Chasing That Ring Texas Rangers Franchise (The Show)

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I finally picked up a copy of MLB The Show 12 and decided to do a Franchise with the Texas Rangers Here are the settings I'll be using.

Batting Difficulty:All Star
Pitching Difficulty:All Star
Fielding Difficulty:All Star

Looking forward to having some fun with this game. I'll be looking to update standing at the end pof each month and post league leaders as well during that time.

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Texas Rangers
#	PITCHERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
11	Yu Darvish	SP	R/R	25	6'5"	185	490K
30	Neftali Feliz	SP	R/R	23	6'3"	215	1.6M
45	Derek Holland	SP	S/L	25	6'2"	193	3.3M
48	Colby Lewis	SP	R/R	32	6'4"	230	3.7M
54	Matt Harrison	SP	L/L	26	6'4"	240	1.7M
37	Mike Adams	RP	R/R	33	6'5"	190	3.5M
19	Koji Uehara	RP	R/R	36	6'1"	190	1.9M
41	Alexi Ogando	RP	R/R	28	6'4"	195	530K
57	Mark Lowe	RP	L/R	28	6'3"	210	1.2M
39	Scott Fieldman	RP	L/R	29	6'7"	230	1.1M
14	Robbie Ross	RP	L/L	22	5'11"	185	400K
36	Joe Nathan	CP	R/R	37	6'4"	225	6.6M
#	CATCHERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
25	Mike Napoli	C	R/R	30	6'0"	215	5.9M
8	Yorvitt Torrealba	C	R/R	33	5'11"	200	560K
#	INFIELDERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
15	Alberto Gonzalez	2B	R/R	28	5'10"	194	250K
5	Ian Kinsler	2B	R/R	29	6'0"	200	12.3M
1	Elvis Andrus	SS	R/R	23	6'0"	200	7.3M
29	Adrian Beltre	3B	R/R	32	5'11"	220	12.9M
18	Mitch Moreland	1B	L/L	26	6'2"	230	490K
#	OUTFIELDERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
7	David Murphy	LF	L/L	30	6'4"	205	1.0M
17	Nelson Cruz	RF	R/R	31	6'2"	240	9.7M
32	Josh Hamilton	CF	L/L	30	6'4"	240	10.3M
20	Julio Borbon	CF	L/L	26	6'0"	195	490K
#	DESIGNATED HITTER	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
10	Michael Young	3B	R/R	35	6'1"	200	7.8M

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Texas Rangers April 2012 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Apr 6	vs Chicago White Sox	Lost, 8-7
Apr 7	vs Chicago White Sox	Lost, 7-6
Apr 8	vs Chicago White Sox	Won, 5-3
Apr 9	vs Seattle Mariners	Lost, 6-3
Apr 10	vs Seattle Mariners	Lost, 5-1
Apr 11	vs Seattle Mariners	Won, 4-3
Apr 12	vs Seattle Mariners	Won, 6-0
Apr 13	at Minnesota Twins
Apr 14	at Minnesota Twins
Apr 15	at Minnesota Twins
Apr 17	at Boston Red Sox
Apr 18	at Boston Red Sox
Apr 19	at Detroit Tigers
Apr 20	at Detroit Tigers
Apr 21	at Detroit Tigers
Apr 22	at Detroit Tigers
Apr 23	vs New York Yankees
Apr 24	vs New York Yankees
Apr 25	vs New York Yankees
Apr 27	vs Tampa Bay Rays
Apr 28	vs Tampa Bay Rays
Apr 29	vs Tampa Bay Rays
Apr 30	at Toronto Blue Jays

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Chicago White Sox at Texas Rangers
Apr 6, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (0-0)	0	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	8
Texas (0-0)	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	7
W: Nathan Jones (1-0) L: Mark Lowe (0-1) S: Matt Thornton (1)

Chicago White Sox at Texas Rangers
Apr 7, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chicago (1-0)	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	12	1
Texas (0-1)	0	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	6	12	0
W: Jake Peavy (1-0) L: Derek Holland (0-1) S: Matt Thornton (2)

White Sox at Rangers |
Apr 8, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Chicago (2-0)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	7	0
Texas (0-2)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	5	8	0
W: Robbie Ross (1-0) L: Nathan Jones (1-1)

The Texas Rangers survive and keep from being swept as they take down the White Sox in game three. Matt Harrison sustained a minor injury to his arm only pitching three innings. Mike Adams blew the save for the Rangers but they were bailed out by rookie Robbie Ross as he pitched three innings giving up one hit and walking one to go with a strikeout.

Rangers host the Mariners next as Yu Darvish will be making his first start of the season.

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Seattle Mariners Series

Game One

Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers
Apr 9, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle (1-3)	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	6	10	1
Texas (1-2)	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	8	0
W: Hector Noesi (1-0) L: Yu Darvish (0-1) S: Brandon League (1)

Game Two

Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers
Apr 10, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle (2-3)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	7	0
Texas (1-3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	1
W: Felix Hernandez (1-1) L: Neftali Feliz (0-1)

Game Three

Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers
Apr 11, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle (3-3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	6	0
Texas (1-3)	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	4	14	1
W: Alexi Ogando (1-0) L: Lucas Luetge (0-1)

Game Four

Seattle Mariners at Texas Rangers
Apr 12, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle (3-4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	1
Texas (2-3)	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	X	6	11	0
W: Scott Feldman (1-0) L: Jason Vargas (0-2) S: Robbie Ross (1)

The Texas Rangers get a series split with the Mariners after dropping the first two games of the series the Rangers bullpen comes back strong winning two games. At this point in the season Adrian Beltre & Nelson Cruz are leading the Rangers offense as Beltre is hitting .440 & Cruz is hitting .409 on the year.

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Minnesota Twins Series

Game One

Rangers at Twins |
Apr 13, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Extras	R	H	E
Texas (3-4)	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	2	8	15	0
Minnesota ()	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	3	9	19	1
W: Brian Duensing (1-0) L: Joe Nathan (0-1)

Game Two

Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins
Apr 14, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (3-5)	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	16	0
Minnesota ()	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	2
W: Yu Darvish (1-1) L: Nick Blackburn (0-1)

Game Three

Texas Rangers at Minnesota Twins
Apr 15, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas (4-5)	0	0	1	0	2	3	0	2	0	9	16	0
Minnesota ()	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
W: Neftali Feliz (1-1) L: Glen Perkins (0-1)

The Rangers survive a fourteen inning first game as Darvish & Feliz throw gems to give the Rangers the series and increase there record to 5-5 on the year.

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Boston Red Sox Series

Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox
Apr 17, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas ()	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	1
Boston ()	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	x	5	12	2
W: Josh Beckett (1-1) L: Colby Lewis (0-1)

Texas Rangers at Boston Red Sox
Apr 18, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas ()	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Boston ()	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	x	2	9	0
W: Clay Buchholz (2-1) L: Derek Holland (0-2)

Detroit Tigers Series

Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers
Apr 19, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas ()	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	11	0
Detroit ()	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
W: Matt Harrison (1-0) L: Joaquin Benoit (0-1)

Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers
Apr 20, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas ()	2	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	8	13	0
Detroit ()	0	2	1	0	6	0	1	0	x	10	10	3
W: Rick Porcello (2-0) L: Yu Darvish (1-2)

Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers
Apr 21, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas ()	0	0	0	0	0	!	4	0	0	1	8	1
Detroit ()	0	0	1	0	6	0	3	0	x	4	7	0
W: Drew Smyly (1-0) L: Neftali Feliz (1-2)

Texas Rangers at Detroit Tigers
Apr 22, 2012	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas ()	0	0	0	0	0	!	0	0	0	1	5	0
Detroit ()	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
W: Colby Lewis (1-1) L: Justin Verlander (1-2)

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Since I have gotten so far ahead in my franchise I decided to take a few photos to get caught up with the franchise. I'll be posting those in a few minutes to get everyone caught up