My bad. Been meaning to get back in here and post something, anything, of note, and there’s been plenty in recent days. And as Josh’s Broken Groin notes, it’s been way too long. So then, to today’s Breaking, or Broken, Rangers News: The club has offered salary arbitration for next…
Yesterday Major League Baseball sent word that it has a new labor agreement in place with the Major League Baseball Players Association — this one, good for five years. It hasn’t been signed yet; Tuesday’s announcement, which follows, details the memorandum of understanding that will formally replace the current collective…
I almost hate to tell you about this auction; I’d like these balls all to myself … wait, that didn’t come out right. But I’ve been watching ’em for the past, oh, week or so, and the prices aren’t climbing like they oughta for such rare commodities as these: signed…
As expected Tom Gaglardi was awarded ownership of the Dallas Stars in a Delaware bankruptcy court this morning; and, as expected, the Canadian has brought back the great Jim Lites, the one-time team president and CEO moved in ’07 to run Hicks Sports Marketing Group, poor fella. And it didn’t…
A couple of days back a Friend of Unfair Park shot me a note: “Thought you might want a look at this, seems pretty exciting!” Below was this link, which takes you to something called the Texas Lone Star Grand Prix scheduled to take place March 17-18 at Fair Park…
An old friends passes along this story from the Associated Press: Former SMU great Forrest Gregg — Birthright, Texas’s own, and a two-time All-Southwest Conference selection in 1954 and ’55 — has disclosed that he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Gregg, a first-round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers…
Don’t think for a second this small attempt to resurrect a sports blog is an afterthought. We’ll get there … sooner than later. But on a day like today: Where to begin? Penn State, no doubt, far from home for most but not for all, and certain top of mind…
For the last year, my 8-year-old boy’s had a morning routine that involves watching SportsCenter and reading SportsDay over breakfast. Today he wanted to watch highlights from last night’s Stars win over the Capitals, 5-2, making Dallas tops in the NHL — big news ’round our house in the absence…
Yesterday over on Unfair Park, a few folks asked if maybe we could go ahead and re-open the Sportatorium, if only to give y’all a place to chit and chat in an open thread. To which I said: Sure, let’s do that.Moments ago Huffington Post a Q&A with one Captain…
For sports bootleg collectors, this is pure gold: six minutes of motivational cursing from the Texas Rangers’ locker room in the moments before Game 7 World Series. Dozens of copies, all from Joe Sports Fan, landed in the Unfair Park in-box overnight, and for most the takeaway is skipper Ron…
Wilonsky won’t say it, but I will: One week after the World Series title slipped from grasp, Rangers Ballpark in Arlington is a sad, sad place. It was quiet this afternoon, empty, and the weight of Texas hope had all but evaporated.Instead of announcing an $11.5-million upgrade on the heels…
One week ago today … you know, I can’t even. So. I’ll just say this: Moments ago the Texas Rangers sent word detailing $11.5 million in improvements that’ll be made to the Ballpark in Arlington over the off-season, beginning immediately. They’re detailed after the jump, for those who can bear…
SMU is inching closer to admission into one of college football’s hallowed BCS conferences, which will mark the latest milestone on what the school and its alumni hope is the road back to football relevancy. It’s certainly been a long road, starting with the death penalty in ’87 and winding…
No matter how hard you try to find a scapegoat, the story of the 2011 World Series doesn’t have a chapter about its version of Bill Buckner, nor should it. Buckner only dominates the narrative of the 1986 World Series because media and fans ripped out the other chapters. With…
As I’ve written before, I fell in love with the game of baseball in 1986 — the first year I watched every inning of the World Series. Although I had no rooting interest in the match-up between Boston and New York, I couldn’t help but feel absolutely heartbroken for Red…
I’m having a rough day; from the sound of it, many of you are too. On the drive in to work today, this version of Peter Gabriel’s “Don’t Give Up” came up on the iPod, randomly shuffled. I had to pull over. I asked Jamey Newberg: “How do Rangers fans…
The intellect of one of the best managers and greatest players in baseball history short-circuited at the worst possible times for the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 5 of the World Series, but Monday night’s match-up wasn’t won or lost on brain farts by Tony La Russa and Albert Pujols…
Those following along with our World Series open threads — and, programming note, Sam’s Game Six’er opens at around 6 — know by now that my 8-year-old’s favorite present-day Texas Ranger is Ian Kinsler, who he stuck with even during that awful 1-fer mid-summer slump. But after the jump, courtesy…
Spent the better part of last night re-re-re-re-re-reading Mike Shropshire’s Seasons in Hell, about the ’73 to ’75 Texas Rangers, which wasn’t really the worst team in baseball, though it makes a great story. (The ’74 Rangers finished second in the AL West, behind Oakland, which went on to win…
Livin’ The Dream: Derek Holland from MLB Players on Vimeo.Found these on Vimeo this morning: behind-the-scenes glimpses into the lives of Mike Na-po-li! and Derek Holland. They were produced by the Major League Baseball Players Association, part of a post-season web series titled “Livin’ the Dream,” but appear to have…
This morning’s New York Times looks at the NBA lockout and wonders whether all the owners — those from small markets, those with big payrolls, those losing money, those winning titles — are on the same page when it comes to demanding givebacks from their players. Long story short: Yes…
I expected Derek Holland to finally realize his potential as a top-of-the-rotation arm in the American League Championship Series. That, of course, didn’t happen. But it turned out the Rangers didn’t need him to be great to win his Game 2 and Game 6 starts, as the Texas offense racked…
