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GO RANGERS!!! HELLO WIN COLUMN!!!! Rangers sweep the Angels in Game 4, 6-2! Wow!!! What a game! What a series! What a whirlwind!!!  ~ Yu Darvish (starting pitcher) - he did well through the 5th inning... he gave up one home run to the prodigy child, Mike Trout on the Angels. In the 6th inning... Darvish started getting shaky and Ron Washington (Rangers Manager) pulled him from the game!  ~ Craig Gentry (Left Fielder)... Wow... that kid is doing a great job!!! Defensively and Offensively he is on fire right now! You could walk up to anyone tomorrow and say his name and you should just high five on another! ~ Geovany Soto (catcher) - He caught Yu Darvish today and hit a double that scored a run for the Rangers. He also hit a solo home run in the 8th inning! (Beltre also hit a solo home run) PLAYOFFS So - here's what went down... the Cleveland Indians won and secured the first Wild-card spot. The Tampa Bay Rays also won and now have to play us tomorrow night...

GO RANGERS!!! HELLO WIN COLUMN!!!! Rangers beat the Angles in Game 3, 7-4!  Wow... craziness! The Rangers keep winning! We knew they could take the Astros, and thought they could take the Angles... and they are!!! ~ Key Players... Ian Kinsler (2nd Baseman), Elvis Andrus (Short Stop), Craig Gentry (Left Field), Alex Rios (Right Field). All of these players have been hitting consistently and keeping us not only in the game, but scoring runs! Leonys Martin has also been a key player, when he plays!   ~ Joe Nathan (Closing Pitcher) - wow! He had a great finish in the pouring rain to get the W today! (W - win) How he keeps control of the ball in the rain, I will never know, but he got it done! Good times!  PLAYOFF RACE.. The Rangers HAVE TO WIN tomorrow!  Tampa Bay lost today.  Cleveland won today.  We have to win and need Cleveland to lose... or both to lose! :)  Game 4... Last Game of the Rangers Regular Season SEPTEM...

GO RANGERS!!! HELLO WIN COLUMN!!!! Rangers beat the Angles in Game 2, 5-3!  There were a lot of base hits! A lot of runs scored with us holding our breath! And an awesome ending!!  ~ Ian Kinsler ( 2nd Baseman ) did a great job all night! He kept us in the game on the field and at bat!  ~ Alex Rios ( Right Fielder ) not only did he have a few great catches, but he also stole a base and had a go-ahead hit  in the 7th, scoring an RBI! ( we wen't over RBI's, but a "go-ahead hit" means - the guy hit the ball and caused a run to score that put their team ahead of the other team. ) ~ Alexi Ogando (starting pitcher) did a decent job. He gave up a few hits that allowed the Angels to score 3 runs, but the Rangers were able to keep up and give Joe Nathan (closing pitcher) the lead in the 9th inning!!  ~ In Other News... Josh Hamilton hit his 1,000 career hit last night. Say what you want, but as an actual baseball player... that's a cool accomplishment!...

GO RANGERS!!! HELLO WIN COLUMN!!!! Rangers beat the Angles in Game 1, 5-6! ( are you dancing in your PJ's??? you should be!!! )  The majority of the Angles runs came in the 2nd inning when our infielders had a few mental breakdowns and had a record 4 Errors! This is not a good statistic to have... they tied some record in Rangers history for the amount of Errors in this game... boo!  HOWEVER... WE WON!!! They were able to pull themselves out of the slump after being down 2 runs going into the 3rd inning.  ~ A.J. Pierzynski (catcher - guy who catches the ball behind home plate) - had two hits an an RBI! He hasn't done much in the past month... so if he plans to come alive in the last 4 games of the regular season and give us Playoff hopes... game on!  ~ Joe Nathan (closing pitcher - same position as that Mariano Rivera guy I told you about yesterday) - His job is to NEVER... EVER allow runs. Bring the heat! Throw fast balls higher than 95 mph! Be lights out!...

GO COWBOYS!!! The Cowboys are 2-1... (Wins are always the first number - Losses are the 2nd number) Week 4 Matchup: Cowboys vs San Diego Chargers (in San Diego - since they're team is listed 2nd... remember...) - GAME TIME 3:15 PM CST Well - we had a superb showing last week from DeMarco Murray ( Running Back ) - our Offensive Line held up... we're not great, but good works too!  ~ Tony Romo (QB) - he seems to be healing from his bruised ribs in Game 1 vs the NY Giants! This is great news and means he should be able to throw well against the Chargers D! ( D = Defense ) Their D is ranked 32nd out of 32 teams in the NFL (last), against Opponents who Throw the Ball!!! ( Passing Yards - when you "pass" a football - you're "throwing" a football )  ~ DeMarco Murray (RB) - He is healthy and will hopefully carry his momentum into this game from the great game he had against the St. Louis Rams last week! Since we were talking about the Chargers D being...

GO RANGERS!!! HELLO WIN COLUMN!!!! Rangers beat the Houston Astros in Game 3, 7-3!!! We get the SWEEP (remember... a sweep is when you win every game in the series!) Part of me feels badly for Houston... they are so terrible - it's almost hard to watch... but we'll take the confidence boost down the stretch! :)  ~ Martin Perez... (the Rangers pitcher tonight) - he held is own... it got shaky in the beginning but he pulled it out! (he got breathing instructions in the dugout - dude was practicing his vinyasa) :) ha!  ~ The bottom of the 4th inning is when the Rangers Offense (hitters/batters/base-runners) were on fire! Craig Gentry (cute outfielder) got hit by a pitch (the pitcher actually hit him with the ball... it's debatable if it's ever "on purpose" but we'll let it slide tonight) Leonys Martin hit a deep ball with bases loaded and got 3 "RBI's."  ~ "RBI" - Runs Batted In - this is a statistic - pretty important for any d...

GO RANGERS!!! HELLO WIN COLUMN!!!! Rangers beat the Houston Astros in Game 2, 3-2! ~ Yu Darvish - he pitched a great game and only raised his ERA to 2.82 from 2.81. (Dominguez hit a HR off him in the 6th inning) - He had 9 K's (K means strikeout)! I think he will be ready when we make it into the Playoffs!  ~ Adrian Beltre - our 3rd baseman - The Rangers record is 24-3 when he hits a home run! (he hit a home run last night!) - he is one of the only "power hitters" left on our team that can help us down the stretch, and he hadn't hit a home run in 28 days!  ~ "power hitter" - a guy who typically hits home runs or deep balls so the runners can score!  We are still 1 game behind Cleveland to get the 2nd spot in the Playoffs. We have 5 games left... they're all Home Games!  Buy a ticket to one of the last games  - the LA Angels come in town starting tomorrow night... GO!!! this Sunday is our last game of the regular season! And if you don't go no...