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Ryan mixing business and baseball in his role as a top executive

By Jerry Crasnick
ESPN.com

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

The Texas Rangers rank first in the major leagues in runs scored this season and 29th in team ERA. In another startling development, it'll be hot and muggy with a 100 percent chance of sopping brows this week in Arlington. Nolan Ryan, the team president, feels good about the offense and understandably ill at ease with the performance of the pitching staff. He scoffs at the suggestion that he could come out of retirement in a grunting, fastball-flinging, Robin Ventura-headlocking frenzy and help ...

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