Welcome to September, the stretch run in baseball, when scoreboard watching is its own sport. The Rangers have 24 games remaining—15 at home, nine on the road. At home, Texas plays .561 baseball. On the road, they play .431. Doing simple math, playing .561 at home times 15 home games […]
The Rangers went on the road for six games, three each against two division winners. The good news is, it was a total success. They didn’t get swept in either series, going 1-2 in both three-gamers. That was the best they could realistically hope for. The second half has not […]
The Rangers season in a nutshell was described by a graphic they showed in the bottom of the seventh of last night’s game with the Brewers leading 3-1 and bases loaded and no outs. BATTING AVERAGE WITH BASES LOADED TEXAS RANGERS: .212, 28TH MILWAUKEE BREWERS: .350, 1ST Then the Brewers […]
During last night’s Rangers telecast against the Brewers, they showed an illuminating stat. Milwaukee has the most bunt hits of any National League team with 30. The team with the most bunt hits in the American League is Tampa Bay, who have 45. By comparison, the Rangers have six. By […]
It’s too late to improve the Rangers roster to a point where they could be considered better than mediocre. With the Astros winning last night, they have taken a one-game lead on the Rangers for the A.L. West crown. Remember, the Rangers need to win by one games in order […]
The Rangers lost two out of three to the first place White Sox. And for that, they get to move on to play the best team in baseball—the Brewers—for three in Milwaukee. It didn’t help that they ran themselves out of the first inning, with Corey Seager getting picked off […]
Of course, the Rangers hit a brick wall the moment they get back to .500. Of course, Jacob deGrom follows one of the best starts of his career with possibly the worst. That’s the recipe for mediocre, and the Rangers are the best chef of average in town. Last week, […]
There was a moment in yesterday’s 8-2 win over the White Sox when Kumar Rocker could have folded and given it all away. But he didn’t. It took a dose of luck and a dose of good pitching. The Rangers had a 3-0 lead, when the White Sox scored two […]
This time around they beat the teams they were supposed to beat. After a disastrous road trip in which they went 4-6, losing a series to the Angels and the Athletics, in the process knocking each team out of last place, the Rangers came home and won both series. They […]
Just exactly like every single Rangers fan who is rational and sane could have predicted, the day after their most dramatic win, they hit a brick wall. One hit, a shutout loss, an embarrassing offensive display. This team does not have the ability to be good. They are destined for […]
