A few years ago there was a popular ad campaign featuring the Most Interesting Man in the World. He would look straight into the camera and say, “I don’t always drink beer but when I do, I drink Dos Equis.” Adolis Garcia is the Rangers equivalent. He is the Most […]
There’s a wonderful website called This Great Game, which bills itself as The Online Book of Baseball. It’s filled with fascinating stories about the histories of teams and ballparks and players. In the Ballparks section, they have a history of Arlington Stadium, which you can read here, that’s really a […]
So much for the experts. Or, maybe, the experts were right but the players got it wrong. Either way, this season for the Mariners or the Rangers has not gone as predicted by those who know and predict these things for a living, or even by people who do this […]
Funny thing about prospects. They are prospects seemingly so long that when they finally come up, you’d think they were in their 30s. Bubba Thompson, however, is only 23. So is Leodys Taveras. Cole Winn is 22, same age as Jack Leiter. Sam Huff is another guy that has been […]
Unbelievable. That’s the only word you can use to describe what the Rangers did in May and what Martin Perez did in May. After starting the season 6-14, the thought of the Texas Rangers getting to .500 seemed like a pipe dream. That was April 29. The Rangers had just […]
The weeding out is nearly done. Little by little the Rangers have cleared out the deadwood that had dammed up this offense for far too long. Gone are Ronald Guzman, Nomar Mazara, Rougned Odor, Isiah Kiner-Falfa, Willie Calhoun, and Nick Solak. Not too long ago, they were the centerpieces of […]
The Rangers old nemesis showed up again yesterday in Oakland. Sloppy baseball. But if you want to look at the positives, it took the Rangers forcing the Athletics to take this victory from them to lose the game. They gave Oakland so many chances the conventional way and Oakland couldn’t […]
There it was. It took nearly two months, but it finally arrived. And it was a big one. Marcus Semien’s first home run as a Ranger came in Game 45. It happened with the bases loaded. And it sealed the lopsided 11-4 victory for the Rangers, who have now won […]
Last year, when Marcus Semien was a Toronto Blue Jay, he started the season in a big slump. It was early-May. He was trying to make a difference with his new team but struggling, batting in the low .200s. Then his team went to Oakland, where he had made a […]
Back when they were dominating, in 2015 and 2016, and even going back to ancient times in the far far past, 2010 and 2011, the Rangers played games like that. Keep it close. Hang around until the other team gifted you the benefit of pulling their dominating starter, then pounce. […]
