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He may not know it, but Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson is apparently a two-sport star.

Rays advance to play Cleveland

On the final day of the 2013 Major League Baseball season, the Cleveland Indians clinched the top American League Wild Card spot, while the Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers finished tied, and will play a tie-breaker game ton Monday, to determine the last team to make the postseason.

This is video of Desmond Jennings delivering a walk-off single in the bottom half of the 12th inning on Wednesday night, to score Sam Fuld, giving the Tampa Bay Rays a 4-3 win over the Texas Rangers at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.

This is video of Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish, a right-handed pitcher, throwing with his left-hand, in between one of his recent starts.

This is video of Texas Rangers' third baseman Adrian Beltre sprinting to the left-field line, to attempt to avoid a tage in Sunday's game against the Houston Astros, at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas.

New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera continued his 2013 farewell tour by receiving a Texas-sized gift from the Texas Rangers on Thursday.

This is video of Manny Ramirez smashing a home run for the Round Rock Express, the AAA affiliate of the Texas Rangers, on Tuesday night, before showing off his new hair cut.

This is umpire Bill Miller, just flat out changing his mind, before calling a third strike, during a game between the Texas Rangers and Chicago Cubs, on Thursday, at Wrigley Field, in Chicago.

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel, the 2012 college football Heisman Trophy winner, threw out the first pitch prior to the Texas Rangers' home opener against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night, in Arlington, Texas.

In earlier segments of my 2013 Major League Baseball preview I previewed the American League East, the National League East, the American League Central, and the National League Central divisions. In this segment, I take a look at the American League West.

Can Texas survive the loss of Josh Hamilton

Josh Hamilton is a Texas Ranger no longer. According to sources, Hamilton has agreed to a 5 year deal with the Los Angeles Angels, worth...

The baseball playoffs start today with the new format of having two wild-card teams play each other in a one game, loser go home format. The Baltimore Orioles are in Texas to take on the slumping Rangers tonight.  Lefty Joe Saunders get the start for Baltimore, while Yu Darvish takes the mound for Texas in a game to start this evening at 7:30. ...

The Oakland A's never sat atop the AL West during the 2012 season...until today. On the final day of the regular season, the A's routed the Texas Rangers 12-5 to complete an improbable run on their way to an AL West title. Much like they did late in the...

Things aren't going very well for Josh Hamilton right now. The Texas Rangers' slugger, who got off to one of the most amazing starts ever this season, was not in the Rangers' lineup for Saturday's game against the White Sox. Rangers manager Ron Washington did not tell Hamilton in advance he would not be in the lineup because he didn't want Hamilton to try to talk him out of it...

This is video of Texas Rangers' outfielder Josh Hamilton receiving a few Twizzlers from a fan.

Casey Affleck has proved himself to be a talented actor in films like ‘Gone Baby Gone’ and ‘The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.’ In fact, he may be a better actor that his brother Ben Affleck. But is he a better director? We may yet find out as Casey is planning to write and direct a film about baseball star Josh Hamilton.

The following took place on Monday evening, during a gamer between the Texas Rangers and the San Diego Padres. Listen where Rangers' television play-by-play man Dave Barnett just kind of lost it for a few seconds, and started talking incoherently.

For years, I've argued that the closer role in Major League Baseball is an overrated, overvalued position. Now, don't get me wrong, I think bullpens, as a whole, are underrated, but the closer role is overrated.