The Rangers are officially in their first slump of the season. One win in their last six games. The rotation, which had been such a strength, is suddenly threadbare. Jacob deGrom is lost for the year. Jon Gray has a blister, which is usually a nagging, lingering thing. Martin Perez […]
They Rangers have a stacked lineup, one to nine. The Angels have two players. As last night showed, that’s all you need sometimes. Because their two players just happened to be the two best players in baseball. The Rangers had so many chances last night to win, each time they […]
Can someone please send a search party out to find 2022 Martin Perez? What we are seeing lately is Original Martin Perez and that leaves a bitter taste in your mouth. Yesterday’s meltdown against Tampa Bay was Perez’s third start of the year in which he has given up six […]
When Major League Baseball banned the shift, it was reported that the player who would benefit most from that would be Corey Seager. It was estimated he had more than thirty hits taken away from him because of the shift. It seems they were right. From the opening bell of […]
It’s fun from time to time on this Texas Rangers blog to enjoy the misery of other teams, especially teams in the Rangers own division. The Oakland A’s are having a monumentally bad season. On purpose. Their owner, John Fisher, is unleashing a real live version of the movie Major […]
Here it is. The long-awaited clash of the titans. The two best teams in baseball going head-to-head in a three-game series. Tampa Bay won thirteen games in a row to start the 2023 season. They have never been out of first and have mostly enjoyed a commanding lead in the […]
Another entry into the Baseball Makes No Sense category: this team has had sixteen double-digit games, but has also been shutout five times already this season. (Last year, they were shutout only three times all season.) Baseball is so unpredictable. A team that is averaging 6.3 runs per game got […]
Did you ever come home from the grocery store only to find a few items were put into your bag by mistake? Or pull away from the drive-thru and realize they only charged you for about half of what you got? We all like the feeling of free stuff. Of […]
If you get a chance, go see “It Ain’t Over,” the wonderful new film about the Yogi Berra. He was a happy man who spread joy and positivity wherever he went. Oh, and wherever he went, he won. It’s a documentary, but don’t let that chase you away. It’s not […]
The Rangers are like teenagers on a joy ride. They’re having too much fun cruising the neighborhood to realize the check engine light is blinking. Those things eventually stop blinking. When the engine overheats. After a 16-run game followed by a 12-run game, it looks like the Rangers are steamrolling […]
