Craig Gentry: "I've got got a chance to be an everyday player"

Josh Hamilton is undergoing counseling individually and with his wife in the aftermath of his alcohol relapse, and Hamilton said he is “doing things right a day at a time.” In an interview on Wednesday with Pastor James Robinson on Glenn Beck’s live streaming video network, Hamilton said he knows his addiction is a serious issue. This came just two weeks after Hamilton had...

Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton said Wednesday that he is not doing another Frank the Tank rendition and is committed stopping the alcohol relapses. He is calling it a “Josh Hamilton makeover.” F*** that we like it when your drunk. Power Rangers like HAM-ILL-TOWN! Keep drinking if it makes you feel Boss —...

Over the weekend, the Rangers and their breakout acquisition of 2012, catcher Mike Napoli, avoided arbitration with a one-year, $9.4 million contract for 2012. The Rangers and Napoli were reportedly discussing a multi-year deal prior to this agreement, and by getting this deal out of the way, they can continue to do so without an arbitration hearing looming. With Napoli now signed...

Texas Rangers pitcher Derek Holland (the Dutch Oven) tries his hand at meteorology. Holland is like a kid in a candy store — I always prefer to hear my weather updates from weather girls. Not weather dudes with hairy lips. -TO Dirk Goes Deep In Whiffle Ball Derek Holland’s Mustache Deserves a Name

Readers, It is my pleasure today to welcome Eriq Gardner to the Baseball Prospectus Fantasy staff! You may recognize Eriq from his work at The Hardball Times Fantasy, Bloomberg Fantasy, or his blog, Fantasy Ball Junkie. Eriq is one of the sharpest fantasy minds I know, and I hope that his unique brand of writing helps you find new ways of thinking about the game and ultimately helps...

Texas made a return trip to the World Series in 2011, twice coming within a single strike in Game 6 of capturing the title, only to lose not only that game but Game 7, leaving the franchise still in search of its first world title. The big move of the offseason was effectively trading out C.J. Wilson for Yu Darvish. While an Angels squad infused with the aforementioned Wilson and...

Apropos to nothing, here's the Texas Rangers' lefty, mustached man-child, Derek Holland, fulfilling a lifetime dream -- doing the weather: I hope my friends in Dallas are okay after the six-feet of rain they had this past weekend. [D4L fist pound to Hot Clicks]

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Nelson Cruz's 16 million, two-year contract with the Texas Rangers calls for the AL championship series MVP to receive a 500,000 signing bonus and salaries of 5 million this year and 10.5 million in 2013. Under the agreement announced Friday, Cruz's 2013 salary can rise by an additional 500,000 based on plate appearances in 2012: 100,000 each for...

Business is about to pick up in the sport of baseball, and business picked up last night on The Baseball Show, Clint Evans of Diamond Hoggers and M.J. Lloyd of Off-Base Percentage and Halo Hangout discussed the following with me: -The latest chapter in the Josh Hamilton relapse saga -M.J. tells a Mickey Mantle story about racing a limousine -We talk memorabilia, baseball cards, collectibles...

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton says he's undergoing counseling individually and with his wife in the aftermath of his admitted relapse with alcohol and is "doing things right a day at a time."

Josh Hamilton may be getting a pass by being white.