from last season's disappointments?

Stopped short

Kevin Elster was through with baseball once, but it was not finished with him

Here's the pitch

The Texas Rangers can't buy a win unless you pay up