Well, there’s a new brand of hope hovering over the Texas Rangers. New Hope. The Old Hope was peddled like laundry detergent. New and improved version were released on a regular basis. But all it was, really, was the same stuff in a different box. Old Hope was the promise […]
He was at the helm for the most successful period in Texas Rangers history, which was ten years ago. He was at the helm for the least successful period in Texas Rangers history, which is now. He made the greatest trades in franchise history when he dealt Mark Teixeira. He […]
Sometimes, when a person is fired from his job, he pulls one last prank that is so monumental it’s unforgettable. There’s the story of a guy who got fired and, when he went to get boxes to pack up his stuff, got a fish from a fish market and threw […]
Of course, his first win would be a one-run game. That’s how baseball goes. Tony Beasley was named interim manager of the Texas Rangers yesterday after the team dismissed Chris Woodward, who had been at the helm since 2019. Woodward never had a lot of talent to work with but […]
It’s not quite a rare as a blue moon but the Rangers did something they haven’t done in a while. They won two in a row. In fact, their longest winning streak this disappointing season is just four in a row. So, as insignificant as a two-game winning streak might seem, […]
To say this hasn’t been the season the Rangers expected is an understatement. Their record against their two biggest division rivals proves that. Texas is 4-10 against Houston and 3-12 against Seattle. It’s no coincidence those are the two teams ahead of them in the West. Los Angeles is just […]
Is there any greater Guaranteed Loss Night than when the Rangers decide to do a bullpen game? A bullpen game is the sweat pants of baseball. You have officially given up and said we are letting ourselves go. A bullpen game is like eating three-day-old leftovers. Nothing says we don’t […]
Welcome to the major leagues, Cole Ragans. His first start was a fairy tale story of five innings, no runs. Then, he faced the best team in the American League. And things were a bit different. In his second start, Ragans went 4.1 innings, allowing five runs. It could have […]
Life can be cruel sometimes. The Rangers had one of their best games of the season, an unlikely win over an Astros team they simply cannot beat in Houston, in a game started by future Hall of Famer and Cy Young favorite Justin Verlander, in a game in which their […]
For the first time in 2022, 2021 Martin Perez showed up. Staked to a 4-0 lead, Perez had the meltdown inning in the fourth that he hasn’t had all year. It was the meltdown inning that defined his career as a Ranger. It was the meltdown inning that led to […]
