The Rangers were rolling along, up 3-1 against the hapless Athletics. In comes Jonathan Hernandez and before you know it, another bullpen meltdown. It’s 3-3. But this team has a remarkable resilience and ability to shake off a bullpen that would crush lesser teams. Texas immediately scored eight runs in […]
It’s so good to have successful leadership back in the Rangers dugout. Managers who know how to manage because they’ve done it before. Coaches who know how to coach and have had success doing it. Jon Daniels liked to hire managers who had never managed before. Yes, he had some […]
Growing up in Indianapolis, we always looked forward to Friday nights because we got to stay up late and watch Nightmare Theater, narrated by a character called Sammy Terry. He’d introduce a horror film, make fun of it, then come back during commercial breaks and try to scare the little […]
This slab of rubber is called home plate. It is, according to the rule book, “a seventeen-inch square with two of the corners removed so that one edge is seventeen-inches long, two adjacent sides are eight-and-one-half inches each, and the remaining two sides are twelve inches each, set at an […]
This Rangers team is starting to be legitimate. Seattle had been a house of horrors for the Rangers. Texas had lost nine straight series in the Mariners’ ballpark. The Rangers were 5-14 last year against the Mariners, 2-7 in Seattle. Fortunately, this is a different Rangers team. Dane Dunning is […]
The baseball gods were not smiling on Andrew Heaney last night. He had lost two games in a row coming into last night’s start against Seattle. In his last start, against Arizona, he lasted only 4.2 innings, giving up six earned runs. His ERA has steadily been climbing. He needed […]
Rangers fans are getting used to holding their breath and saying a prayer to the baseball gods. Every time Jacob deGrom takes the mound, every pitch he throws, there is a collective angst. Will this be his last pitch? Those same breath-holding muscles are going to be flexed every time […]
The Rangers finally have a closer. It’s a nine-run lead. If they can just go into each game with a nine-run lead in the last inning, their bullpen woes are solved. Of course, even a nine-run lead isn’t a lock. Jose Leclerc gave up a monster home run with one […]
Despite missing its catalyst, the Rangers offense continues to roll. When Corey Seager, the star shortstop, prized free agent acquisition, and offensive leader of the team, went down with hamstring issues just eleven games into the season, it appeared it was going to be the Rangers lineup that was hamstrung. […]
It’s official. The Rangers bullpen is in crisis mode. Their closer isn’t Jose Leclerc. It’s not Will Smith. Maybe it’s Brock Burke or Jonathan Hernandez. Last night’s shocking defeat was the fifth blown save the Rangers have endured in the past eleven games. That’s five losses that should have been […]
