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ARLINGTON, Texas -- With 33 games to go, Alexi Ogando has pitched 115 2/3 fewer innings than in all of 2011 -- that's not a misprint -- and Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington isn't the least bit disappointed. Ogando was an All-Star a season ago ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- If consecutive division series victories don't already have the Texas Rangers deep in the heads of the Tampa Bay Rays, the events of the first two games in this potential postseason preview surely haven't helped the Rays' psyche. ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Throw around terms such as ace and debate who is and who isn't. That's baseball. Matt Harrison is just trying to win games. On Friday, he won his 15th, a career-best, and it's not even Labor Day. He did it by taking a no-hit bi...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre is smoking at the plate. He hit three home runs in his first three at-bats on Wednesday. On Friday he hit for the cycle for the second time in his career. So which feat is more impressive? ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Roy Oswalt is headed back to the bullpen. "Unless something happens and we need him again," Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington said prior to Friday's game against the Minnesota Twins. Thursday's 10-6 win again featured a s...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Ron Washington meant to sit hot-hitting catcher Geovany Soto Thursday, but he put him in the lineup anyway. Today, the recent acquisition from the Chicago Cubs will take a seat. Luis Martinez will be behind the plate for the Texas...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Rangers manager Ron Washington always see the glass half full. When asked if he believes newly acquired right-hander Ryan Dempster shook off two poor starts in three since being traded to the club with Monday night's gem, Washingt...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Josh Hamilton says he and his teammates have not yet fondly looked back on the crazy night of Aug. 1. But if the regular season ends as the standings are now, or thereabout, surely the Texas Rangers will happily look back on their...

Headed to his first All-Star game mired in an awful hitting slump, Rangers catcher Mike Napoli was due up in the bottom of the 13th inning Sunday with the score tied, no outs and runners on first and second. Napoli was 0-for-4 with a couple of str...

A sudden and blinding flash of lightning seemingly directly above the Rangers Ballpark lights was followed instantaneously by a sonic-like crash of thunder, sending unsuspecting players, coaches and umpires scurrying.

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Rangers manager Ron Washington will again skipper the American League All-Star team next month. That means he could have the final say-so on who does makes the team as a reserve. Washington has until this weekend to turn in his...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Texas Rangers starter Matt Harrison begrudgingly exited a shutout bid after five innings against the Colorado Rockies on Sunday night due to lower back tightness. But after picking up 10th win, tied for the most in the American...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Josh Hamilton made a brief pit stop at his locker Sunday afternoon before donning his shades and taking to the sun-bathed field for BP and pregame warmups. Although he had little interest in holding a critical discussion about ...

The Texas Rangers have certainly tried to fill first base from within -- Chris Davis (now in Baltimore), Justin Smoak (now in Seattle) and Mitch Moreland (still in Texas, but...). Something happens to these guys once they face big-league pitching ...

C.J. Wilson's last appearance for the Texas Rangers just might have been his relief stint in Game 7 of the World Series in which he hit Rafael Furcal in the rear end with his first pitch to score a run, a near-unimaginable moment for the left-hander ...

From game to game, Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington never really knew if the moment would come that Josh Hamilton just couldn't go any longer. No one knew the extent of the injury that Hamilton endured throughout the postseason. First believed...