The case of the incredibly shrinking offense. CAN’T ANYONE HIT ANYMORE? Last season 40,000 batters struck out in major league baseball. Fifteen years ago, that number was 31,000. And nobody seems to be bothered by it. Major leaguers are having at-bats that are as unproductive as a brother-in-law living on […]
How many times do you yell at the TV for the guy to bunt the ball when they have such an exaggerated shift on him? IT WORKED. He bunted. Finally, he bunted. All season long there has been a gaping hole on the left side of the infield for Joey […]
While the Rangers ended up with the best record in the American League in 2016, the season started rough. SWEPT AWAY. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Three weeks into the season and the Rangers have yet to gel. After winning four in a […]
On year ago today there was baseball. Lets hope there will be baseball one year from now. PIVOT POINTS. On paper it seems like it came down to one inning. It really all came down to one at-bat. The entire game pivoted on one lousy at-bat. The operative word being […]
A season in which they would dominate, the Rangers hit into a clumsy triple play in arctic conditions in Chicago. I remember this well. STOPPED COLD. It was forty degrees last night in Chicago. Too cold for humans and baseball. The Rangers bats froze. Worse, the Rangers brains froze. Delino […]
Who knew at the time this was part of something bigger? OPEN THE FLOODGATES. The long national nightmare is over. Prince Fielder has hit a home run. In his fourteenth game this season. In 2010, with Milwaukee, Fielder didn’t hit his first home run until the fourteenth game of the […]
Offensive in baseball has been slowly disappearing. NO OFFENSE, BUT… Can’t anyone hit? Where is the offense in the American League? It’s easy to shake your head at the Rangers puny team batting average. It is embarrassing. Up and down the lineup they are looking up at the Mendoza line. […]
Four years ago the Rangers were good. I miss those times. RARE AIR. The Rangers did something they hadn’t done all season. Hit two home runs. And they won. It’s great to play small ball. But a home run can do a lot more damage than fifty-seven singles. A two-run homer […]
A fun little oddity from last year. WEIRDNESS. Baseball seems like such a simple game to figure out. Until you try to figure it out. Chris Davis, ex-Ranger, walked up to the plate sixty-two times in a row without collecting a hit. That seems almost impossible. Not even a cheap […]
The fourth-place Rangers finally put together a good game, beating Oakland 7-0. RANGERS BEAT THE ATHLETICS, AND BANISTER, 7-0. At first I thought, you have to feel bad if you are a Texas Rangers starting pitcher and Jeff Banister is your manager. He has so little faith in you that, […]
