There’s hope. Just 2.5 games behind Baltimore. Just two games behind Arizona. And just 1.5 games behind Pittsburgh. The Texas Rangers are close to the top. The top of the bottom. The top of being the worst team in baseball and getting the first pick in the draft. It sucks […]
Sunday, May 9. That seems like about six years ago. It was only twenty-three days ago. That was the day the Rangers scratched and clawed themselves back to .500. Since then they are 4-17. Last night they set the franchise record for consecutive road losses at thirteen. And counting. Last night’s […]
The Texas Rangers have been a bad team for most of the last eight years. In fact, they are ten games under .500 as a franchise since 2012. That’s a full decade of losing baseball. The two playoff teams in 2015 and 2016 almost seem like flukes rather than by […]
Memorial Day is a federal holiday established to honor and mourn the military personnel who have died in the line of duty. It’s one of three holidays honoring veterans. Armed Forces Day honors those currently serving. Veterans Day honors those who have served. The holiday was originally called Decoration Day, […]
Question: Where would the Rangers be without Adolis Garcia? Answer: Don’t think about it. Garcia, their only bona fide hitter, collected three hits in last night’s 3-2 loss to Seattle. The rest of his teammates: one. And that came in the ninth. Watching the lifeless Rangers attempt to play baseball […]
You have to say this for the Rangers. They are tidy. With last night’s 3-2 loss in Seattle, the Rangers have now lost ten straight road games. And ten straight games in Seattle. A perfectly imperfect ten. The franchise record for consecutive road losses is, sadly, within reach. Twelve. Which […]
Dane Dunning might be the one pitcher who actually needs an opener. Or a psychologist. He cannot pitch the first inning of a game. Yesterday, he gave up five more first inning runs. In his ten first innings this year, he has now given up fourteen earned runs. That’s a […]
Some days you just take the beating, try to forget it, and come back the next day. You hope the news about Kyle Gibson going on the IL didn’t throw a funk over everyone. You hope the Rangers playing what might be their worst game of the season had nothing […]
Thirty percent of the season is in the books. The Rangers are 22-27, on pace to win 72 games. Of course, the three biggest surprises are Adolis Garcia on the offensive side, Kyle Gibson in the rotation, and Ian Kennedy in the pen. Garcia was basically a toss away by […]
You’d think the Astros would have learned their lesson. After Adolis Garcia hit a three-run walk-off homer to win Friday night’s game, he hit two home runs to spark an 8-4 victory on Saturday. So, when the Garcia came up again in the bottom of the tenth and the winning […]
