Rangers Playoff Match-up Announced

The Rangers (23-4) will take on the Vikings (15-11) this weekend in the first round of the CMBA Playoffs. The schedule is as follows:

Game 1: vs. Vikings at Winnemac Park @ 9:30 a.m.
Game 2: @ Vikings at Taft Field @ 10 a.m.
Game 3: vs Vikings at Winnemac Park @ 5:30 p.m. (if necessary)

The Rangers have an all-time 2-6 playoff record and are looking for their 1st series victory. This season the Rangers were 2-0 against the Vikings, sweeping a double header back on June 9, 2007.

Rangers Record-Breaking Season

Below is a list of the records the beloved Rangers have broken this season both individually and collectively.

Team Records:

Wins- 23
Runs- 260
Runs allowed- 118
Team batting avg. - .352




Individual Records

Alonzo Hilliard:

Hits: 37
Singles: 33
Stolen bases: 23
Batting Avg. .508

Isaiah Panatsis:

OBP: .564

Kevin Casey:

Runs: 36

John Kohn

Wins: 9
Strikeouts: 77


Congratulations to the team on a fine regular season and to all those individuals who broke single-season records.

The Return of Ranger Doubletakes, IV

Those of you not familiar with R&B music from the late 1990s might not recognize this artist. Just to clarfy, one of these is Jon B. and the other is Chris Rivera. The real question is who is serenading Luke before getting it on.

4th Somewhat Annual Ranger BBBQ a Success!

Thank you to all the rangers who made the 4th Somewhat annual Ranger BBBQ (the extra "B" is for BYOBB) a success. We consumed about 35 sausages, 4.75 pounds of potato salad, all the jello, and enough beans to gas out a small village! Beer amounts cannot be confirmed, all i know is the garbage can was full of empties!

Isaiah won at ski-ball with a high score of around 2000, Tim dominated at bags, and Luke held down the pinball machine! Matt Brooks also ate 3 sausages, making him the sauage king of the playoff bound Rangers!

Alonzo Hillard Named 2007 Ranger MVP

The Chicago Rangers announced today that Ranger newcomer Alonzo Hillard has been named 2007 team MVP. Alonzo received 7 first place votes, 5 second place votes and 3 third place votes.

The complete results from this year's voting can be found below:

2nd Place - Jonathan Kohn (5 1st place votes, 5 2nd place votes and 3 3rd place votes)

3rd Place - Isaiah Panatsis (3 1st place votes, 2 2nd place votes and 2 3rd place votes)

4th Place - Kevin Casey (1 1st place vote, 4 2nd place votes and 4 3rd place votes)

5th Place - Eric Morrissey (1 1st place vote and 1 3rd place vote)

6th Place - Tim Brannon (1 1st place vote)

7th Place(tie) - James Keathley, Mike LaRocco and Matt Swary (all received 1 3rd place vote)

7/28 field and time change

Tomorrow's tilt against the Aviators has been pushed up to 5pm and moved to Southwest Park in Park Ridge, IL. The Rangers are 7-0 against the Aviators in CMBA history and come into tomorrow's game riding a team record 11 game winning history. The Rangers are expected to throw Kevin Casey and Tim Brannon.

Rangers break 20 wins for first time in history

For the first time in their history, the Chicago Rangers eclipsed the 20 win mark. This was a historic moment and was one of the goals put forth to the team by manager Tim Brannon at the beginning of the season. Although Brannon was thrilled about reaching this historic moment, he was rather displeased with other aspects of the Rangers season. "We haven't come close to our goal of drinking 300 pitchers this season," Brannon said after the game. Nevertheless, the season is still not over and with Saturday's game being a night game, that goal might still be within reach.

Even with the win last night, the Rangers are still trailing the Marlins by 3 points in standings, but are tied in the loss column. If both the Marlins and the Rangers win out, the Marlins will have to finish their tie with Daley Division leader, the Chicago Browns. The Marlins hold the tiebreaker with the Rangers as they took the season series 2-1.

The Rangers will finish off their regular season with games against the Aviators, Cubs, and the Mets. The Rangers will play their first game ever at Altgelt park on Saturday night against the Aviators.