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‘Riders on the Record: Part Deuce
Welcome back to ‘Riders on the Record, your chance to catch up on the week’s pre-game interviews. Frisco plays an early one today, 1:05 p.m. at Whataburger field in Corpus Christi. The Sunday sitdown...
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‘Riders on the Record: The Bloodied Submariner and special guest Jason Cole
It’s Sunday. That means it’s time to relax and unwind with “‘Riders on the Record,” the weekly entry of conversations with this year’s Frisco RoughRiders. Today is also a day to make blueberry pie...
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‘Riders in Review: April 2013
A month into the books, and the ‘Riders are off to a solid start. As we began May yesterday, the RoughRiders sat at 14-11, tied for the best record in the Texas League with the Midland Rockhounds. As...
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Baseball’s “Iron Man”
In 1995, Cal Ripken broke Lou Gehrig’s 56-year record of most consecutive games played, earning Ripken the title of baseball’s all-time Iron Man. Set over a sixteen year period, the record stands at...
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The 2013 (Nearly) Complete Twitter Guide…: Part Two – The Players
This post is a continuation of an earlier post compiling the essential Twitter handles to keep up with the Texas Rangers farm system and Texas League. You can find all entries here. A little over a...
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‘Riders on the Record: a red-eye and a nearly historic start
‘Riders on the Record is a weekly rundown of the pre-game interviews record by broadcasters Alex Vispoli and Nathan Barnett with RoughRiders players and coaches and occasionally a special guest. You...
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MLB Draft Day: Frisco RoughRiders in the Draft
In honor of today’s draft, we decided to take a look back at the drafting of today’s Frisco RoughRiders, where they went in the draft and next to whom. Eleven RoughRiders were international...
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Remembering the Promoted Ones
So apparently today is Paul Bunyan Day. Or maybe it was yesterday. The origin stories seem dubious. At any rate, that got me thinking about Jared Hoying, the most Paul Bunyan like of this season’s...
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Day Three in Surprise: Chi-Chi, Cacti and Camelback Ranch
Tommy Hansen faces the White Sox at Camelback Ranch. This week I’m taking in my first visit to Surprise, Arizona for Rangers Spring Training, and I’m bringing you with me. Click the links if you missed...
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First impressions: New RoughRiders manager Jason Wood
Jason Wood played for parts of five seasons in the big leagues, including 2006-08 with the Florida Marlins. When I was out in Surprise this week I had the opportunity to interview the new manager of...
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Ace Ventura: From the Texas League to the World Series
When Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura takes to the mound at Kaufmann Stadium tonight with the hopes of an entire fan base weighing on his slim frame, he can take comfort in one indisputable fact: at...
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Riding Through the Farm: Rangers Organization Off to Perfect Start
Happy Friday, everyone! Opening Day has come and gone in Minor League Baseball. As we enter day two, the Rangers are the only organization to have all four of their affiliates win last night, thanks to...
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Riding Through the Farm: Rangers Organization Leading Respective Divisions
The RoughRiders have won six of their first seven games and lead the Texas League South division, but they are not the only team in the farm system playing great baseball right now. Every team...
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