Yearly Archives: 2020


Rangers won, maybe.

The Rangers won yesterday. It’s so rare they don’t even know how to handle it. Here is the score from texasrangers.com. Apparently, the Rangers are unaware of the concept of the team with the big T logo having more runs than the team they are playing.  Either that or, in […]


Frustration.

The trade deadline passed and the Rangers, a team in desperate need of rebuilding, weren’t able to do much in the way of home improvement. They needed a new roof, a new kitchen, and a major update of the master bedroom.  They painted the garage door. Mike Minor, who wasn’t […]


A very Rangers inning.

The entire Rangers season, and current state of the Rangers franchise, can be summed up in the third inning of yesterday’s game. Down 4-0, the Rangers loaded the bases off Dodgers rookie—a rookie—Tony Gonsolin. The only way they were able to score was from a wild pitch. Nobody got a […]


Condor soars.

Welcome back, Ronald Guzman. The Rangers could really really use someone at first who can catch the ball. When you think about it, that’s the really the most important part of the deal. In fact, if you were writing a job description for the position of first base, it would […]


Home Shopping Network.

Last night’s game was the most important game in 2020 for the Texas Rangers. Maybe even the most important in the last few years. That’s because this team has to be stripped to the studs and totally rebuilt. And the only way to do that is to start selling off […]


KA okay.

Kolby Allard was one of the few bright spots last season. After coming to Texas in a trade with Atlanta for reliever Chris Martin, the then twenty-two-year-old started nine games, winning four and losing two. The Rangers won six of those nine games. It was encouraging. His ERA wasn’t the […]


One, two, three.

Nick Goody has pitched 145 major league innings. It’s doubtful he has pitched one quite like his eighth-inning performance last night. Goody was called into the game with bases loaded and his team trailing 3-1. A two-run deficit for this team is nearly as insurmountable as Mount Everest in the […]


Rays of hope.

Losing nine of the last ten games means you have to look for rays of hope in other places. You won’t find them in the standings. One of those rays is Nick Solak. The Rangers seem to have a bona fide player in Nick Solak.  Ironically, speaking of rays of […]


The legend of Ray Caldwell.

Yes, Lance Lynn is a bulldog. Yes, he has an incredible streak going of thirty games in a row with 100 pitches or more. Yes, he goes deep into games and hates being taken out. Yes, he is cut from the old-school cloth. But, with all due respect to Lance […]


Just like starting over.

The Rangers are back to where they started. After eight straight losses, their winning percentage now sits at .370. If this were a full season—and thank the baseball gods it’s not—this team would win 60 games. This franchise has not seen this level of futility since they arrived in Arlington. […]