This season the Dallas Cowboys will play on Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and the day after New Year’s. Despite the lack of a holiday tie-in, they’d like to climax their schedule with an unprecedented event in the franchise’s 50-year history: A February game. “You can’t help but know it’s out there,”…
They’ve been on pre-sale since forever, with “mid-September” as the made-available date. (And at $31 too, including shipping and handling!) But Texas Rangers exec veep of communications John Blake just sent word: Beginning today, “the official Claw & Antler Shirt is now available at the Majestic Grand Slam Shop at…
Ain’t what it used to be. To me the Philadelphia Eagles and New York Giants rank ahead of the Washington Redskins as the Dallas Cowboys’ most fierce rival these days. While the Cowboys have played the Eagles and Giants in playoffs games the last couple years, I don’t recall…
I got some thoughts on the Cowboys this season. And I’m willing to put some mythical money where my piehole is. Over at Bodog.com they’ve got up their propositions for the 2010 season. Let’s cut-and-save and maybe I’ll share the wealth come February 2011. Team Odds to win the 2011…
10. Even for cup-runneth-over-in-red-flavored-optimism fans, this ain’t good. Your Texas Rangers have lost five in a row (outscored 37-19) and eight of 10, and in the last two nights in Toronto have surrendered a whopping seven homers. Looks more like a slow-pitch softball game with all the dingers. Vernon Wells…
This just in from the Texas Rangers’ PR Department: On Friday, when Your Texas Rangers open a weekend series against the New York Yankees at the Ballpark in Arlington, Blue Man Group will perform. And not just once. Not just, like, after the game. Far from it:On Friday, Blue Man…
Haven’t thought about Dan Hampton in a while. Some of you may not have ever heard of him. Hampton, a defensive tackle, played at Arkansas and then was a member of the famed 1985 Chicago Bears and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He’s always had a…
The Texas Rangers haven’t won a game since last Wednesday. They’ve dropped four in a row – including a 7-2 Labor Day thrashing at the hands of the Blue Jays in Toronto and one of the wildest, worst endings to a game you ever did see on Sunday in Minnesota…
Been telling anyone who would listen all summer that – stop the insanity – Sam Hurd would make the Dallas Cowboys’ final roster over Jesse Holley. Reasoning? Holley did nothing better than Hurd and owner Jerry Jones, in this “all in” season, would not let financial implications dilute his team’s talent. So there…
Cliff Lee received a trigger-point injection for the knot in his back. Josh Hamilton got a shot of jelly in his knee. And to this, Texas Rangers fans, I say “rejoice.” Better now than later. The Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals, 4-3, to extend their lead in the AL West to 9.5…
Tonight at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington the home team “regulars” won’t play. The Miami Dolphins will use their starters. Other than a juicy wagering opportunity, here are a couple things to keep your eye on as the Cowboys mercifully end the longest preseason in the history of professional sports: *Stephen McGee…
Home runs. RBI. Slugging percentage. Batting average. Fielding percentage. The best player on the best team. Seems everyone in baseball has a varying criterion on how to choose the most valuable player. Texas Rangers hitting coach Clint Hurdle’s standards are simple, yet a tad more subjective. “The MVP should be…
Sean Lee is good. But not good enough. Drafted in the second round to be a better Bobby Carpenter, the Penn State rookie has looked good in the preseason. But not good enough to earn the job as the Dallas Cowboys’ nickel linebacker. Spin it any way you want, this…
More importantly, you ever coming back? I said yesterday I’d give the playoff ball to C.J. Wilson over Cliff Lee. Saw nothing in last night’s 10-9 loss to Kansas City Royals that changed my mind. You? Thought I’d never write this: The Texas Rangers lost a game started by Cliff Lee in which…
In advance of this week’s Observer column on Texas Rangers’ outfielder Josh Hamilton I asked new owner Chuck Greenberg about signing his star to a new, long-term deal next winter. “With his bat and glove and legs and arm and heart, he’s our MVP and I think the best player…
Down at Dallas Cowboys training camp the reminder of May 1, 2009 was omnipresent. Coaches yelled. Players grunted. Fans cheered. And, day after day, Rich Behm rolled. In his wheelchair. Behm, the team’s scouting assistant paralyzed when the Valley Ranch indoor practice facility collapsed in a storm, has settled a…
Nope, not our Lord and Southpaw Savior Cliff Lee. C.J. Wilson. Why? Because at this point I trust him more. Because at this point he’s the best pitcher on the staff. No? Amazing for a pitcher who a couple years ago drew our ire when he disgustingly flipped the ball to…
The Texas Rangers are out of Chapter 11 and Tom Hicks’s hands, but that website devoted to the prepackaged bankruptcy remains alive and well weeks later. New filings are being added to Texas Rangers Baseball Partners Information Site every day, including two docs detailing how well the team’s doing –…
This isn’t a sports town, but more so a winners town. It’s substance over style. For all you I-love-the-Cowboys-but-wait-over-there-the-Rangers-are-winning-so-now-I-love-them- more fans, there’s a chance for you to be trendy. All season long the Rangers have celebrated big hits with a “claw” and acknowledged dapper base-running with “antlers.” Act like you’ve…
Last time I was out at Rangers Ballpark – which was Wednesday – it was a warm-n-fuzzy joint. Texas was winning three in a row from the Twins, fans were drinking “Blue Light Special” $4 beer. The Rangers were comfortably in first place. All seemed well. But now? Booing. Are…
10. Cowboys’ punter Mat McBriar kicked four times Saturday. He launched a 61-yarder in the third quarter, had a net average of 50.8 and pinned Houston inside the 20 twice. So much for the good news. 9. I understand this was a practice game. An exhibition. A glorified scrimmage. But it was also…
Live from Rangers Ballpark in Arlington … 10. News of Vladimir Guerrero’s imminent demise were, in retrospect, premature. His sixth-inning homer to left gave the Rangers their fourth consecutive win – another playoff-esque, 4-3 triumph over the Minnesota Twins – and dwindled their magic number to 29. “We never doubted Vlad,” says…
