22002211 BBiigg 1122 BBaasseebbaallll PPrreevviieeww Feb. 12 - Feb. 18, 2021 Vol. 19, Issue 25 www.sportspagdfw.com FREE 2 February 12, 2021 - February 18, 2021 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 Issue 25 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 19 - Issue 25 | February 12, 2021 - February 18, 2021 3 Feb. 12, 2020 - Feb. 18, 2021 AROUND THE AREA Vol. 19, Issue 25 LOCAL NEWS OF INTEREST sportspagedfw.com Established 2002 NASCAR All-Star Weekend at TMS Cover Photo: AROUND THE AREA The Big 12 has released its 2021 foot- Texas Tech at Kansas 4 ball conference schedule. The slate features TCU at Oklahoma RANGER REPORT a 10-team, nine-game, round robin format Oklahoma State at Texas 5 BY DIC HUMPHREY for the 11th consecutive season, culminat- Saturday, October 23 GOLF, ETC ing with the Dr Pepper Big 12 Football Oklahoma State at Iowa State 6 BY TOM WARD Championship Game. 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Korean pitcher – AAA Round Rock and AA Frisco – offi- Yang Hyeon-jong is close to signing a cially accepted MLB’s invitation to remain minor league contract with the Rangers a Triple-A and Double-A affiliate of the that includes an invitation to spring train- Texas Rangers for ten years. The agree- ing. He was previously posted in 2014, ment is officially known as the “MLB and the Rangers bid on him then, but all Professional Development License.” the bids were rejected keeping him in The trade of Elvis Andrus for Khris Korea. Yang started 31 games last year Davis was still in the news this week. with an 11-10 record and a disappointing Davis was introduced at a press confer- 4.70 ERA. A year earlier, he was very ence. He was upbeat about the trade that strong with a 16-8 record and 2.29 ERA. brought him to Texas and believes he can The Rangers are hoping to see the 2018 return to form hitting home runs like he did version of Yang. in 2019 when he hit 48 to lead the league. The Ranger have not announced atten- He was for sure a Ranger killer, so having dance policies in view of Coronavirus pro- him on the Rangers may drop the Rangers’ tocols. They have however written staff ERA. He has been a one man wreck- Governor Abbott requesting they be ing crew against Texas. allowed 50% occupancy at the stadium The first spring game will be against Kansas City on February 27 It had been assumed that Elvis Andrus when the season begins. would slide over to third base, much like Game times were set this week for all games prior to March 14 can be limited to Michael Young did when Elvis first arrived Major League games. Of note is the as few as five innings. Also, innings may in the Majors. With Elvis now gone, there “MLB Field of Dreams” game on be considered complete without recording is no heir apparent for the position. It is Thursday, August 12. The White Sox and three outs when a pitcher has thrown 20 likely that the Rangers will look over the Yankees will square off in the first Major pitches or more in the inning.
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