Daily Archive: January 15, 2012

Jan 15

Sometimes, Facebook can put you in touch with greatness

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Isn’t this painting amazing and life-like? It’s a work in progress by one of my Facebook friends Vernon Wells. Yes, THAT Vernon Wells. What an amazing artist he is. The TCU grad lives in the Dallas – Fort Worth area in the off-season. This painting is called “The 600 Club”. Facebook is a pretty cool way …

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Jan 15

Rangers’ meeting with Prince Fielder went “extremely well”

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Free agent first baseman Prince Fielder has been travelling around the baseball world with his agent, Scott Boras, visiting teams who have expressed interest — mild or serious — in signing him. The 27-year-old met with Rangers executives on Friday in Dallas, and it apparently went swimmingly. Here’s the tweet from ESPN’s Jim Bowden: Rangers president Nolan …

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Jan 15

Rangers, Yu Darvish not gelling on length of contract

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Rangers president Nolan Ryan seemed confident last week that a deal would be struck with Japanese starter Yu Darvish before Wednesday’s deadline. But that’s suddenly just three days away. According to Jeff Passan of Yahoo! Sports, the two sides are disagreeing on the amount of years — not the amount of dollars — that will …

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Jan 15

Ron Washington has already named his opening day starter

THE BEST OF RANGERS PITCHER COLBY LEWIS -- Actor Matthew McConaughey talks with Texas P Colby Lewis as he throws a few pitc hes in the Rangers underground cages before the New York Yankees vs. the Texas Rangers major league baseball game at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on Friday May 6, 2011.

  More than a month before the start of spring training, Rangers manager Ron Washington already has announced his intended opening day pitcher: RHP Colby Lewis.

Jan 15

Ray Lewis And Arian Foster Make Like It’s The Other Football, Swap Jerseys

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From SportsGrid Over the course of an NFL game, some bad blood is bound to surface, thanks in large part to the game’s physical nature. Today’s Ravens-Texans playoff game was no exception. But amid all that physicality and sometimes downright antipathy, bonds are formed. One such bond exists between the Ravens’ Ray Lewis and Texans’ …

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