2 Rangers won awards! Vicente Padilla was voted Rangers Pitcher of the Year, while Ron Washington has been named winner of the Harold McKinney Good Guy Award. Full story here.

Get out there and vote next Tuesday, November 4th, Texas!

Rangers to interview 4 coach candidates this week. Full story here.

Away Games, Please!

It is so friggin' hot these days, I bet even the players don't want to be at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington right now. They've got signs up reminding the players to drink lots of water (and Josh Rupe added instructions about eating lots of cheese puffs - ha!), but all the water in the world doesn't make it easy to wear tight pants and run around a hot field. Ugh.

Maybe I should become a Mariners fan or something. Just for August.

Rangers hamstrung again?

Well, it looks like Millwood's hamstring isn't any better this year than last. It knocked us flat for most of May, and now he's already out again? They say they don't think it'll take so long this time to heal. I hope they're right. :(

It's record-breaking time!

30 runs!!! Did you hear that? 30 runs! Holy cow. Way to go, Texas Rangers!

The one that should have been...

Ron, Ron, Ron, what were you thinking?! Next time you think about putting Matt Kata at third base, just replay the image of Kata's ground ball that SHOULD have ended the inning in the Rangers' favor BEFORE Seattle's five-run streak. Should have.

Sigh... Next time...

McCarthy to take on Devil Rays

Brandon McCarthy has been slated to pitch his third game for the Rangers tonight against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. His performance in those first two games was mixed - rookie jitters may account for the six runs he gave up in the first stab he took, but the second was nothing to sneeze at. I'll be watching to find out which of these players is more like the real Brandon McCarthy tonight...

Blalock with an "Attitude"

Have you been watching? Blalock is playing baseball again. Daniels has a new player on the team. Could Blalock be Washington's next Chavez? This could be his best season.

The Texas Rangers have extended a minor league contract and invitation to spring training to Sammy Sosa. No firm details on the monetary value, but it's speculated that a big chunk of the money would be incentive-based.