How many times do you yell at the TV for the guy to bunt the ball when they have such an exaggerated shift on him? IT WORKED. He bunted. Finally, he bunted. All season long there has been a gaping hole on the left side of the infield for Joey […]
While the Rangers ended up with the best record in the American League in 2016, the season started rough. SWEPT AWAY. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Three weeks into the season and the Rangers have yet to gel. After winning four in a […]
On year ago today there was baseball. Lets hope there will be baseball one year from now. PIVOT POINTS. On paper it seems like it came down to one inning. It really all came down to one at-bat. The entire game pivoted on one lousy at-bat. The operative word being […]
A season in which they would dominate, the Rangers hit into a clumsy triple play in arctic conditions in Chicago. I remember this well. STOPPED COLD. It was forty degrees last night in Chicago. Too cold for humans and baseball. The Rangers bats froze. Worse, the Rangers brains froze. Delino […]
Who knew at the time this was part of something bigger? OPEN THE FLOODGATES. The long national nightmare is over. Prince Fielder has hit a home run. In his fourteenth game this season. In 2010, with Milwaukee, Fielder didn’t hit his first home run until the fourteenth game of the […]
Offensive in baseball has been slowly disappearing. NO OFFENSE, BUT… Can’t anyone hit? Where is the offense in the American League? It’s easy to shake your head at the Rangers puny team batting average. It is embarrassing. Up and down the lineup they are looking up at the Mendoza line. […]
A fun little oddity from last year. WEIRDNESS. Baseball seems like such a simple game to figure out. Until you try to figure it out. Chris Davis, ex-Ranger, walked up to the plate sixty-two times in a row without collecting a hit. That seems almost impossible. Not even a cheap […]
The fourth-place Rangers finally put together a good game, beating Oakland 7-0. RANGERS BEAT THE ATHLETICS, AND BANISTER, 7-0. At first I thought, you have to feel bad if you are a Texas Rangers starting pitcher and Jeff Banister is your manager. He has so little faith in you that, […]
So this is what good baseball looks like. _____ A QUALITY STARTER. A game like last night’s has so many noteworthy moments and plays. Fourteen hits, with two-double performances from Delino DeShields and Mitch Moreland. Nomar Mazara collecting three hits and a walk. The Rangers taking advantage of some sloppy […]
This time last year was the debut of Danny Santana, who had a great spring but was sent down because he was blocked at second. He decided he wouldn’t let that happen again, eventually getting starts in every position but catcher and pitcher. NOTHING TO SEE. Wet, cold, nasty, dreary, […]
