http://www.rotorob.com/2008/02/16/texas-then-and-now/ Fantasy Sports Analysis With an Edge Wed, 22 May 2013 15:29:13 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.rotorob.com/2008/02/16/texas-then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-27158 RotoRob » Archive » Blalock Comeback Hits Snag Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:19:11 +0000 http://www.rotorob.com/baseball/texas-then-and-now/#comment-27158 [...] He’s bang on there. Let’s face it, Texas isn’t exactly flush with power threats the way it once was. In fact, Blalock is the only current Ranger who owns a 30-homer season on his resume, so if their projected clean-up hitter isn’t up for the task, it’s going to be another very long summer in Arlington (of course with early injury problems to “ace” Kevin Millwood and promising youngster Brandon McCarthy already causing concern, it may be a long summer either way). [...] [...] He’s bang on there. Let’s face it, Texas isn’t exactly flush with power threats the way it once was. In fact, Blalock is the only current Ranger who owns a 30-homer season on his resume, so if their projected clean-up hitter isn’t up for the task, it’s going to be another very long summer in Arlington (of course with early injury problems to “ace” Kevin Millwood and promising youngster Brandon McCarthy already causing concern, it may be a long summer either way). [...]

]]> http://www.rotorob.com/2008/02/16/texas-then-and-now/comment-page-1/#comment-25413 Baseball » Texas: Then and Now Sun, 17 Feb 2008 05:02:59 +0000 http://www.rotorob.com/baseball/texas-then-and-now/#comment-25413 [...] RotoRob wrote an interesting post today on Texas: Then and NowHere’s a quick excerpt Back in 1996, Texas began a golden era led in part by young star catcher Ivan Rodriguez. A dozen years ago, the Texas Rangers earned their first ever playoff berth and the first of three trips to the postseason in a four-year span. Clearly, it was the franchise’s golden era, as they have yet to return to the playoffs since. In fact, as we’ve eluded to in the past, they haven’t really had a sniff of it. Check out the lineup from that 1996 squad: Catcher – Ivan Rodriguez (116 R, 19 HR, 86 RBI [...] [...] RotoRob wrote an interesting post today on Texas: Then and NowHere’s a quick excerpt Back in 1996, Texas began a golden era led in part by young star catcher Ivan Rodriguez. A dozen years ago, the Texas Rangers earned their first ever playoff berth and the first of three trips to the postseason in a four-year span. Clearly, it was the franchise’s golden era, as they have yet to return to the playoffs since. In fact, as we’ve eluded to in the past, they haven’t really had a sniff of it. Check out the lineup from that 1996 squad: Catcher – Ivan Rodriguez (116 R, 19 HR, 86 RBI [...]

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