As part of the postgame celebration after Game 5, Ray Davis, Rangers owner, said, “This won’t be our last one.” After the 2011 season, Jon Daniels, then Rangers general manager, promised this was the new direction for the Texas Rangers, that winning was what could be expected year in and […]
The huge headline on the front page of The Dallas Morning News says it all. “Finally.” After fifty-two years in Arlington, after the heartbreak of 2011, after all those years of losing, after failing to win the American League West on the final day of the season, the Texas Rangers […]
Before the game, the Rangers found out they were going to be without Max Scherzer and Adolis Garcia for the rest of the World Series. Losing Scherzer is unfortunate but not that big of a deal. He wasn’t going to pitch until Game 7 anyway, and even then, with the […]
The Rangers won Game 3 of the World Series 3-1 over the Diamondbacks in Arizona. But somehow it seems they lost. Max Scherzer left after three innings with a lower back strain. Adolis Garcia left in the eighth after pulling something in his back on a swing. And, in the […]
Max Scherzer in Game 3. When the Rangers acquired him at the trade deadline, it was for this very moment. Maybe they didn’t dream it would be at a level this high, the World Series. But they got Scherzer for big games. Yet, somehow, Max Scherzer’s start in Game 3 of […]
Last night’s World Series Game 2 was a reminder of two things. One, why Arizona is the best team in the National League. Two, the Rangers bullpen. The Rangers threw the best they have at the Diamondbacks in starter Jordan Montgomery. He threw seventy-five pitches. The Diamondbacks swung and missed […]
How long does it take to vanquish the nightmare of Game 6? How far do they have to go get the monkey off their backs that they cannot win a game when they have to come from behind in the late innings? Four hundred and eighteen feet. On the anniversary […]
And here we are. After a three-day wait the followed a twelve year wait, the Rangers are playing in the World Series again. Twelve years after one-strike away. Twelve years after “the year of Napoli.” Twelve years after Cruz didn’t catch it, the Rangers are back. The team with Ian […]
The Rangers head into the World Series with an offense that is clicking on all cylinders, a two-man bullpen, and a deep rotation that is rested and ready to go. Texas has possibly the best rotation it’s ever had. The rotation is so deep, in fact, that the Rangers starter […]
One team, the Rangers, hasn’t been in the World Series since 2011. The other team, the Diamondbacks, hasn’t been in the World Series since 2001. Arizona wasn’t even a team until 1998. Yet, in their fourth year in existence, they made it into the World Series. It was 2001. A […]
