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LA Times (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
One day after Lackey takes a pounding, Santana gives up eight runs in 5 2/3 innings of an 8-4 loss. Josh Hamilton overtook Justin Morneau for the AL RBI lead, Nelson Cruz and Chris Davis hit consecutive home runs, and the Texas Rangers set a major league single-season record for doubles in an 8-4 victory over the Angels Saturday night at Angel Stadium.
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
If Wednesday afternoon’s offensive outburst indeed represented the swan song performance for Hank Blalock and Nelson Cruz in Texas Rangers uniforms, then they left one heck of a lasting impression on the 16,832 faithful fans that shirked their school or work day responsibilities to soak up one final three-hour block of live Rangers baseball in [...]
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Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Previous positions: First Base Second Base Shortstop Third Base Catcher This position took one of the biggest leaps forward at the major league level in 2008, largely because of the acquisition of Josh Hamilton. David Murphy, Marlon Byrd and Nelson Cruz all have performed well, and Brandon Boggs showed some promise after getting a quick call from AAA. In the minors, the story is all about two more...
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Seamheads (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Nelson Cruz makes a case for fantasy stardom in next year’s draft while Josh Beckett returns to form….. THREE UP/THREE DOWN Hitters Miguel Cabrera, 1B/3B—DET (UP) The second-half of the season has been much better for the Tigers slugger as he settled into his new league. After hitting a respectable .837 OPS in the first half, Cabrera has exploded to a 1.005 OPS after the break while leading the AL...
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Lone Star Ball (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
T.R. Sullivan has a new mailbag column up , with various interesting tidbits -- including his statement that Nelson Cruz "is definitely in the Rangers' 2009 outfield picture," but the lead item is probably the thing that jumped out the most at me: In my opinion, the two players who have not received nearly enough credit for what they've done this year are Young and Jamey Wright. Both post up every...
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Tying up a smorgasbord of loose ends on a muggy Wednesday evening in North Texas: ● How out of whack is it that perhaps the three most compelling reasons for us to continue tuning into Rangers games over these final endless weeks of the regular season batted seventh (Nelson Cruz), eighth (Chris Davis), and ninth (Taylor [...]
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U.S.S. Mariner (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
A few months ago, I suggested the M’s trade for a 28-year-old Triple-A outfielder. They didn’t, and tonight, he’s starting against them, while being better than just about every player the M’s put in the line-up tonight. Rebuilding isn’t that hard if you know where to look for undervalued talent. -- This post came from: U.S.S. Mariner, [...]
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Nelson Cruz homered twice and tied a career- high by knocking in five runs, and the Rangers finally beat Boston, 15-8, preventing the Red Sox from gaining ground in the AL East.
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Extra Bases (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Paul Byrd's outing ended after he walked Nelson Cruz with two outs in the sixth, his second walk of the inning. Javier Lopez entered and struck out Chris Davis to quell the threat and keep Boston's lead at 7-0. Byrd had his most effective start with the Red Sox in his fifth outing since joining the club Aug. 12, but he was also uncharacteristically wild, walking three Rangers and hitting another....
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Beale Street Beat (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Isn’t it funny, with 19 games left remaining in the 2008 regular season, how the Texas Rangers still know just as little about Nelson Cruz as they did exactly one year ago today? Isn’t it funny how the Rangers seem to know even less about the ultimate outcome of their hopelessly deadlocked backstop situation than they [...]
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Extra Bases (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
Mike Timlin came on in the fifth inning, and the game promptly ventured into blowout territory. The Rangers have tagged Timlin for four runs, one in the fifth and three more in the sixth. Nelson Cruz hit his second home run of the game, and in the sixth Brandon Boggs (triple), Michael Young (single), Josh Hamilton (triple) and Gerald Laird (double) created the rally. It's 13-4 in the top of the seventh....
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Torontoist (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Every weekday morning, bright and early, we feature a photo (or two) from a photographer in the Torontoist Flickr Pool . It's our way of giving the many excellent photographers in our pool the attention they deserve. Untitled BY NELSON CRUZ
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Nelson Cruz had three hits including a three-run homer in his season debut, and the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 9-4 Monday night.
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The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Nelson Cruz had three hits including a three-run homer in his season debut, and the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 9-4 Monday night.
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
Nelson Cruz had three hits including a three-run homer in his season debut, and the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 9-4 Monday night.
