The Texas Rangers, based in Arlington, Texas, participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League West Division. The Rangers were founded as the Washington Senators in 1961.
12/29/09 10:00 AM EST It wasn't easy to select just one outstanding outing from an entire season of highlights but somehow we managed to do so. We sit back and watch the film roll — in our minds, at least — on a selection of remarkable individual performances. How do you choose between a masterful [...]
12/26/09 10:00 AM EST ARLINGTON — The one constant in the Rangers organization is change, and 2009 saw potentially the biggest change of all. As the memorable year came to a close, Rangers owner Tom Hicks announced this month that he was entering into exclusive negotiations with a group headed by Chuck Greenberg and Nolan [...]
12/24/09 10:00 AM EST DALLAS — Katie Brownfield loves the Rangers and loves baseball. You might say she is a die-hard Rangers fan. You would definitely say that, miraculously, she dies hard — or not at all. "I consider myself lucky to be alive," Brownfield said. "I could have … never been able to communicate [...]
12/23/09 5:12 PM EST ARLINGTON — Rangers relievers had a combined 3.93 ERA in 2009 and they had just 13 blown saves, second fewest in the league. They were the only team in the American League with two relievers that had more than 10 saves as Frank Francisco had 25 and C.J. Wilson had 14. [...]
12/22/09 7:45 PM EST ARLINGTON — Darren Oliver received a new contract on Tuesday. His two sons, Brock and Maxwell, are getting a new dog. "I told my kids if I played at home, we'll get them a dog," Oliver said. Oliver still makes his home in the Colleyville-Grapevine area, just north of Arlington. For [...]
12/21/09 6:05 PM EST ARLINGTON — Former Rangers pitcher Kevin Millwood has been selected as the 2009 winner of the Harold McKinney Good Guy Award in voting conducted by the Dallas-Fort Worth Chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America. Millwood will be honored at the Dr Pepper Mid-Winter Awards Banquet, scheduled for Jan. 29 [...]
12/20/09 9:39 PM EST Left-hander Darren Oliver is reportedly close to returning to the scene of his Major League baptism 16 years ago. The 39-year-old free-agent left-hander is in serious negotiations with the Texas Rangers that could culminate in an agreement early next week, according to ESPN.com. Oliver would become the third key free agent [...]
12/19/09 9:46 PM EST ARLINGTON — Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell has been diagnosed with a torn ligament in his right thumb that will require surgery and ends the possibility of him being traded to the Rangers, sources said Saturday. Lowell was examined by a hand specialist in Arizona on Friday and the Rangers [...]
12/18/09 3:32 PM EST ARLINGTON — The Rangers should know by the end of this weekend if they are going to trade for Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell. The Rangers worked out a deal during last week's Winter Meetings that would send catcher Max Ramirez to the Red Sox in exchange for Lowell, but [...]
12/17/09 4:02 PM EST ARLINGTON — Luis Mendoza, the forgotten right-hander who has slipped to the back of the Rangers' pitching pecking order, may be starting to reassert himself down in Mexico. He has a long climb still ahead of him, but so far he is enjoying a strong winter while pitching for the Yaquis [...]