I'm going to try and get a live blog  for today's Frisco game up and running at D's Inside Corner.  Drop by and join in.

Moscoso's first start.  Lemon at DH hitting sixth.  Vallejo back at 2B, batting second.    Wind blowing out to RF.

See you there.  Remember, the game is on Channel 21.

And away we go:  Moscoso's first pitch a ball....  Second, an 89 mph fastball for a strike... 

As you all know, we're trying to reinvent the wheel in a way.  Please check out our opening day stuff and let us know where you think we failed or scored, drilled it or missed the bullseye.  As always, let us know what you want.  And please -- for the sake of Dr Pepper and all that is holy -- hit us like we're Duane Bobick and you are Kenny Norton.  Check us out here:  http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/

I hope you all enjoy this.    Your boy would have made you all very very proud today.

http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/index.php/2009/03/20/farm-futures-live-from-surprise-320/

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What better way to fill up the word count than to pimp my employer and my sponsor?

Evan has left the DMN and hooked up with the fine folks at D Magazine to kick off a sports blog http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/

As Evan notes in his initial post, it won't be a traditional blog.  Evan will be back in the clubhouse delivering the best in Rangers beat coverage.   I too will be posting at D Inside Corner  from now on.

Evan is on his way to Surprise right now and will be reporting on today's game. 

Please bookmark http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/ and make it a point to drop by frequently for your Rangers news.

I just caught Adam's eulogy to the DMN's Rangers coverage and thought maybe I could shed some light on the situation based on what I've been told.

The DMN will no longer have beat writers (Evan & Richard).   The DMN will print the same daily beat stories & notes by Jeff Wilson and Anthony Andro that appear in the Startlegram.

The DMN will maintain their Rangers blog, but Evan will not be a part of it because he was transferred to the Cowboys beat (cuz lord knows, you just can't have too many Cowboys beat writers in the spring).

Richard Durrett has been reassigned as an all-purpose blogger, joining Tim MacMahon in that capacity.   Both Richard and Tim will contribute to all DMN Sports Blogs.   I have been asked to stay on with the DMN Rangers Blog.   I have been told that I am free to continue to do whatever I think is best, whether it's doing game stories from Frisco, interviews, Q&A's, roundtables, etc.     Jeff WIlson and Anthony Andro will also contribute to the DMN Rangers blog.  

The DMN general sports columnists -- JJT, Tim Cowlishaw and Kevin Sherrington -- will continue to provide original Rangers-related exclusive content for the DMN as they see fit.   The Startlegram's columnists -- Gil, Reevo, Galloway & Galloway-Lite -- will continue to provide Rangers-related exclusive content to the Startlegram as they see fit. 

I am far from the official source on this -- and I'm sure this could all change again next week -- but it seems that y'all haven't been told much about what is going to happen and I thought I'd try to clear it up a bit based on what I've been told.    

Like you, I'm extremely disappointed not only in this whole development, but  the way it was communicated to fans and readers such as yourselves.

If you still want Evan Grant reporting on the Rangers for you,  take a minute and fill up a couple of e-mail boxes.  Might help, might not:  Might as well try.

DMN Sports Editor — Gary Leavell: gleavell@dallasnews.com
DMN Deputy Managing Editor Sports — Bob Yates: byates@dallasnews.com

They still haven't told me what they are going to do about the blog and I'm not sure that they've made a final  decision.   I do know that even in September, Octobe and November, the Rangers blog was the second most active DMN blog (behind the Cowboys, of course) and that we routinely got five to six times as many hits per day as the Mavericks or Stars blogs and ten to fifty times as many as any other DMN sports blog.   I also know that beat reporting on the sports teams gets far more action than the columns. 

So why they want to cut back on beat reporting and keep columnists around is beyond me.   Seems that bloggers have replaced traditional columnists, but as good as guys like Adam or Jamey or Joey are, they can't take the place of great beat reporters.

http://rangersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/11/report-rangers-throw-big-bucks-at-tazawa.html

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D94L7LE81&show_article=1

But he's still going to sign with Boston, and that's probably just as well.  Hopefully, it results in Buchholz for Salty.

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Are those of you who think Hurley should break camp in the Rangers rotation of that opinion because of what he's done this spring, or last year in OKC?   Or is there another reason that I don't get?  

And if your other reason is that he's better than Sidney Ponson, my next question is "so what?"

with lots of photos
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if you're interested......

http://rangersfarmreport.mlblogs.com

players featured:

Manny Pina, Wilmer Font, Neftali Feliz, Johnny Whittleman, Bobby Wilkins, Thomas Diamond, Kennil Gomez, Derek Holland, Matt Lawson .... etc.

Photos of Engel Beltre, Elvis Andrus, Chris Davis, Jose Vallejo, Blake Beavan, Kasey Kiker, etc.

It's now clear that at least one Rangers pitcher must leave each ST game with an injury.

So who is it going to be today?  Those scheduled to enter the line of fire today are listed below and in the poll to your right.............................................

Luis Mendoza
Kameron Loe
Jason Davis
Josh Rupe
Elizardo Ramirez
Warner Madrigal
Doug Mathis