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The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH The Rangers will join the rest of MLB's melting pot on Monday. They will start a pitcher who has spent time with another major league club. When righty Alexi Ogando headed to the DL...

MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH It really doesn't matter what challenge you give 1B Mitch Moreland these days, he's up to the task. Even if that means being down 0-and-2 to Justin Verlander. Despite being in that hole Thursday, Moreland...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Fortunes can change in a heartbeat in the world of professional sports. Right-hander Justin Grimm was named the American League Rookie of the Month for April. Just two weeks later, his...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH In what may be the most-anticipated pitching matchup in Rangers Ballpark history, righty Yu Darvish will square off against 2011 Cy Young/MVP winner Justin Verlander when the Rangers open...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Remember way back in April -- you know, like two weeks ago -- when third baseman Adrian Beltre was struggling to find his swing and drive in runs. Yeah, it does seem like ages. On...

The Sports Xchange By MoiseKapenda Bower, The Sports Xchange Humber falls to 0-8 as Rangers slip past Astros 8-7 HOUSTON - In the aftermath of an unexpectedly white-knuckle bottom of the ninth inning, Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington delivered a...

Yu Darvish and Nelson Cruz said the same three words to describe their emotions in the bottom of the ninth inning when the Houston Astros were threatening to come back from a four-run deficit. No, they weren't nervous about seeing the game slip away....

The Rangers' pitching staff loves the way A.J. Pierzynski handles a game. When Pierzynski went on the disabled list last week with a strained right oblique, he had a 2.84 catcher's ERA compared with a 4.14 mark for Geovany Soto. … There have...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Righty Yu Darvish is having a sensational season and may be the early favorite to capture the AL Cy Young Award. If only he could catch teammate Derek Holland in the ERA chase. After...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Cather A.J. Pierzynski, the ironman of current catchers, ended up on the disabled list Thursday for just the second time in his 14-year career. Pierzynski, 36, has been bothered by a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Manager Ron Washington isn't ready to hit the panic button just because the two rookies at the back end of the Rangers' rotation have each lost their past two starts. No, the jobs of...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Texas Rangers - INSIDE PITCH Lance Berkman is a full-time designated hitter. If there were any doubts about that, they have been erased during the first two games of the Rangers' stretch of three consecutive...