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40 faces, 40 seasons of Texas Rangers baseball
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Highland Park High grad Clayton Kershaw follows in classmate's
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Nolan Ryan Hints He Did Not Want to Sign Cliff Lee
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The Texas Rangers do have reasons to pursue Clayton Kershaw
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Rangers make some changes, still head to 1st World Series
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Roy Halladay - Wikipedia
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Texas Rangers get Cliff Lee from Seattle Mariners for Justin Smoak
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Dearth of run support putting Yu Darvish in historical territory
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Cliff Lee: Why He'd Ruin His Legacy Signing with the New York
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Nolan Ryan and Tommy John flush notion that babying pitchers