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Where has the Managerial Mojo Gone? LaRussa Manages the Worst Inning of his Career as Rangers go up 3 games to 2
Tony LaRussa must have the Mad Cow. The future Hall of Fame manager who renowned for micromanaging games inning by inning seems to have lost his managerial mojo and isn’t admitting it. Now the Texas Rangers who have played excellent … Continue reading
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Beat Down in Texas: Pujols Sets Record as Cardinals down Rangers 16-7
“I’m sure the ball looked to him like a water balloon up there.” Ranger’s reliever Darren Oliver. Albert Pujols hits his historic 3rd Home Run with 2 outs in the top of the 9th against Darren Oliver Game three of … Continue reading
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Comeback: Rangers Win Battle of the Bullpens
Elvis Andrus scores the winning run in the top of the 9th (Photo By REUTERS/Jeff Haynes/REUTERS) The World Series is coming down to pitching and defense. The Texas Rangers shut out for 8 innings made a 9th inning comeback againstSt … Continue reading
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Cardinals in Seven: Padre Steve’s World Series Pick
Last Year I made picks for both the MLB Playoff series and the World Series that were very accurate. See the 2010 MLB Post Season Page link at the top of this page. I try to look at all the … Continue reading
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A Swing of the Bat and the Rangers defeat the Giants 4-2 in Game 3
Josh Hamilton and Rangers’ team mates celebrate after his 5th inning home run (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) The World Series went to Texas and the Texas Rangers got out to an early lead off Giants starter Jonathan Sanchez and never … Continue reading
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And so the Giants Can’t hit….tell me about it: Giants Crush Rangers 9-0 go up 2-0 in Series
Matt Cain dominated the Rangers (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) So the San Francisco Giants can’t hit….tell that to the Texas Rangers who have given up 20 runs in the first two games of the World Series. Of course when the … Continue reading
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Thoughts on Baseball and the World Series in a Time of National Turmoil
“The one constant through all the years has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of steamrollers. It’s been erased like a blackboard, rebuilt, and erased again. But baseball has marked the time. This field, this game, is … Continue reading
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Padre Steve’s World Series Prediction: Tortureball Continues Giants in Seven
We Baseball fans it is that time, time to pick the winner of the World Series. This series is very interesting because no-one saw this series coming. Perhaps it is the bias of many sports writers to the East Coast … Continue reading
Blown Away or Thrown Away: Yankees Come Back defeat Rangers 6-5
Ron Washington has some ‘splaining to do about his management of the Rangers’ pitching staff (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) The Texas Rangers looked like they were about to win their first playoff game at home in their history last night, well until … Continue reading
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Tides Dumped 7-2 by Bulls but Patterson and Simon Shine for O’s in Comeback Win against Rangers
Jim Miller continued to show composure under pressure in sending down the heart of the Bulls order in the 6th inning The Norfolk Tides lost their second straight to division leading Durham who are by the way the best team … Continue reading
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