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Rangers to play in Puerto Rico next year?

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NEW YORK (AP) — The 1999 opener was in Mexico and the 2000 opener in Japan. Next year, baseball could start its season in Puerto Rico.
The Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers are likely to open the 2001 regular season in San Juan on Sunday night, April 1, several baseball officials said Tuesday.
“I would say it’s in the discussion-of-details stage,” Blue Jays general manager Gord Ash said. “There’s a willingness to participate. It’s just a matter of getting the details done.”
Toronto would be the home team in the game at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, Ash said, and the teams would play an exhibition game in Puerto Rico the previous day. A decision is expected in a few weeks.
ESPN could televise the game as part of its Sunday night package. Network spokeswoman Diane Lamb said ESPN wouldn’t comment until after baseball makes an official announcement.
It would be the third straight international opener for baseball, which started the 1999 season at Monterrey, Mexico, with a game between San Diego and Colorado, and opened this season in Tokyo with a two-game series between the New York Mets and Chicago Cubs.
Rangers catcher Ivan Rodriguez, the 1999 American League MVP, would be the top attraction for the game. Rodriguez, who is out for the season with a broken right thumb, was born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, and lives in Rios Pedros.
Texas infielder Luis Alicea was born in Santurce and lives in Florida.
Toronto first baseman Carlos Delgado is from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. While he agreed last December to a $36 million, three-year contract extension, he has the right, in the 10 days after the World Series, to demand that Toronto trade him by Feb. 15.
Last year, baseball discussed moving a three-game series between the Rangers and the Chicago White Sox this May 10-12 to Puerto Rico, but nothing became of those talks.
News of these negotiations originally was reported earlier this week by The Globe and Mail in Toronto.

Roster Transaction

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  • RHP Ryan Glynn recalled from DL
  • RHP Darwin Cubillan assigned to A Pulaski (a
    paper only transaction)

G129: Rangers lose to Blue Jays, 6-4

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No commentary on this one either. I was on the highways of Texas headed towards the best sausage I’ve ever had in my life from the Southside Market & BBQ. It’s “Elgin Hot Sausage”. Check it out.

G128: Rangers lose to the Jays, 9-3

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This is more like the Rangers of 2000. That 1-0 win last night had to be a dream. This team couldn’t sustain that for more than a game at a time, and even then, only once in awhile.
I actually didn’t see any of this game, I was at the Dell Diamond seeing the Round Rock Express beat up on Darren Oliver in a rehab start. If you get a chance to get down to Round Rock next season, go for it. It’s a great little park!
I did tune in for a minute to listen to the Rangers game, but they were losing 4-1, so I turned it back off, and watched the game in front of me. :)

G126: Rangers lose to Yankees again, 8-7

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This is the kind of loss that makes you want to say “Oh, it’s not all that bad, we only lost by one, if we had that one extra hit, if we…” But we know better. This season is just bad, so this is the kind of thing that happens all the time. Our bullpen crashed yet again, and we lost the game late.
Wait a minute. Didn’t I just say the same thing about yesterday’s game? Yeah, I did. This one felt exactly like yesterday’s game. Same feel, same thing. We lost to the Yankees in the Bronx by a one run score. Sigh again.

Roster Transaction

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  • LHP Darren Oliver assigned to AA Tulsa for a
    rehab start.

G127: Rangers shut out Blue Jays, beat ’em 1-0

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I saw the last few innings of this one. Lynn & I were down in the Austin/Round Rock area to see the Drillers play the Round Rock Express on Saturday. We went down on Friday, and after we got in from dinner, and a look around 6th Street in Austin, I caught the end of this one. Going into it, I figured we’d get blown out. David Wells always pitches good at the Ballpark against us, and Doug Davis was the inexperienced rookie going up against him. I figured we’d lose something like 8-1 or so. I was rather shocked to see the score 0-0 when I tuned in around the 8th inning.
Wells went eight innings, giving up eight hits, and no runs. However, Doug Davis was even better, going 8 innings, giving up only four hits, and no runs. For a change, our bullpen managed to keep it going – Wetteland pitched two innings, giving up just one hit, one walk, and nothing else. Mike Venafro came on to pitch the 11th, and didn’t give up a thing.
We managed to get to Billy “I have the stupidest beard in all of baseball” Koch for a run in the bottom of the 11th to pull out a 1-0 win in extra innings. A win this season is rare. A win in extra innings is even rarer! This was a spectacular ballgame, one I wish I could have seen in person. The game winning hit was by Rusty Greer, who delivered a game ending winning hit for the 17th time since 1995.
One funny thing – it looked odd to see the umpires in makeshift uniforms – their equipment hadn’t arrived, and one of them wore a Rangers cap. It looked silly. :)

Roster Transaction

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  • RHP Ryan Glynn sent to AAA Oklahoma for a
    rehab start.