And that is how a Rangers game should go this year. Get an early lead, hold into the lead—barely. Hold being the word of note, here. The Hold stat is one of the most worthless stats in baseball. It started as a way to give middle relievers a little love […]
Maybe this is all part of a plan. Maybe Bruce Bochy is so old school, he is determined to bring back the complete game. After all, he played in an era when a starter was expected to go nine innings. And their arms didn’t fall off. Then closers came in. […]
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You have to beat the teams you’re supposed to beat. And the Rangers beat Colorado like a drum. They beat them all three games. They beat them by a combined score of 31-10. They racked up 38 hits in three games. They never trailed in a single game for a […]
Rangers baseball is fun again. Rangers fans can watch a game and not turn it off once the other team gets a lead, knowing the Rangers offense was done for the day after the fifth inning. Rangers fans can watch a game and not turn it off after the third […]
Adolis Garcia is an RBI machine. In the past few seasons, he had a knack for hitting a dramatic home run. A game-tying or game-winning blast. But this year, he has stepped up his game. He is driving in runs at a crazy pace. With his fourth inning two-run homer […]
The bullpen is rocky. Martin Perez’s last two starts have been rocky. And the last-place Rockies are in town for three games. Let’s hope the bullpen and Perez get things straightened out. Last outing, Perez gave up four runs in five innings against Oakland in a game the bullpen collapsed […]
This is what it feels like to be a meteorologist in Texas in the summer. Today, extremely hot and unbearable. Tomorrow, extremely hot and unbearable. All next week, extremely hot and unbearable. Next two months, extremely hot and unbearable. It’s the same as talking about the Rangers in 2023. Today, […]
For one brief night on Monday, the 2023 Texas Rangers turned into the 2017 through 2022 Texas Rangers. If you closed your eyes, you would have thought that Chris Woodward was back in the dugout explaining that even though they lost 12-0, the Rangers were just one play away from […]
It felt like Turn Back the Clock night at The Shed last night. Only, the teams didn’t don uniforms from the past. No, last night the Rangers turned back the clock all the way to 2022, when their starting pitching wasn’t major league caliber, and they would get throttled on […]
