
The Rangers covet Vladimir Guerrero. We know that. Word is they've offered a one-year contract to Guerrero to be their designated hitter. That has been confirmed but there are conflicting reports as to the amount...

The Rangers have signed infielder Matt Brown to a Minor League contract with an invitation to Spring Training. Brown has spent the past two seasons in the Angels organization, hitting .245 with 27 doubles, 13 home runs and 69 RBI at Triple A Salt Lake City.

Welcome to the Elysian Fields Bar & Grill, where baseball fans recognize the utter stupidity of football's Gatorade shower. * Rangers hitting coach Clint Hurdle on what happened in Colorado: "We were sending four guys to the All-Star Game and finishing in third place...

Vlad III was Prince of Wallachia. He was a mean dude. He would skin the feet of thieves, pour salt on the wounds and let goats lick away. He nailed turbans to the heads of Ottoman envoys. He was the inspiration for Count Dracula. Vladimr Guerrero has been just as cruel to Rangers pitchers...

Welcome to a new decade and the Feast of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. She, of course, was the first American to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Paul did the honors in 1975 for her 19th century work in Maryland with the children of the poor....

Rangers president Nolan Ryan said in a radio interview over the holidays that he wished that negotiations between owner Tom Hicks and the group led by Chuck Greenberg would move along faster. The inside word is that they aren't moving especially quickly but there appears to be no reason for alarm...

Marlon Byrd is no longer with the Rangers. Byrd has agreed to a three-year deal with the Chicago Cubs. The Rangers were interested in re-signing Byrd but apparently did not have the means to do so...

The Rangers have officially announced the signing of Darren Oliver to a one-year contract with an option for 2011. Oliver passed his physical on Tuesday

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Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell has a torn collateral ligament in his right thumb. He will have surgery after Christmas and will be sidelined 6-8 weeks. There will be no trade between the Red Sox and the Rangers, according to sources. The trade for Lowell is not going to happen right now.

Chuck Greenberg said this week the Dallas-Fort Worth market had "pent-up enthusiasm" for baseball. He said hope and passion is still there. He is right. He should have been at Jamey Newberg's book release party at Sherlock's in Arlington on Thursday night...

Get to go to Jamey Newberg's party in Arlington tonight. This will be a first for me. Jamey usually schedules the party too close to the Winter Meetings for me to make it but this year it's looking good. This is his annual Bound Edition Book Release Party, which is grown to be a pretty big deal...

Tom Hicks wanted to win. Badly. Just about every move that Hicks made as the owner of the Rangers was made in the belief that it would ultimately help the club reach the World Series and win it. That was his only goal as owner of the Rangers. Anybody could see he was never in this for the money...


















