Last weekend, there was a kids’ birthday party at the local park. There were a dozen five-year-olds. They had a piñata in the shape of a large baseball. One by one, the blindfolded kids swung the stick, which has an actual name—a piñata buster. One by one the kids missed. […]
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As expected, the Rangers follow up a loss with a win to go one game over .500, and tie the Athletics for first place in the A.L. West. The only saving grace for the Rangers inability to string together any kind of winning streak is that no team in this […]
Win one, lose one. Win one, lose one. The Rangers .500 train rolls on. After beating the Pirates two out of three, the Rangers lose the opener to the Athletics 8-1. This one ended early, just seven pitches into the game. Nathan Eovaldi gave up three solo home runs in […]
They say that the inside-the-park home run is the most thrilling play in baseball. It’s hard to disagree with that. It’s speed and fury and bravado and a touch of crazy all rolled into one mad dash around the bases. A runner going full speed in a desperate attempt to […]
The hit that went about 45 feet put the Rangers behind in the ninth. The hit that went about 500 feet put the game out of reach. After the Rangers tied it at 4-4 with a two-out, two-run RBI from Jake Burger in the bottom of the eighth, the Pirates […]
Many home games this year have been yawners because nobody could hit on either team. Rangers home games have been soccer, not baseball. But last night there was no drama, in a good way. The Rangers went ahead early and dominated the entire game. Victory was never in doubt. Especially […]
]The Pirates over .500 and just a game out of first. The Athletics are tied for first. The Astros are in last. The Mets, with a payroll of about $370 million, are in last, losers of 11 in a row. Baseball is unpredictable, to be sure. Of course, the Dodgers […]
The Rangers ended a ten-game road trip going 4-6 after losing two of three in Seattle. So, after 22 games, Texas is 11-11. They finished last season 81-81. So, they’re average, and have been average for quite a while now. Their offense is better than last year. Their rotation isn’t. […]
This Rangers team is still a work in progress. The bullpen was slapped together with remnants from the discount carpet store. It’s an offense built on a budget. So, while Friday’s opener of the three-game series was pretty flawless, yesterday’s Game 2 was a frustrating case of wasted opportunity. It […]
