Baseball is much harder when you have to face major league hitters and major league pitchers. The Rangers are being reminded of that in Canada. Texas went into the All-Star break having won seven out of nine, including a season-best five-game winning streak. Suddenly, their hopes were up, as there […]
Not so fast. The Rangers anointment to contenders took a hit yesterday when they were forced to play a major league team. After being gifted a reprieved in the major league schedule with four games against the Single-A White Sox, the Rangers took their five-game winning streak and their suddenly […]
There’s that space on a Monopoly board called Free Parking where if you land there, you get a reprieve. It’s a breather. A chance to drop your bags, get a cold one, unwind, exhale, and brace yourself for all the challenges that await on the next roll. The Chicago White […]
The Rangers are doing what they are supposed to do. Which isn’t always easy to do. And hasn’t been for the Rangers this year. They are beating the White Sox. As a reminder, the White Sox are fifty games out of first place. That means, everyone is beating the White […]
TGICWS Thank God it’s the Chicago White Sox. They are one of the few teams that scores fewer runs than Texas. For the second straight game, the White Sox scored one run fewer. That makes it three straight victories for the Rangers. All by one run. With last night’s loss, […]
Maybe, just maybe, there is a pulse yet ticking in these Rangers. Down 3-2 in the ninth, after the most unlikely of events—Kirby Yates being human and allowing a run in the top of the ninth—Texas did what it has not been able to do all year. They came back. […]
Adrian Beltre was inducted into the Hall of Fame yesterday. He played twenty-one seasons, the last eight of those with Texas. They were also the best eight years of his career. Beltre seemed to get better with age. He put up one of his better offensive seasons in 2017, just […]
The Rangers aren’t even being dramatic about it. There’s no surprise. Their games are over early. Friday, they gave up four runs in the first. Yesterday, four in the second. They lost both games before the crowd really had time to settle in. Two things are obvious. The Baltimore Orioles […]
The Race to the Trade Deadline did not start well. The Rangers are racing to relevance. Do they have a team that can make the playoffs or don’t they? They started the second half like they had so many times in the first half. No offense. It didn’t help that […]
The official second half starts tomorrow. The Rangers have sixty-six games remaining on their schedule. But, really, the only games that matter are the next thirteen. Because the trade deadline is July 30. Texas plays thirteen games between now and then, and how they perform in those thirteen will determine […]
