The Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, and Pink Floyd. The Sopranos, Seinfeld, The Simpsons, and The Wire. Cobb, Ruth, Williams, and Mantle. Feliz, Perez, Scheppers, and Smoak. How you rank each list is based more on personal taste than upon clear differences in worth. We expect that you will likely have an opinion that differs from our consensus for the Rangers' Big Four. And five years from now, we might...
The Arizona Fall League (AFL) wrapped up on November 19th. The Texas Rangers' triumvirate of Matt Harrison, Danny Gutierrez and Tanner Scheppers combined to pitch seven innings and hold the league-leading Phoenix Desert Dogs to three runs on four hits, a walk and nine strikeouts. Marcus Lemon tied the game in the ninth inning with a home run and then Taylor Teagarden ended it with a walk-off three-run...
Stephen Strasburg 's fastball is raising some interesting questions. While Strasburg was on the mound on Monday, a Tweet and an email (so old fashioned) came in asking about the Surprise, AZ, PITCHf/x data. Was it hot? Strasburg throwing 101 was a surprise to many, and seeing him sit near 98 for a few innings raised more questions. I took a look at the two PITCHf/x installations in the Arizona Fall...
More photos » by Elaine Thompson - AP Browse more photos » Coming to you this afternoon from Surprise, Arizona, it's Federal Baseball.com's LIVE AFL Report, with Stephen Strasburg and the Phoenix Desert Dogs taking on the Surprise Rafters at 12:35 pm MST (2:35 pm EST) from sunny Surprise Stadium. The AFL East's No.1 team versus the AFL West's worst (or, uh, third place team). The Washington...
Just a quick update. I was at our pastors’ conference and returned home quite enthused with our presenter, the Rev. Matthew Harrison, author of several books, including the just completed At Home in the House of My Fathers . I wrote a bit in response to his conference essay at Happenings . Over the course of two days, he detailed the personalities, struggles, and successes of the leaders of The...
This WSJ article on the swine flu and the church quotes Matt Harrison, executive director of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod's World Relief and Human Care.
The Law offices of Kaufman, Englett and Lynd LLC, (KEL Attorneys), the nation's expert law firm in foreclosure defense and loan modifications, is now representing California homeowners facing foreclosure. KEL will set cases in motion by filing lawsuits on behalf of homeowners against lenders. Homeowner's legal claims against lenders will be based on TILA Violations, RESPA Violations, Fraud in the Inducement...
Reaction by the Rev. Matt Harrison- promoted by some as the confessionalist candidate for president of the Lutheran Church- Missouri Synod at its next convention- to the ELCA's apostasy at Minneapolis. Interview by the Rev. Todd Wilken of Issues, Etc. As a graduate of an ELCA seminary, though, I must say that Pastor Harrison is wrong, at least in my experience, about the supposed downplaying of the...
Rangers manager Ron Washington laid out his offseason wish list Wednesday afternoon in a conversation with MLB.com's T.R. Sullivan. Among the skipper's desires? A veteran starting pitcher, a left-handed reliever and a right-handed hitter. Beyond Scott Feldman and Kevin Millwood, the Rangers have quite a few question marks when it comes to their 2010 starting rotation. Derek Holland, Tommy Hunter, Matt...
Rev. Matt Harrison has some excellent thoughts on marriage. (Click for the whole article) Three key points from this piece: The first secret of joy in marriage is that it is God’s own act. The second secret of a joyful marriage is that marriage is an act of the will. The third secret to joy in marriage is that with the deep conviction that God has put a couple together, and that couple wills...
"Things have been going very good, and I could possibly start throwing at the end of this week," said Harrison, who is on the 60-day disabled list. "The second day after the surgery, all the pain I had in my shoulder and the numbness in my hand was gone."
More photos » by Matt Slocum - AP 3 months ago: Texas Rangers' Matt Harrison pitches in the first inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Sunday, May 3, 2009, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Browse more photos » Go Rangers...
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