The Rangers swept the Cardinals for their sixth win in a row, and moved to twenty games over .500. It was a great game, the second in a row in which they won by one run, and in which they came off the mat late to win. ***** HAPPY FUN […]
In the second game of the series against the Cardinals, the Rangers came off the mat after being shut out through seven, scoring two in the eighth and two in the ninth to beat St. Louis 4-3, their fifth win in a row. All because of pitch counts. Once again, […]
A few Rangers odds and ends over the weekend: In the movie “Manchester By The Sea” the opening credits list two actors: C. J. Wilson and Josh Hamilton. Very weird. An item in yesterday’s Dallas Morning News: I’m not convinced Profar won’t end up at second if Daniels decides Rougned Odor’s poor […]
Texas went into St. Louis for three on a three-game winning streak. Every game would be a nail-biter in one of the better series of the year. The Rangers won the first game 1-0. ***** A PAIR OF ACES. Originally published June 18, 2016. Coming out of spring training, Rangers fans […]
The Rangers forty-second win of the season was the Colby Lewis near perfect game, near no-hitter, near shutout, which he won, 5-1, with a complete game two-hitter to move to 6-0 on the season. ***** CLOSE. Originally published June 17, 2016. “Well, that sucked.” That’s how Colby Lewis summed it […]
The Rangers were being totally dominated by Sonny Gray for five innings, then came to life in the sixth, which propelled them to their second win in a row against Oakland, their forty-first win of the season, and put them six-and-a-half games up on Seattle to start putting some serious […]
Ignore Pudge Rodriguez’s offense and look only at his defense. Yes, that’s like hiring Sophia Vergara strictly on her comic timing. But do it. While most people look at a player’s offense as the ticket into the Hall of Fame, Pudge got there because of his defense. He said […]
The Rangers signed Dillon Gee to a one-year minor league contract worth up to two million dollars in salary and incentives. Move along folks, there is nothing to see here.
The Rangers became the first team in the American League to win forty games, which would start a seven-game winning streak, their longest of the season, which they would enjoy one other time in 2016. ***** RETURNING THE FAVOR IN OAKLAND Originally published June 15, 2016. You can’t blame them […]
Nomar Mazara, playing right field, ended the game in dramatic fashion with an incredible throw from deep in the corner of the outfield to Rougned Odor at second base to nail Robinson Cano trying to stretch a single into a double and trying to stretch a loss into a win. […]