Yearly Archives: 2018


Gallo. 70 comments

  Chris Davis is coming to town. The Longview, Texas, native arrived with the Rangers with a bang. In 2008, he hit 17 home runs in just 80 games, batting .285. His future looked bright. Except for one thing. He struck out. A lot. In 2009, he hit 29 home […]


A call to arms. 18 comments

The Rangers didn’t lose any offense at the trade deadline. They also didn’t gain any. And since they couldn’t find any last night, just like that their four-game winning streak stopped dead in its tracks. The new look Rangers looked pretty much like the old look Rangers. Arizona 6, Texas […]


One-pitch win. 161 comments

  Baseball can be cruel. Baseball can be wonderful. Bartolo Colon has made four attempts to notch career win 246, which would make him the winningest pitcher in Latin American history, and maybe then call it a career and ride off into the sunset on a horse. A really big, […]


Who were those guys? 230 comments

  The 1969 New York Mets. The 1997 Oakland Athletics Now the 2018 Texas Rangers. Only three teams in major league baseball history have struck out nineteen times and won a game. And, with the 4-3 win yesterday at Minute Maid Park, only one team this year has sweep the […]


Trouble in paradise. 91 comments

  The Rangers have just destroyed the Astros twice in every facet of the game on the field. But in the clubhouse, it’s hasn’t been all rainbows and unicorns. According to Levi Weaver’s latest article on The Athletic—the wonderful new on-line sports daily that has collected some of the country’s […]


Cole now a Cub. 105 comments

  The Cole Hamels era is over. And by most accounts, it was a successful one, his last four starts notwithstanding. But when you speak of pitching on a franchise like Texas, just being able to get the ball to the plate puts you among the elite tier. If nothing […]


Four-letter words. 93 comments

  Huge. Lead. Nine. Outs. Away. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Walk. Flub. Outs. Slip. Past. Lead. Gone. Over. Used. Arms. Gift. Runs. Kela. Blew. Save. Huge Lead Lost. Game. Over. Walk. Away. Bury. Head. Fail. Stun. Pain. Hurt. Slow. Burn. Rage. Many Cuss Words. Wild. Card. Gone. ***** TODAY’S […]