Martin Perez was working on a perfect game going through the first third of an inning yesterday. Then he lost it. Literally and figuratively. He gave up a monster shot to Giancarlo Stanton, the second batter he faced. Then, in true Martin Perez fashion, he caved in the fifth […]
After the second batter he faced homered, it looked like it was going to be another long day for Drew Hutchinson. Especially when the Yankees scored again immediately after that. Hutchinson never had a one-two-three inning, but he kept getting off the hook, which is the sign of a guy […]
This could be a good team. It’s young so it can be not so good from time to time. But this offense could be very good. This team put up double digits again. Twelve runs. Off the Yankees. The New York Yankees. Six of those off the Yankees bullpen, […]
This is what you expect from a young pitcher. Some good games, some not so good. Predictably unpredictable. Ariel Jurado’s first start was against the Chicago White Sox, one of four teams in the American League worse than the Rangers. He lost that one. Then he pitched against the […]
Texas bats have come alive just as Texas Live is coming alive. Tuesday the Rangers unveiled a statue of Benjie Molina’s huge emotional embrace of Neftali Feliz after Feliz struck out Alex Rodrigues to send the Texas Rangers to the World Series for the first time ever. The long-suffering […]
It took a while. Five starts, in fact. Once Bartolo Colon won his two-hundredth-forty-fifth game on June 30 to tie Dennis Martinez as the all-time leader in wins from a Latin-born player, he has been pitching on fumes. And those fumes have not been very aromatic. In those five […]
Thank you, pitch count baseball. Thank you for giving the Rangers a fighting chance they didn’t deserve. Wade LeBlanc was dominating. Allowing just one hit through the first six. Then he committed the cardinal sin in baseball. Allowing a hit after the sixth inning. So, naturally, the foolish manager […]
This is state of Rangers pitching. Rather than going with Austin Bibens-Dirkx, the Rangers went to the waiver heap and picked up Drew Hutchison. He was drafted by the Blue Jays and pitched with them in 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2016, unspectacularly. Toronto released him. The Pirate picked him […]
Let’s forget about March. Let’s forget about April. And May. And June. And July. Let’s forget about 2017. And 2014. Let’s forget how 2016 ended. And how 2105 ended. And 2013. And 2012. And especially 2011. Let’s only remember the last eight games where the Rangers are 7-1. The Rangers […]
Dear Rougned: I want to apologize. You were the worst player in baseball for the last two seasons and I thought you were never going to be worth a damn. For that, I am sorry. You were lost. For most of two seasons, you swung at every single pitch […]
