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Phillies Acquire Michael Young

The Philadelphia Phillies completed a trade with the Texas Rangers on Saturday and acquired third baseman Michael Young in exchange for reliever Josh Lindblom and minor league pitcher Lisalverto Bonilla. The…Read More

Phillies, Rangers Talking Michael Young Trade

The Philadelphia Phillies are engaged in talks with the Texas Rangers about acquiring utility infielder Michael Young, so says Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News. According to three major league sources,…Read More

Rangers Trying to Fix What Isn’t Yet Broken

The Texas Rangers won consecutive American League pennants in 2010 & 2011. In 2012, they were probably the best team in the league right up until a fateful final weekend in Oakland that knocked the…Read More

MLB Rumors: Rangers Interested in David Ortiz

The Texas Rangers may be forced to find a new power source in the middle of their order this off-season and, according to Ken Rosenthal, longtime Red Sox DH David Ortiz is a guy they’ve expressed…Read More

The Worst of the Worst

Now that the 2012 Major League Baseball regular season has concluded, it’s safe to look back on a lot of things even if the playoffs don’t begin to unravel their web until several hours from…Read More

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MLB Game Recaps: Nelson Cruz leads Texas Rangers over Toronto Blue Jays

Texas Rangers 14, Toronto Blue Jays 3 Led by a monster 8-RBI performance from slugger Nelson Cruz, the…Read More

Texas Rangers re-sign Brad Hawpe

Former Colorado Rockies outfielder Brad Hawpe has been re-signed by the Texas Rangers on a minor league…Read More

St. Louis Cardinals Win 2011 World Series

The St. Louis Cardinals used the momentum gained from Thursday’s historic comeback to power past the…Read More

Mike Napoli Again Powers Rangers Past Cardinals

Unbelievable. That’s the word many are using to describe last night’s 4-2 Rangers victory over the…Read More

Pujols, Cardinals Power Past Rangers 16-7

Many predicted the offenses would come alive once the World Series hit Arlington, but I’m not sure…Read More

Rangers Rally Late Against Cardinals Pen to Even Series

The Texas Rangers used a two-run rally in the 9th to even the World Series and avoid going down 0-2 as…Read More

MLB Playoffs: Rangers Pound Tigers to Clinch World Series Berth

The Texas Rangers offense struck in a big way Saturday night, leading to a 15-5 victory over the Detroit…Read More

MLB Playoffs: Cruz, Rangers Push Tigers to Brink of Elimination

It was more of the same for the Texas Rangers and Detroit Tigers during game four of the American League…Read More

Adrian Beltre Aggravates Hamstring Injury

While rehabbing his strained right hamstring, Adrian Beltre aggravated the injury and will likely miss…Read More

Adrian Beltre Placed on Disabled List

The Texas Rangers have placed All-Star third baseman Adrian Beltre on the disabled list with a right…Read More

2011 MLB All-Stars : American League

Here’s the list of players chosen to represent the American League in the 2011 MLB All-Star Game. Read…Read More

First Half MVPs – AL West

We’ll kick off the American League by checking out who were voted the AL West’s most valuable players.…Read More

The Casual Seduction of Michael Young

There are many Michael Young’s out there.  At least 12. Dessert enthusiasts, Fight Club-worshiping…Read More

Olde Man’s Tavern: Young’s Place

So far the Tavern has covered a few miles. We started in Cincinnati. Went about 708 miles to Target Field…Read More

Baseball Dream Team Could Save Game’s Place in the Olympics

The Class of 2010 was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Friday night. The Hoops…Read More