Greg Maddux Leaves Cubs To Join Rangers
The Rangers said that Greg Maddux will become a special assistant to the general manager, the same role he held with the Cubs for two seasons.
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The Rangers said that Greg Maddux will become a special assistant to the general manager, the same role he held with the Cubs for two seasons.
Hamilton had the well-documented struggles with addiction and has since cleaned himself up. And Narron's been right with him every step of the way.
The Rangers have offered salary arbitration to C.J. Wilson, guaranteeing them two extra draft picks next year if the free agent left-hander signs with another team.
In a world of turbulence and uncertainty, sports is our security blanky. Let's not take our games and the people who play them for granted. Deal?
The Rangers' new closer was formally introduced Tuesday, his 37th birthday, after agreeing to a $14.5 million, two-year deal that includes an option for a third year.
Baseball owners unanimously approved the long-delayed sale of the team last Thursday, a transaction that requires the franchise to move from the NL Central to the AL West in 2013.
Baseball's new labor deal will limit the use of smokeless tobacco by players, but not ban it during games, as some public health groups had sought.
Baseball players and owners have signed an agreement for a new labor contract, a deal that starts blood testing on human growth hormone and expands the playoffs to 10 teams by 2013.
Bobby Valentine has interviewed to be manager of the Boston Red Sox, the sixth person to be brought in for a talk with general manager Ben Cherington.
Joe Nathan and the Rangers agreed to a two-year contract with a club option for 2014, a move that means closer Neftali Feliz will shift to the starting rotation.
The sides were working Monday to sign a memorandum of understanding on the five-year deal, which replaces one set to expire Dec. 11.
It will make MLB the first major North American sport to blood test unionized players. Baseball has tested minor league players since 2010 because it didn't need the union's consent.
Kershaw received 27 of 32 first-place votes, five seconds and two thirds for 207 points in voting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America announced Thursday.
The Astros will move from the NL Central to the AL West beginning in the 2013 season, giving each league 15 teams.
Questioning whether the sun would, in fact, rise in the wake of Game 7 of the World Series, Frank Platt lay flat on his back, cringed at the pain and pondered his pitiful predicament.
Texas Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux has interviewed for the open manager's job with the Chicago Cubs.
Dishonesty. Breach of trust. Jeopardizing a franchise's reputation. The Texas Rangers have been through this before. Right, Ron Washington?
Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux has withdrawn from consideration for the manager's job with the Boston Red Sox.
An audio recording of Rangers manager Ron Washington's pre game speech to his team has been leaked.
Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said Thursday the Cubs and Red Sox both requested to interview Maddux, who has been in Texas for three seasons.
White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle, Red Sox first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre each won their third Gold Glove.
O'Day appeared in 16 games out of the bullpen for Texas this season, recording a mark of 0-1 with a 5.40 earned run average in 16 2/3 innings.
Selections for the Louisville Silver Slugger Award were based on a combination of offensive statistics including batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
Infielder Andres Blanco is among five players that the AL champion Rangers outrighted off their 40-man roster after each cleared waivers.
Witness to one of the biggest choke jobs in World Series history, our sports wounds are deep. And perhaps eternal.
