Go Michael!

Congrats to MY for being the All-Star MVP. Yay. Everyone else gets to see what we do game in and game out.

For kicks, see how the folks over at LSB felt about MY getting the game-winning triple in the 9th. Of course, Jamey also quickly sent a reminder about what he said back on Father's Day about Ozzie Guillen's drooling over Young.

The Rangers are in first place heading into the second half, but it's going to be a wild ride to the finish...let's just hope we're playing meaningful games at the end!

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Eaton? For Young? Huh?

What does Jon Daniels know that we don't know?

Adam has the scoop.

What statistics or scouting reports would lead anyone to believe that Adam Eaton is better than Chris Young and Adrian Gonzalez?

Yes, Gonzalez is blocked by Teixeira, so he had to be traded. But, at the price of Young? To get a mid-level starting pitcher like Eaton back?

As good as the Soriano trade was, this one is much more likely to backfire. I hope I'm wrong, but I'm just not seeing the logic.

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You can have him, really.

The Dodgers got permission to talk to John Hart, formerly of the Rangers.

Oh, that's a good one. I can't stop laughing. Sorry Dodgers fans.

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That rock is on its way down real soon now...

Jamey wrote the following in his latest entry:

"Those of you who were with this team before the Red Years know what I mean.
It's easy to root for a perennial winner; there's more character, though, in
standing behind Sisyphus and helping push."

(Heck, how many non-Rangers fans understand what the heck Jamey means? See.)

Our frustration lies in that we want to see the team win - we're not the fair-weather fans that inhabit so much of sports (and ahem so much of Dallas).

I'm going to proudly wear my Rangers gear when they come into town next.

But, still, I think they are going down the wrong path. And, that path is set by the owner and the people he's hired.

We were here long before Hicks. We'll still be there long after he's gone.

Happy days will soon. For, I believe.

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Rangers fans unite to say: 'Fire someone'

Evan Grant's current newsbag contains a lot of mail from unhappy Rangers fans.

No kidding.

I'm so not convinced they even have a plan for 2006.

If I'm Teixeira and Young and I have to listen to that idiot owner (aka whats-his-face, I can't even bring myself to write his name anymore without cursing aloud) say that they will just have to play harder and that they can't expect the Rangers to add any pitching in the near future - I'd be wondering just how much worse Kansas City owners could be.

Absurd.

Recall Hicks. There I said it. And, yes, I've said this before. I should go register that domain, I guess.

Pray that the owner takes half the interest in his team that Jones or Cuban do. First, take a long hard look to see if Hart or Buck make sense. (Boy, letting Grady Fuson go looks worse and worse, doesn't it?)

Of course, the obligatory march to the World Series can begin after Buck departs. But, it's obvious to me that he's lost the clubhouse.

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