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The Generosity of Texas Rangers Fans

For 26 families in Connecticut, I can’t even imagine how the holidays are handled this year. They are face to face with tragedy during what is supposed to be the most joyous time of the year. The...

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2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for One Strike Away…Twice! Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 8,600 views in...

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Spring Training Begins (For The Blogger)

Ballplayers get at least three months off between end of season and start of spring training. I took three and a half weeks off between blog posts. Am I rested? I don’t know. Am I in shape for the 2013...

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Oh Nellie…

I am sick to death of everything associated with performance enhancing drugs. I’m sick of hearing about PED’s, I’m sick of hearing about athletes who are using PED’s, I wish it would go away and never...

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The Minority Manager Update

Ron Washington (Photo credit: Wikipedia) A year ago, I engaged in an exercise to determine where Texas Rangers skipper Ron Washington stood on the all-time wins chart compared to other African-American...

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Am I Weird?

My favorite vacation spot usually has a beach associated with it, yet today, I would rather be spending time in the desert of Arizona. These are the smells I usually love the most: bacon, crab,...

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The First Signs of Spring

Here’s what it’s like being a baseball fan. I find myself sitting in the office, checking in on Twitter so I know what’s happening in the first intrasquad game of the year. The funny thing is, I don’t...

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Don’t Panic

The good news: Exhibition play has started.   The bad news: The Rangers, in essence, got swept by the Royals, getting a tie on Friday and dropping games on Saturday and Sunday. I don’t think they even...

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Prospecting

Most Spring Training exhibition games are worth listening to the first four or five innings. The starters are in for a few innings, the pitchers you expect to be on the team are getting their innings...

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Equal But Opposite Reactions

On the one hand: Seattle     5-1 Houston 3-2 Oakland  2-3 LA             0-4  (plus 2 ties) Texas      0-5   (plus 1 tie) Standings like this make it easy to say: “It’s Spring Training.” And you would...

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Nolan, Martin and Me

There’s nothing that talk radio loves more than a good crisis. Sometimes they love it so much, they manufacture it.   I could be off base about this, but that’s the way I’m feeling about the reports...

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Spring Training, Spring Break

While going to Surprise, Arizona to see the Texas Rangers in Spring Training is high on the bucket list, this March is Spring Break instead. The good news is the exhibition games in Arizona start at 9...

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Baseball, Vacation and Life

Baseball, more than any sport, takes pride in its history. Stats tell a continuing story of accomplishment. I love taking in history when on vacation. My chance to connect with the past. This time it...

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Rangers’ Spring Training Good Signs

Just 11 days from Opening Day and the Rangers line-up is starting to shape up. The first domino to fall occurred Tuesday when Mike Olt was sent back to the minor league camp. Olt was given a chance to...

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Spring Training Worries About The Texas Rangers

There has been a lot more good than bad in looking at the potential of the 2013 Rangers to do some damage in the AL West. Last time out, I mentioned most of those good things. Of course, it turns out...

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Two Official New Faces For The Texas Rangers Roster

While there are still two more slots in the bullpen to fill, the Rangers made it official that the roster beginning the regular season on March 31st will contain at least two rookies. Leury Garcia has...

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At Last!

It’s been a hectic month, one that has seen me in Honolulu, Austin, Texas and Baltimore, Maryland. Now my wife and I sit in the Baltimore-Washington International Airport, following a trip to celebrate...

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Elvis Stays In The Building (For Now)

After a totally sucky start to the 2013 season, the ray of sunshine shone brightly on Monday… only to be partially covered by a gray cloud. Elvis Andrus (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Here’s the great news:...

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Yu (Almost) So Perfect

Jokingly, I can say the Texas Rangers love to torture me. History on the line and, once again, the deal just misses getting sealed. In 2011 it was Game 6 of the World Series and Tuesday night, it was...

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Rangers-Angels: Business Or Personal?

Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Home Opener. Rangers vs. Angels. What a great way to start the season! I know I’m only going to be lucky enough to see maybe one of the three...

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