A couple days ago, Derek Holland was on the radio talking about how his season ended, being asked to dredge up the shipwreck that was Game 3 of the division series against Toronto when he gave up six earned runs after what seemed like just two batters. “I didn’t do my job,” Holland […]
It is raining in Dallas. It’s been raining almost twenty-four straight hours and there is no letup in sight. So here is a post from mid-May that seems appropriate today: *** WATER LEVELS. There’s an old saying that players live up to the back of their baseball cards. Meaning, a .260 […]
I am thankful I have an outlet where I can express my opinions about the Rangers every day, and that people actually come back every day. I am thankful that Jerry Jones does not own the Rangers. I am thankful for all the posters on RR3 who make this blog […]
If you recall, the first five weeks of the season the Rangers were unable to win two games in a row. It took a great pitching performance by Wandy Rodriguez to finally make that happen. And, surprisingly, it happened against the first-place Houston Astros. Here is a re-post of that, […]
Adrian Beltre is the undisputed heart and soul of this team, a role he inherited from Michael Young a few years back. As long as Beltre is in the lineup, the Rangers have a legitimate shot to win. There was talk about trading him earlier this year, and I get […]
Since it’s the middle of the offseason and nothing is happening, I’ll re-post some of the articles from this season. Since it’s so close to Thanksgiving, I won’t post anything from April. No reason to ruin everyone’s holiday. Here is a post from May 5 the day after the Rangers beat […]
The off-season quiet produced a few notes about the Ranger on MLBTradeRumors.com. Here they are: Colby Lewis, who underwent meniscus surgery after the playoffs, will have a checkup later this week. The Rangers are interested in re-signing Lewis, of course, since he won seventeen games for them in 2015, but […]
It’s here. I have just released my new book about the Texas Rangers’ worst-to-first turnaround. It’s called Baseball Town: The Fall and Rise of the Texas Rangers. It’s a compilation of the best of two years worth of RR3 blogs that tell the story of how the Rangers went from last place in 2014 […]
Click here for an interesting take on the Rangers’ off-season outlook, written by Steve Adams of MLBTradeRumors.com a couple of days ago. Interestingly it was reported yesterday there that the Rangers are one of the teams interested in free agent relief pitcher Joakim Soria. Anyway, it’s a good read, and something to do to […]
At least it was close to the Rangers.The American League Cy Young award ended up in the state of Texas. And with a guy named Dallas. If award season tells you anything, it’s where talent levels are. Houston has the American League Cy Young winner and the American League Rookie of the […]