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Predictions are fun; especially when we are stuck at home in quarantine waiting for baseball to return. I continue to hope there will be some sort of minor league season this year. I thought it would be fun to make my own line-up with the current players showing on their
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I will blame it on the Coronavirus for taking the fight out of MiLB to keep more than 120 minor league teams. It has been reported that MiLB is expected to agree to the plan to reduce the number of teams during the teleconference tomorrow. This is a far cry
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Rona isn't keeping the Frisco RoughRiders from announcing any new partnerships. A couple of days ago, they announced a new partnership with Hop and Sting. Hop and Sting is a local company and they are sponsoring the bullpen. The Hop and Sting brewery (4.6 Google rating) is
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Until recently, I haven't touched a baseball card since I was in my early teens. I was never a huge collector but always had some Nolan Ryan cards on hand. I never lost touch with the love of the game of baseball though. My mom was always my
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It's a beautiful April evening in Arlington as the Texas Rangers take on the Houston Astros at their new ballpark. The Rangers are in their home whites while the Astros and wearing blue and orange bp jerseys with grey pants. Lance Lynn is on the mound for the
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There's a new podcast starting tonight at 8pm cst that all MiLB fans are going to want to check out. Our very own Greg Scallan will be talking baseball with the Oklahoma City Dodger's play-by-play man Alex Freedman. Freedman is in this ninth season calling plays
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Some bit of good news to come out of this coronavirus pandemic is the generosity of certain people. Shin-Soo Choo is going to donate $1,000 to each of the minor league players in the Texas Rangers organization. So for the math, that is 191 minor league players times $1,
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I miss baseball. You miss baseball. We all miss baseball. The Rangers option Taylor Hearn and Scott Heineman to Triple-A Triple-A Nashville on what was supposed to be Opening Day. Interesting move, but purely procedural. This does not impact their chances to make opening day roster. They can be recalled
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The MLB announced today that it will be paying Minor Leaguers an allowance until at least April 8. The allowances, which range between $100 and $400 a week, will be paid in one lump sum. The MLB is currently planning a way to pay these players during the regular season
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Today was a sad day for baseball as MLB announced it would follow the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommendation of restricting gatherings of 50 or more for the next eight weeks and further delay the start of the season. With opening day originally scheduled for March 26, this will
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The coronavirus has stopped most of the normalcy in our lives including the nba season being suspended, March madness being cancelled and Baseball has been suspended. Stores have announced different hours and Starbucks is going to "to-go" only. In baseball the Texas Rangers along with every other team,
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This is an unprecedented time we are living in. A single virus can almost seemingly shut down the world. That's what is happening as we speak. Ok, maybe not the entire world but it is shutting down travel, large gatherings such as sporting events, concerts and now schools