http://assets.espn.go.com/i/tvlistings/tv_espn_original.gif en-us 10 ESPN Inc. http://espn.go.com/ Copyright 2010 ESPN Inc. Eric Karabell and I discuss which manager may be the first to be fired. I go with the obvious choice but Eric has a surprising answer about a manager ...]]> April 25, 2013 08:25:10 PDT Love that we've all accepted that pitch count, not Houston's lineup, is the greatest threat to this perfect game.- Andy Behrens (@andybe...]]> April 02, 2013 20:38:46 PDT The best thing about Sunday night's game between the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros? Our long national nightmare known as spring training is finally...]]> March 31, 2013 20:52:12 PDT The Atlanta Braves playing a wild-card game where they committed three throwing errors, got burned on a controversial umpire's call, and saw their fan...]]> October 05, 2012 21:14:23 PDT The Texas Rangers took over possession of first place in the American League West on April 9, the fourth game of the season. They held that position e...]]> October 02, 2012 23:41:11 PDT Let's fast-forward a couple of months. Pretend you're Ron Washington, preparing for the first game of the Division Series. Who do you start? Whe...]]> August 06, 2012 22:15:43 PDT Matt Harrison enters for the AL. No surprise that Ron Washington wants to get his guy an inning. Harrison is 7-1 with a 1.52 ERA over his past nine st...]]> July 10, 2012 18:34:51 PDT With the Rangers giving Ron Washington a two-year extension and the Rays reportedly close to extending Joe Maddon for three years, it's time to take a...]]> January 31, 2012 08:17:52 PST Quick, who won last year's Manager of the Year awards? Exactly. Not the most interesting of the postseason awards. But here's a quick preview of th...]]> November 15, 2011 19:30:56 PST ST. LOUIS -- You fight through the monotony of fielding practice in spring training. The sore elbows, the back pain, the starts when you leave your fa...]]> October 28, 2011 20:37:06 PDT ST. LOUIS -- At the end of "Ball Four," the greatest book about baseball ever written, pitcher/author Jim Bouton writes, "You spend a good piece of yo...]]> October 27, 2011 22:22:51 PDT ST. LOUIS -- Busch Stadium was quiet Tuesday, as both teams held optional workouts -- which means no workouts. No players showed up except required at...]]> October 25, 2011 19:17:50 PDT Here are the Rangers' nine regular hitters, ranked by regular-season wOBA, with their postseason OPS in parenthesis: 1. Mike Napoli, .444 (.776) 2...]]> October 20, 2011 14:49:15 PDT ST. LOUIS -- Give credit to Lance Berkman for his odd-looking cue-shot hit that bounded past Michael Young for a two-run single in the fourth. Give...]]> October 19, 2011 20:23:25 PDT I'm anticipating the most exciting World Series we've seen in years, hopefully the first seven-game showdown since 2002. We have two explosive offense...]]> October 18, 2011 11:04:47 PDT