Before the Rangers can get back to respectability, they need to have accountability. They need to make the tough choices. Little by little they are. Willie Calhoun on the field is not the .300 hitter he is in his mind. He was given ample time to find that elusive guy. […]
“The Rangers showed some fight.” “They made it interesting.” “This team doesn’t quit.” “We battled but we just fell short.” “I like how our guys didn’t give up.” “We are going to grind until the final out.” There must be a big spinning Wheel O’ Cliches in Rangers manager Chris […]
The quarter mark of the season is over. Baseball wisdom says you don’t really know what kind of team you have until you’ve played forty games. The Rangers have played forty games. What they have is the opposite of the team they thought they had. They have a team that’s […]
After losing three of four to Houston, Texas has reached the quarter mark of the season at 18-22. That’s good for third place in the A.L. West. After finishing last the past two seasons, it’s an improvement. But, as of now, they have gone from a horrible team to a […]
The disappearing offense stayed disappeared. The Rangers have scored a total of five runs in the first three games of their series in Houston. Thank goodness for the Martin Perez shutout in Game 2. You don’t have to score too many runs when the other team doesn’t score any. The […]
Last night was the most special night of their careers for three people. Martin Perez. Chris Woodward. And Tony Beasley. For Perez, it was a complete game shutout over the Houston Astros, a team he had dominated a few starts earlier with a seven-inning, one-earned-run performance in a 3-2 loss. […]
Ugly numbers kept piling up. Lots of ugly numbers. Perhaps the ugliest number is 45. As in, I-45, the road to Houston. Lately, that has been the road to nowhere for the Texas Rangers. One run is all they could manage. That came in the first inning. They suffered through […]
Did that just happen? Did Marcus Semien really get a hit? Wait, did he really get three hits? Wait, did he really get an extra base hit? Really? Does Jonah Heim really own Shohei Ohtani? Did he really get three hits off last year’s MVP and face of baseball? Is […]
Pitching duels make for dramatic baseball. You’re on pins and needles with every pitch. You’re one leaky fastball away from disaster. One stealthy fastball away from euphoria. That’s heart stopping, nail-biting baseball. That’s drama. But sometimes, don’t you just need a good comedy? Because baseball is at its most fun […]
There have been times recently where it seems the Rangers can’t score six runs in a week. Yesterday, they did it in one inning. In the bottom of the first. After giving the Angels three runs in the top of the inning. Single. Walk. Single. Double. Sac fly. Error. The […]
