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Miguel Cabrera is the planet's best hitter, and he explained the other day why he doesn't really draw much information from the written scouting reports available to all players: All of that is based on what has happened in the past and isn't necessa...

Blog | May 21, 2013

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ARLINGTON, Texas -- If there's an opportunity before the postgame on-the-field interview on "Sunday Night Baseball," I'll give the player a quick heads-up about what questions I will be asking, especially if it's anything out of the ordinary. It's no...

Blog | May 20, 2013

Yes, it's only May. But now that the season is a quarter of the way finished, it's a great time to figure out how teams measure up to one another. The Texas Rangers have the best record in the majors at 29-15. And they just completed taking three of ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- It's the Oakland A's turn to take their best shot at the Rangers. Ask the Detroit Tigers how difficult that is. Miguel Cabrera crushes three home runs and Detroit can't outlast the Rangers. Texas knocked out two Detroit star...

Well, Miguel Cabrera was due. I mean, he'd gone a whole four games without a home run. He'd driven in just two runs in his previous eight games. He was probably taking extra batting practice before Sunday's game. The bum. Cabrera was a one-man ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The best hitter in baseball, Miguel Cabrera, belted three home runs and wowed 39,638 fans and every player, coach and manager in the ballpark Sunday night. David Murphy, trying to hone his swing in mid-May, produced the home ru...

David Murphy put Texas ahead with a three-run home run, and the Rangers spoiled a three-homer game from Miguel Cabrera with an 11-8 victory against the Detroit Tigers on Sunday night.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Call it Justin Grimm's revenge on the Detroit Tigers. With a personal three-game losing streak entering a rematch with Detroit, Grimm joked with Texas Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux before Saturday's game that he was going ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Texas Rangers reliever Cory Burns paid Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera the ultimate compliment Friday night, comparing him to an all-time great. That after Burns struck out Cabrera with a devastating changeup. Burns do...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Nick Tepesch received baptism by Miguel Cabrera on Friday night at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. It will provide a nice learning experience from the rookie right-hander's eighth start. Triple Crown winners are especially tough...

Tigers-Rangers Preview

Miguel Cabrera went 3 for 4 with a go-ahead double in the sixth inning to back Rick Porcello and lift the Detroit Tigers over the Texas Rangers 2-1 Friday night in a matchup of division leaders.

Did you find it odd to see Yu Darvish come back out for the eighth inning last night with a six-run lead? I did. Darvish had already thrown over 100 pitches. His team had added to its lead, taking a 10-4 advantage into the eighth inning, six outs awa...

Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington found himself having to defend the 130 pitches that he allowed ace Yu Darvish to throw during Thursday night's victory against Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers.

The Rangers' Yu Darvish and Detroit Tigers' Justin Verlander will meet in a duel between two of baseball's premier pitchers Thursday night in the first game of a four-game series at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. First pitch is 7:05 p.m. on FSSW, MLB...