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A major-league source told Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal and Jon Paul Morosi that the Texas Rangers could attempt to reacquire left-handed pitcher John Danks, who started his career in the Rangers organization.

The Rangers are working diligently to evaluate the available left-handed starters, a major-league source said Friday. One name that’s high on their list: Chicago White Sox southpaw John Danks, who began his career in the Texas organization. The White Sox are trying to move payroll, and Danks is a prime candidate to be dealt.

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Rangers LHP C.J. Wilson is a free agent, and while the club could re-sign him, they’re working through contingency plans as well. A potential trade for Danks is one of them. The Rangers are also considering moving closer Neftali Feliz into the rotation.

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NEW YORK – Clayton Kershaw, Matt Kemp and Andre Ethier became
the first trio of Los Angeles Dodgers to win NL Gold Gloves in the
same year, and Adrian Gonzalez, Dustin Pedroia and Jacoby Ellsbury
became the first three Red Sox in 32 seasons to win the AL honor
together.

Kershaw became a first-time winner at pitcher when the awards
were announced Tuesday. Ethier earned his first Gold Glove in the
outfield and Kemp regained the NL award he also earned in 2009.

Gonzalez earned his first AL Gold Glove to go along with two he
won in the NL while with San Diego, Pedroia won at second base for
the first time since 2008 and Ellsbury picked up his first Gold
Glove.

“I try to be a complete player. You can always go into offense
slumps,” Gonzalez said during the awards show on ESPN2.

The previous three Red Sox to win in the same year were
shortstop Rick Burleson along with outfielders Dwight Evans and
Fred Lynn in 1979.

Chicago White Sox pitcher Mark Buehrle was the lone AL holdover,
winning for the third straight year. Baltimore’s Matt Wieters won
at catcher, the Angels’ Erick Aybar at shortstop, Texas’ Adrian
Beltre at third, and Kansas City’s Alex Gordon and Baltimore’s Nick
Markakis in the outfield.

Beltre won for the third time, after gaining the award in 2007
and 2008.

The St. Louis Cardinals’ Yadier Molina became the first NL
catcher to win in four straight years since Charles Johnson from
1995-98.

Cincinnati first baseman Joey Votto and second baseman Brandon
Phillips also won along with Colorado shortstop Troy Tulowitzki,
Philadelphia third baseman Placido Polanco and Arizona outfielder
Gerardo Parra. Phillips and Tulowitzki joined Molina as the NL
holdovers, with Phillips winning for the third time in four
years.

“It just shows my hard work really played off,” Phillips said on
the show.

Polanco also won AL Gold Gloves in 2007 and 2009.

This year’s AL group displaced Minnesota catcher Joe Mauer;
Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira, second baseman Robinson Cano
and shortstop Derek Jeter; Tampa Bay third baseman Evan Longoria;
former Rays outfielder Carl Crawford; and Seattle outfielders
Ichiro Suzuki and Franklin Gutierrez.

Suzuki’s streak of Gold Gloves ended at 10. The right fielder,
who had won in every one of his big league seasons, had tied the AL
record for Gold Gloves by an outfielder shared by Ken Griffey Jr.
and Al Kaline.

Last year’s NL winners included Cardinals first baseman Albert
Pujols, Reds third baseman Scott Rolen and Colorado’s Carlos
Gonzalez and Philadelphia’s Shane Victorino joined in the outfield
by Michael Bourn, then of Houston.

Rawlings announced the winners Tuesday. Managers and coaches
vote for players in their leagues and can’t pick players on their
own teams.

Breaking with the recent format, outfielders were picked for
specific spots. The AL had Gordon in left, Ellsbury in center and
Markakis in right, and the NL had Parra in left, Kemp in center and
Ethier in right.

Beltre and Gonzalez each earned $100,000 bonuses, while Aybar
and Markakis get $75,000 apiece. Molina, Pedroia, Polanco and Votto
each receive $50,000, and Tulowitzki and Buehrle both get
$25,000.

Phillips gets an automatic $250,000 raise next season to $12.25
million under the option the Reds exercised Monday.

2011 Gold Glove Winners

American League

P – Mark Buehrle, Chicago White Sox

C – Matt Wieters, Baltimore

1B – Adrian Gonzalez, Boston

2B – Dustin Pedroia, Boston

SS – Erick Aybar, L.A. Angels

3B – Adrian Beltre, Texas

LF – Alex Gordon, Kansas City

CF – Jacoby Ellsbury, Boston

RF – Nick Markakis, Baltimore

National League

P – Clayton Kershaw, L.A. Dodgers

C – Yadier Molina, St. Louis

1B – Joey Votto, Cincinnati

2B – Brandon Phillips, Cincinnati

SS – Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado

3B – Placido Polanco, Philadelphia

LF – Gerardo Parra, Arizona

CF – Matt Kemp, L.A. Dodgers

RF – Andre Ethier, L.A. Dodgers

© 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

	   2011 -- St. Louis 10, Texas 9, 11 innings, Game 6.
	   2005 -- Chicago White Sox 7, Houston 5, 14 innings, Game 3.
	   2003 -- Florida 4, New York Yankees 3, 12 innings, Game 4.
	   2001 -- New York Yankees 3, Arizona 2, 12 innings, Game 5.
	   2001 -- New York Yankees 4, Arizona 3, 10 innings, Game 4.
	   2000 -- New York Yankees 4, New York Mets 3, 12 innings, Game 1.
	   1999 -- New York Yankees 6, Atlanta 5, 10 innings, Game 3.
	   1997 -- Florida 3, Cleveland 2, 11 innings, Game 7.
	   1996 -- New York Yankees 8, Atlanta 6, 10 innings, Game 4.
	   1992 -- Toronto 4, Atlanta 3, 11 innings, Game 6.
	   1991 -- Minnesota 1, Atlanta 0, 10 innings, Game 7.
	   1991 -- Minnesota 4, Atlanta 3, 11 innings, Game 6.
	   1991 -- Atlanta 5, Minnesota 4, 12 innings, Game 3.
	   1990 -- Cincinnati 5, Oakland 4, 10 innings, Game 2.
	   1986 -- New York Mets 6, Boston 5, 10 innings, Game 6.
	   1980 -- Kansas City 4, Philadelphia 3, 10 innings, Game 3.
	   1978 -- New York Yankees 4, Los Angeles 3, 10 innings, Game 4.
	   1977 -- New York Yankees 4, Los Angeles 3, 12 innings, Game 1.
	   1975 -- Boston 7, Cincinnati 6, 12 innings, Game 6.
	   1975 -- Cincinnati 6, Boston 5, 10 innings, Game 3.
	   1973 -- Oakland 3, New York Mets 2, 11 innings, Game 3.
	   1973 -- New York Mets 10, Oakland 7, 12 innings, Game 2.
	   1971 -- Baltimore 3, Pittsburgh 2, 10 innings, Game 6.
	   1969 -- New York Mets 2, Baltimore 1, 10 innings, Game 4.
	   1964 -- St. Louis 5, New York Yankees 2, 10 innings, Game 5.
	   1958 -- New York Yankees 4, Milwaukee 3, 10 innings, Game 6.
	   1958 -- Milwaukee 4, New York Yankees 3, 10 innings, Game 1.
	   1957 -- Milwaukee 7, New York Yankees 5, 10 innings, Game 4.
	   1956 -- Brooklyn 1, New York Yankees 0, 10 innings, Game 6.
	   1954 -- New York Giants 5, Cleveland 2, 10 innings, Game 1.
	   1952 -- Brooklyn 6, New York Yankees 5, 11 innings, Game 5.
	   1950 -- New York Yankees 2, Philadelphia Phillies 1, 10 innings, Game 2.
	   1946 -- Boston Red Sox 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2, 10 innings, Game 1.
	   1945 -- Chicago Cubs 8, Detroit 7, 12 innings, Game 6.
	   1944 -- St. Louis Cardinals 3, St. Louis Browns 2, 11 innings, Game 1.
	   1939 -- New York Yankees 7, Cincinnati 4, 10 innings, Game 4.
	   1936 -- New York Giants 5, New York Yankees 4, 10 innings, Game 5.
	   1935 -- Detroit 6, Chicago Cubs 5, 11 innings, Game 3.
	   1934 -- Detroit 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2, 12 innings, Game 2.
	   1933 -- New York Giants 4, Washington 3, 10 innings, Game 5
	   1933 -- New York Giants 2, Washington 1, 11 innings, Game 4.
	   1926 -- New York Yankees 3, St. Louis Cardinals 2, 10 innings, Game 5.
	   1924 -- Washington 4, New York Giants 3, 12 innings, Game 7.
	   1924 -- New York Giants 4, Washington 3, 12 innings, Game 1.
	   1922 -- New York Giants 3, New York Yankess 3, tie, 10 innings, Game 2.
	   1919 -- Chicago White Sox 5, Cincinnati 4, 10 innings, Game 6.
	   1916 -- Boston Red Sox 2, Brooklyn 1, 14 innings, Game 2.
	   1914 -- Boston Braves 5, Philadelphia Athletics 4, 12 innings, Game 3.
	   1913 -- New York Giants 3, Philadelphia Athletics 0, 10 innings, Game 2.
	   1912 -- Boston Red Sox 3, New York Giants 2, 10 innings, Game 8.
	   1912 -- Boston Red Sox 6, New York Giants 6, tie, 11 innings, Game 2.
	   1911 -- New York Giants 4, Philadelphia Athletics 3, 10 innings, Game 5.
	   1911 -- Philadelphia Athletics 3, New York Giants 2, 11 innings, Game 3.
	   1910 -- Chicago Cubs 4, Philadelphia Athletics 3, 10 innings, Game 4.
	   1907 -- Chicago Cubs 3, Detroit 3, tie, 12 innings, Game 1.
	   

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Chicago White Sox vice president and assistant general manager Rick Hahn will interview for the vacant GM job for the Los Angeles Angels, according to Tim Brown of Yahoo! Sports. That brings the total number of interviews to at least five:

In addition to those five, Thad Levine has been mentioned in numerous reports as a candidate for the Angels, but they would have to wait until the conclusion of World Series as Levine is currently the assistant GM for the Texas Rangers.

Hahn has been with the White Sox for the last 11 years, assisting GM Kenny Williams with player evaluations, roster composition, contract negotiations, trades, as well as overseeing the baseball operations staff, including scouting and player development. Hahn has been credited with negotiating multi-year deals with current White Sox Mark Buehrle, Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez, and Matt Thornton.

Baseball America in 2010 ranked Hahn as the top GM candidate in baseball. Hahn was also tops in a similar feature by Sport Illustrated in July, in which Hahn joked, “if there was a way to trade me for Mike Trout, I’m guessing Kenny would drive me to the airport to make sure that deal goes through — and I would understand.”

Not that Hahn would cost an uber prospect like Trout, but that was some nice foreshadowing.

For more on Angels baseball, head to Halos Heaven.

The Chicago White Sox officially introduced Central Coast native Robin Ventura on Tuesday as the team’s new manager. The Arroyo Grande resident said he was humbled and honored with the position, and vowed to be himself.

The Righetti High graduate returned to a White Sox uniform, sporting number 23 like he did for the first ten seasons of his 16 year Major League career. Tuesday, the 44 year old officially the 39th manager in franchise history. “Being where I was and being able to do this for a franchise that I love and for people that are in the organization that I love, I’m confident and I’m excited about being able to do this,” said Ventura. “Obviously I’m overjoyed about the opportunity to wear a White Sox uniform and to be the manager is an honor and I’m humbled to be able to do it.”

The press conference came barely four months after Robin was hired as a special advisor to the team that ended his six year absence from the major leagues. Ventura spent that time with his family living in Arroyo Grande. Robin sees his break as a strength because he is able to look at the game from the outside. “I’ve lived life and I’ve enjoyed it. But I’ve also enjoyed baseball and I think that helps me to be able to see beyond whether a guy got a hit or not,” added Ventura.

White Sox General Manager Kenny Williams said Robin was always at the top of his list because of his integrity, character and knowledge for the game. Despite this being Ventura’s first managerial job, the six-time gold glove third baseman is confident he can go from the hot corner to the hot seat. “I think later in my career it was something that was evident I felt that I could do it. And I still feel confident that I can do it.”

Ventura played for a list of managers that includes Bobby Valentine, Jim Tracy and Joe Torre. He plans to use his experiences with them in his new role. He said he received plenty of congratulatory calls from former teammates and veterans over the last few days. “The best piece of advice is be yourself and that’s going to be pretty simple for me because I don’t plan on changing a whole lot.”

One could say it is the start of the next chapter in Ventura’s South Side Story.

Ventura is the 17th former White Sox player to become the team’s manager. The White Sox went 79-83 last season and are six years removed from a World Series title.

The White Sox open the 2012 season April 6 at the home of the Texas Rangers.