• Ryan Braun Injured, Time for the Brewers to play for 2014
• Are These Colorado Rockies For Real?
• Fun With Box Scores: Two Marathon Games!
• Paul Goldschmidt is Quietly Piling Up An MVP Season
• Wandy Rodriguez Injured, Gerrit Cole takes them to the Pennant?
• It’s Time Chris Davis Becomes A Household Name
• Victory Field: A Photo Essay (Or: Indianapolis Indians 3 – Pawtucket Red Sox 2)
• PNC Park: A Photo Essay (Or: Pirates 5 – Tigers 3)
• The Atlanta Braves Desperately Need Bullpen Help
• On Special Tactics in Interleague Play

Texas Rangers

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  Fun With Box Scores: Two Marathon Games!

  Yesterday, the Rangers and Blue Jays played 18 innings before the Jays were able to walk off with a 4-3 win in Toronto. Not to be outdone, the Mets and Marlins...

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  It’s Getting Late Early: Three Teams Whose Surprising Starts Portend Future Results

  Some teams start off hot, some start slow. Some teams come out slugging but fade into last place clubs, while others stumble out of the gate but eventually wind up on top....

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  Texas Rangers and Houston Astros: OPENING NIGHT Live Blog

  Opening Day is finally here and we get to see the Houston Astros new uniforms in the grand ESPN HD.  I really can barely contain my excitement over the fact that...

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  Texas Rangers Season Preview: Life After Hamilton

  The Texas Rangers have won 90 games each of the past three seasons and made the World Series in both 2010 and 2011. That success has to be considered a coup...

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  Martin Perez Injured: No Big Deal For Anybody, Especially Kyle Lohse

  Texas Ranger’s pitching prospect Martin Perez was injured yesterday, struck by a line drive comebacker.  The injury is significant in that Perez was expected by many to be the No. 5...

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  Former Cy Young Winner Brandon Webb Retires at Age 33

  Brandon Webb’s sinking fastball made him one of the more difficult pitchers to face in the middle part of the last decade.  He won a Cy Young in 2006 and finished...

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  Baseball’s Biggest Things in 2012

  Last season was a great year for baseball.  We at OffTheBench had a jolly time covering our favorite sport and enjoying continued growth.  Probably my favorite part of writing these posts is that I get to...

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  Three Possible Giancarlo Stanton Trades That Actually Make Sense

  Jon Heyman, one of baseball’s best and most trustworthy reporters, cited a source within the Miami Marlins organization that said that there is “zero percent” chance that the Marlins deal young,...

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  Ranking The Current MLB Managers

  Managers don’t throw a single pitch. They don’t take a single grounder, get a single hit, or score a single run. Yet having the right manager is the key to winning. Managers get...

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  Josh Hamilton: Pump The Brakes

  Josh Hamilton just signed a $125 Million deal with the Los Angeles Angels after he felt unwanted by the team that had allowed him to blossom into one of the premier...

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  Josh Hamilton is a… Los Angeles Angel

  The Los Angeles Angels have added another Centerfield SuperFreak today in the form of Josh Hamilton.  Hamilton will presumably play Left Field alongside Mike Trout in Center for the next 5...

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  Post-Winter Meeting Roundup: Michael Young to the Phillies, A Good Move For All Parties

  About this time last season, there were rumors swirling that the Rangers were contemplating a trade of franchise icon Michael Young. At that point, with Adrian Beltre, Elvis Andrus, Ian Kinsler,...