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Uniforms to change again next year

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CHICAGO – There will no hunt for Red October this year for the Rangers. Or for any year in the foreseeable future, for that matter.
The Rangers will make changes to their uniform in 2001 for the second consecutive year. Red, the dominant color during the tenure of club president Tom Schieffer, will be replaced by blue. The Rangers will also add a hint of black.
The home white uniforms with red lettering will be replaced by a white uniforms with blue lettering. The player’s number will be on the front of the uniform as well as the back. The team will wear the blue hat with the white “T” it has worn for away games and with alternate uniforms this season.
The team will also introduce an alternate hat that will be blue with a black brim. Black will also be included on the lettering trim on both home and away uniforms. The alternate blue tops, which the team wears mostly on Sundays and for special occasions, will remain the same.
“We just like the blue better,” said club president Jim Lites, who was in Chicago to attend a National Hockey League Board of Governors meeting. “We surveyed the fans and did some focus groups, and the blue seemed more popular with them, too. We also want a consistent look. When you put all that together, going with blue made some sense.”

G139: Sheldon plays all nine positions in 13-1 loss

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Well, Rick Helling was the Rick Helling of last season tonight. Gave up a lot of home runs balls, and put us way behind 7-0 in the first inning, and then we were down 10-1 after two.

That set the stage for Scott Sheldon. Johnny Oates had been threatening to play Scott Sheldon in all 9 positions in a game this season, but the word was that it was going to be at home. However, with being blown out so early in this game, that let Johnny have some fun with the lineup.

Scott Sheldon came in during the fourth inning at catcher, and over the rest of the game, he moved all over the place, with the last two places he played being pitcher and third base. Scott even struck out the only batter he faced! :) Scott was the third person in history to do it, and is the FIRST player ever to do it in less than 9 innings (he did it in 5).

I couldn’t see the game, due to my long problems with my lame ass cable company, Optel. However, I probably would have tuned out anyway before Scott started his historic moves around the diamond. :)

Ruben Sierra called up

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CHICAGO (AP) — Ruben Sierra is back in the majors for the first time since 1998.
The Texas Rangers called the veteran outfielder up Tuesday, allowing him to rejoin the team he broke in with in 1986.
“I want to thank God and the Rangers for giving me the opportunity to be here,” Sierra said before Tuesday night’s game against the White Sox.
Sierra got his first major league at-bat since he was with the White Sox in 1998 when he flied out as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning of the Rangers’ 2-1 victory over Chicago.
Sierra, 34, also has played with Oakland, the New York Yankees, Detroit, Cincinnati, Toronto and the White Sox. He spent 1999 with Atlantic City in the independent Atlantic League, hitting .294 with 28 homers and 82 RBIs in 112 games.
Sierra was invited to the Indians’ spring training camp but was released in late March. He began 2000 with Cancun in the Triple-A Mexican League, hitting .355 in 16 games.
Then he joined Oklahoma of the Pacific Coast League, the Rangers’ Triple-A farm club, where he batted .326 with 18 homers and 82 RBIs in 112 games.
“I know in my heart I can still play. I still have years left. I can still run,” Sierra said. “Any way I can help the team I will be ready.”
His last major league action before Tuesday came with the White Sox in 1998 when he hit .216 with four homer sand 11 RBIs in 27 games.
A four-time Rangers’ player of the year, Sierra is a .269 career hitter with 239 homers and 1,047 RBIs in 1,662 major league games.
Texas also called up right-hander Darwin Cubillan, infielder Kelly Dransfeldt and catcher Randy Knorr from Oklahoma City. They transferred left-hander Mike Munoz from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list.

G138: Rangers win 2-1 behind Jonathan Johnson, 2-0

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Dammit – why are we winning against the White Sox? Stop that! I do not want to be helping the Indians. Because we’ve beaten Chicago the last two nights, their lead is now only 6.5 games. Should be 8.5, if it wasn’t for our winning. :(
This was one of those games where both my wife and I expected a big Ranger loss, mostly because of who was pitching this night – Dead Arm Oliver. It took 3+ innings for dead arm to give up a run. In fact, it was his only run. He pitched 6 innings, and probably would have gone further, but his pitch count was way up there. A rather interesting surprise there – I doubt anyone expected Dead Arm to pitch well at all. However, let’s see if it happens a few times in a row – remember that dazzling start he had in rehab at AAA, just to be followed by the pasting he got at Tulsa. :) Jonathan Johnson went two innings to get the win in relief, and Wetteland got a save, although he lived up to his reputation of not making it easy at all.
Offensively, we didn’t have much else – we only scored two – and neither was an easy run. One in the 5th on a Scott Sheldon double, scoring Ledee. The other was in the top of the 9th on a Chad Curtis single, scoring Frank Catalnotto.
It was nice to get the win, but it was not nice to get it against the White Sox. I also found it interesting (although I can’t say why) that two “names” from earlier in Ranger history were playing in the same game, Ruben Sierra & Harold Baines.

Roster Transaction

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  • Recalled the following players today – will
    join the club on September 5 in Chicago
  • C Randy Knorr
  • RHP Darwin Cubillan
  • IF Kelly Dransfeldt
  • OF Ruben Sierra
  • LHP Mike Munoz transferred from 15 to 60 day
    disabled list.

G137: Rangers take close one from White Sox, 5-4

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You know, with all the losses we’ve had lately, I actually game into Chicago wanting the Rangers to get swept. A few more wouldn’t make any difference now. Why? Lord knows I don’t want to help the Cleveland Indians by beating the White Sox. The Indians need to be out of the playoffs. They’re starting to become rather annoying just like the Yankees by winning all the time.
This is one more game I missed – I got called into work on an emergency situation when the game was on – I only got to see the start of the game, when we went down 2-0 early.
We called up four players from AAA Oklahoma who finished their season on Monday the 4th. The four are: catcher Randy Knorr, Darwin Cubillan, Kelly Dransfeldt, & old time Ranger Ruben Sierra. Will be interesting to see Sierra up in the bigs. I’ll have to make sure to watch the pre-game show Tue night, I’m sure there will be something on him.

G136: Rangers win, but Cowboys get destroyed 41-14

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Not available – This is the third game in a row I missed. Why? I was out at Texas Stadium seeing the Cryboys get annihilated by the Philadelphia Eagles. Boy, it was a thing of wonder, wasn’t it? I hate the Cowboys. :)
On the Rangers side, it was nice to see Ryan Glynn put up this kind of start. Looked good from the box score.