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Taking Down The Empire: The ALCS Preview

2010 ALCS Preview: Rangers vs Yankees

I’ve done a couple informal studies, and the results are overwhelming:

If Darth Vader had a favorite baseball team, it would be the New York Yankees.

In an unrelated story (as far as you know), every time I hear someone talk about the Yankees, I hear this.

So how our plucky little Rebels – the Texas Rangers – going to take down the Galactic Empire, er, New York Yankees?

Find out after the jump.

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Outfield Office Suites at Ballpark in Arlington

What started off as a story that left office tenants wondering, has quickly turned into a positive for Texas Rangers fans for the 2010 Playoffs. Below is a brief excerpt form TXCN as to exactly what happened to the Texas Rangers office suite tenants.

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The office suites beyond center field at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington may have some of the best seats in the house. But come Saturday, when the Texas Rangers play their first postseason home game in 11 years, those seats won’t be free.

Major League Baseball has informed the dozen or so businesses renting office space there that they will be charged $25 for each guest they invite to their balconies to watch the Rangers play the Tampa Bay Rays.

“Basically they are going to charge me to come to my office,” said Chuck Elhoff, a personal financial planner who moved into his ballpark office in 1994. “Why is Major League Baseball doing this? It’s a money grab.”

Source:TXCN

However, now Texas Rangers fans that normally wouldn’t be able to sit in the outfield office suites have a chance to sit in these boxes. We found one Luxury Suite that does not mention whether they allow individuals to come in, but we have been told you can contact them from their website ballpark308.com contact form to ask to be put on their guest list for a game.

Texas Rangers ALDS Game 1 Running Diary

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The All-Encompassing Texas Rangers Playoff Preview

In less than 48 hours, it will be time. Time for the Texas Rangers to show the world (granted, not quite as large a share as anticipated) what they have been telling us all year: It’s Time.

Cliff Lee will be on the hill for the local nine as they go up against their first non-Yankees playoff opponent ever. The Tampa Bay Rays posted the best record in the American League this year (96-66), but it was only six games better than the record of our favorite claw-wielding players.

It really is a shame that this playoff series is going to be banished to the middle of the afternoon. This should be a VERY exciting, tense, no-no-no-no-YES, oh-my-god-how-did-he-do-THAT series between two of the most exciting teams in Major League Baseball. So how do the Texas Rangers stack up against their opponents from the Sunshine State? Hit the jump like you’ve got seven at a blackjack table to find out.

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The Rangers Get to Celebrate

For most of their history, the Texas Rangers have made their fans wonder why they cared so much.

Season after season without a whole lot of hope, until the last couple, which seemed to give a glimpse of what this franchise was capable of.

But today is why it’s worth it. Today is why it’s worth it to be involved with the Texas Rangers. Read more

Halfway Home: A look at the Texas Rangers through 81 games

The Texas Rangers are 48-33 halfway through the MLB season. I continue to remind myself of this fact despite the recent four losses in six games.

Perhaps this is a loser’s mentality. Perhaps I shouldn’t be as thrilled that the Rangers are 15 games above .500, and have a 3.5 game lead in the AL West.

But I can’t help myself. I’ve been waiting for a team like this for so long, I just don’t know what to do with myself.

Keep on reading for some thoughts on each part of the Texas Rangers.

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The Wolfpack: Analyzing the Texas Rangers’ bullpen

A bullpen is a very fickle creature. It must be treated with care and respect, not loathing and contempt.

Except for guys who can’t throw strikes. They need to be dreaded.

The Texas Rangers‘ bullpen had a bad April. It was full of guys who gave up too many hits, couldn’t throw strikes and generally just sucked.

In May, they’ve been much better, locking down a lot of leads in a seemingly endless string of close games.

But are there reasons to be concerned? An explanation after the jump.

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The Return of Nelson Cruz

It’s unfortunate that we haven’t gotten that Andrew Bailey-Nelson Cruz matchup we’ve been looking forward to so much. Just missed it by a day.

But as the Texas Rangers pass through customs for a relatively big series against the surprising Toronto Blue Jays, all I’ve got to say is one thing:

The boomstick is back, baby.

(Well, okay, maybe more than one thing.) Read more

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