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Frankie Francisco deserves mercy By RANDY GALLOWAY Fort Worth Star-Telegram FORT WORTH, Texas - Frankie has done wrong. He threw that chair. He missed the big mouth sitting behind the bullpen, but hit the guy's wife. Blood happened. A nose broke. An arrest was made. Frankie had to go downtown. He posted bail. The woman hired a lawyer. The lawyer is louder than the woman's husband. If I read him right, the Rangers' bullpen was on a meth-crazed rampage that night. Sounds like a civil lawsuit is coming. Imagine that. It's about the money. The commissioner of baseball has yet...

Texas reliever Frank Francisco was arrested Tuesday morning on a charge of aggravated battery after he threw a chair into the right-field box seats and hit two spectators in the head during Monday night's loss to the Oakland Athletics. One of the fans, an unidentified woman, was bloodied and her nose was broken. Major League Baseball's commissioner's office said Tuesday morning that it was investigating. Francisco was co-operative after he was taken into custody, Oakland Police Department deputy chief Peter Dunbar said. Related Info Texas reliever hurls chair at A's fans With two outs in the ninth inning, the Rangers'...

EDINBURG — With general voting in the primary election just days away, the Texas Rangers have begun an investigation of the mail ballot fraud allegations that arose last week. Texas Ranger Sgt. Israel Pacheco said he started his inquiry Thursday after meeting with Hidalgo County Elections Administrator Teresa Navarro to get details of the complaints. There is no deadline for this investigation, Pacheco said. "We’ll just be looking into things as they come." Two voters in McAllen and two in Weslaco, all older than 65, complained that when their mail ballots arrived, they were already sealed and included a note:...

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ProtestGayDay.com Exists To Protect & Preserve Our Innocent Youth Against The Homosexual AgendaProtest or PRAY with us at the Ballpark in Arlington at 6:00 pm on Sunday, Sept 14th.Game Start Time Is 7:05 pm - Protest Organizes at 6:00 pm  Click Here to Sign Our PetitionThe Straight Truth About ProtestGayDay.com& “TEXAS RANGERS TO HOLD GAY DAY”At The Ballpark In Arlington. Words In Quotations Taken From The Gay & Lesbian Newspaper Article    Mike Cramer, who is the President of Operations with the Texas Rangers organization, has repeatedly refused to address the article in the Dallas Voice Newspaper stating, “Gay Day at the Ballpark will be the first...

Rebel Texas Democrats to Hold Conference By CONNIE MABINAssociated Press Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP)--State troopers and the elite Texas Rangers were ordered to track down and bring in 59 Democratic lawmakers who brought the Texas House to a standstill Monday by going into hiding.The quorum-busting boycott capped months of tension between Democrats and the newly-in-control Republicans over a bill to limit lawsuits and a GOP budget that would make deep spending cuts without raising taxes.It also came just before scheduled debate on a congressional redistricting plan Democrats say was forced onto the agenda by Republican leaders in Washington.GOP House Speaker...

Big catch: Pudge signs with Florida Marlins Former Ranger gets 1-year, $10 million deal 01/22/2003 By KEN DALEY / The Dallas Morning News Former Rangers catcher Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez signed a one-year, $10 million contract with the Florida Marlins on Wednesday. Rodriguez, a 10-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove winner, was cut loose by the Rangers after the team traded for Cleveland catcher Einar Diaz on Dec. 6. The Rangers did not offer Rodriguez arbitration and paid him $2 million in severance as part of the contract. Rodriguez had discussed a three-year contract with Baltimore before talks broke off...

Red Sox legend Ted Williams dead at 83 07/05/2002 Associated Press CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. - Ted Williams, the Boston Red Sox revered and sometimes reviled "Splendid Splinter" and baseball's last .400 hitter, has died at age 83. Williams, who suffered a series of strokes and congestive heart failure in recent years, was taken Friday to Citrus County Memorial Hospital "where he was pronounced deceased," said sheriff's department spokesman Lt. Joe Eckstein. He underwent open-heart surgery in January 2001 and had a pacemaker inserted in November 2000. AP The Hall of Famer, who managed the Texas Rangers when the team...

Cheney to toss first pitch at Rangers' home opener 04/03/2002 By G. ROBERT HILLMAN / Washington Bureau of The Dallas Morning News WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney will throw out the first ball Friday afternoon at the Rangers' home opener against the Anaheim Angels, the White House said Friday. The game starts at 2:05 p.m. Mr. Cheney, who is on a cross-country political fund-raising tour, will head directly to The Ballpark in Arlington and plans no other appearances in the area, spokeswoman Cathy Martin said. President Bush, a former managing partner of the baseball club, also will be...