2010 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team
The 2010 team had 26 roster players, with 14 scholarships to utilize between them.


2010 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team, Season Review, Non-Conference
Texas A&M opened a highly anticipated season by hosting annual rival North Carolina in College Station. Many thought the Aggies were heavy favorites considering their talented and experienced roster, while the Tar Heels (although ranked #1 coming off their national title) were completely rebuilding with several freshmen starting their first game on the road. Instead, the Tar Heels came out on fire, attacking the Aggies early and often with precision passing and scoring a quick goal in the 3rd minute by Meghan Klingenberg from 30 yards out.


2010 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team, Season Review, Non-Conference
Although A&M temporarily righted the ship, UNC added a second goal in the 20th minute off a header by Ali Hawkins on a corner kick. The Aggies' best chance to score came in the 28th minute when Alyssa Mautz struck the crossbar with a shot that then bounced off the Tar Heel goalkeeper out-of-bounds. North Carolina added a 3rd goal for the 3–0 win in the 60th minute, but by that point in the match they had complete control and were basically on cruise control. The loss for the Aggies was only the third season-opening loss and was a crushing blow both for the team and the fans (2,822 in attendance), and it signaled that this team might not be quite at the lofty level that most thought it would be before the season.


2010 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team, Season Review, Non-Conference
However, A&M would respond to this disappointment by ripping off 6 straight wins, with a notable 5–3 win over Virginia Tech in the annual Fish Camp game that drew 5,560 fans to the Aggie Soccer Stadium. A&M's first road trip of the season resulted in wins over Indiana (5–2) and Purdue (2–1), but the following weekend the anticipated rematch with #3 Portland resulted in a 1–0 loss in Portland that was not as close as the score indicated. The Pilots controlled the match from the outset, dominating possession and firing off multiple shots on goal early in the match. If not for a heroic effort from GK Kelly Dyer, who made several spectacular saves after replacing the injured Kristen Arnold, A&M would have lost by a large margin. The Aggies were able to conclude the non-conference slate with a home win over an overmatched Cal State Northridge side 5–0.


2010 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team, Season Review, Conference
A&M had not won a Big 12 championship since 2007, a fact that loomed large in the minds of the coaches and players, who had dedicated themselves to regaining the conference crown in 2010. Things got off to a rocky start with a shocking 2–1 OT loss to Colorado at home after a lightning delay that sent many fans home because of the late start. CU's Lizzy Herzl netted the winning goal in the 99th minute, sending the stunned crowd home in silence.


2010 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team, Season Review, Conference
However, as they did after the tough loss to UNC in the home opener, the Aggies re-focused and won 8 straight games. A big win over Nebraska (which was moving to the Big Ten in 2011) in Lincoln 2–1 (which snapped the Huskers' 18-game home winning streak) highlighted the next five games as A&M usually took control of matches early and posted four straight shutouts over Kansas, Baylor, Texas Tech, and Iowa State.


2010 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team, Season Review, Conference
The penultimate moment of the season probably came at Missouri in a hard fought 4–2 win in a game that was nationally televised by ESPNU. F Merritt Mathias netted 2 goals, while M Rachel Shipley and F Nora Skelton each added a goal in the come from behind effort. The impressive win came with a high price, however, as M Beth West went down with an injury that would plague her the rest of the season.


2010 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team, Season Review, Conference
With 3 games left, A&M only needed to win their next 2 at home against Oklahoma and league leader Oklahoma State to clinch a share of the conference title. The Sooners proved to be a difficult out as they forced A&M to extra time before F Alyssa Mautz concluded her terrific match by scoring the winning goal in the 2OT. In the de facto Big 12 championship game, A&M took an early lead on #5 Oklahoma State when F Whitney Hooper was taken down in the penalty box for a penalty kick.


2010 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team, Season Review, Conference
M Rachel Shipley calmly put away the goal for a 1–0 lead that would hold up for the win, clinching A&M's 11th Big 12 title. The Aggies' defense, which had arguably been an achilles' heel over the years, continued their stellar play, stifling the OSU offense and limiting the Cowgirls to 3 shots on goal. The back line of Bri Young, Rachel Balaguer, Mary Schmidt, and freshman sensation Rachel Lenz was possibly A&M's best defense in school history, especially in the second half of the season. The regular season ended with a 1–1 draw at Texas in a game that was played at a fierce pace, with F Alyssa Mautz scoring the goal for the Aggies.


2010 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team, Season Review, Conference
At the Big 12 tournament in San Antonio, A&M escaped an upset bid by Colorado (in their last meeting before CU moved to the new Pac-12 in 2011) in the quarterfinals by advancing via penalty kicks 5–4 after a 0–0 draw in regulation and OT. But the upset did occur in a semifinal loss to Oklahoma, 1–0 in OT. The mounting injuries on A&M's side became a major factor entering the postseason, which would be confirmed the following week in Minnesota.


2010 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team, Season Review, NCAA Tournament
Texas A&M was awarded a 4-seed by the NCAA tournament committee, but they were surprisingly sent to Minneapolis, MN in a pod with Minnesota, Creighton, and North Dakota St. The Aggies were clearly disappointed with this seeding and not being able to host for the second straight year after hosting the 1st/2nd Round games for 14 consecutive years (1995–2008). A&M battled cool conditions (low 40s) to forge a tie with North Dakota St. 1–1 through 2OT, but prevailed in a penalty shootout 4–3 when GK Kelly Dyer saved a Bison PK to advance to the 2nd Round. M Rachel Shipley converted a PK in the 7th minute to give A&M an early lead before the Bison tied the game in the 75th minute.


2010 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team, Season Review, NCAA Tournament
The weather conditions for the 2nd Round game against Minnesota almost postponed the match entirely. 82,000 cubic feet (2,300 m3) of snow had to be cleared from the playing surface the morning of the game, while temperatures hovered around 32 degrees at kickoff. Clearly out of their element, the Aggies struggled to find possession or any rhythm as the Gophers quickly took control of the match early and scored their first goal in the 13th minute off a corner kick.


2010 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team, Season Review, NCAA Tournament
GK Kristen Arnold (8 saves) played valiantly, keeping the Aggies in the match with multiple point blank saves in the 1st Half as the Gophers had an 11–1 shot advantage at the half. A&M played better in the 2nd half and their best chance came in the 55th minute when F Whitney Hooper slipped on the wet field during a breakaway on goal. Minnesota put the game away in the 76th minute off a rebound in the box for the 2–0 victory.


2010 Texas A&M Aggies women's soccer team, Season Review, NCAA Tournament
A&M's season ended abruptly and was considered very disappointing considering the team's high expectations before the season began. Several key injuries to starters throughout the season derailed the Aggies chances for a deep tournament run. Beth West, Bri Young, and Katie Hamilton were all lost with season-ending injuries, while others such as Merritt Mathias and Whitney Hooper battled injuries down the stretch but still managed to play in the post-season. It was a bitter end for the 8 seniors that had won 2 Big 12 titles and advanced to both the Elite 8 and Sweet 16 in their careers, although they still were one of the winningest classes in school history.


2010 Texas Bowl
The 2010 Texas Bowl was the fifth edition of the college football bowl game, and was played at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. The game started at 5:00 PM US CST on Wednesday, December 29, 2010. The game was telecast on ESPN for the second time in bowl history after being televised by the NFL Network for the first three games. The bowl matched the sixth selection from the Big 12 Conference, Baylor, versus the sixth selection from the Big Ten Conference, Illinois.


2010 Texas Bowl, Pre-game
By December 8, three days after the announcement of the participating teams, approximately 60,000 of the stadium's 70,000 seats had been purchased; bowl officials anticipated the bowl's first-ever sellout. Baylor announced the same day that all but 400 of its 12,000-ticket allotment had been sold and that the athletics department had requested more tickets from the Texas Bowl.


2010 Texas Bowl, Teams, Illinois
After a disappointing 7-6 season Illinois returns to a bowl game to face Baylor. Illinois boasts Mikel Leshoure who emerged as the Big Ten's best running back this season, ranking eighth nationally in rushing with 126.1 yards per game. Illinois has not won a bowl game since 1999 when they defeated Virginia in the MicronPC.com Bowl. The game will also mark the Fighting Illini's first appearance in the Texas Bowl.


2010 Texas Bowl, Teams, Baylor
Baylor enters the Texas Bowl with a 7-5 record. After a 7-2 start the Bears lost their last 3 contests. Baylor boasts 5 receivers with at least 40 catches in their high-powered offense. The Bears will be playing in their first Texas Bowl. This is their first bowl appearance since the 1994 Alamo Bowl where they lost to the high powered Washington State Cougars.


2010 Texas Bowl, Notes
This was the second time that the two programs have met in a game. Baylor was a 34-19 winner over Illinois in their only previous meeting at Champaign, Illinois on September 25, 1976.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team
The 2010 Texas Longhorns football team (variously "Texas", "UT", the "Longhorns", or the "'Horns") represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Mack Brown, in his 13th year at Texas. Longhorns played their home games in Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium and are members of the south division of the Big 12 Conference. Texas finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in Big 12 play. It was the Longhorns' first losing season since 1997.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice
The Rice Owls and Texas met in 2010 for the 92nd time. Texas held a 69–21–1 lead in the series, which began in 1914. For the Longhorns this series ranks fourth in number of games played, behind Texas A&M, Oklahoma, and Baylor. The two schools were once conference foes in the Southwest Conference and have maintained a rivalry despite the fact that Texas enjoys a sizable lead in the series. President John F. Kennedy alluded to the lopsidedness of the rivalry in his 1962 speech on America's space program: "But why, some say, the moon? ...


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice
And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain. Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? ... We choose to go to the moon ... and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." In addition to continuing a traditional rivalry, playing Rice in a home and away series allows for Texas to play games in Houston, Texas, an important recruiting base for UT, which has a significant Texas Exes alumni population.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Rice
During the game, the Owls took an early lead with a field goal in the first quarter. Rice had also forced a turnover on downs. By the end of the first quarter, Rice was in the lead at 3–0. However, in the second quarter, Texas scored 3 touchdowns and 1 field goal. 2 of those touchdowns were rushes from Tre' Newton and the other was from a fumble return. By halftime, Texas was in the lead 24–10. In the second half, both Texas and Rice had calmed down, scoring 10 and 7 points, respectively. The final score would be 34–17, with Texas having the upper hand in total yardage. The game was played at Reliant Stadium.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Wyoming
The Wyoming Cowboys and the Texas Longhorns last met in the previous season, with Texas winning 41–10 with Colt McCoy as quarterback. In total, the 2 teams had met on the gridiron 3 times with Texas winning all 3 meetings. In the first quarter, the Texas offense struggled to get much yardage and points, only settling for a field goal. In the second quarter, the Longhorns got back on track, scoring 2 touchdowns and one field goal.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Wyoming
Wyoming also scored in the second quarter to take a short 1 point lead, but that would be their only score for the entire game. At halftime, Texas was leading at 20–7. In the third quarter, Texas scored yet another touchdown. Cody Johnson scored the final TD for Texas in the final minute of the game that would sum up to be the final, 34–7.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech
Texas Tech and Texas have met 59 times since 1928. In 1996 the exchange of a traveling trophy, the Chancellor's Spurs, began when both universities' administration included a chancellor position. Texas leads the series 10–4 since the Chancellor's Spurs have been exchanged. Texas also leads the all-time series, 44–15. This year's game will mark the 60th time the two teams have met.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UCLA
1997 was the last time Texas and UCLA played at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. UCLA blew out Texas 66–3 under coach John Mackovic. The game would turn out to be Texas' biggest home loss in school history and second worst all-time. At the end of that season, Mackovic was fired.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, UCLA
Seeking revenge, Texas took the lead late in the first quarter with a field goal. However, the Bruins would respond in the second quarter to take the lead at 13–3. Texas, punished with turnovers and penalties, would lose the game 34–12 after failing to complete a full comeback. This would be Texas' first regular season loss since facing Texas Tech in 2008, their first home loss since facing Kansas State in 2007 and their worst home loss under Mack Brown. A stadium-record crowd of 101,437 saw the game.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Texas came into the game trying to win their third consecutive Red River Rivalry match. The Sooners scored twice in the first quarter, on a DeMarco Murray rushing touchdown and Kenny Stills receiving touchdown. DJ Monroe then ran for a 60-yard touchdown for the Longhorns late in the first quarter to cut the lead to 14–7. Entering the fourth quarter, the Sooners had a 21–10 lead.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
In the fourth quarter, the Sooners padded the lead to 28–10 with another Murray touchdown. The Longhorns cut the lead to 28–20 with a rushing touchdown and field goal. The Sooners had to punt with 1:02 left, giving the Longhorns hope at a chance of scoring again. However, returner Aaron Williams muffed the punt and the Sooners recovered the ball. This was the second loss in a row for the Longhorns.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
Texas came into the game as heavy underdogs as the Cornhuskers sought revenge for the loss against the Longhorns in the final seconds of the 2009 Big 12 Championship Game. In the first quarter, Texas came out explosively with a field goal and the first rushing touchdown by Garrett Gilbert for the season, while Nebraska was held scoreless as Taylor Martinez was unable to make a big play. In the second quarter, Alex Henery would score a field goal on the Nebraska side, while Garrett Gilbert would score another touchdown.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
By the end of the half, chances of winning looked grim for the Huskers as Texas led 17–3. Texas held the 2-score lead into the end of the third quarter, leading 20–6. A botched kick by Justin Tucker was returned 95 yards by the Nebraska receiving team, narrowing the score to 20–13. However, Texas would hold off with the win.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
Texas came out flat. Iowa State ran over the Longhorns for the first 47 minutes of the game. Texas tried to keep it close but the Cyclones were too much in the end and captured their first ever victory against the Longhorns.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Baylor
Texas' first loss to Baylor in the Mack Brown era (1998–present) and first home loss to Baylor since 1991. The Texas offense was stymied as Justin Tucker was forced to kick five field goals in the game. Texas's only touchdown was a 20-yard scramble by Garrett Gilbert. Baylor quarterback and future Heisman trophy winner, Robert Griffin III passed for 219 yards, including a 59-yard strike to Terrance Williams.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Baylor
The pass only covered about ten yards in the air but Williams made Texas safety Blake Gideon miss and had no one else to beat over the final 45 yards to the end zone. Baylor running back Jay Finley also had a 69-yard run late in the third quarter. Texas still holds a commanding lead in the all-time series against the Bears, 73–23–4.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Kansas State
This season's reoccurring theme continued. Texas put itself in another major hole with five offensive turnovers and a thirty-nine point deficit after three quarters. Quarterback Garrett Gilbert struggled, throwing five interceptions. As a result, Texas was handed its third straight defeat on the season and also in the head-to-head series against Kansas State. Texas now trails in this wild, all-time series versus the Wildcats, 5–6.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma State
In the first quarter, Texas was able to hold Oklahoma State to 3 points, but gave up 23 in the second quarter including a 67-yard touchdown pass by Brandon Weeden. Down 33–3 at the beginning of the 4th quarter, Texas was only able to cut the Cowboys' lead from 30 to 17 with 2 touchdowns. The loss put Texas in a situation of must-wins to become bowl eligible.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic
In the first quarter, the Longhorns went for it on 4th and goal but Cody Johnson was stopped short at the 1-yard line. Then Florida Atlantic Owls quarterback Jeff Van Camp threw an interception to Blake Gideon which led to Texas scoring on a Cody Johnson 1-yard touchdown run. FAU came back with 1:20 left in the first. Jeff Van Camp threw a 56-yard Touchdown to Rob Housler. With 13:52 in the second quarter, Garrett Gilbert threw a 63-yard touchdown pass to James Kirkendoll.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic
With 8 minutes to go in the half, Justin Tucker kicked a 22-yard field goal to put the Longhorns ahead 17–7. At the end of the half, Garrett Gilbert threw a Hail Mary to Malcolm Williams, catching the ball in the end-zone with no time left in the first half. Texas never looked back in the second half and went on to win 51–17.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M
Von Miller sacked Garret Gilbert twice and intercepted a pass, Cyrus Grey had TD runs of 84 and 48 yards while piling up 223 yards rushing for A&M, and Texas was left bowl ineligible at 5–7. Texas had played in a bowl each year since losing to Texas A&M in 1997.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Coaching staff
Greg Davis resigned after the season while it was announced offensive line coach Mac McWhorter and defensive line coach Mike Tolleson would be leaving the program.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Coaching staff
On December 11, 2010, Will Muschamp resigned as Texas defensive coordinator, and became the head coach at the University of Florida.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings
The Longhorns entered the season ranked fifth and fourth in the AP and Coaches' Polls, respectively. For the first 3 games, Texas would drop 1 place per game in the AP Poll due to slightly poor performances, while the Coaches' Polls would remain the same. However, after losing to unranked UCLA at home, Texas would drop significantly by 14 spots on the AP poll and 10 spots on the Coaches' Poll, hurting Texas' aim for a BCS Bowl.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings
After losing against Oklahoma in week 5, Texas would fall out of the rankings for the first time in 10 years and remain so for the next bye week. Texas resumed a ranked placement after a win at then No. 5 Nebraska in week 7; however, Texas fell from the ranks again just a week later after another unprecedented home defeat, this time to Iowa State. After suffering their first ever loss in school history to Iowa State, Texas lost at home again in week 9, this time to Baylor.


2010 Texas Longhorns football team, Rankings
It was Baylor's first win against a Mack Brown coached Texas team and first win in Austin since 1991. In week 10, Texas lost its third straight game at unranked Kansas State. Texas lost its fourth straight and sixth of last seven in week 11 against the Oklahoma State Cowboys. Texas lost its last game of the season on Thanksgiving Day at home in Austin to the Texas A&M Aggies; in doing so, the Longhorns finished 5–7 and failed to qualify for a post season bowl game for the first time since 1997. Texas will not be ranked in either of the two major polls at the end of the 2010 season also for the first time since 1997.


2010 Texas Rangers season
The Texas Rangers' 2010 season was the 50th in franchise history. The team, managed by Ron Washington, won their first division title since 1999 and finally won a playoff series, taking longer than any other North American professional sports franchise to accomplish the feat. The club subsequently reached the World Series for the first time in only their fourth playoff appearance. Washington would become only the second manager in franchise history to lead the Rangers to the post season and the first to ever win a post season series. They would win the American League pennant by defeating the defending World Series champions, the New York Yankees, in six games in the ALCS. In the World Series, they lost to the San Francisco Giants in five games.


2010 Texas Rangers season
The 2010 season showed the results of a 5-year plan implemented by GM Jon Daniels in 2007 with the Mark Teixeira trade. The 2007 trade deadline and the amateur draft a month prior would all be key pieces of the successful Rangers season. Dominant rookie of the year closer Neftalí Feliz, defensive All-Star Elvis Andrus, and platoon outfielder David Murphy were all acquired at the trade deadline, while starting pitcher Tommy Hunter, centerfielder Julio Borbon and first baseman Mitch Moreland were each selected in the June 2007 draft. And trades which resulted in Cliff Lee, Bengie Molina, and Jorge Cantú were each completed with a member of the Rangers 2007 draft class being sent in return.


2010 Texas Rangers season
Mirroring the 2009 revelation of Josh Hamilton getting drunk at a bar in Arizona prior to spring training, the Rangers' team members learned that manager Ron Washington failed an MLB drug test prior to the All-Star game in 2009. Instead of dividing the locker room or casting doubt with the players, the teammates stood behind their manager. "I've got Wash's back. He's my manager", third baseman Michael Young told teammates during a meeting where Washington informed the players of his failed drug test.


2010 Texas Rangers season
The pitching staff, looking to be a strength for one of the first times in recent history, would depend on the #3 and 4 starters, C. J. Wilson and Colby Lewis, due to a lack of expected production from Scott Feldman and free agent Rich Harden. Wilson, Lewis, and trade deadline ace Cliff Lee would each finish in the top 20 among American League pitchers in ERA, innings pitched, strikeouts, and WHIP.


2010 Texas Rangers season
A complicated team sale that would end up in bankruptcy court and possibly cost the team president Nolan Ryan and GM Jon Daniels would be an outside threat the team would have to ignore until it was resolved in August.


2010 Texas Rangers season
Thanks to utility infielder Esteban Germán the "claw and antlers" would become an active part of the Rangers in-game celebration. Following a play involving strength a Rangers' player would look to the bench and raise his right arm with fingers outstretched to make a claw. After a play involving speed a player would place his thumbs on each side of his head and outstretch his fingers to make antlers.


2010 Texas Rangers season
The fans would embrace the "claws and antlers" and a "claw and antlers" T-shirt, designed by Rangers equipment manager Richard "Hoggy" Price, which would be the top selling MLB T-shirt sold in 2010, selling over 360,000, even though the design was not introduced until after the All-Star game. On the final day of the season fans would participate in a pre-game "claw and antlers" parade.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
Rudy Jaramillo turned down a 1-year extension and took the hitting coach position with the Chicago Cubs.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
The Rangers signed Clint Hurdle for the position of hitting coach.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
Iván Rodríguez signed a 2-year deal with the Washington Nationals. The Rangers received a compensation draft pick for Rodriguez who was a type B free agent. The other type B free agent on the Rangers, Marlon Byrd, signed a 3-year deal with the Chicago Cubs, re-joining his hitting instructor Jaramillo.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
Omar Vizquel signed with the Chicago White Sox, as well as Andruw Jones. Neither free agent met type A or B status so Texas received no compensation for their departures.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
At the winter meetings Jon Daniels made headline moves when Texas traded Kevin Millwood and $3 million to the Baltimore Orioles for pitcher Chris Ray and a PTBNL. The Orioles later selected Ben Snyder in the rule 5 draft from the San Francisco Giants and sent Snyder to the Rangers to complete the trade.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
Following the Millwood trade, the Rangers signed Rich Harden to a 1-year deal. The contract includes a mutual 2nd year option. Michael Young told the media his new teammate "… has the best stuff in the league. I didn't say some of the best stuff. I mean the best stuff I've seen." Harden was not offered arbitration by his former club, the Cubs, so Texas did not lose a draft pick to sign the type A free agent.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
One trade that was not finalized would have sent Mike Lowell and approximately $9 million in cash to the Rangers and the Red Sox would have received AAA catcher Max Ramírez. The trade was cancelled after a physical discovered an injury to Lowell's thumb that would require surgery.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
Vladimir Guerrero signed a 1-year contract with Texas with a mutual 2nd year option. Guerrero would be the DH and was planned to hit 4th behind Josh Hamilton.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
The Rangers signed Khalil Greene to a 1-year contract. Greene would have been the utility infielder meeting a need for the team by being able to play 3B and SS, able to back up Michael Young and Elvis Andrus. On January 14 the Rangers and Colby Lewis agreed to a two-year deal. The former Rangers draft pick spent the previous 2 years pitching in Japan where he led the league in strikeouts both seasons and issued only 46 walks in a total of 3541⁄3 innings pitched. On January 21 it was reported the Rangers designated OF Greg Golson for assignment. Golson was later traded to the New York Yankees for a minor league infielder. On January 25 Joe Inglett was designated for assignment to make room for Lewis on the 40-man roster. Inglett was claimed off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
All-Star 2nd baseman Ian Kinsler had praise for the offseason moves made by the front office. He acknowledged hating to lose Millwood, but recognized how the moves made 2010 the year the Rangers could win the division.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
We basically covered every question we had going into the off-season, with very little spending money. JD made some very smart moves at the winter meetings. You never like to see a teammate get traded, especially someone who did so much for the organization in four years like Kevin, but JD and the rest of his guys thought that move was necessary. When we were able to get Vlad ... the signings we had before that were exciting, but to be able to get Vlad, it just got us all excited. We realize that this is our year. It's all up to us now.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
Two final additions to the pitching depth came from an unexpected source. Ranger pitchers Omar Beltré and Alexi Ogando had been banned from receiving US visas after being involved in a marriage-visa scam 5 years ago. Since that time the Rangers, the players, and their agents have been requesting new visas for the players and they were finally approved by February.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Offseason
Both players were listed on the restricted list on the team's 40-man roster, meaning the Rangers retained rights to their MLB services if they ever returned to the United States, but they did not count towards total players allowed on the roster. Both players had to be removed from the restricted list at the completion of spring training.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Financial problems
Rangers owner Tom Hicks' company, Hicks Sports Group (HSG), defaulted on loan payments in 2008 or 2009. Although Hicks had maintained the Rangers were not being affected by the financial transactions, the Rangers had been hampered by the financial troubles of HSG. Most notable was the Rangers inability to sign their 2009 1st round draft pick Matt Purke. After the deadline passed, it was reported the Rangers offered Purke a $4.0 million bonus, two million less than what Purke was reported to be demanding prior to the draft.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Financial problems
However, a conflicting report by Randy Galloway said MLB rejected the Rangers contract offer and told Purke that the Rangers would only be allowed to offer a $2.4 million bonus. Hicks later told The Dallas Morning News that the Rangers did offer Purke a $4.0 million offer, and MLB had no influence over the dollar amounts. Ryan would later contradict this claim saying MLB and the commissioner's office had direct dealings with the Rangers in almost all aspects of their financial transactions including approval of bonus money and trade approvals. Ryan and Daniels both said the offer to Purke was "well above slot", but the exact details of the offer were not described, and there may have been other factors as to why Purke did not sign.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Financial problems
By September 2009, speculation had begun to build about MLB forcing the Rangers to shut down front rotation man Kevin Millwood before he surpassed his inning threshold that would vest his 2010 option for $12 million. Hicks did admit that the Rangers had received some advances from MLB, but that the money borrowed would be repaid out of future earnings due the team at the end of the year.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Financial problems
In October 2009, MLB executive vice president Rob Manfred sent a letter to then potential buyers Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan informing them the Rangers had been in violation of the collective-bargaining agreement and owed around $40 million. Another major problem for the Rangers following the 2009 season was the refund for prepaid post season tickets. Some fans did not receive refunds from the Rangers until late December, even after the team failed to make the post season.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Financial problems
During the winter meetings, Daniels told the press that the financial problems the Rangers were under was much like operating under a salary cap. These problems were why the Rangers had to trade Millwood before being able to make the Harden signing official. An increase was made to the team budget after the new year when the ownership sale was preliminarily finalized between Hicks and Greenberg/Ryan. Ryan spoke about the financial constraints the team was under after the initial sale agreement was announced.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Financial problems
We were required to have any expenditure that was not budgeted for had to be approved and also any signing outside of the slot limit had to be approved. There were obviously some restrictions that other clubs weren't under. MLB did not want to affect the normal day-to-day operations. It really did not encumber us to the point where we couldn't do anything. They realized we needed to run as usual as much as we possibly could.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Financial problems
Hicks told reporters that from April 2007 to March 2009 he added an additional $85 million to HSG. According to Hicks, HSG took on too much debt because the teams were spending more than the budget allowed. However, according to Forbes, the revenue and operating net income of both the Rangers and the Dallas Stars went up from 2006 to 2008. Between the 2006 and 2007 seasons, the debt level for the Texas Rangers increased by approximately $100 million, the same time period when Hicks purchased Liverpool Football Club. From 2007 to 2009, Forbes reported the Rangers and the Stars were the third most leveraged franchises in their respective sports.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Ownership sale
Hicks had been looking for someone to sell partial ownership of the club to since just prior to when the default on the loan was reported. By the 2009 season, Hicks was possibly forced to find a buyer for the team. Three known bids were put in for the ownership of the Rangers. Former agent Dennis Gilbert, Houston businessman Jim Crane, and a partnership of Chuck Greenberg and Nolan Ryan placed bids believed to be around $500 million for the purchase of the team.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Ownership sale
Hicks offered exclusive negotiation rights to the Greenburg-Ryan group on December 15 with a purchase expected to be complete prior to or following the start of the 2010 season. During the bidding process, it was discovered that Ryan, as president of the club, was not under contract, but working only on a handshake deal with Hicks, and that he would step down from the front office if another bidder were to win. After talks with Gilbert, Ryan later said he would not step down unless asked by the new owner to do so.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Ownership sale
In an e-mail dated December 29 sent to HSG attorney Glenn West, MLB attorney Tom Ostertag instructed HSG that "negotiation toward a definitive purchase agreement is to be with the winning bidder only", and no other party is to be involved during the exclusive negotiation process. HSG attorney West then emailed the creditors of HSG on New Year's Eve saying "Basically, the response from the MLB was to prohibit us from negotiating with anyone other than Greenberg.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Ownership sale
Their intent seems to be to lock us into Greenberg even though Crane now has a clearly superior economic deal – and may always have had based on Greenberg's current position. We need help here. Unless the lenders weigh in, we are going to be stuck negotiating a deal that is clearly worse than Crane's." West also told the creditors that Crane's offer was at least $13 million more and maybe even $20 million more than Greenberg's.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Ownership sale
The winter owners' meeting was held prior to the end of the 30-day exclusive negotiation between Hicks and Greenburg. Representing the Rangers at the meeting, Hicks told the media "You're not getting rid of us", indicating the known desire for Hicks to keep his family a minority owner of the Rangers after the sale was completed. The 30-day negotiating period ended on January 14, 2010, with no announcement about the pending sale. On Saturday, January 16, Ryan and Greenberg released a joint statement regarding the sale of the MLB club saying they were "on the verge of an agreement".


2010 Texas Rangers season, Ownership sale
We have made extraordinary progress the last couple of weeks and have come too far to walk away now. We are fully committed and prepared to work around the clock if that's what it takes to reach a final agreement. We are at a point where deals get done as long as both parties share a desire to cross the finish line together. There just isn't much left to resolve.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Ownership sale
It was reported on January 23 the sale agreement had been completed. Early reports indicated Hicks would remain a minority owner with the club and would serve on the board in a non-voting honorary position. Approval from the executive and ownership committee, the banks who were owed money by HSG, and 75% of MLB owners was still required before the sale could have been finalized. The new company would be called Rangers Baseball Express. Greenberg would serve as CEO and managing partner, and Ray Davis and Bob Simpson would be co-chairmen of the board.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Ownership sale
As a part of the original purchase agreement, Rangers Baseball Express also would acquire approximately 153 acres (0.62 km2) of land adjacent to Rangers Ballpark in Arlington and Cowboys Stadium. A separate company owned by Hicks owns the land. After the land sale was announced, Hicks was sued by a former partner over the land. The former partner claims Hicks never dissolved the partnership that was formed when the two groups were planning the development called Glorypark. Hicks was also sued by an architectural firm, RTKL, and a construction company, Vratsinas, for $6.9 million of unpaid work done over three years ago. Greenberg posted the following on his Facebook page after the original purchase agreement was announced:


2010 Texas Rangers season, Ownership sale
Tonight was a big night for Nolan Ryan and me as we signed the definitive agreement to purchase the Texas Rangers. Thank you to everyone for your incredible support and encouragement over the last few months. Nolan and I can't wait to get started in our efforts to bring Rangers fans everywhere what you have waited for ...all these years. Thanks again and.... See you at the Ballpark!....... Chuck


2010 Texas Rangers season, Ownership sale
A report by Jon Heyman listed the sale price at $570 million. At least one group whose approval was needed, Monarch Alternative Capital, refused to sign off on the sale. Monarch Alternative Capital, which purchased a portion of Hicks Sports Group's debt after HSG defaulted, believed Hicks passed up on a better purchase deal from Jim Crane, who was speculated by the December 29 email to have made a higher offer.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Ownership sale
The reported gap between creditors demands and payment offered by HSG was $270 million and $300 million and would have been resolved if the amount Hicks was to receive from the land sale was lowered to increase the creditors for the debt. MLB's commissioner, Bud Selig, expressed his interest in the deal being approved by the creditors no later than April 9, 2010, and indicated that MLB could become more directly involved in the sale process.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Ownership sale
On May 24, 2010, Hicks announced that HSG had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to conclude the sale of the Rangers ballclub from Hicks Sports Group to the Rangers Baseball Express club. In a press conference held at the Ballpark in Arlington, Hicks, Ryan, and Greenberg announced the decision and effects from the action. It was believed by the parties involved, including MLB and Selig, that this action would be the quickest and easiest way to resolve the sale without the approval of HSG creditors, mainly Monarch Capital. The sale presented to the bankruptcy court is "virtually the same" deal that was agreed to by Hicks and Greenberg/Ryan when the two parties agreed to the sale in January 2010.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Ownership sale
The bankruptcy was not expected to have any noticeable effect on the day-to-day operations of the Rangers club, all vendors are expected to be paid, and all tickets already sold to the public are to be honored. The sale through the courts was expected to be completed in July prior to the trade deadline and the draft signing deadline. The bankruptcy hearing was first heard in court on May 25.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Ownership sale
The Rangers claimed there was "no viable option" except approval of the $575 million sale to Ryan and Greenberg, while a group of lenders claimed the club could get a better deal and that the deal presented by the Rangers does not make the most out of the team's assets. The attorney for the Rangers claimed that Hicks funded a $100 million operating loss since acquiring the team in 1999.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Ownership sale
After a seven-month process, the Rangers' bankruptcy was finalized by an August 5 auction for ownership of the team by two parties, Rangers Baseball Express led by Ryan and Greenberg, and a partnership of Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and Crane. The auction was delayed by several hours due to objections raised by Greenberg and Ryan's group questioning the qualification of the Cuban-Crane bid, which was due no later than 8:00 pm on August 3. The auction, which was due to begin at 9:00 am on August 4, did not have its first opening bid determined until 2:50 pm.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Ownership sale
After no more than three bids by each party, Cuban withdrew from the bidding, and Greenberg and Ryan were declared the winners shortly after midnight. Due to the auction process, the purchase was for only the MLB club and the lease for the ballpark. Almost none of the original side deals with HSG and Hicks, which were rejected by several of the lenders to the Texas Rangers, were included.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Team leaders and awards
Washington would finish in second place for Manager of the Year voting.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Spring training
Khalil Greene did not report to camp at the start of spring training, and was expected to miss significant time with the club. Greene has suffered in the past with anxiety issues which limited his playing time in 2009. Jon Daniels released a statement on Greene's absence from the club.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Spring training
The Rangers fully support Khalil's decision to address this private matter. Per club policy, we will not comment on his medical situation. We have agreed to leave the door open for a continued relationship, if both Khalil and the team desire that in the future.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Spring training
We have not put a timetable on a possible return to the club with the sole focus right now on doing what we can to assist him. The Rangers will continue to work with Khalil and his representatives to monitor his situation and interest in rejoining our organization.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Spring training
Over the next few days, we expect that Khalil's status will be more clearly defined. We will also communicate the impact on the 40-man roster once we've walked through our administrative options.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Spring training
On March 9 the Rangers acquired Edwar Ramírez from the Yankees for cash considerations. Ramirez took the last spot of the 40-man roster that was vacated by Greene's departure. Ramírez would be traded to the Oakland A's 15 days later.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Spring training
The starting rotation in previous years came down to the last minute to find out who would be the five starters at opening day, often having to get a free agent like Pedro Astacio, who signed in February prior to the 2005 season, or a trade like John Koronka and John Rheinecker, who were acquired at the end of March in 2006.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Spring training
The 2010 season once again found this question needing to be answered, but unlike previous years, it was due to having too many potential candidates instead of scrambling to find a 5th starter or more. With a rotation starting off with Rich Harden, Scott Feldman, and Colby Lewis there were only two spots left, and with Tommy Hunter coming off a good 2009 showing he had the inside track for the number 4 spot.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Spring training
Remaining were Brandon McCarthy, who had still been unable to make a complete season healthy since 2006; Matt Harrison, who was coming back from surgery; Derek Holland, who started in the bullpen his rookie year of 2009 and finished the season in the rotation; Luis Mendoza, who only made one major league appearance in 2009 but had a strong showing in the winter leagues before Spring training; Neftalí Feliz, the 100 mph (160 km/h) throwing reliever who was expected to be in the bullpen during 2010 if he didn't make the rotation; and C. J. Wilson, who had spent every year with the team in the bullpen since his rookie year in 2005.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Spring training
Wilson, who has requested a chance to make the starting rotation since 2006, spoke about the upcoming season and his frustrations with the organization not giving him a chance to start prior to 2010.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Spring training
It's no secret I don't think I should be limited to the set-up role. I have too many weapons. Here is the reality. It is real simple. There are not very many guys that have the stuff that I do that would be willing to sign here if they were free agents. There is no experienced pitcher that has my stuff that would sign here, historically.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Spring training
Wilson's comments were not well received by media or fans of the team. Team president Nolan Ryan stated CJ is a guy "who likes to communicate" and Ron Washington said the team would not address the situation.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Spring training
This was not the first time comments made by Wilson caused problems for the talented left-hander. Wilson was a regular poster on the website lonestarball.com under the handle blueglovelefty, and in 2005 he stated that the average ballplayer is a douchebag. Wilson was later talked to by several team leaders on the Rangers, including Michael Young and Kevin Millwood. After the incident Wilson deleted his user ID and removed all posts from the website.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Spring training
On March 17, 2010 Sports Illustrated's Jon Heyman reported Rangers manager Ron Washington failed an MLB drug test in 2009. First-time offending non-playing personnel who fail a drug test or admit to using drugs are not suspended and are subject to counseling and a substance-abuse program. After taking the test Washington called the MLB offices and informed them the test might come back positive. Washington then informed the front office of the Rangers about the test. Washington called a team meeting the morning of the story to inform the players about the failed test.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Spring training
On March 12 second baseman Ian Kinsler suffered a high ankle sprain. The injury forced the All-Star to start the 2010 season on the disabled list. On March 27 the Rangers traded for Andrés Blanco from the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later. Blanco will be the utility infielder backing up second base, third base, and shortstop, but he will be the opening day second baseman while Kinsler is on the disabled list. Joaquín Árias will be the utility infielder until Kinsler recovers from injuries.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Spring training
On April 1 the Rangers claimed Ryan Garko off waivers from the Seattle Mariners.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, April
Starting rotation: Scott Feldman, Rich Harden, C. J. Wilson, Colby Lewis, Matt Harrison


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, April
The Rangers ended the month with their 4th consecutive April under .500 tied for 3rd place in the division and 1⁄2 a game from 1st.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, April
Scott Feldman was named the opening day starter for the April 5 home opener against the Blue Jays. Feldman was the first non-returning player originally signed/drafted by the Rangers to start opening day since Kenny Rogers in 1995 and the first to start the home opener since RA Dickey in 2004.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, April
After two blown saves in the first week of the season, Frank Francisco was replaced as the closer by Neftalí Feliz.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, April
In a need to increase production from the top of the line-up center fielder Julio Borbon and shortstop Elvis Andrus switched positions in the batting order with Andrus leading off and Borbon hitting 9th.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, April
On April 22 the Rangers sent first baseman Chris Davis to AAA for the second time in two years and called up rookie Justin Smoak to join the team at home against the Detroit Tigers. Smoak would set a franchise record by recording at least one walk in each of his first four major league games.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, April
Right fielder Nelson Cruz, who had led most of the Rangers offensive production in the first month, injured his hamstring and was placed on the DL on April 27. The following day the Rangers optioned catcher Taylor Teagarden to AAA and recalled catcher Max Ramírez and outfielder Craig Gentry. Catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia was removed from the 15-day DL and optioned to AAA as well.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, April
Ian Kinsler, who missed most of spring training and 29 days in April with a high ankle sprain, made his 2010 season debut against the Seattle Mariners on April 30. To make room for his addition off the 15-day DL second baseman/utility infielder Joaquín Árias was placed on the 15-day DL with a strained back.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, May
Starting rotation: C. J. Wilson, Rich Harden, Scott Feldman, Colby Lewis, Matt Harrison, Derek Holland


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, May
The Rangers spent 26 days of May either tied or in sole possession of 1st place in the West but would lose 6 of their last 7 and end the month in 2nd place behind the Oakland A's.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, May
On May 12, Derek Holland made his first start of the season after being called up from Triple-A Oklahoma. He had been 4–1 with a 0.93 ERA in his time at Triple-A. He pitched 6 innings without allowing a run while striking out 7 and walking 1, picking up his first win of 2010. Matt Harrison was placed on the DL to make room for Holland's call-up.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, May
On May 13, C. J. Wilson became the first pitcher in the franchise's history to begin the season with 7 straight quality starts. In the same game Wilson also set a new franchise record for most consecutive innings pitched without giving up a home run. The Rangers won the game 2–1 in the 12th inning.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, May
On May 14 Nelson Cruz was reactivated from the DL. Ryan Garko was placed on waivers to make room for Cruz. It was the first time in the season the line-up would include both Cruz and Kinsler. The Rangers scored 10 runs in the game against the Toronto Blue Jays but would lose the game.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, May
Nelson Cruz won the honor as player of the week from May 17–23. Cruz pulled his left hamstring on the last at bat in a loss against the Royals on May 26. This was the 2nd time Cruz would go on the DL for a hamstring, the previous was for his right hamstring.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, May
Derek Holland would make 4 starts and 1 relief appearance in May. He suffered from inflammation in his left (throwing) arm on May 30 and left the game during the 2nd inning. The game was being broadcast by ESPN who had a microphone on the home plate umpire. During the injury visit to the mound Holland's voice was heard saying he "couldn't feel the ball" in his hand. He was placed on the DL by the next game.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, June
Starting rotation: Rich Harden, Scott Feldman, C. J. Wilson, Colby Lewis, Tommy Hunter, Dustin Nippert, Omar Beltré


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, June
The Rangers compiled their best monthly record in franchise history high-marked by an 11-game winning streak, the second best in franchise history and highest since 1992. The Rangers spent every day except one in first place for the division and ended the month of June tied with the Yankees for the best record in baseball.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, June
Hamilton and Guerrero's offensive production for the month put both players on the league leader boards with Hamilton and Guerrero tied for 5th in home runs, Hamilton at 4th in batting average followed by Guerrero at 5th, and Hamilton at 4th in hits, Guerrero at 10th, and Young tied for 5th in hits as well. Guerrero finished the month tied for 1st in RBIs at 68. Feliz also finished the month tied for 2nd in saves.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, June
The Rangers called up reliever Pedro Strop after placing Holland on the disabled list. The Rangers recalled pitcher Tommy Hunter to take the 5th spot in the rotation, Strop was reassigned to AAA on June 5. Hunter pitched a complete game in his 2010 debut earning a win against the Tampa Bay Rays on June 5.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, June
Rich Harden was placed on the DL after his June 11 game and replaced on the active roster by Alexi Ogando.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, June
Josh Hamilton and Colby Lewis shared the award for player of the week from June 7–13.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, June
Michael Young became the all-time hit leader in club history on June 16 passing Iván Rodríguez.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, June
Cruz returned from the DL on June 22, Craig Gentry was optioned back to AAA for his return.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, June
Alexi Ogando became the 3rd relief pitcher since 1900 to record a win in each of his first three appearances.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, June
Omar Beltré made his major league debut joining the other formerly exiled Dominican Republican Ogando as teammates again.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, June
Beltre started the last game of the month against the Angels. The Rangers also completed a trade with the San Francisco Giants sending Chris Ray and a PTBNL and receiving Bengie Molina and cash considerations. The trade was not completed before the start of the game, and the Rangers sent Matt Harrison to AAA to make room for Beltre.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, July
Rotation C. J. Wilson, Colby Lewis, Tommy Hunter, Scott Feldman, Omar Beltré, Cliff Lee, Rich Harden


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, July
The Rangers lost four games in a row to the Baltimore Orioles going into the All-Star break, however they would win their next four series in a row, including going 4–2 against the Angels and sending them into third place in the division.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, July
The Rangers completed one of their biggest trades in franchise history on July 9 when they sent 2009 first-round draft pick Justin Smoak, minor leaguers Blake Beavan, Josh Lueke, and Matt Lawson to the Seattle Mariners for CY Young-award winner Cliff Lee, and Mark Lowe plus cash. Lee would be the first former Cy Young winner to appear in a Rangers uniform since Gaylord Perry. Chris Davis was recalled from AAA to replace Smoak at first base.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, July
On July 16 against the Red Sox Bengie Molina became the first catcher in MLB history to hit a grand slam and for the cycle in the same game.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, July
Hamilton and Guerrero were voted as starters for the All-Star game and were joined by Kinsler, Andrus, and Feliz. The Rangers also added starting pitcher Lee to the All-Star roster after acquiring him from Seattle.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, August
Rotation: Cliff Lee, Colby Lewis, C. J. Wilson, Tommy Hunter, Rich Harden, Derek Holland


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, August
The Rangers finished the month of August with their worst record of the season going two games under 500. Despite a losing record for the month, the Rangers division lead did not drop below 7 games above the Oakland A's, and the Rangers ended to month 8.5 games ahead of second place.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, August
After making only one start in July, Harden would return to the DL following his August 7 game against Oakland. Harden would make two more starts in the month, throwing only 131⁄3 innings and being sent to the bullpen at the end of the month.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, August
August would also be a tough month for the other Rangers ace Cliff Lee, whose record for the month was 1–6. Lee was also accused by ESPN radio host Colin Cowherd claiming people close to Lee said he wanted to sign with the Yankees or another elite team, that Lee didn't care about Texas, and Cowherd also accused Lee of mailing it in against Baltimore on August 21, a game in which Lee gave up 8 runs. After the August 22 game Lee told reporters "It's a lie. Write that. Are you writing? Write that it's a lie.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, August
I did not say that and nobody close to me would say that. Either say who the source is or shut up because I am saying it is not true." Following the events in Baltimore Lee would lose his next two games before reporting that he was having muscle pain in his back and would receive an injection.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, August
Oft injured all-stars Cruz and Kinsler spent more time on the DL, Kinsler would not play a single game in the month of August following a late July injury, and Cruz missed a total of fifteen games.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, August
On August 1 former starting catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia was traded to the Red Sox for Roman Mendez, Chris McGuiness, a player to be named. Outfielder Jeff Francoeur was acquired on August 31 from the Mets for infielder Arias. The Rangers also received cash in the trade.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, August
Rookie Michael Kirkman would make his major league debut on August 21. Ranked as the 15th best prospect by Jamey Newberg prior to the start of the season, Kirkman would pitch 72⁄3 innings in the month, striking out eight and giving up no runs in August 5 games.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, August
On August 23, the Rangers nearly combined for a no-hitter against the Minnesota Twins when Rich Harden pitched 6 and 2/3 innings of no-hit ball but was pulled after 111 pitches. Matt Harrison got the last out of the inning, and Darren O'Day pitched a perfect eighth before Neftalí Feliz gave up the first hit of the game with one out in the ninth to Joe Mauer.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, September–October
Rotation:Tommy Hunter, Derek Holland, Colby Lewis, C. J. Wilson, Scott Feldman, Cliff Lee, Rich Harden


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, September–October
The Rangers' lead peaked at 11 games after clinching the division, setting a new franchise high.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, September–October
Hamilton injured himself after colliding with the outfield wall making a catch on September 4. it was the second time in consecutive years he would miss significant playing time after crashing into a wall making a catch. X -rays later showed Hamilton had cracked two ribs from the collision. Although the injury itself did not prevent Hamilton from playing, Hamilton would continue to miss time due to pain from the injury and, due to Hamilton's drug past, lasted longer because he is unable to take pain medication. Hamilton would not return until the season series finale against the Angels.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, September–October
The Rangers would sweep the New York Yankees in a mid-September meeting. It was the first time the Rangers swept the Yankees since 2003, and the first time to do so at home since 1996.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, September–October
On September 22 Feliz would tie the major league record for saves by a rookie in a single season. Feliz would end the season with 40 saves.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, September–October
On September 25, the Rangers would clinch the division against the A's. On the same day Young would also set a new record by being the first major leaguer to start over 282 games at second base, short stop, and third base.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, September–October
Rangers starters Wilson and Lewis would each reach 200 plus innings in their last start of the season. It would be the first time two Rangers starters would reach the mark since 2006. With Lee's total innings pitched, it would be the first time the Rangers had three starters who would reach 200 plus innings since 2002.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Post season
The Texas Rangers, at 90–72, advanced to the postseason for the fourth time in franchise history, and the first time since 1999. Their opponent in the ALDS were the Tampa Bay Rays. Their opponent for the ALCS were the New York Yankees


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Post season, ALDS vs. Rays
The Rangers won the ALDS in 5 games versus the Rays. Each team won only away games, and it was the first time a divisional round has ever been won by only the away teams. The game 1 win was Lee's first win in Tampa Bay of the year, it was also the Rangers' first win in Tampa as well.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Post season, ALDS vs. Rays
Prior to game 2 ESPN's Tim Kurkjian said C. J. Wilson was the best #2 pitcher in the American League playoffs. Game 2 would not be without controversy as Michael Young appeared to swing at a two-strike pitch. The third-base umpire ruled Young had checked his swing, and Young would hit the next pitch for a three-run home run.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Post season, ALDS vs. Rays
Prior to game 5 in Tampa Bay the last time a runner scored from second base on an infield grounder was 1970. The Rangers would score from second on infield grounders twice in the game.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Post season, ALDS vs. Rays
After Lee's two starts there would only be 8 games in playoff history when a pitcher would have 10+ strikeouts and no walks. Lee has pitched 4 of those games. Lee also tied the Division Series record of 21 strikeouts set by Kevin Brown in 1998 with the San Diego Padres. Lee's 16 innings without a walk set a new ALDS record.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Post season, ALDS vs. Rays
Cruz and Kinsler would also hit 3 home runs each in the series. The last time two teammates each hit 3 or more home runs in the same playoff series was in 1928 when Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig did it for the New York Yankees.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Post season, ALCS vs. Yankees
The Rangers would win the ALCS in 6 games after splitting the first two games in Texas and winning two in New York. Colby Lewis would not only be the first Rangers pitcher to win a home playoff game, doing so in game 2, but would also win the second home playoff victory in franchise history in the same series, clinching the American League championship in Game 6. The Rangers advanced to the World Series for the first time.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Post season, ALCS vs. Yankees
The Rangers' first three batters of the series would each get on base and score after Josh Hamilton hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the first inning of game 1. It was only the second time in playoff history a team had done so. The Rangers game 2 win broke an 0–10 record versus the Yankees in playoff games. Prior to his one walk in game 3, Lee amassed 30 post-season strikeouts between walks, an MLB record. Lee is also the first pitcher to get 10+ strikeouts three times in the same post-season.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Post season, 2010 World Series
While the Rangers starting pitching would continue to be strong in the World Series, giving up only 33 runs in 97+2⁄3 innings, the Rangers offense would only score 29 total hits in the 5 games. The Giants would score as many runs as the Rangers had hits in the series. The Rangers would also be shut out by the Giants in two of the games. It was the first time a team had been shut out in two world series games since the 1966 series.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Post season, 2010 World Series
A bullpen meltdown in game 2 culminated by 4 walks in a row allowed the Giants to take a commanding lead scoring 7 runs in the 8th innings.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Post season, 2010 World Series
The lone victory for the Rangers would be game 3. Colby Lewis would win his third home playoff victory after rookie first baseman Mitch Moreland took advantage of a 9-pitch at-bat with a 3-run home run. Moreland would be the only bright spot in the Rangers offense against the Giants finishing with a .462 batting average. No other Rangers batter would get 6 hits in the series, and the second best would need 7 more at bats to get to 5 hits. Neftalí Feliz would get the save. It was Feliz' only save opportunity in the entire postseason.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Post season, 2010 World Series
The bullpen troubles would continue to grow worse for the Rangers when in game 4 setup reliever Alexi Ogando would leave the game with a strain.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Farm system
Among baseball publications the top four Ranger prospects are all agreed upon, with Neftalí Feliz most often being #1 and Tanner Scheppers being number #4 and all four were consistently ranked as top 100 or top 50 prospects.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Farm system
Jamey Newberg and Baseball America had Smoak ahead of Perez. Baseball Time in Arlington listed Perez ahead of Smoak.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Farm system
Keith Law, who ranked the Rangers as having the number 1 farm system listed them in his top 100 with Perez being the highest of the four coming in at #7 overall in baseball.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Farm system
MLB.com's top 50 players also included the Rangers prospects. Feliz and Smoak were both in the top 10 on this list.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Farm system
MLB Fanhouse ranked the Rangers system number 2 and listed them in their top 100 as well.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Farm system
Baseball America had the Rangers farm system ranked the second best behind Tampa Bay. Two of their main writers John Manuel and Jim Callis have stated they consider the Rangers to be the number 1 farm system as recently as December,2009.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, Farm system
The Rangers minor league affiliates set a club record by sending six of the minor league teams to their respective playoffs.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, MLB draft and international free agents
On January 18 it was reported the Rangers signed Jorge Alfaro, a 16-year-old catcher from Colombia, for $1.3 million. The 6' 1" 185 lb (84 kg) right-hander is a power hitter with a strong arm. The Rangers also signed Australian-born catcher Guy Edmonds for $150,000 in February.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, MLB draft and international free agents
The Rangers signed Dominican Republic short stop Luis Marte for 215,000 in November.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, MLB draft and international free agents
Draft:The Rangers accumulated 4 first round and supplemental round picks for the 2010 draft; the pick at 15, awarded for their failure to sign Matt Purke from the 2009 pick, their natural pick at 22, and picks 45 and 49 from the loss of free agents Iván Rodríguez and Marlon Byrd respectively. This was the most 1st round picks the Rangers had acquired since 2007 when the Rangers had 5 1st round picks.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, MLB draft and international free agents
Speculation prior to the draft predicted the Rangers would acquire a ‘safe' pick at 15 because if they failed to sign the pick the Rangers would receive no further compensation for the pick. It was also speculated the Rangers would select players expected to be signed close to slot due to financial difficulties with the bankruptcy process and being required to follow the budget the team had set out prior to the season and approved by MLB.


2010 Texas Rangers season, Regular season, MLB draft and international free agents
Jake Skole did not make the top 200 prospects in Baseball America's draft preview and an ankle injury at the start of his senior year of high school kept him out of action until the playoffs. However his performance in the playoffs helped increase his draft position getting two hits off Kaleb Cowart who was selected by the division rival Angels with the 18th pick. Some reviews see the pick as a stretch while others see the pick as a good selection of raw talent and believe Skole would have been picked a few selections later in the 1st round.


2010 Texas State Bobcats football team
The 2010 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University–San Marcos in the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bobcats were led by fourth year head coach Brad Wright, played their home games at Bobcat Stadium as a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season with a record of four wins and seven losses (4–7, 1–6 Southland).


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team
The 2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Tech University in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by first-year head coach Tommy Tuberville and played its home games at Jones AT&T Stadium. They were members of the South Division of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 3–5 in Big 12 play and were invited to the inaugural TicketCity Bowl where they defeated Northwestern, 45–38.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Pre-season, Coaching changes
On December 28, 2009, head coach Mike Leach was suspended by Texas Tech University pending investigation of alleged inappropriate treatment of Adam James, a redshirt sophomore wide receiver, and the son of former SMU Mustangs and New England Patriots running back Craig James. The suspension came after allegations that Leach treated Adam James unfairly following a mild concussion. Leach was terminated by the university on December 30, 2009. Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator Ruffin McNeill was named interim head coach and led the team during their appearance in the 2010 Alamo Bowl.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Pre-season, Coaching changes
On January 9, 2010, Tommy Tuberville was named head coach, replacing interim head coach Ruffin McNeill. Tuberville was introduced at a press conference on Sunday, January 10, 2010. Inside receivers coach Lincoln Riley, running backs coach Clay McGuire, cornerbacks coach Brian Mitchell and special teams coordinator Eric Russell were released from the coaching staff. Safeties coach Carlos Mainord retired after six seasons with the program. Offensive graduate assistant Sonny Cumbie and offensive line coach Matt Moore were the only coaches to remain with on staff after Tuberville was hired.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Pre-season, Coaching changes
Moore remained in the same position while Cumbie replaced Lincoln Riley as inside receivers coach. Neal Brown was hired as offensive coordinator after four seasons with the Troy Trojans, after two seasons in the same position. James Willis, former assistant to Tuberville at Auburn, was hired as defensive coordinator. Willis previously served as associate head coach and outside linebackers coach with the Alabama Crimson Tide for the 2009 season.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU
This game marked the 48th meeting of the Texas Tech Red Raiders and the SMU Mustangs. This was their first match-up since September 13, 2008, when Texas Tech defeated SMU with a final score of 43–7 at Jones AT&T Stadium. Going into the game, the Red Raiders led the all-time series against the Mustangs with a record of 31–16.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU
The SMU Mustangs won the coin toss and elected to receive the opening kick off. Donnie Carona kicked the opening kick off, a 70-yard touchback, for the Red Raiders. The Mustangs opening drive proved to be unfruitful and ended in a punt. The Red Raiders opening drive was equally as unproductive ending with a field goal by Matt Williams being blocked. Texas Tech's first score of the game came in their third drive after the Red Raiders recovered a fumbled punt. Following four rushing plays, Taylor Potts completed a touchdown pass to Lyle Leong for 2 yards. Matt Williams successfully converted the PAT, bringing the score to 7–0. Neither team would score any more points in the first quarter.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU
The Red Raiders would be the first to score in the second quarter with a 6-yard Taylor Potts pass to Detron Lewis for a touchdown. Matt Williams kicked the extra point and brought the score to 14–0. The Mustangs would be the next to score, five drives later, by way of a 2-yard rush by Zach Line for a touchdown, their first of the game. Matt Szymanski followed up with a successful extra point kick for a score of 14–7.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU
The Red Raiders answered the Mustangs score with a touchdown of their own on the next drive when Taylor Potts once again found Detron Lewis in the end zone for a 16-yard touchdown pass. Matt Williams extra point attempt was good ending the last drive of the half. Texas Tech led at the half with a score of 21–7.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU
Following halftime, the Red Raiders received the opening kick-off of the second half. Their opening drive of the half consisted of six plays, and ended with a 4-yard touchdown pass by Taylor Potts to Lyle Leong. Matt Williams' extra point attempt was good bring the score to 28–7. The Mustangs would be the next to score on the very next drive with a 17-yard pass by Kyle Padron to Cole Beasley and an PAT by Matt Szymanski for a score of 28–14.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU
After a D.J. Johnson interception on the Mustangs next drive, the Red Raiders would march down the field on their third drive of the half for another touchdown. This touchdown was courtesy of a 3-yard rush by Eric Stephens, with an extra point by Matt Williams for a score of 35–14. The final scoring drive of the third quarter would end with a 24-yard Mustangs field goal by Matt Szymanski. The final score at the end of the third quarter was 35–17.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU
The Mustangs would be the only team to score in the fourth quarter. Their first score came on their first drive with a SMU school record 61 yard field goal by Matt Szymanski. Their next score, and the last of the game, would come two drives later with a 13-yard touchdown pass by Kyle Padron to Cole Beasley and an extra point by Matt Szymanski. The final score at the end of the game was 35–27.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, SMU
The Red Raiders rushed for a total of 72 yards and passed for 359 yards in 34 completed passes. The Red Raiders only had 1 turnover by way of a fumble during a failed 4th down quarterback dive in the 4th quarter. The Mustangs rushed for a total of 109 yards and passed for 218 yards in 21 completed passes. In contrast to the Red Raiders, the Mustangs had 4 turnovers, 3 of which were interceptions.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
The Red Raiders first 2010 road game was against the New Mexico Lobos in Albuquerque. This game was the 42nd meeting of the two teams, with Texas Tech leading the series with an all-time record of 33–6–2 going in. Texas Tech defeated New Mexico in the 2009 season with a final score of 48–28.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
Texas Tech won the coin toss and elected to receive the kick off. The Red Raiders first drive ended in 4 plays with a 55-yard touchdown pass by Taylor Potts to Austin Zouzalik. Matt Williams kicked the extra point kick to bring the score to 7–0 with 14:15 left in the first quarter. New Mexico's first drive lasted 9 plays and ended in blocked punt by  which gave the Red Raiders the ball on the Lobos 3 yard line.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
The Red Raiders capitalized on the blocked punt on the next play with a 3-yard rushing touchdown by Eric Stephens and a successful extra point by Matt Williams for a score of 14–0. New Mexico's next possession ended with successful 28 yard field goal, for a score of 14–3. New Mexico's kickoff was returned 93 yards to the New Mexico 7 yard line by Eric Stephens. The Red Raiders scored two plays later with a Barron Batch rushing touchdown for 2 yards. The Matt Williams extra point brought the score to 21–3. Neither team would score on their remaining drives in the first quarter.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
The Red Raiders first drive of the 2nd quarter ended in a Barron Batch fumble in the Lobos' end zone. New Mexico recovered the fumble and returned it to their 7-yard line. The Lobos would be unable to capitalize on the turnover and punted the ball away 5 plays later. The next drive ended with a Red Raider field goal by Matt Williams for a score of 24–3. The Lobos first touchdown of the game came on the next drive with a B.R. Holbrook touchdown pass to Lucas Reed.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
James Aho kicked the extra point for the Lobos and brought the score to 24–10. The Red Raiders answered the Lobos' touchdown with one of their own on their next possession. This touchdown came way by a 25-yard Taylor Potts pass to Lyle Leong with a Matt Williams extra point for a score of 31–10. The Lobos scored the final score of the half after Chris Hernandez recovered his own team's fumble for a touchdown. James Aho kicked the extra point and brought the final score at the half to 31–17.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
The Lobos received the opening kick of the 2nd half. The Lobos first drive of the third quarter ended with a blocked punt by Jonathan Brydon of the Red Raiders, placing the ball on New Mexico's 1 yard for Texas Tech's first drive. The Red Raiders were able to capitalize on the turn over with a Baron Batch touchdown rush for 1 yard. Matt Williams successfully point after attempt would be the last score by either team in the 3rd quarter. The final score at the end of the 3rd quarter was 38–17.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
The Red Raiders would be the only team to score in the 4th quarter. Their first score would come during their first possession of the quarter when Tyler Potts completed at 11 yard touchdown pass to Lyle Leong. Matt Williams kicked the extra point to bring the score to 45–17. The final score by either team came after a B.R. Holbrook pass was intercepted by Jarvis Phillips of the Red Raiders on the New Mexico 40 yard line. Phillips returned the ball 27 yards to the New Mexico 13 yard line setting the Red Raiders up for a 10-yard rushing touchdown by Steven Sheffield two plays later. Matt Williams extra point was the last score of the game, bringing the final score to 52–17.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
The Red Raiders passed for a total of 310 yards, with Potts completing 24 of his 41 passes and Sheffield 2 of his 7 passes. Texas Tech led in rushing for a total of 152 yards. The Lobos passed for a total of 336 yards and rushed for 97 yards. New Mexico had a total of 3 turnovers, 2 interceptions and a fumble, and 2 blocked punts, in contrast to Texas Tech's 2 fumbles.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas
For the first time since the Texas Tech upset over Texas in the 2008 season the Longhorns returned to Jones AT&T Stadium for an evening game. This game marked the 60th meeting of the two teams, and the Longhorns led the overall series with a record of 44–15 going into the game. At their last meeting in 2009, the Longhorns defeated the Red Raiders with a final score of 34-24. This game also marked the first sell out at the Jones AT&T Stadium since the recent expansion was completed, and a new attendance record of 60,454 was set.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas
Tech got off to a rocky start, with the first snap of the game going over the head of quarterback Taylor Potts. The ball was recovered by the Longhorns' Jackson Jeffcoat at Tech's 7-yard-line, and the Horns quickly scored for an early 7-0 lead. The Texas lead grew to 14-0 and the Longhorns were threatening again when Tech's Jarvis Phillips intercepted a Garrett Gilbert pass and returning it 87 yards for a touchdown.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Texas
Tech tied up the game at 14-14 before halftime as Potts connected with his former high school teammate, Lyle Leong, on a fade route in the corner of the end zone for a 15-yard touchdown. The score was 17-14 in the third quarter when the Longhorns began a 22-play, 9-minute drive for a touchdown. The touchdown drive was aided by a controversial 15-yard taunting penalty against Tech's Will Ford after an incomplete Longhorn pass on 3rd down and 13 at Tech's 27-yard line. Tech's offense was held to 144 total yards in the loss. Potts threw for only 158 yards, and the Longhorns held Tech to minus-14 yards rushing.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Iowa State
The Texas Tech Red Raiders faced the Iowa State Cyclones at the Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa for their second road game of the season. This game marked only the ninth time the two teams have met and the start of an annual conference series. The Red Raiders dominated the overall series heading into this matchup with a record of 7–1. However, the Red Raiders fell 52–38 to Iowa State marking their first loss to the Cyclones since 2002. Turnovers played a big role in this meeting as Texas Tech had three (two fumbles, one interception) while the Cyclones had none. A poor first half also contributed to the Red Raider loss.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Baylor
The Red Raiders and Bears faced off in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, with the Red Raiders hoping to bounce back from their road loss at Iowa State. Tech was considered the "home" team in the second neutral-site game between the two teams; the 2009 Tech-Baylor game had been played at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. The Bears got on the board first, taking the opening kickoff and marching 82 yards before scoring on Robert Griffin's 1-yard run. Tech responded with a 9-play, 80-yard drive, knotting the score at 7-7 on a 10-yard run by Eric Stephens.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Baylor
Then came a special teams disaster for Tech as the Red Raiders attempted an on-side kick. However, the ball failed to travel 10 yards, and Baylor's Terrance Ganaway scooped up the ball and ran past the Tech kickoff team for an easy 38-yard touchdown and a 14-7 lead. Tech came back again, however, with a touchdown pass from Taylor Potts to Alexander Torres to tie the score again. Baylor took the lead again early in the second quarter on a Griffin TD pass to Josh Gordon, who had been arrested for marijuana possession earlier in the week after being found asleep in the drive-through lane at a Taco Bell in Waco.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Baylor
Trailing 21-14, the Red Raiders responded with three straight touchdowns to take a 35-21 lead. Tech scored on a 37-yard run by Baron Batch, another short touchdown pass from Potts to Torres, and a 10-yard pass from Potts to Detron Lewis with 1:38 remaining in the half. Griffin and Baylor then burned Tech's defense, with Griffin hooking up with Kendall Wright on a 62-yard touchdown pass to narrow Tech's lead to 35-28 going into halftime.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Baylor
In the third quarter, Tech scored on a Williams field goal to go up 38-28, and the Red Raiders extended their lead to 45-28 with a touchdown pass from Potts to Batch midway through the third quarter. The Bears added 10 points and kept Tech from scoring again, but the Red Raiders held on for the win. The Red Raiders had one of their best offensive showings of the year, with Potts throwing for 462 yards and the Red Raiders adding 169 rushing yards as they avoided their first-ever 0-3 start in Big 12 play.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Colorado
Down 17-7 in the third quarter, Texas Tech outscored Colorado 20-7 in the final 23:43 to win in Boulder, capped by a Matt Williams 36-yard field goal with 2:08 left. This was Texas Tech's first ever victory in Boulder, Colorado, and it occurred in the final season of Big 12 Conference play for the Buffaloes, as they will compete in the Pac-12 Conference in the 2011 football season.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Tech picked up its most impressive regular season win of 2010 with its win over the Tigers, ranked #14 in the AP poll and #12 in the BCS rankings. Tech fell behind early, trailing 14-0 after the Tigers scored on two of their first three possessions. Senior quarterback Steven Sheffield started the game in place of Taylor Potts, and Sheffield led Tech to a first-quarter field goal to make the score 14-3. Late in the second quarter, Potts came in at quarterback and quickly led Tech to a touchdown, an 8-yard pass to Detron Lewis.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Missouri
Potts played the entire second half at QB for Tech, adding a pair of touchdown passes to Lyle Leong as the Tech offense got untracked. Tech moved into scoring position with a chance to extend the lead, but a Taylor Potts interception gave the Tigers a chance to tie the game. The Tech defense shut out Missouri's offense in the second half, holding Blaine Gabbert to just 12 of 30 passing and 95 passing yards for the entire game. Tech's defensive backs knocked down two potential game-tying touchdown passes in the fourth quarter to preserve the win, which improved Tech's season record to 5-4.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Weber State
Tech clinched their 11th straight bowl berth with an easy non-conference win over FCS opponent Weber State. The Red Raiders opened the game with touchdowns on their first three possessions. Taylor Potts scored on a 2-yard run and threw scoring passes to Baron Batch and Lyle Leong as Tech quickly went up 21-0. Tech's defense forced a safety late in the first quarter to give Tech a 23-0 lead.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Weber State
Potts threw for 272 yards before ending his day late in the 2nd quarter. Steven Sheffield came in to throw a TD pass to Aaron Crawford as Tech's second-team offense came in a few minutes before halftime.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Weber State
Tech's reserves played the entire second half, with Ben McRoy scoring on two touchdown runs and Matt Williams and Donnie Carona adding a field goal each as the rout continued. Sheffield completed 8 of 12 passes for 109 yards in one quarter of play, and Seth Doege completed 3 of 4 passes for 58 yards on two touchdown drives.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Houston
The Red Raiders came into their final regular season, on Thanksgiving weekend at Jones AT&T Stadium, seeking revenge for their 2009 road loss to the Houston Cougars. Tech's victory improved the Red Raiders' record to 7-5 and denied the Cougars bowl eligibility, as the Cougars finished with a 5-7 record.


2010 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team, Game summaries, Houston
Tech took the lead early on a Taylor Potts touchdown pass to Detron Lewis, but the Cougars came back to take a 10-7 lead. Tech went up 14-10 on a 26-yard run by Eric Stephens, and the Red Raiders added to their lead with another Potts-to-Lewis touchdown throw. Potts threw second-half touchdown passes to Lyle Leong and Baron Batch as Tech pulled away for the win. The Cougars actually outgained Tech in total yardage and first downs, but Tech's defense forced three interceptions on the Cougar's freshman quarterback, David Piland, playing for the injured Case Keenum. Houston ended up with 585 total yards to Tech's 488.


2010 Texas elections
Elections were held in Texas on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections were held on March 2, 2010.


2010 Texas elections
The Republican Party continued its dominance over Texas politics, maintaining control of all statewide offices and increasing its majorities in both chambers of the Texas Legislature. The GOP also picked up control of three additional seats in the United States House of Representatives.


2010 Texas elections, Federal, United States House of Representatives
All 32 Texas seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2010.


2010 Texas elections, State, Governor
Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry ran for re-election against Democratic challenger and former mayor of Houston Bill White and several third-party candidates, and won.


2010 Texas elections, State, Lieutenant governor
Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst ran for re-election and won.


2010 Texas elections, State, Attorney general
Incumbent Republican Greg Abbott ran for re-election as Texas Attorney General against Democrat Barbara Ann Radnofsky and Libertarian candidate Jon Roland, and won.


2010 Texas elections, State, State senate
Approximately half of the 31 seats of the Texas Senate are up for election in 2010.


2010 Texas elections, State, State House of Representatives
All 150 seats in the Texas House of Representatives were up for election in 2010. The GOP captured 99 seats (a record), with the Democrats capturing 50 (one seat, District 48, is still being contested). However, Edmund Kuempel, the incumbent GOP candidate for the District 44 seat subsequently died; the seat was filled by special election on December 14 and won by his son, John, also a Republican.


2010 Texas elections, State, State House of Representatives
Later, two Democrats (Allan Ritter and Aaron Pena) announced they were switching parties and joining the Republicans, thus giving the GOP 101 seats, and a 2/3 majority in the House, giving it considerable leverage. For example, under Texas law, any bill which passes with 2/3 of both legislative chambers becomes effective immediately upon the Governor's signature (otherwise a bill does not become effective until September 1, the start of Texas' fiscal year).


2010 Texas elections, State, Other state offices
Elections were held for the positions of Comptroller of Public Accounts, Commissioner of General Land Office, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Railroad Commissioner in 2010.


2010 Texas elections, State, Judicial positions
Multiple judicial positions were up for election in 2010, including three justices on the Texas Supreme Court.


2010 Texas elections, State, Ballot measures
There are no statewide ballot measures in Texas in 2010.


2010 Texas elections, Local
Many elections for county and city offices were also be held on November 2, 2010.


2010 Texas gubernatorial election
The 2010 Texas gubernatorial election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010, to elect the Governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry ran successfully for election to a third consecutive term. He won the Republican primary against U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison and political newcomer, Debra Medina. The former Mayor of Houston, Bill White, won the Democratic nomination. Kathie Glass, a lawyer from Houston and previous candidate for Texas Attorney General, won the Libertarian nomination. Deb Shafto was the nominee of the Texas Green Party. Andy Barron, an orthodontist from Lubbock, was a declared write-in candidate.


2010 Texas gubernatorial election
Exit polls showed Perry winning Anglos (71% to 29%), while White performed well among African Americans (88% to 12%) and Latinos (61% to 38%)


2010 Texas gubernatorial election
Perry's fourth inauguration for a third full four-year term began on January 18, 2011, on the State Capitol South Grounds.


2010 Texas gubernatorial election, Election rules
Texas does not have term limits for its governors; thus, gubernatorial incumbents are free to run as often as they want if they are eligible for the office.


2010 Texas gubernatorial election, Election rules
The Republicans and Democrats chose their gubernatorial nominees based on the results of primary votes held on March 2, 2010 (the first Tuesday in March.) Both parties' candidates received at least 20 percent of the total votes cast for governor in the 2006 election; thus, they must nominate their candidates via primary election.


2010 Texas gubernatorial election, Election rules
Any third-party which obtains ballot access must nominate its candidates via a statewide convention, which by law must be held on June 12, 2010 (the second Saturday in June.) The Libertarian Party obtained ballot access automatically due to its 2008 showing, in which one of its nominees attracted over one million votes.


2010 Texas gubernatorial election, Election rules
In the primary election the party's winning candidate must garner a majority (over 50%) of votes cast; otherwise, the top two candidates face each other in a runoff election. However, in the general election, the winning candidate needs only a plurality of votes to be elected Governor (as was the case with the 2006 election and the 1990 election, in which Libertarian Jeff Daiell attracted over 129,000 votes).


2010 Texas gubernatorial election, Election rules
Independent and write-in candidates may seek ballot access; however, the criteria for such access are quite strict (see "Ballot Access" below). Nevertheless, in the 2006 election, two independent candidates, Carole Keeton Strayhorn, the Republican State Comptroller, and Kinky Friedman, a popular Texas country musician, obtained enough signatures to qualify. The Libertarian nominee, James Werner, was on the ballot automatically because of that party's Texas showing in the 2004 general election.


2010 Texas gubernatorial election, Ballot access, Political party candidates
Any political party whose candidate for governor, during the 2006 election, garnered at least 20 percent of the total votes cast, must nominate all its candidates for all offices sought via primary election. In the 2006 election, both the Democratic candidate (Chris Bell) and the Republican candidate (Rick Perry) received this many votes; thus, both parties must hold primary elections using the two-round system. The primary elections must be held on the first Tuesday in March, and a candidate must receive a majority of votes cast in the primary election; otherwise, a runoff election between the top two finishers must be held on the second Tuesday in April.


2010 Texas gubernatorial election, Ballot access, Political party candidates
A political party whose candidate for governor, during the 2006 election, received at least two percent but less than 20 percent of the total votes cast, may nominate its candidates for all offices sought via either a primary election (using the two-round system) or a state convention. If the party chooses to conduct a primary election, it must notify the Texas Secretary of State at least one year prior to the general election date and must nominate all its candidates via primary election. No third-party candidate met this requirement in 2006; the last to do so was the Libertarian Party in 1990 (when nominee Jeff Daiell polled over 3.3% of the vote).


2010 Texas gubernatorial election, Ballot access, Political party candidates
All other political parties must nominate their candidates via state convention, which by law must be held on the second Saturday in June. In order to qualify for ballot access at the general election, the party must either:


2010 Texas gubernatorial election, Ballot access, Independent candidates
Should an independent gubernatorial candidate seek ballot access in the state of Texas, the candidate must meet the following requirements:


2010 Texas gubernatorial election, Ballot access, Write-in candidates
In the event a candidate does not qualify for independent status, the person may still run as a write-in candidate. The candidate must either:


2010 Texas gubernatorial election, Republican primary, Polling
Note: polls used different sample sizes and citizen groups. A candidate must have a majority of the vote (>50%) to avoid a runoff with their second place opponent.


2010 Texas gubernatorial election, General election, Candidates, Major
Candidates who have obtained at least 5% or more in at least one pre-election poll


2010 Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election
The Texas lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 2010 to elect the Lieutenant Governor of Texas. Incumbent Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst was reelected in a landslide over Linda Chavez-Thompson. Dewhurst was sworn in for a third term on January 15, 2010.


2010 Thai Division 1 League
2010 Thai League Division 1 is the 13th season of the League since its establishment in 1997. It is the feeder league for the Thai Premier League. A total of 16 teams will compete in the league.