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Boy Pulls Off The Smoothest Foul Ball Trick To Impress Girl Behind Him
One kid at last night's Blue Jays-Rangers game got the best of both worlds: An MLB foul ball and the attention of a girl sitting in the row behind him....
Thank God For David Ortiz
Yu Darvish was perfect through the seventh inning against the Red Sox last night until David Ortiz hit a routine pop-up into shallow right field. It fell between Alex Rios and Rougned Odor and was officially ruled an error, thus preserving a no-hitter. For two innings the baseball world sat on the p...
Yu Darvish Loses Perfect Game On Error, Sparks Argument On MLB Network
Yu Darvish's perfect game bid tonight against the Red Sox was spoiled by a seventh-inning blunder by his fielders that, in any other ballpark, would have been ruled a hit. ...
Leonys Martin's Method Of Wooing Ladies Is Rather Endearing
Why are you looking at a shirtless photo of Rangers outfielder Leonys Martin? Is he in someone's living room? Who the hell took this photo?...
Rangers Fan Catches A Homer, Drops The Nae Nae
Flawless execution by this gentleman right here. Catching a home run ball is hard enough, but having the wherewithal to realize that you are probably on camera and immediately transition into the Nae Nae? That is straight-up impressive....
Rangers Apologize After Fan Memorial Used As Trash Can
Two years ago, the Rangers unveiled a memorial to Shannon Stone, the fan who fell to his death while trying to catch a ball during a 2011 game. Standing just outside the home plate entrance gate at Globe Life Park, it features Stone and his son, and is dedicated to all baseball fans. It's also a han...
Ron Washington Once Paid A $200 MLB Fine In Pennies
We missed this on Sunday, but Hardball Talk didn't—Rangers manager Ron Washington, upset over a fairly small fine, might have found the single best CBA loophole when he mailed a box filled with 20,000 pennies to MLB headquarters. ...
Ian Kinsler On Rangers GM: "Daniels Is A Sleazeball"
Every year, when spring training starts up, you know you're in for a certain number of stories about the aging veteran, starting over and trying to prove himself. What distinguishes ESPN The Magazine's new entry in the genre, a profile of Ian Kinsler, is that he comes off as utterly unhinged....
The Rangers Took Their Team Photos In The Bathroom
Most MLB teams have held their photo days, and a few gems have emerged. But really, the true story each year is which team will be forced to get their photos taken in the bathroom. Congratulations, Texas Rangers!...
Yu Darvish Jokes That Masahiro Tanaka Is Overpaid, Everyone Freaks Out
Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish was asked about the newest Japanese import, and more specifically, the seven year, $155-million contract with the Yankees that blew Darvish's deal (under the old posting system) out of the water. Darvish made the mistake of being sarcastic. It didn't translate....
Kenny Rogers, The Gambler Who Embodied Suffering And Abject Failure
Having purchased a Hall of Fame ballot, which we'll be filling out in accordance with the wishes of our readers, we're examining the merits—and relative lack of merits—of all 36 players on this year's ballot for the purposes of better informing the electorate, i.e., you. All entries in the series ca...
Texas Rangers Draft Russell Wilson (Yes, That One)
In today's Rule 5 draft, which allows teams to snatch up other teams' minor leaguers not on a 40-man roster but with a certain amount of service time, the Rangers took Russell Wilson, second baseman. He's probably not going to make much of an impact for Texas: he's got a pretty good football career ...
MLB.com Reader Predicted Prince Fielder-Ian Kinsler Trade Last Week
Prince Fielder and Ian Kinsler swapped teams last night for this MLB offseason's first substantial transaction. If we had listened to this Rangers fan last week, though, we'd have already known about it....
Detroit Is Trading Prince Fielder To Texas For Ian Kinsler
Everyone is now reporting that the Tigers have traded slugger first baseman (and, didjaknow, baseball's reigning Iron Man?) Prince Fielder to the Rangers for second baseman Ian Kinsler....
The Fatally Flawed Rangers Went Out With A Bunt And A Whimper
On August 31, the Rangers were sitting pretty. First in the division, a hefty wild card lead if it came to that, Texas had a 98.12 percent chance of making the playoffs. September was unkind—even with a seven-game winning streak that earned them a one-game playoff, they went 12-16 over the month, ge...
The Rangers Win, And We're Getting Game 163
Coming into today, the last of the MLB season, three AL teams—the Rangers, Rays, and Indians—were vying for the two remaining playoff spots. Thanks to a late rally by the Rangers, that fight isn't yet finished, and the Rangers and Rays are set to play game 163....
Royals Win In 10 On Justin Maxwell's Walk-Off, Pimp-Hit Grand Slam
It wasn't a good day for the person doing the closed captioning on the Royals' TV broadcast. ...
Rays Win In 18, Set Stage For Wide-Open Wild Card Finish
I gave up on this game in the 16th. If only the Orioles were so sleepy, they could have been spared two further innings and grief. And, who knows, maybe if it ends in 16, Kelly Johnson here doesn't get drilled with DeJesus's helmet after a celebratory heave. But that's baseball: unpredictable. Somet...