When the Rangers got down 4-1 against one of the best pitchers in the National League, a pitcher who hadn’t allowed an earned run since April 4, it looked a bit grim. But, they did score a run off Zac Gallen in the first to break his twenty-four-inning scoreless streak. And this is a […]
One month of baseball is in the books. Not just a month of baseball, a month of new baseball. With new rules. There’s a pitch clock. No more adjusting and readjusting batting gloves for no reason. The shift is banned. No more third baseman playing in deep right field. The […]
Well, that answers the question, Was the Cincinnati series the downfall of the season for the Rangers? No. Being swept in Cincinnati, and in such embarrassing fashion, could have been devastating. It could have been, “Yeah, you were in first place, but you were playing over your head and reality […]
This is how you pick up your team after your ace goes down. Nathan Eovaldi goes out and throws a nine-inning complete game shutout. Against the New York Yankees. Of course, it was a Yankees team that had Willie Calhoun and Isiah Kiner-Falefa in its lineup. But the other seven […]
To make things easier and save both time and effort in the future, the management at Rangers Rounding 3rd decided to write the following paragraph now, then come back and copy and paste it in all subsequent Jacob deGrom starts. “Jacob deGrom was cruising yesterday, making the opposing team look […]
Gerrit Cole came into last night’s game 4-0 with a 0.79 ERA. Sorry, but the Rangers were not going to beat him. Right now, nobody can. The fact they got two runs off him was a pretty good accomplishment. They jacked up his ERA all the way to 1.11. So, […]
This is when all the sports clichés come out. You just have to pull yourself up by the bootstraps and dust yourself off. True character is how you handle adversity. You take your licking and move on. Nothing comes easy in this sport. Time to make some adjustments. They need […]
There is an iconic scene in the classic movie Animal House that is poking fun at fraternity hazing rituals. A new pledge, played by a very young Kevin Bacon, is bent over while the sadistic frat bro in a ritualistic robe wielding a thick paddle proceeds to whack him in the rear, […]
There’s only one way the Rangers can lose to a team as bad as the Reds. They say, “here you go,” and hand them the game. The Rangers walked six Reds hitter, committed an error, and turn a catchable ball into a triple. After a double to lead off the […]
Every time Jacob deGrom takes the mound, for the next five years, the collective breaths of Rangers fans are going to be held a bit. Because there are two things that are undeniable. One, he is the best pitcher in baseball. Two, he is fragile. In his last start, he […]
