Rangers Reliever Pleads Not Guilty
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Texas Rangers reliever Frank Francisco pleaded not guilty Friday to a misdemeanor assault charge for breaking a woman's nose after tossing a chair into the stands at an Oakland Athletics game, his attorney said.
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- In the kind of performance that got him shipped out of New York, Jose Contreras was roughed up by the Texas Rangers on Tuesday.
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Thanks to the cheaters, everyone in baseball now is presumed guilty until proven innocent. You may be a diehard Roger Clemens fan and say you don't want to believe your guy has used performance-enhancing drugs to pitch like this into his mid-40s, but don't sit there and tell me you haven't wondered about it.
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The Rangers avoided a potentially fractious arbitration hearing with goalie Henrik Lundqvist and gave him a healthy raise with a one-year, $4.25 million contract.
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The winningest pitcher in the American League since the start of the 2005 season isn't Johan Santana or Roy Halladay or Mike Mussina. It's Jon Garland.
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He says he feels fine and is throwing the ball well, but clearly he is not. Something is wrong with Javier Vazquez, but pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre crossed some potential issues off the list.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- A lawsuit could be in the works after some Texas players were involved in a brawl with taunting fans in Oakland -- that led to the arrest of Rangers reliever Frank Francisco.
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OAKLAND, Calif. - Texas relief pitcher Frank Francisco was arrested Tuesday morning on a charge of aggravated battery after he threw a chair into the seats and hit two spectators when a melee broke out during a Rangers-Oakland Athletics game...
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The man accused in the disappearance of a teenager found locked in a storage room in his home pleaded not guilty to several charges Tuesday, and his attorney said he was told additional charges were being filed.
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CHICAGO -- Mike Timlin's reaction when he saw Manny Ramirez slip on Ben Davis's routine fly ball was probably no different than yours was last night. &quot;I just -- I'm thinking as I'm watching him go down, I'm saying, `No, no, no, no,' &quot; said the Red Sox reliever, who had been called upon in the bottom of the eighth ...
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Atlanta Braves shortstop Rafael Furcal, who is serving a 21-day jail sentence for being arrested while on probation, pleaded guilty Thursday to his second drunk driving charge.
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Arlington, TX (Sports Network) - The three Texas Rangers relievers involved in last Monday&#39;s altercation with fans in Oakland had their suspension reduced one game each by the league Wednesday.
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Don't expect major league baseball to discipline Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi and Gary Sheffield over reported admissions of steroid use.
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For the second straight game, the Rangers used a lefthanded reliever against Mark Bellhorn even though the switch-hitting second baseman has fared better against lefthanders (.313) than righthanders (.244). Texas opted to try protecting an 8-1 lead by sending out lefthander Ron Mahay yesterday against Bellhorn. Lefthanded hitters were batting .202 against Mahay and righthanders .238. So it was that ...
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A Texas Rangers relief pitcher was arrested and charged with assault after flinging a chair into the stands and injuring a woman during a baseball game in Oakland, California, officials said on Tuesday.
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ST. LOUIS Giants slugger Barry Bonds was at last night&#39;s World Series game but refused to answer questions about the scandal surrounding him involving performance-enhancing drugs.
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Hockey Hall of Famer Serge Savard pleaded not guilty Monday to two charges of drunken driving.