Jul 31
UPDATE: No matter the reason(s) for Oswalt’s struggles, the Rangers have decided to demote him to the bullpen following their trade for Ryan Dempster. Last time Oswalt made more than one relief appearance in a season? As a 23-year-old rookie in 2001. ========== Roy Oswalt got lit up for three homers and a total of eight …
Jul 31
An hour after fortifying their starting rotation with the acquisition of RHP Ryan Dempster, the club confirmed a worst-case scenario with RHP Neftali Feliz. He has a tear in his ulnar collateral ligament and will require Tommy John ligament transplant surgery. Feliz, 24, was diagnosed with a sprained ligament in his elbow in May and then placed on …
Jul 31
After more than a week of flirtation with the Dodgers, a brief fling with the Braves, and then some footsie with the Yankees, Ryan Dempster has been traded. To the Rangers. In exchange, the Cubs get third baseman Christian Villanueva and RHP Kyle Hendricks. There were rumblings this morning that the Rangers were involved, but …
Jul 31
From Off the Bench: Eleven-year-old Harper Gruzins is taking some heat for her rendition of The Star Spangled Banner at an MLS game in Dallas on Saturday: we showed you the video this morning, but here it is again below. Since I’m not Howie Mandel or Sharon Osbourne, I’ll refrain from critiquing preteen singers in …
Jul 31
The trade deadline is here and we can finally put to bed any and all trade rumors in Major League Baseball unless there is one last gasp of any deals that haven’t been mentioned yet. It looks like my enthusiasm for Cliff Lee was dumbfounded (again), so excuse me for trying to have a glimmer …
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