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Baseball: August 2009 ArchivesPretty productive week in New York ... The Texas Rangerst just put the finishing touches on a 7-2 in at Yankee Stadium, giving them two wins in the best-of-three series. Chris Davis hit a 3-run home run, while Ian Kinsler had one of those, and a solo shot too. Dustin Nippert started the game, had 7 walks (his most in 4 years), but allowed just two runs in 3 2/3 innings - not saying that's great, but considering he gave up 7 walks and 4...
Why do professional athletes have such a hard time doing what most other people look so forward to doing? Retiring! The most recent athlete to publicly say goodbye on multiple occasions and later decide to have a change of heart is Brett Favre. After spending 16 seasons with the Green Bay Packers he announced his retirement on March 4th, 2008. He returned to play one season for the New York Jets and announced his retirement once again...
It's all over twitter that Ivan Rodriguez is coming back to the Texas Rangers. Will try to confirm soon, but in the RACE TO BE FIRST, I wanted to get this on the blog page. I'll update soon. ...Rangers fans who kept wondering what might have happened if Edinson Volquez were still wearing a Rangers uniform can move on now. Volquez was traded to Cincinnati for Josh Hamilton and today, he underwent Tommy John surgery. Doctors repaired a torn ulnar collateral ligament and torn flexor mass in his right elbow. He is not expect back for 12 months and more realistically, isn't expected to be back to full form until the 2011...
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