I wrote this a year ago. Fielder went on to win the Comeback Player of the Year award. *** RIPKENESQUE. February 12, 2015 157, 158, 159, 162, 161, 162, 162, 162, 42. Until last season, Prince Fielder rarely missed a game. From the time he became a regular first baseman for […]
With the signing of Mitch Moreland the last significant piece of the roster has been nailed down, and now begins the job of getting the team to opening day Not a single starting job is up for grabs. Left field is Hamilton’s. He is leasing it as long as his knees can […]
IN ARBITRATION COURT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016. ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROOM IS TEXAS RANGERS FIRST BASEMAN, MITCH MORELAND, WITH HIS AGENT, BOB GARBER. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM IS TEXAS RANGERS GENERAL MANAGER JON DANIELS. PRESIDING OVER THE PROCEEDINGS IS IMPARTIAL ARBITER JAMES PHILLIPS. JUDGE PHILLIPS […]
For anyone who didn’t see it, or who saw it and said, What the heck was that? here is the Rangers commercial that ran during the Super Bowl. It’s Jeff Banister toasting his team with Champagne, interspersed with shots of Beltre, Odor, Hamels (twice) and Fielder, saying: “I told you in […]
The football season has mercifully come to an end and this is the time when we reset to 000 and start the journey toward baseball, and the Rangers defending their American League West crown. Below is something I posted the day I took over this site and from time to […]
This is the time of the year when the clock seems to slow down and the days are twice as long in anticipation. While we wait, here is reminder of the greatness of the game. Here is a recap of the game in which Delino DeShields hit his first major league home […]
Rookie week continues. Here is the one game that singlehandly turned the season around. When Delino DeShields established himself as a viable alternative to Leonys Martin. *** OF COURSE THAT HAPPENED. This is why baseball is the greatest sport in the world. Football, this wouldn’t happen. The Indianas of the […]
Rookie week continues. Here is a recount of a remarkable game from Hanser Alberto. *** A COMPLETE GAME. May 30, 2015 How does Josh Hamilton win back the hearts of this football town? By hitting two touchdowns. Which is exactly what he did last night. It might be too hard […]
Early June was truly a remarkable week for Rangers rookies. Two days after Joey Gallo’s triumphant debut, Chi Chi Gonzalez showed flashes of what he might possibly be some day. Or, at least, what we can all hope. He pitched a complete game shutout in just his second major league […]
This one is about 2015 Rangers rookie left fielder Ryan Strausborger. Strausborger got an unexpected taste of major league living by default in 2015. It happened because the first dozen or so candidates the Rangers ran out there ran into the proverbial wall. The Rangers first choice Ryan Rua went […]