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Hernan Iribarren BP video
Foul Territory | Fort-Worth Star Telegram — Here's a short clip of the newest Rangers infielder, taken this morning. - Anthony Andro
2 hours agoSunday morning notes
Rangers Blog | Dallas Morning News — There's no wireless in Surprise, so the updates could be a little sketchy today. Jarrod Saltalamacchia is back in the lineup, as he'll play with the Rangers split-squad team in Glendale. Here is the lineup for that game. 1, Borbon; 2, Andrus; 3, Murphy; 4, Cruz; 5, Davis; 6, Saltalamacchia; 7, Arias; 8, German; 9, Holland. And for the lineup for the game in Surprise, 1, Gentry; 2, Young; 3, Hamilton; 4, Guerrero; 5, Smoak; 6, Boggs; 7, Teagarden; 8, Olmedo; 9, Lemon. Eric Hurley will have surgery to repair a broken bone in his left wrist. Hurley hurt the wrist a couple of months ago, but the b...
3 hours agoSunday morning update
Foul Territory | Fort-Worth Star Telegram — There's no wireless in Surprise, so the updates could be a little sketchy today. Jarrod Saltalamacchia is back in the lineup, as he'll play with the Rangers split-squad team in Glendale. Here is the lineup for that game. 1, Borbon;...
4 hours agoTexas Rangers have many options for their bullpen
Fort-Worth Star Telegram — By ANTHONY ANDRO SURPRISE, Ariz. -- There's nothing better than having seven solid arms to rely on in a major league bullpen.The problem comes when it's three weeks before the season and you have 24 possibilities for those seven spots. It's a good problem to have, and one that's facing the Texas Rangers.There are givens in the bullpen. Four of the spots are all but locked down, with Frank Francisco the closer, Darren Oliver and Darren O'Day slated for short relief and Dustin Nippert the likely long man.But how do the other arms shake out? Here's a look at the other 20 possibilities.The lock L...
13 hours agoKinsler sidelined at least a week
Fort-Worth Star Telegram — Maybe Ian Kinsler's injury bug will cure itself in spring training this year. Kinsler, who has been on the disabled list in each of the past four seasons, will miss at least a week because of a high right ankle sprain.The Rangers second baseman hurt the ankle in pregame warm-ups Friday. He was evaluated by team doctor Keith Meister on Saturday. Assistant general manager Thad Levine said the team would re-evaluate Kinsler in a week.The news caught the Rangers by surprise."He seemingly felt generally OK [Friday]," Levine said. "He came in here [Saturday] a little more stiff and Meister took a lo...
13 hours agoRangers have first spring shutout in more than three years
Fort-Worth Star Telegram — GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- Four Texas pitchers combined on a 5-0 shutout of Cleveland as the Rangers posted their first spring training blanking in more than three years.The last spring shutout was March 4, 2007. The starter in that game was Brandon McCarthy. It was McCarthy's start again Saturday, and he was sharp in his three innings, giving up three hits and striking out three."His cutter was really working well today," Texas manager Ron Washington said. "He was running it in on lefties and running it away from righties. He was using his fastball on both sides of the plate."McCarthy's momentum carr...
13 hours agoSpotlight on ... Charley Pride
Fort-Worth Star Telegram — By ANTHONY ANDRO It's become an annual event for the Texas Rangers, but that doesn't mean it's any less special.Charley Pride finished his stay in camp with a clubhouse concert.The event is still as much a treat for the players as it's always been, as they spent their post-concert time watching video clips of Pride's performance, which included "Kiss an Angel Good Morning" and closed with "There's a Hole in the Bottom of the Sea.""It's cool because you get to know the lyrics every year," said C.J. Wilson, who was one of the players who taped the concert. "He's got so many songs that it gets i...
13 hours agoNext game at Arizona Diamondbacks on Sun, Mar 14 4:05 pm EDT
Opponent news and rumors snapshot:
- Benson's agent hoping to speak to D-Backs today Nick Piecoro's Dbacks Blog | Arizona Republic
- Non-roster spotlight: Collin Cowgill Nick Piecoro's Dbacks Blog | Arizona Republic
- Arizona Diamondbacks' Augie Ojeda does it all for the fans Arizona Republic
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- Today's lineups: Mariners vs. Rockies Mariners Insider | Tacoma News-Tribune Greetings from Tucson. It's a gorgeous day and we have Felix Hernandez making his first Cactus League start of the season. Manager Don Wakamatsu said Hernandez will throw about three innings or 50 pitches. Though Wakamatsu said, all Hernandez really cares about is hitting. Remember in National League parks, teams don't use the DH. Of course, [...]
- Mariners in Tucson --- today's lineups Mariners Blog | Seattle Times The team has made it to Tucson for today's 1 p.m. game against the Rockies --- all 31 of them. With there being no reason for players who aren't in the plans to play to make the two-hour bus ride here, a number are being left behind. As noted earlier, a few --- such as Ichiro, Chone Figgins and Ken Griffey Jr. --- won't be here for either game. Others are here today and then heading back tonight, while others stayed in Peoria today and will come down tomorrow for the game against Arizona. Here is today's lineup: Eric Byrnes, CF Josh Wilson, SS Milton Bradley, LF Ryan Garko, 1B Matt Tuiasosopo,...
- McPherson, Stassi among spring's first cuts The Drumbeat | San Francisco Chronicle From Chronicle Staff Writer Susan Slusser in Phoenix Here's the A's release from this morning: The Oakland A's have reassigned right-handed pitchers Sam Demel and Matt Wright, left-handed pitcher Cedrick Bowers, catchers Joel Galarraga and Max Stassi and infielders Grant Green,... foo
- Aybar being eased back From the Dugout | Orange County Register Angels’ shortstop Erick Aybar is still the leading candidate to bat leadoff, and he could be back in the lineup Monday when the Angels host the Dodgers at Tempe Diablo Stadium. Saturday, Aybar said he hoped to be in the lineup Sunday against the Cubs, but the stiffness in his forearm has him shelved for at [...]Aybar being eased back is a post from: Angels blog
- Sunday’s update Chin Music | Oakland Tribune The A’s trimmed their major league camp roster down to 53 today as 10 players were reassigned to the minor league camp. Infielders Dallas McPherson, Corey Wimberly, Jemile Weeks, Grant Green and catcher Max Stassi are among the more notable names. The others were pitchers Sam Demel, Matt Wright, Cedrick Bowers, catcher Joel Galarraga, and [...]
- The Squeeze: Royals 12, Angels 3 From the Dugout | Orange County Register The gist: Things started good in Surprise, Ariz., but they went down hill pretty quickly, as the Royals scored 12 unanswered runs, beating the Angels 12-3. Top bat: Kendry Morales continues to pound the ball, but the best at bat was Brandon Wood grounding a two-strike pitch to second with a runner on second an no [...]The Squeeze: Royals 12, Angels 3 is a post from: Angels blog
- No TV today Stars Blog | Dallas Morning News The Stars will break a run of 1,101 games in which the game was available to viewers on television locally. NBC reserved the rights to today's 2 p.m. game against Colorado on their new ``Flex'' schedule, but then decided to toss this one out to take Chicago and Washington. Dallas had a couple of weeks to find a local carrier and the schedules were already set with sports stuff. So, no TV. You can watch the game through the Colorado feed if you have Center Ice, and it will be on radio on The Ticket (1310AM). In addition, several places will be blogging. Obviously, we will, but the Stars also wi...
- Will the Landslide bring them down... Stars Blog | Dallas Morning News Or will the Stars be able to handle the Avalanche? Colorado is coming off a 3-0 win over Florida Thursday and goalie Craig Anderson is on a roll. However, the team has been inconsistent lately and is battling Vancouver for first place in the Northwest, so expect a pretty motivated bunch. Coach Joe Sacco has been battling problems with his defense and is trying to find the right chemistry. The Stars have their own motivation, obviously. They need to start collecting points, because that's what just about everyone in the West is doing (besides Anaheim and Dallas) in the battle for the last playo...
- MLS wins leader will challenge FC Dallas veteran for top goalkeeper spot Dallas Morning News
- New York Knicks get back at Dallas Mavericks Fort-Worth Star Telegram By EDDIE SEFKO DALLAS -- You have to give the Dallas Mavericks credit.When they finally crash and burn, they don't mess around.The 13-game winning streak bit the dust Saturday night. Took a big, ol' mouthful, actually. The New York Knicks, clearly remembering the 50-point drubbing the Mavericks laid on them in January at Madison Square Garden, unloaded some serious payback with a 128-94 pounding of the Mavericks at American Airlines Center.This is the same Knicks team that gave up 119 points Friday night in Memphis.The Mavericks could muster no more than 48 in the first half, after which they...
- Dallas Mavericks fans should have seen end of streak coming Fort-Worth Star Telegram DALLAS -- The winning streak went down in flames Saturday night, and maybe fans should have seen this coming.If they were paying attention to the numbers during the 13-game run of success, it was clear that a game like this was possible, even if it was a shocker that it turned out to be such a pathetic showing against the Knicks that ended the streak.Why was this foreseeable? Take a look at the 13 games the Dallas Mavericks played in building the streak.They played eight of the 13 games at American Airlines Center, which had been extremely Mavs-friendly since the All-Star break.More telling is...
- Mavericks' win streak ends with a dud, 128-94 loss to Knicks Dallas Morning News