MITCH MORELAND RUMORS
Lefty-righty offensive shuffle backfires on Rangers
Mitch Moreland was the Texas Rangers' offense on Thursday. And at the moment when the team most needed its offense, Moreland was nowhere to be found. In a 5-4, 10-inning loss to the Oakland A's, manager Ron Washington elected to pinch-hit for left-handed-hitting Moreland in the seventh when Oakland brought in left-handed reliever Jordan Norberto with a runner on second...
Via Pro Sports Daily
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13 days ago
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13 days ago
Discuss
Washington's choice backfires in Rangers loss
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Rangers manager Ron Washington says he doesn't play the odds.
Yet Washington definitely was playing the percentages when he pinch-hit for Mitch Moreland in the seventh inning of Thursday's 5-4 loss to the A's.
The left-handed Moreland had hit two home runs in his last two plate appearances, a 368-foot shot the opposite field in the fourth and a...
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13 days ago
Update: Turns Out Crybaby Rangers Fan Has Pretty Good Parents
Yesterday, we had a pretty great discussion about the young Texas Rangers fan who cried when Mitch Moreland tossed a ball into the stands and it was caught by a couple that spent the next 10 minutes taking photos of each other with that ball. Now we actually have a couple updates to that story – of which the moral was kids need to learn early that nobody likes a crybaby – that...
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April 27, 2012
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April 27, 2012
CRY ME A RIVER
Rangers fans want an apology
The 'insensitive' couple who didn't hand over a foul ball to a crying child claim they were unaware of the unhappy tike and want Michael Kay to apologize for mocking them.
Via The Jersey Chaser
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April 27, 2012
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April 27, 2012
Rangers fans keep foul ball from little kid, gets scolded by Michael Kay (Video)
During last night's Rangers/Yankees affair, a young Rangers fan broke out into tears after not getting a baseball tossed into the crowd by Texas first baseman, Mitch Moreland.
After Moreland threw the ball into the stands, a couple sitting next to the kid got the ball and proceeded to get scolded by Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay for not giving him the ball:
(Courtesy...
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April 26, 2012
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April 26, 2012
Moreland comes alive for the first time
ARLINGTON, Texas One sure way to keep from hitting the ball right at people is to hit it over the fence. That's the tactic the Rangers first baseman Mitch Moreland took Wednesday night to break out of a slump.
Moreland sent a blast 410 feet over the right field wall in the sixth inning of a 7-3 win over the Yankees. The homer was his second hit of the night to break out of...
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April 26, 2012
Rangers fans keep foul ball from little kid, make him cry (Video)
A couple of Texas Rangers fans pulled a major no-no at Wednesday night’s game: They kept a foul ball from a young kid. Rangers first baseman Mitch Moreland tossed a foul ball into the stands, and the typical mad rush for the treasure unfolded. One couple came up with the ball, but they left the young child next to them in tears.
According to Jimmy Traina, who shared the video...
Via Larry Brown Sports
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April 25, 2012
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April 25, 2012
Q&A: Mitch Moreland: Future Reliever?
A number of big-league position players were once pitchers. Blessed with strong arms, they excelled on the mound, as well as at the plate, against amateur competition. Only a few would be able to return to the hill with any chance of success against professional hitters. Rangers first baseman Mitch Moreland is among them.
In high school, Moreland logged a record of 25-2 and in his...
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April 20, 2012
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April 20, 2012
Mitch Moreland and His Atypical Value for the Texas Rangers
There is nothing wrong with Mitch Moreland. There also isn’t a lot that is exceptionally right about Mitch Moreland. The Texas Rangers first baseman may very well be the best Opening Day first baseman the Rangers have had since Mark Teixeira last occupied the position in 2007. That fact alone does not necessarily make Moreland a good first baseman. The Rangers have had some bad...
Via Rant Sports
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April 04, 2012
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April 04, 2012
Rangers' Moreland has right wrist surgery
An already cloudy first base picture for the Texas Rangers got a little murkier Wednesday after Mitch Moreland underwent surgery on his right wrist.
Moreland had the pisiform bone removed from his wrist by Dr. Tom Graham. The pisiform bone is a small pre-shaped bone located at the base of the wrist.
The expected recovery time from the procedure is 8 to 12 weeks, which means Moreland...
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November 30, 2011
THE RANGERS HOT 25
