In or Out?

Will he stay or go? Rumors about Nolan Ryan's departure put Texas Rangers' reputation on the line

By Matthew Postins

03.06.13 | 8:55 am

Few sports figures, whether they are players, managers, coaches or general managers, get to exit the stage on their own terms. Rarer still are the figures that actually deserve to leave on their ow ...

Beyond the Boxscore

Making Josh Hamilton look silly: The Regulators pull off superhuman feat, give Rangers reason to doubt

By Chris Baldwin

05.20.12 | 6:11 am

On his prettiest day, Brett Myers is liable to be pegged as someone who belongs in a biker bar. With his long goatee and love of trucker shirts, the Houston Astros closer is not going for style ...

Beyond the Boxscore

Josh Hamilton goes LeBron James: Rangers morph into Miami Heat of baseball, traveling circus included

By Chris Baldwin

05.19.12 | 5:56 am

If you get to throw out the first pitch one night and they hand out a bobblehead of you the next, it's safe to assume you're the star of the show. Nolan Ryan knows better. This may ...

The Curse of Mark Cuban

Poor Nolan: Texas Rangers morph into the Buffalo Bills of baseball and they'll never win a World Series now

By Chris Baldwin

10.29.11 | 2:29 am

Forget that Billy Goat that Theo Epstein is wrestling at Wrigley. How about The Curse of Mark Cuban? No wonder why Nolan Ryan spent the 2011 World Series looking so glum that even professional ...

Beyond the Boxscore

Best World Series celebration ever: David Freese is stripped in St. Louis, but the Rangers are the ones stunned

By Chris Baldwin

10.28.11 | 2:15 am

How do you celebrate winning one of the most unbelievable World Series games ever — in the most dramatic way possible? Well, if you're the never-give-in St. Louis Cardinals, you rip the u ...

Game 6 tonight in St. Louis

Rangers are one game away from World Series win, but don't count Cardinals out

By Michael Corcoran

10.26.11 | 6:30 am

"Hap-py flight! Hap-py Flight" is what the St. Louis Cardinals chant after winning the last game of an away series before heading back home. They had won something like 14 of those " ...

San Francisco Giants at the Houston Astros

Minute Maid Park

08.19.11 - 08.21.11

Dying to watch some meaningful baseball? There's actually a chance to do it in Houston this weekend with the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants in town for a three-game set. I

The Sports Bros.

Undeserving Jeter & Posada prove that All-Star Game voting is broken: How Selig must fix it

By Barry Stagg, David Stagg

06.12.11 | 8:58 am

Major League Baseball's All-Star Game voting has taken another step toward illegitimacy. Growing up, I remembered watching Barry Larkin play in All-Star Game after All-Star Game despite not bei ...

Swallow that baseball bile

Why Astros fans should love rooting for Rangers in the World Series

By Sarah Rufca

10.27.10 | 4:56 pm

For the second time in history, a Texas team is playing in the World Series. But Houston fans have greeted the Rangers improbable rise and historic postseason presence with a collective shrug. ...

Tampa Bay-worthy youth movement

The kids are all right: Houston Astros suddenly the NL Central favorites in 2011?

By Jeremy C. Little

10.05.10 | 1:09 am

“The Houston Astros will win the NL Central in 2011. I'm calling it right now — Astros '11 division champs.” — ESPN baseball analyst Steve Berthiaume, September ...