Despite a decade of mostly losing and forgettable baseball, there have been a few bright moments in recent Rangers history. One is Adrian Beltre. He was so good he almost single-handedly carried the Rangers to their only two playoff appearances in the last ten years. Without Beltre, the past decade […]

Back in 1972, Roger Kahn wrote a famous book called “The Boys of Summer” about the old Brooklyn Dodgers. Twelve years later, Don Henley released a top-ten song also called “The Boys of Summer.”  One day they will be writing books and singing songs of praise about the 2021 Texas […]

At the end of every inning, and every pitching change, every pitcher now must undergo the new inspection process to ensure they were not cheating by putting a foreign substance on the ball. Their hat, glove, and belt are checked. In last night’s Rangers game, the only thing the umpires […]

The Rangers won last night. It was a rare occurrence. In fact, it was just their fourth win in June. On the 21st day of the month, they have managed just four wins. It was exactly one month ago that the Rangers last won two games in a row. They […]

The Texas Rangers franchise started in 1972. It went 25 years before making the playoffs. It’s highly unlikely that in that quarter century, the franchise wasn’t profitable. There was simply no incentive to win. After a bit of success in the late 1990s, they went ten years before they made […]

Usually when you struggling coming out of the bullpen, you aren’t promoted to the rotation. But who else did the Rangers have? Kolby Allard is fortunate to pitch for the Rangers and their paper-thin pitching roster. When injuries created an opening, there was nobody else to step into the rotation. […]

You know the inconsiderate guy who doesn’t go Christmas shopping for his wife until 6:00 on Christmas Eve at Walmart? That’s the Rangers front office strategy when it comes to building a bullpen. See what’s left on the shelves. A Lady Schick razor. A bag of bite-sized Heath Bars. Or […]

The last time Texas played Minnesota, the Rangers were flying high. They won three out of four in Minneapolis, moving them to 16-17. They had actual delusions of playoffs. Then, 9-27 happened. The culprit has been everything. Not enough offense. Not enough starting pitching. And a bullpen that fails far […]

Ever since he was called up to the Rangers in September of last year, they’ve been waiting for him to turn the corner. Maybe yesterday he didn’t quite get there, but at least the corner seemed within reach.  After 117 at-bats, White hit his first major league home run in […]

Demarcus Evans entered the bottom of the tenth with a 3-2 lead. He preceded to walk Myles Straw on four pitches. With the ghost runner at second, that put runners on first and second.  He then threw four strikes to pinch hitter Jason Castro.  Unfortunately, home plate umpire Jerry Meals […]