Peter Ellwood
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Peter Ellwood is a Texas Rangers blogger for Rant Sports.
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Report: MLB Upholds Texas Rangers’ Contract with Jairo Beras
At long last, it seems the drama of the Texas Rangers attempting to sign Jairo Beras of the Dominican Republic will come to a resolution. Tim Brown from Yahoo! Sports reports: Y! source: MLB will uphold DR OF Jairo Beras’ $4.5m contract with Texas, but suspend him for a year after determining he lied about [...]
TweetMLB Trade Rumors: How the Texas Rangers Could Use Mike Olt
As you may know, the Texas Rangers have a prospect named Mike Olt. He’s really, really good. Baseball America just named him the 11th best prospect in all of baseball in their midseason rankings. The 23-year old is in his first season at Frisco, the Rangers Double-A affiliate, and is hitting .292/.403/.574 with a Double-A [...]
TweetThe 2012 All-Average Teams at the MLB All-Star Break
You know that the MLB All-Star game is tomorrow. I assume you know that. If you didn’t know that, then you know it now. If you already knew that, then you probably know who is on the MLB All-Star teams. If you didn’t know that, then you can find out here. These players represent the [...]
TweetLightning Strikes in Texas Rangers 2nd Consecutive Walk-Off Win
The Texas Rangers won a 4-3 game against the Minnesota Twins in walk-off fashion in the 13th inning on Sunday night. This came on the heels of a 10th inning walk-off victory on Saturday night. The Rangers had not had consecutive extra-inning wins at home since 1991. You may think this article has something to [...]
TweetMLB News of the Day: Greinke, Harper, Stanton, and some Crazy Rookies
Welcome to the first installment of what I am hoping will become a daily (or semi-daily) post from me. There are a lot of things that happen in a day in Major League Baseball. It’s tough to keep track of all of them. In this space my goal is to pull out the three or [...]
TweetNelson Cruz and His Flair for the Dramatic
Nelson Cruz didn’t play a full MLB season until he was 28 years old. Often given the label of a AAAA player that could rake in AAA, but would flop at the big league level, he finally got over that hump and made it to the big league roster in 2008 for a full season [...]
TweetMLB Trade Rumors: Justin Upton Reportedly May Become Available
According to Ken Rosenthal, if the Arizona Diamondbacks fall from contention, they will pursue any option in the trade market, including trading their 24-year old superstar Justin Upton. Considering Upton’s ability, age, contract, and status, he would become perhaps the most sought after player on the market this year. While it seems crazy to consider [...]
TweetRevisiting a Josh Hamilton Contract Proposal
It was just two months ago that Josh Hamilton was sitting atop the leaderboard of every MLB statistic that has ever been created. In the media, he was virtually walking on water, kissing babies, and mashing home runs all at the same time. He could do no wrong, and therefore was worth any amount of [...]
TweetSecond-Guessing Ron Washington
I don’t usually get upset about decisions that the Texas Rangers’ manager, Ron Washington makes. There are a couple of reasons for this: First, I know that he is going to make a lot of decisions that I don’t agree with when it comes to game management. Since he became the Rangers manager for the [...]
TweetThe Texas Rangers’ Worst Loss of the Season
Timing is important. I think that holds true in all areas of life, but I’m not a life expert or anything, so you should internalize that statement and determine if you believe it to be true also. I think you’ll find that it is. For example, in your professional career, you’ll have some low moments [...]
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