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    Nelson Cruz suspension can't stop Rangers' impressive offensive surge

    Matthew Postins
    Aug 21, 2013 | 1:00 pm

    You know how Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington kept telling us and telling us that the offense would finally come around? Well, here we go.

    At perhaps the best possible time this season, the Rangers, collectively, have generated the kind of offense that we expected from them all season, even with the departure of Josh Hamilton. It also comes at the oddest possible time, as the Rangers’ most critical power source, outfielder Nelson Cruz, has been out of the lineup for more than two weeks due to his 50-game Biogenesis suspension.

    One would have expected the relatively quiet Rangers bats to go completely silent. I mean, Cruz just led the Rangers in home runs and RBI all season. That’s all.

    The Rangers are back in first place in the AL West, though Oakland shows no signs of letting up.

    From June 1 to July 28, a span of 51 games, the Rangers scored 3.51 runs per game. Only the San Francisco Giants and the Houston Astros scored fewer runs per game during that span.

    Starting July 29 (when Cruz was still active) and going through Monday’s eye-popping 16-5 win against Houston, the Rangers averaged 6.35 runs per game. During that 20-game span the Rangers scored nearly a run per game more than the next-closest team in baseball.

    As you might expect, that offensive resurrection has led to victories, in the form of a 17-4 record since July 29, including Tuesday’s 4-2 win over Houston. The Rangers are back in first place in the AL West, though Oakland shows no sign of letting up. Only the Los Angeles Dodgers – who are on a two-month streak of historic proportions – are hotter than the Rangers.

    Cruz’s suspension certainly left a power vacuum. Consider this – Adrian Beltre’s home run in the sixth inning Tuesday night made him just the third Ranger to hit at least one home run in the past seven days. Beltre’s homer also snapped his 13-day streak without a home run.

    So … what on earth is going on here? From where I sat Tuesday night, three things.

    First, let’s go back to Beltre. Sure, he hadn’t hit a home run in 13 days, but he’s hitting nearly everything in sight. Entering Tuesday’s game Beltre was hitting .422 since Cruz took a seat on Aug. 5. The Astros respected him so much during Monday’s game that they intentionally walked him on two straight at-bats to start the game.

    That hadn’t happened to a Ranger since 1979. Without Cruz’s protection in the order, Beltre has raised his game to an MVP level. Too bad there’s that Miguel Cabrera guy in Detroit.

    “He’s been getting it done in situations in which we’ve needed him to get it done,” Washington said. “That’s what Beltre is about. It seems like every time we go down the stretch he’s right there to do it. We certainly needed him tonight.”

    Second, there’s the runnin’ Rangers. The Rangers wanted a power bat at the trade deadline and couldn’t pull off a deal. They managed to snag Alex Rios instead. When they did they had three of the top six base-stealers in the AL – Rios, Elvis Andrus and Leonys Martin.

    Plus, there’s Ian Kinsler, Jurickson Profar and Craig Gentry. The Rangers had stolen 24 bases in Cruz’s absence entering Tuesday’s game and have become a team that generates runs in various ways. The days of waiting for the three-run home run are long gone, but what the Rangers are doing now is taking it to a whole new level.

    Third, clutch hitting. Finally. Beltre’s home run gave the Rangers a 3-2 lead Tuesday night. A.J. Pierzynski, who seems to be emerging from some mid-summer struggles at the plate, has nine hits with runners in scoring position this month and 15 RBI. Gentry’s bat is coming around. Martin is warming to hitting leadoff and is a true table-setter.

    Timing is everything in sports. It’s just hard to believe that this time, of all times, would be when the Rangers would finally get it going on offense.

    No Cruz, no problem? For now, at least.

    Oddly, the Rangers are on an offensive hot streak with the help of Nelson Cruz

      
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    Dallas Wings new women's basketball stars get warm welcome from city

    Alex Bentley
    Apr 23, 2025 | 12:15 pm
    WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert and Dallas Wings No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers
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    The Dallas Wings No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers brings big hopes for fans in the 2025 season

    The newest members of women's basketball team the Dallas Wings are already making waves: Paige Bueckers, the No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft, and her fellow new recruits were welcomed by a press conference at Dallas City Hall on April 23 — part of the Dallas Wings' official introduction of the rookie class.

    According to a releasae, Dallas Wings draftees Paige Bueckers, Aziaha James, Madison Scott, JJ Quinerly, and Aaronette Vonleh were welcomed by Mayor Eric Johnson and City Manager Kimberly Bizor Tolbert, and gifted with cowboy hats by the City of Dallas Economic Development Corporation.

    The team will start the 2025-2026 season playing at the Memorial Arena in the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. Their home arena is College Park Center on the UT Arlington campus, with one exception: They'll be playing their June 27 game against the Indiana Fever, featuring superstar Caitlin Clark, at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

    Fans will have to pony up the big bucks for that epic game, with the price for two tickets starting at $255, although the upper 300 level has not yet been opened for sale. Those wanting to sit near the floor behind the baseline will run themselves a pretty $1,205 for two seats.

    After Clark joined the WNBA in 2024, almost half of the other teams in the league moved their home games against the Fever to larger arenas. All of the other Wings home games are currently scheduled to take place at College Park Center.

    If all goes as planned, 2025 will be the last season for the Wings at that venue. In 2024, the team announced plans to move to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas Memorial Arena in Dallas, starting with the 2026 season.

    Bueckers joins the Wings after closing out her college career by winning her first national championship, with Connecticut dominating the previous champions, South Carolina, 82-59. She's considered by many to be the league's next superstar.

    The 2025 Dallas Wings season comes with much anticipation. Since the end of the 2024 season, the Wings have revamped their front office, which included the hiring of Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Curt Miller and Head Coach Chris Koclanes. In addition to the 2025 WNBA Draft Class, Miller made significant roster moves during free agency which included signing reigning WNBA Most Improved Player DiJonai Carrington, 2022 All-Rookie Team pick NaLyssa Smith, former Wings guard Tyasha Harris and 2020 All-WNBA Second Team member Myisha Hines-Allen.

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