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STORM CENTER: Deadline magic for Texas Rangers
The Texas Rangers certainly made plenty of noise at the Major League Baseball trade deadline this year.
The Rangers agreed, in principle, to acquire starting pitcher Cole Hamels and reliever Jake Diekman from the Philadelphia Phillies.
The deal was expected to be formally announced by both clubs on Friday, before the deadline at 3 p.m. Central Daylight Time.
Hamels will be under contract with the Rangers through the 2018 season, and could possibly provide an effective 1-2 punch with Yu Darvish should Darvish be healthy in years to come.
He’s guaranteed at least $81 million, and there is a vesting option for 2019.
On July 25 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, Hamels no-hit the Chicago Cubs, and provided a storybook ending for his time with the Phillies.
Hamels has a 6-7 record and 3.64 earned-run average, pitching for a bad Phillies team.
He’s expected to make his Rangers’ debut today at Globe Life Park in Arlington.
I really like this deal for both Texas and Philadelphia. Why?
Well, for the Rangers, they received a true innings eater and versatile pitcher. Hamels has pitched at least 200 innings in six of the past seven seasons.
Since 2010, the 31-year-old Hamels has 112 appearances of at least seven innings. That’s third among pitchers, behind the Seattle Mariners’ Felix Hernandez and Clayton Kershaw from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
For Philadelphia, it receives one of the my favorite Texas high school pitchers in recent memory – former Rockwall-Heath star Jake Thomspon. Read more in the weekend Bowie News.
Editor’s Note: The Storm Center column is the expressed written views of sports editor Eric Viccaro and not The Bowie News.
Cole Hamels was traded from the Philadelphia Phillies to the Texas Rangers before Friday’s 3 p.m. Central Daylight Time trade deadline. Hamels is a top-of-the-line starting pitcher. (Courtesy photo from the Texas Rangers)
A positive culture can be tough to install but will reap dividends if done correctly.
Trinadee Imotichey is trying to do just that with her Forestburg Lady Longhorns.
Imotichey, an assistant coach on the 2025 Forestburg volleyball team, was moved into the head coaching position. Last year’s coach, Cori Hayes, took over as football head coach.
Imotichey, in her 2nd year in Forestburg, said she learned a lot from Hayes and is ready to take over.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Bowie’s summer softball league team overcame a 6-1 deficit with a six-run third inning for a 7-6 win over Bridgeport in its season opener July 6.
The league consists of teams from Bowie, Nocona, Lindsay, Bridgeport, and Alvord and will last three weeks. Bowie will host games each week.
Bowie pitcher Hazel Trahern gave up two singles and a groundout to put the Sissies on the board in the first. It would be the only hits she gave up in the game. Two groundouts and a strikeout got the Lady Rabbits out of the jam.
Bowie got the run back in the bottom of the first with Andee Jo Miller opening the frame with a walk and a stolen base. She then scored on Kynlee Baker’s groundout to tie the game at one.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
Rest. Run. Repeat.
Sage Keck, an 8th grader at Montague, lives by this mantra. No ifs, ands and buts about it.
She’s been running since fourth grade PE classes where she would run a mile every week. After discovering she could outrun the other students, she began to enjoy it and continued doing it.
Her success continued, as she finished 2nd overall against more than 200 runners at the Old Saint Jo 5K July 4. In last weekend’s Texas Junior Olympics, she reached the pinnacle of her career so far by qualifying for the United States of America Track and Field (USATF) National Junior Olympics in Norwalk, Calif. in three events.
For further details, pick up a copy of Thursday’s Bowie News.
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