Yearly Archives: 2017


The new guy. 178 comments

  Lost in the devastating news about Adrian Beltre being done for the season was the news that the Rangers traded for a new pitcher at the waiver deadline. Miguel Gonzalez is now a Ranger, coming over from the White Sox. He is a right-handed starter with a career 3.88 […]


The season limps away. 374 comments

  There aren’t a whole lot of positives about yesterday’s game. The Rangers lost. The Twins, who the Rangers are supposedly battling for a wild card spot, won. And Adrian Beltre limped off the field with a pulled hamstring that will require an MRI. There aren’t rose colored glasses big […]


Back to baseball. 79 comments

  After losing six of their first seven meetings this season against the Astros, the Rangers are 5-2 in their last seven. The season series is returning to normalcy. Since the Astros moved into the American League, they have resided in the Rangers back pocket. Texas was 15-4 against Houston […]


The lost weekend. 149 comments

  It’s  pretty hard to be the stinkiest thing at a stadium known for seeping raw sewage, but the Rangers managed that dubious feat. They went into Oakland’s SewageDump.co Stadium and came out covered in misery. The Rangers earned being swept. They squandered nearly every scoring opportunity. On top of […]


Offensive Dysfunction. 118 comments

      One run in the first on Friday, then nothing. Two runs in the first on Saturday, then basically shut down. The Rangers are suffering from premature offense. They score early, then turn over in bed and fall asleep. If there was Viagra for a baseball lineup, the […]


Graveman buries Rangers. 88 comments

  It’s not time to throw dirt on all the far-fetched wild card talk, and it’s not like the Rangers are officially six-feet under, but with every loss, especially to teams like Oakland, this season is one step closer to pushing daisies. The offensive rebirth the Rangers were enjoying on […]


Nicknames. 198 comments

The first-ever Players Weekend is upon us. Concocted by the Players Association in conjunction with the Commissioner’s Office, Players Weekend was conceived to help MLB connect with younger fans, with uniforms that are designed to look more like Little League jerseys, and with each player having a nickname of his […]


We need this. 193 comments

  Now, more than ever, we need baseball. We need the drama of the Rangers scoring three runs in the tenth inning, then hanging on in a nail biting bottom of the tenth. We need Jose Leclerc to come in and give us all mini-heart attacks. We need Adrian Beltre. […]