With three weeks to go before opening day, the Rangers are having a really strong spring training. At 9-5, they have the second-best record in the Cactus League. But their success has mostly been built on the backs of players who won’t be in a Rangers uniform come March 26. […]
We interrupt this unimportant spring training to bring you a legendary announcement. The statue of Pudge is now up outside the New Ballpark. We now resume our regularly scheduled schedule. *****TODAY’S GAME: Game time: 2:05
You know the old saying: if a tree fell in the woods and nobody was there to hear it, did it make a sound? What if spring training happens and nobody is there to win the first base position, does anyone play there? About a third of the way into […]
The Texas Rangers are 6-4. They are one of the top teams in the Cactus League. Tied for third, in fact. With the Giants. The Giants, by the way, finished 29 games out of first in 2019, in third place. So did the Rangers. What does this great start mean […]
Three guys who are helping their cause so far this spring: Nick Ciuffo: He’s fighting for the backup catcher role. It’s a crowd that includes Jeff Mathis, Jose Trevino, Blake Swithart, Sam Huff, and Tim Federowicz. Ciuffo is crushing the early returns, batting .556, with a .600 on-base, and an […]
Who cares if it’s a meaningless game in Feburary or the middle of a pennant race? A home run in the bottom of the ninth to win a game is perhaps the most fun you can have at a baseball game. And a huge thrill for the player who hit it […]
An article on mlb.com yesterday talked about a college team in the early 90s who was the first to implement what is now commonplace, the dramatic defensive shift in baseball. And it led to thinking how baseball has come full circle. Oberlin College in Ohio had a terrible baseball team. […]
The Rangers scored early and often yesterday, racking up thirteen runs and fourteen hits off Cubs pitching. Well, pitchers wearing a Cubs uniform. Here’s hoping they can carry this offensive dominance to the regular season. Andrus collected two hits, Odor three, Andy Ibanez drove in three runs, catcher Nick Ciuffo […]
Too bad spring stats don’t matter. Scott Heineman would be an early shoo in to make the roster. Good thing the roster is such a mess. Scott Heineman should make the team by default. The Rangers forgot to get a center fielder this offseason. The Rangers approach to fielding a […]
Watching the first three weeks of exhibition games is what it must be like being a Baltimore Orioles fans. What you’re watching resembles major league baseball but it’s not major league baseball. But the beauty of spring training games is it might be the only time most of these players […]
