Texas Rangers Marlon Byrd heads for home plate on a Hank Blalock double in the eighth inning against the Kansas City Royals during the Rangers win in their MLB American League baseball game in Kansas City, Missouri, July 24, 2009. Byrd scored both runs in the game including a solo home run in the fourth inning. Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

Texas Rangers Marlon Byrd heads for home plate on a Hank Blalock double in the eighth inning against the Kansas City Royals during the Rangers win in their MLB American League baseball game in Kansas City, Missouri, July 24, 2009. Byrd scored both runs in the game including a solo home run in the fourth inning.

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  1. Texas Rangers' Esteban German, left, is greeted by Rangers' Marlon Byrd after German scored to tie the game in the eight inning of a MLB baseball game, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, at Safeco Field in Seattle.

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  1. Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan speaks at a media availability,Tuesday, Oct, 6, 2009. Texas. Ryan doesn't expect the team owner's effort to sell at least part of the baseball team to have any adverse effect on offseason plans.
  2. Texas Rangers president Nolan Ryan speaks at a media availability,Tuesday, Oct, 6, 2009. Texas. Ryan doesn't expect the team owner's effort to sell at least part of the baseball team to have any adverse effect on offseason plans.
  3. Seattle Mariners shortstop Josh Wilson, left, and Texas Rangers' Julio Borbon look back to find that Borbon was called out on a steal attempt during the eighth inning of a baseball game in Seattle on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009. The Mariners won 4-3.
  4. Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki watches his single against the Texas Rangers during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Seattle on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
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  6. Texas Rangers starter Scott Feldman wind up to deliver a pitch to the Seattle Mariners during the second inning of a baseball game in Seattle on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
  7. Texas Rangers' Esteban German, left, is greeted by Rangers' Marlon Byrd after German scored to tie the game in the eight inning of a MLB baseball game, Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, at Safeco Field in Seattle.
  8. Texas Rangers' Marlon Byrd throws his helmet after striking out with two runners on to end the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif., Monday, Sept. 28, 2009.
  9. Texas Rangers, from left, Hank Blalock, Marlon Byrd, Ian Kinsler and Taylor Teagarden watch from the dugout rail in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Arlington, Texas, on Sunday Sept. 27, 2009. The Rays won 7-6.
  10. Texas Rangers, from left, Hank Blalock, Marlon Byrd, Ian Kinsler and Taylor Teagarden watch from the dugout rail in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Arlington, Texas, on Sunday Sept. 27, 2009. The Rays won 7-6.
  11. The Texas Ranges' Julio Borbon, left, celebrates with Marlon Byrd the in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday Sept. 26, 2009. The Rangers won 15-3.
  12. Baseball fans and teammates in the dugout cheer as Texas Rangers' Marlon Byrd (22) Ian Kinsler (5) and Craig Gentry (68) walk to the dugout following Kinsler's three run home run off of Tampa Bay Rays' Grant Balfour that scored Gentry and Byrd in the eighth inning of a baseball game, Friday Sept. 25, 2009, in Arlington, Texas. With the shot, Kinsler became the third second baseman in major league history with 30 homers and 30 stolen bases in a season. The Rangers won 8-3.
  13. Texas Rangers, from left, Hank Blalock, Marlon Byrd, Ian Kinsler and Taylor Teagarden watch from the dugout rail in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Arlington, Texas, on Sunday Sept. 27, 2009. The Rays won 7-6.
  14. Texas Rangers, from left, Hank Blalock, Marlon Byrd, Ian Kinsler and Taylor Teagarden watch from the dugout rail in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Arlington, Texas, on Sunday Sept. 27, 2009. The Rays won 7-6.
  15. Texas Rangers' Ian Kinsler, left, is congratulated by teammate Hank Blalock after scoring in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in Arlington, Texas, on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009.
  16. Texas Rangers' Hank Blalock, right, celebrates with Marlon Byrd after hitting a two-run home run off of Oakland Athletics' Clay Mortensen in the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009, in Oakland, Calif.

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