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It's the Hot Stove season and that means the odor of rumor, speculation and half-baked truths wafting around the baseball kitchen in addition to teams actually cooking up real deals. In that spirit, let's have some fun and look at a pie-in-the-sky...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Rangers' offense couldn't convert in the key situations -- a recent problem for this club -- and the Baltimore Orioles did, winning yet another close game (no one was better in close games than Baltimore this season) by a 5-1 ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The Texas Rangers couldn't hold a 5-2 lead Wednesday -- or a four-game lead with six games to play -- and watched as the Oakland A's won the AL West, snatching the division from them on the final day. Josh Hamilton's error was ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- The AL West is now officially up for grabs with one game left in the 2012 season. Oakland's 3-1 win over the Rangers pulled the A's into a tie with Texas with game No. 162 on tap for Wednesday afternoon. It's the first time since A...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Angels got four runs off Rangers starter Ryan Dempster and then added more off the Texas bullpen in a 7-4 win. Jered Weaver had another solid start, giving up just two runs in seven innings for his fourth straight win over Tex...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers took an early lead and held on as the A's tried to rally, winning 9-7 in front of 43,796 on Thursday afternoon at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Some quick thoughts: What it means: The Rangers reduce the magic...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Martin Perez couldn't make it out of the first inning, the Texas Rangers fell behind early and could not catch up in an 9-3 loss to the Oakland A's. Some quick thoughts: What it means: The Rangers have lost two straight and the...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers got 8 2/3 innings from Matt Harrison, who allowed one run (a solo homer in the eighth by Justin Smoak) on six hits in the 2-1 victory. Koji Uehara came in to get the final out with runners on the corners. Some qu...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers came back from a 6-0 deficit to tie it in the seventh but could not secure the win. Former Ranger Justin Smoak's home run in the eighth was the difference in an 8-6 Mariners' win. A few quick thoughts: Wh...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Texas Rangers got a superb pitching performance from Yu Darvish, homers from Ian Kinsler and Josh Hamilton, and a huge relief appearance by Koji Uehara to beat the Seattle Mariners, 9-3, on Friday. What it means: Texas stay...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Joe Nathan blew his first save since April 11 (the sixth game of the season) as the Indians came back from two runs down in the ninth to beat Texas, 5-4. Some quick thoughts: What it means: The Rangers were not able to extend t...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Ryan Dempster had a quality start and Adrian Beltre and Josh Hamilton hit home runs as the Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians, 5-2. But the injury bug also found Arlington as Beltre, Mike Olt and Hamilton all exited Wednesday's ga...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- A four-run second inning that featured a Cleveland error and a wild pitch helped the Rangers to a 6-4 victory over the Indians in the first game of a three-game set. Some quick thoughts: What it means: The Rangers move to 84-57...

Mark Lowe gave up a two-run, walkoff home run to Ben Zobrist in the 11th inning as the Rangers lost to the Rays, 3-1, in the first game of a three-game series at Tropicana Field. Some quick thoughts: What it means: The Rangers drop to 82-56 and ar...

The second game of this three-game series features RHP Scott Feldman and RHP Roberto Hernandez. The game starts at 6:05 p.m. on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM and FSSW. A look at the matchup: Feldman (6-10, 4.95 ERA): He's looking to end a string of four co...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Tampa Bay Rays scored six runs off starter Matt Harrison in the first two innings and the Rangers weren't able to make a full comeback as the Rays won it, 8-4. What it means: The loss means the Rangers don't sweep the Rays...