Yesterday, ESPN.com had an interview with Rays pitcher and former Cy Young winner Blake Snell about the proposed shortened season and reduced salary to go with it. He couldn’t have come off as a worse human being. His comments were tone deaf, selfish, self-serving and greedy. And, as unappetizing as […]
With the Rangers embarrassing history of pitching, this year would have been so refreshing. They finally had a rotation they could boast about. Here’s a story of two pitchers they couldn’t. THE NEW MARK CLARK. Mark Clark started fifteen games for the Rangers in 1999. He came over from the […]
The idea of the opener didn’t originate with the Tampa Bay Rays in 2018. It originated on RR3 in 2016. A REVOLUTIONARY NEW WAY TO END PITCHING INJURIES FOREVER. With the epidemic of arm injuries leading to Tommy John surgery that has galloped through baseball the last few decades, so […]
The Rangers finally have a rotation. It would be a shame if this season is cancelled and that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity went away. But great pitching matters, just like it did in this Cole Hamels gem from two seasons ago. GEM. Someone call the jeweler, the Rangers pitching staff just cut […]
This one is from last year. It could easy be from 2014. Or 2017. Or 2019. Or 2020. Or the next few years. GLARING DEFICIENCIES. Sometimes you have the reality shoved in your face. It’s not pretty and it’s not subtle. And it hurts. But the reality is the Texas […]
Has there ever been a more difficult time to be a mother? It’s a challenging, thankless, stressful role in good times. These are the opposite of good times. There is no break. No off switch. Kids aren’t at school. They’re at home. Husbands aren’t at work. They’re at home. And, […]
The stories about the players are always better than the stories about the games. THINGS THAT MATTER. When the Rangers had their last lost season, back in 2014, the story was no longer about the play on the field. That was abysmal. It was about the people who were getting a […]
Hunter Pence will be missed. If baseball is played this year, he will be back on the Giants, after coming to Arlington and surprising everyone by having an All-Star caliber season. INDISPENCEABLE. After watching Hunter Pence in just one at-bat or make one play in the field, it’s impossible not […]
The Rangers weren’t tanking in 2018, they stunk the old-fashioned way. BAD BASEBALL ALL AROUND. The four-game series started out so promisingly with a win in the first game highlighted by the Rangers biggest offensive explosion of the season. Unfortunately, they scored just one run in the next game and […]
The race was on to see who would get to sixty first: Gallo in home runs or the Rangers in wins. ON PACE FOR 60. The Rangers lost another game to pitch counts. Cole Hamels had given up just two earned runs and five hits through six innings. But he […]
