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64 results for "web gems"
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Web Gem: Adrian Beltre does it again
Todd WillsDoes anyone ever get tired of the spectacular defense of third baseman Adrian Beltre? The four-time Gold Glove winner was at it again in Tuesday's 6-3 loss, making one of his best plays in his Rangers career for the final out of third inning. B...
Blog | May 09, 2013 -
Web Gem: Ian Kinsler earns Wash's salute
Todd WillsARLINGTON, Texas -- Ian Kinsler is streaking at the plate, with hits in seven straight games. He also made the Rangers Web Gem of the Week on Tuesday night. Kinsler went behind second base on a ground ball in the seventh inning of Tuesday's 10-6 v...
Blog | May 02, 2013 -
Video results for "web gems"
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Web gem: Elvis, Yu dazzle with bare hand
Todd WillsShortstop Elvis Andrus' defense is so good sometimes it can be taken for granted. Pitcher Yu Darvish is athletic enough to field his position. Both made spectacular bare-handed plays in the last week that can easily be taken for granted. Andrus...
Blog | April 25, 2013 -
Web Gem: Craig Gentry makes play of year
Todd WillsThe Rangers will certainly make other great defensive plays this season. Third baseman Adrian Beltre is a perennial Gold Glover. Shortstop Elvis Andrus is as good as it gets at his position. It will be difficult to top center fielder Craig Gentry'...
Blog | April 18, 2013 -
Web Gem: Nelson Cruz makes running catch
Todd WillsEach Thursday during the season, we'll reveal our Web Gem of the Week for the Texas Rangers: Right fielder Nelson Cruz made a running catch in Monday's 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays that kept the game tied in the top of the second inning. ...
Blog | April 11, 2013 -
Web Gem: Mitch Moreland keeps perfect game going
Todd WillsEach Thursday during the season, we'll reveal our Web Gem of the Week for the Texas Rangers: You can't blame us for having a smaller sampling size to pick our winner -- for a few reasons. First, there were only three games to choose from, inste...
Blog | April 04, 2013 -
Braves rookie Simmons already elite SS
Mark SimonYou've got to be a pretty good defender to win defensive player of the month honors over a guy who made eight Web Gems this month and another who made several terrific plays and arguably the best catch of the season a few days ago. But when our pa...
Blog | July 02, 2012 -
Web Gems: A.J. Latest, Jeter speaks, Tex should bunt
Andrew Marchand* Wally has a source saying A.J. to the Pirates "has legs." The sticking point to the trade is the money and players, which is not unusual in such talks. * I go 25/25ing on Joba and come to the realization that the best of Joba is behind him for ...
Blog | February 12, 2012 -
Rangers on top of ESPN Web Gem list
Richard DurrettMark Simon, of ESPN's Stats & Information, noticed he'd been seeing a lot of Rangers on ESPN's Web Gems. So he checked, and the Rangers have more Web Gems than anyone in the majors. Heading into Wednesday's games, Texas led the majors with 37 Web...
Blog | August 18, 2011 -
Twitterview with Adam Jones
Steve Berthiaume"Baseball Tonight" is literally a show consisting of highlight-reel plays, but our Web Gems segment represents the defensive creme de la creme. This season, we're running a nightly voting competition: The best defensive play from each night -- the No...
Blog | June 24, 2011 -
The evolution of Chicago Cubs infielders Starlin Castro and Darwi...
Jerry CrasnickThey're not quite Tinker and Evers, but Starlin Castro and Darwin Barney are fun to watch.
Story | Conversation | June 14, 2011 -
Pirates 6, Cubs 3
Bruce LevineThe good: The Chicago Cubs tallied 11 hits and four players registered multi-hit games. Starlin Castro's three hits were a team high. Castro's two Web Gems were the highlight of the game defensively. The bad: Ryan Dempster surrendered two home run...
Blog | April 01, 2011 -
Julio Borbon makes it onto Web Gems
ESPNDallas.comRangers center fielder Julio Borbon's leaping catch at the wall was one of Sunday's top Web Gems, according to Baseball Tonight's Bobby Valentine. Where did Borbon's grab rank among the five finalists?...
Blog | August 15, 2010 -
Mets No. 1 in Web Gems
Mark SimonYou wouldn't know it from the way the Mets played this weekend, but their defensive play has been excellent in one regard this season. Our first official check of Baseball Tonight's Web Gem Scoreboard indicates that the Mets enter Monday leading t...
Blog | May 16, 2010 -
Tim Kurkjian: Ten-year anniversary of Web Gems
Tim KurkjianA diving catch. A pinpoint throw. A great scoop. Those are just some of the outstanding defensive plays that have ultimately become Webs Gems over the last 10 years.
Story | Conversation | April 06, 2010 -
Video: BBTN Web Gems, August 5
Rob NeyerBaseball Tonight reviews the top defensive plays from Wednesday....
Blog | August 06, 2009