They call baseball a game of inches. You don’t need to tell that to Adolis Garcia. With two on in the seventh inning, he hit a ball that looked like it cleared the yellow railing in Tropicana Field for his first major league home run. But, it turns out, he […]
Here’s a simple quiz. Is baseball a) more fun or b) less fun when your favorite team hits? Answer: A. It’s amazing how offense cures everything. Even when the Rangers lost two out of the first three, it was okay because they were hitting. The world wasn’t coming to an […]
That’s three games out of the past four that the Rangers have been shut out. Last year’s nemesis is back. Striking out. The Rangers struck out seventeen times last night. That’s nearly six full innings of nothing. Six full innings of not even being competitive. The shame of it is, […]
Still riding the no-hitter fever from Friday night (and trying to ignore last night’s performance), there was a lot of discussion on MLB Radio yesterday about a one-pitcher no-hitter versus a combined staff no-hitter. The way I see it, the only no-hitter that’s legitimate is the one-pitcher no-hitter. A combined […]
The Rangers were no-hit last night. It was wonderful. Nobody wants to be no-hit. No fan wants to see their team no-hit. It’s embarrassing. But sometimes you just have to tip your hat to the other guy and say, wow. And last night, Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove was nearly perfect, […]
The last time the Padres were here to play the Rangers, Chris Woodward worked himself into a lather over Fernando Tatis Jr swinging at a 3-0 pitch. With his team already leading 10-3. And hitting it for a grand slam. Something about unwritten rules. The Padres responded by hitting another […]
Two series into the freshly unwrapped season and the Rangers have lost one of series against a team that isn’t expected to compete for its division, and won the other against a team that is expected to. They are a .500 team at 3-3. So, what does this tell us […]
Someone switched on the power last night. Nate Lowe hit two. Ronald Guzman hit one. Jonah Heim hit one. It seems like the new ballpark isn’t quite as cavernous as the Rangers thought last season. This offense has so much potential and for four of the first five games, they […]
After three games in Kansas City where the offense came alive, it sputtered in their home opener, collecting just five hits and scoring just two runs. But, it’s just one game. And one game does not a season make. It is telling, though, that Gallo struck out three times yesterday […]
Another Rangers home opener. Usually, this day is like a religious holiday. Usually, I have tickets, I go out to the Ballpark early, I take in all the pre-game festivities, I make a day of it. Last year I couldn’t. This year I won’t. There is a raging global pandemic. […]
