Clemens Comments On His HOF Chances
Five years after throwing his last pitch in a major league game, Roger Clemens spoke about his chances of getting into baseball's Hall of Fame.
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Five years after throwing his last pitch in a major league game, Roger Clemens spoke about his chances of getting into baseball's Hall of Fame.
Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish will miss his next start on Thursday because of tightness in his right quadriceps muscle.
While conventional wisdom has it that the Rangers traded for Ryan Dempster at the deadline in order to bolster the rotation, horse-sense has it that they traded for Ryan Dempster at the deadline so that they could boast the greatest one-two punch of Harry Caray impersonators in all of baseball.
When Roger Clemens pitches Saturday night for the Sugar Land Skeeters it will be the first time the 50-year-old has taken the mound in almost five years.
Ryan Dempster has been reinstated from the restricted list to start the opener of the Texas Rangers' homestand.
Ben Zobrist gained shortstop eligibility over the week, adding flexibility and the toughest non-catcher position to his name for the last month of the season. With the trading deadline past, that gives Zobrist about as big a spike in fantasy value as a player can get at this point in the season.
The Rangers said Friday that Dempster would be placed on the restricted list. The team didn't have any further explanation for his absence and said he was expected to rejoin the team Monday.
If the systems prove valuable and accurate, an "overhaul" of the replay system prior to next season is possible.
Texas had lost eight straight games at Yankee Stadium. And the hard-hitting Rangers had done little in this series too, totaling only four runs before the finale on Thursday afternoon.
Freddy Garcia was able to work around two solo home runs by Josh Hamilton, and the Yankees barely edged past the Rangers for the third straight night, 3-2 on Wednesday.
The Rangers signed catcher Koyie Hill to a minor league contract on Tuesday. Hill started the season with the Cubs and batted .179 with one RBI in 11 games.
Shortstop phenom Jurickson Profar is an option to join the currently short Texas bench. The Rangers currently have 13 pitchers on their roster and just three bench hitters.
Manny Machado has skyrocketed from 1% owned to 38% in the Yahoo! game since the Orioles called him up, and understandably so: the youngster has socked three home runs already in just sixteen at-bats, with six hits total.
Reliever Mark Lowe has been activated from the disabled list by the Texas Rangers and infielder Alberto Gonzalez was designated for assignment.
The 2012 Major League Baseball postseason will open on the first Friday of October with a pair of newly created wild card games.
With no common ground found between the Rangers and superstar outfielder Josh Hamilton, the sides are not expected to pick up contract talks until after the year.
Josh Hamilton had three hits, a homer and four RBIs for Texas, which couldn't hold a 9-5 edge before pulling out its sixth win in eight games.
The Rangers have placed catcher Yorvit Torrealba on waivers for the purpose of giving him his unconditional release. If he is not claimed, he will become a free agent on Friday.
Texas manager Ron Washington says he talked with Roy Oswalt about the pitcher's decision not to throw a third inning in a game last weekend and the two have cleared up any differences.
Washington says he's put behind him Roy Oswalt's decision not to pitch a third inning of relief and sees no need to discuss it with the former starter.
Players at premium positions (C, 2B, SS, 3B) in Colorado should always be watched; mediocre talent can become fantastic fantasy numbers, and great talent leads to such forces as Troy Tulowitzki.
Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton has tried to clarify his recent cryptic comments about being disobedient.
Canseco has signed with the Rio Grande Valley WhiteWings of the North American Baseball League on Friday, and is expected to play Saturday night against McAllen.
Former Texas Rangers slugger Jose Canseco has filed for bankruptcy protection in Nevada.
Traded on Tuesday from the Cubs, pitcher Ryan Dempster arrived in the Metroplex on Wednesday afternoon and spent the remainder of the day getting adjusted to his new team.
