Texas Rangers Wives and Girlfriends (WAGS)
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- UPDATE: 11-15-201: After being a big part of the World Series runner-up Texas Rangers, Mike Maddux is being offered some high-profile manager positions all around the league. Despite the attention, Maddux is being pretty selective and doesn't seem all that interested. For instance, before even being interviewed, Maddux removed his name from consideration for the Boston Red Sox vacant manager position. You might think that he did this because the Red Sox are a mess - but you'd be wrong. He took his name out of the running based on what he calls a "family decision". Mike Maddux' wife Lise Maddux and their two daughters are, in his words, "together in the same state for the first time in three years and words cannot describe my happiness". Mike feels that the distance between the Dallas-Ft. Worth area and Boston is just too much. Chicago, though, is apparently close enough - as he has interviewed with the Cubs and is considered a finalist at this point.
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- Mike Maddux and his wife, Lise Maddux, have two daughters attending college near Dallas-Ft. Worth. Makayla Maddux attends at Texas Christian while her sister Lexie Maddux attends Southern Methodist.
Lise Maddux grew up near Portland, Oregon, attending Laurelwood Academy and Portland State University. Mike Maddux was born in Ohio and attended college in Texas - no word on when and where the two met. Lise is the secretary for the Mike Maddux Foundation, based out of Las Vegas, NV. Maddux founded the Maddux Foundation in October 2000 to help under-privileged children receive dental and vision care. “The Maddux Foundation works to support the underserved youth of Southern Nevada,” Maddux said. “We recognize and are committed to Southern Nevada’s most valuable resource, our children.”
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- Time Together: General Manager of the Texas Rangers, Jon Daniels married his longtime girlfriend Robyn in November of 2003. Together, Jon and Robyn have two children; son Lincoln, and daughter, Harper Jane. They are expecting their third child any day now, scheduled to be born during the World Series. Amy K. Nelson reported that if the birth takes place during the World Series, Daniels will hop on a Rangers owner's private jet to return home for the birth.
Jon Daniels was at one point rumored to be in the running for the next Mets GM, which would have brought him home to his native New York City. However, Daniels made it clear that he and his wife were happy in Texas, and had no interest in pursuing other positions. The family resides in Southlake, TX.
- Fast Facts: Did you know, that Jon Daniels was youngest General Manager in the history of Major League Baseball at 28 years and 41 days?
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- Fast Facts: Let's meet Derek Holland's girlfriend, Lauren. In the name of full disclosure, we should tell you that we know nothing about her. The 2011 World Series game 4 hero for the Texas Rangers, brought a Yahoo! camera crew with him while he cleaned up his apartment before his parents arrived for the World Series. Derek introduced us to his dog, Wrigley, and his girlfriend, Lauren. Lauren was shown a couple times but had no lines in the 4 minute video.
The video on the right shows Derek walking through the clean up process. He's an entertaining guy, as a lot of us learned with his Harry Caray, and Arnold Schwarzenegger impressions during game 5 of the World Series. Probably a better way to spend time in the dugout on an off day than drinking beer, right?
Video and screen captures courtesy of Big League Stew, a Y! Sports Blog.
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We're almost positive this is her. He wouldn't pose like this with his sister would he?
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- Fast Facts: This post is our personal nemesis, our great white whale if you will. For the last six weeks, we have been searching and scouring for information on Nelson Cruz's wife, or Nelson Cruz's girlfriend.
We knew he was dating a woman in 2005, who was mentioned on the Texas Rangers website. The best information we could find, suggested that the two broke up shortly before 2007.
Later research found that he is infact married, as an ESPN.com article stated:
Cruz does enjoy coming to the Bronx. That's because Cruz loves to visit his older sister, Olga, and her family. They live, in the Bronx, just a few blocks from Yankee Stadium. Cruz's wife's family also lives nearby, so Cruz always spends time here during the offseason."
We continued on. In recent days, we learned that Nelson Cruz married Solanyi Genao on Christmas Day (though embarrassingly enough, no clue what year). Strong information suggests the two have one child together.
So, there. We have some info, though nothing is concrete. Appears our great while whale continues to swim out there. We'll keep you posted if we can get any concrete information following the World Series when stories are sure to surface on Nelson Cruz's personal life.
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- Matt Harrison's wife Meghan Harrison has developed an online personality for herself, running her own blog, and as a regular contributor to Baseball Wife Blog discussing some of the inner details of being the wife of a professional baseball player. Amongst some of the topics she's talked about are how frequently she travels with the team and how she feels when fans ask for autographs when they are together in public.
Meghan was also featured in an article on ESPNDallas.com discussing Matt Harrison's vocal supporters. Meghan is notoriously loud when Matt's on the hill, and can be frequently picked up louder than general crowd noise by TV and radio microphones. Says Matt, "As long as she's not cussing out fans and getting in fights, I'm all right. At least she's watching what's going on and knows what's happening. She's not just sitting up there not paying attention."
Matt and Meghan were married December 13, 2008 after dating for 6 years. They are currently expecting their first child.
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- Colby Lewis and his wife, Jenny Lewis are the proud parents of two children, each of which being a landmark in Colby's baseball career.
In 2007, Jenny was pregnant with the couple's first child. Colby was bouncing between the Oakland A's big league club and their AAA affiliate. Colby recognized that something had to change, so he elected to take his baseball talents across the Pacific and play in Japan. In an interview with ESPN's Tim Kurkijan, he realized, "I've got to go [to Japan]. I've got to make some money." Colby notes that the day Washington Nationals cut him prior to the 2007 season was the low point of his career, but also happened to be the day his first son was born.
After spending 2 years in Japan to revive his career, Colby came back to the states in part to have another baby. In the same Kurkijan article, it's noted that Jenny has Graves' disease, a thyroid condition, and the Lewis family was encouraged to come back in order to get adequate health insurance from a major league club for her.
Fast forward to April, 2011. Jenny Lewis gave birth to the couple's second child, daughter Elizabeth Grace. Colby flew to the family home in Bakersfield, CA to be with his family. In this move, he officially became the first player in Major League Baseball history to go on the newly instilled Paternity List, allowing him 24 to 72 hours to leave the team to be with his wife and new daughter.
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- Manager of the Texas Rangers, Ron Washington's wife Gerry Washington is perhaps best known for standing by her man when he tested positive for cocaine during the 2009 season. Gerry Washington appeared at her husband's side at the press conference when he announced the positive test. Ron and Gerry have been married almost 40 years and she wasn't about to let a little blow ruin all of that.
Gerry also made the news around game 4 of this year's ALDS when Ron Washington, a huge sunflower seed chewer for years, switched to gum. News broke that Gerry didn't like the way that Ron looked on camera when chewing seeds. According to Ron, she said "Everybody eats seeds, but nobody looks like you". Harsh words. And a little controlling if you ask me.
Ron and Gerry's home in Eastern New Orleans was almost completely destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 - literally reduced to studs. Many of Ron's family members packed up and left - but not Ron and Gerry. They insisted on rebuilding and the process is almost finished, thanks in large part to donations from several of his players (at the time) like Miguel Tejada and Jason Giambi, who donated more than $60,000 to aide in the process.
Obviously that second photo isn't of Gerry Washington. Fact is, I could only find one photo of her. In my searches however, this little dude kept popping up. Given that Halloween is only a week or so away this year, I felt it only fitting to highlight what might be the best costume that I've ever seen. Li'l Ron Washington makes me wish that I had a black son, because I would totally convince him to dress like this. Amazing.
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