A couple days ago, after their thirteenth consecutive road loss, Rangers manager Chris Woodward called a team meeting. Managers try not to overdo those sorts of things. You can lose your team very quickly with too many meetings. But he felt it was time. He could sense the frustration in […]
They say when you go to a ballgame, you will see something you’ve never seen before. That occurred last night in Arlington. The Rangers ended up after the ninth inning with more runs scored than their opponent. Yes, you read that right. More runs than their opponent. Had that ever […]
Okay, the easy part of the schedule is over. The Rangers embarked on a three-city, nine-game road trip with a 22-27 record. They come home still stuck at 22 wins. Only now they face competition at the other end of the spectrum. The next ten-game stretch features three at home […]
There’s hope. Just 2.5 games behind Baltimore. Just two games behind Arizona. And just 1.5 games behind Pittsburgh. The Texas Rangers are close to the top. The top of the bottom. The top of being the worst team in baseball and getting the first pick in the draft. It sucks […]
Sunday, May 9. That seems like about six years ago. It was only twenty-three days ago. That was the day the Rangers scratched and clawed themselves back to .500. Since then they are 4-17. Last night they set the franchise record for consecutive road losses at thirteen. And counting. Last night’s […]
The Texas Rangers have been a bad team for most of the last eight years. In fact, they are ten games under .500 as a franchise since 2012. That’s a full decade of losing baseball. The two playoff teams in 2015 and 2016 almost seem like flukes rather than by […]
Memorial Day is a federal holiday established to honor and mourn the military personnel who have died in the line of duty. It’s one of three holidays honoring veterans. Armed Forces Day honors those currently serving. Veterans Day honors those who have served. The holiday was originally called Decoration Day, […]
Question: Where would the Rangers be without Adolis Garcia? Answer: Don’t think about it. Garcia, their only bona fide hitter, collected three hits in last night’s 3-2 loss to Seattle. The rest of his teammates: one. And that came in the ninth. Watching the lifeless Rangers attempt to play baseball […]
You have to say this for the Rangers. They are tidy. With last night’s 3-2 loss in Seattle, the Rangers have now lost ten straight road games. And ten straight games in Seattle. A perfectly imperfect ten. The franchise record for consecutive road losses is, sadly, within reach. Twelve. Which […]
Rangers manager Chris Woodward wasn’t happy with his offense. So, he shook up the lineup. He needs to go back and shake it again. Hopefully, that will shake out some runs. In what might be a long, protracted period of losing, the Rangers were shut out in Seattle last night […]
