So after all that, who would have thought it would be Pedro Payano that would stop the bleeding? Who would have thought it would be Rougned Odor that was the offensive hero? It takes a village to raise a child, and it takes contributions from the lowest wrungs of the […]
You think your job is tough. Imagine being a manager for the Texas Rangers. It’s one of only thirty jobs like it out there. But it’s with the Texas Rangers. And you are given the most lopsided nonsensical roster to work with. You have like fifteen outfielders. Two infielders. You […]
Every great sports movie has a speech. “Forget about the crowds, the size of the school, their fancy uniforms, and remember what got you here. If you put your effort and concentration into playing to your potential, to be the best that you can be, I don’t care what the […]
Who remembers the 1994 Rangers? Who remembers how many games they won that year? Or where they finished in the standings? Or who was on the team, or in the rotation? Hint: It was the year of the strike, where no World Series was played. It was the year the […]
Reading comments around different sites, it seems Rangers fans are just as bewildered about the demotion of Willie Calhoun as Willie Calhoun was. In a number of comments in The Athletic, for instance, a number of fans who admitted that they had been Jon Daniels apologists for a long time, […]
The headline on texasrangers.com read, “Pitching plans up in the air after rout.” After rout? It took getting pounded 19-4 by the Diamondbacks for texasrangers.com to notice the Rangers pitching plans are up in the air? They’re pitching plans have been up in the air before the first opposing home […]
Probably the worst thing about good being a player on a bad team is that every single talking head on every single media outlet targets you for a trade. Now that the Rangers are in freefall mode with the trade deadline two weeks away, Mike Minor’s name is bandied about […]
Just click your heels together twice and keep telling yourself, this team isn’t really that good, this team isn’t really that good. Then look at the standings and realize this team that isn’t really that good is still five games over .500. Maybe it is heading for a major course […]
Whether we like it or not, it’s coming. Instant replay was the first step. Computers calling the strike zone is going to happen. It’s jusr a matter of when. With that in mind, Bleacher Report decided to ask players what they thought of the concept. As you might expect, opinions varied. […]
There’s nothing like minor league baseball. The Rangers Triple-A affiliate Nashville Sounds put on a fun game. They have a huge guitar-shaped scoreboard. They have putt-putt beyond the right field seating area. Next to that, they have ping pong and cornhole and shuffleboard. They have pubs overlooking center. Oh, and […]
