There will be baseball. Opening day 2020 is coming. Four months later that originally scheduled. But it’s coming. One-hundred-two games fewer than originally scheduled. But it’s coming. Spring training will begin, again, on July 1. The season will begin July 23 or 24. Schedules are being made now. The Rangers […]
Sixty games. That’s what it appears the 2020 season will comprise of. How legitimate is a sixty-game season? Had last year’s season been just sixty games, the Texas Rangers would have been the second wild card in the American League. They ended up 78-84. The Rangers would have made the […]
Anytime you can go back and revisit that glorious season of 2016, it’s a good thing. Anytime you can go back and revisit Colby Lewis, it’s even better. But this game, was, unfortunately, the beginning of the end for Colby Lewis. After starting the season 6-0 with 2.81 ERA, he […]
We head into a summer without baseball. Yuck. But, at least we can look back fondly on guys like Austin Bibbens-Dirx who made Rangers baseball somewhat enjoyable. FIVE IN A ROW. Don’t look now, but the hottest team in major league baseball is the Texas Rangers. Five wins in a […]
Pitch counts. Ug. THANK YOU. Dear Robin Ventura: Thank you so much for falling for the trap of modern-day managers. Thank you for counting pitches instead of watching pitches. Thank you for counting pitches instead of counting on your pitcher. Thank you for taking out the most dominating pitcher in […]
They are playing. Oh, wait, they are not playing. They have a deal. Oh, wait, they don’t have a deal. Is it a deal? Or an agreement. Or a framework? Or the framework of a deal of an agreement? Honestly, who cares anymore? If they play, fine. If they don’t […]
“Where and when.” That became the rallying cry from the players union after the last proposal from owners. It’s time to get back to playing. Just tell us where and when. Suddenly, they seized the PR ball. They were ready to get back to work but those darn owners weren’t. […]
Corey Brock of The Athletic released his first annual Readers Picks for Best TV Booth Team in MLB. Not surprisingly, from following the opinions expressed here, the Rangers TV broadcasters did not fare well. Of course, it could be worse. The Tigers had two guys in the booth who, for […]
The last great Rangers season in what might be the last Rangers season for a while. SIXTH-INNING MAGIC. Last night’s game proved a few things. This Rangers team is for real. It’s special. It’s hard to beat even when you think you have it pinned to the mat. And there […]
As we find out today how long this aberration of a season is going to be because neither side was willing to budge one inch in negotiations to bring back baseball for anything resembling a real schedule, it’s interesting to see that last year I wrote about how flush with […]
