By EVAN GRANT / The Dallas Morning News egrant@dallasnews.com HOUSTON – When the Texas Rangers traded for Josh Hamilton, they thought it was more likely he'd have a knee or shoulder issue than a relapse into substance abuse....
By EVAN GRANT / The Dallas Morning News egrant@dallasnews.com WASHINGTON – Called upon to pinch hit with two outs in a suddenly-tied game Sunday, Frank Catalanotto delivered a run-scoring single in the eighth to give the...
By EVAN GRANT / The Dallas Morning News egrant@dallasnews.com WASHINGTON – For now, the starting catcher's job belongs to Jarrod Saltalamacchia. When Gerald Laird, who had been Saltalamacchia's playing-time equal behind the...
By EVAN GRANT / The Dallas Morning News egrant@dallasnews.com WASHINGTON – Mateo Young turns 3 years old today. Just in time for his kid's birthday, Michael Young broke from the longest slump of his career Saturday with three...
By EVAN GRANT / The Dallas Morning News egrant@dallasnews.com WASHINGTON - Jarrod Saltalamacchia stands as the survivor in the Rangers' two-month catching competition. But that's only because Friday night Gerald Laird couldn't...
By EVAN GRANT / The Dallas Morning News egrant@dallasnews.com WASHINGTON – C.J. Wilson remains the Rangers closer for the moment. Manager Ron Washington said Friday he planned to stick with Wilson "for now," but declined to...
By EVAN GRANT / The Dallas Morning News egrant@dallasnews.com The Texas Rangers have gone longer than any other organization in baseball without a Rookie of the Year winner. Entering the start of the interleague series with...
By EVAN GRANT / The Dallas Morning News Hamilton remained second in the latest AL voting, released Monday by Major League Baseball. With 1,352,372 votes, Hamilton trailed outfield leader Manny Ramirez of Boston by a little less...
By EVAN GRANT / The Dallas Morning News egrant@dallasnews.com NEW YORK – Apparently, Milton Bradley just wanted to introduce himself to the tarpaulin. During a rain delay of nearly 90 minutes that preceded the postponement of...
By EVAN GRANT / The Dallas Morning News egrant@dallasnews.com NEW YORK – The Texas Rangers are likely to expose Robinson Tejeda to the waiver wire for the second time this season today. The Rangers are hopeful he could throw...