It is almost too unbelievable to believe. For the second time in three games, the Texas Rangers engineered a remarkable comeback with two outs in their last at-bat. Last night, the unfortunate victims were Ryan Madson and the Oakland Athletics. And the fortunate recipient was Cole Hamels, who has […]
It’s great being in a one-team division. The Rangers are treading water in September at 7-6, yet their lead in the West has shrunk by just one game since the beginning of the month. How they play doesn’t seem to matter. They are the fastest horse in a one-horse […]
Wile E. Coyote started chasing Road Runner in the West in Looney Tunes cartoons from Warner Bros beginning in 1948. Over the years, hundreds upon hundreds of episodes were produced. Every single one of them had the exact same idea: Coyote wanted to catch Road Runner but couldn’t. That was it. […]
This started out being about A.J. Griffin and how he is on pace to shatter a record that he probably would rather not hold. Because I started writing this in the eighth inning of what looked like a well-pitched Griffin game in which he would get little run support. The dubious […]
You pretty much cannot find a game that sums up the 2016 Texas Rangers team any more perfectly than last night’s. Great starting pitching. But the moment a runner reached base in the seventh, the starter is pulled. Sparkling defense. One play in particular by Moreland and one by Andrus. […]
We’re down to the last three weeks of the season. The Rangers head to Houston after going 3-4 in Seattle and Los Angeles. But the losing record in the first two of a three-city road trip doesn’t really matter much at this point, with this lead. The Rangers are […]
Choo was the guy but he’s more fragile than a Hollywood ego. Profar wasn’t the guy. Desmond is better batting second. Odor wasn’t right for the job. Mazara wasn’t doing the job. The team without a leadoff hitter may have just found one in Carlos Gomez. Finally. Maybe it […]
When the game is on the line there is one Ranger you can always count on: Adrian Belte. With the score tied 1-1 in the top of the eighth, Belre hit one over the fence to send the Rangers to a 2-1 victory and, with Houston’s loss to the […]
Baseball is a funny game. A team can be riding high, like the Rangers were on its recent ten-game home stand in which it went 8-2, and then, in an instant, and with no warning signs, the bottom falls out, like the Rangers in their last five games. The […]
Carlos Beltran hit a home run that took the H off the scoreboard in Seattle. Other than that, there was nothing else to talk about. ***** TODAY’S GAME: Derek Holland (7-6, 4.57) vs. Taijuan Walker (4-10, 4.60) Game time: 9:10 How the Rangers hit against Walker How the Mariners hit […]