The Rangers have had some legendarily bad starters. Matt Moore was one—a pitcher so horrible, Jon Daniels just had to make him a Ranger. ANOTHER BAD DAY FOR MOORE. The oldest, and truest, axiom in baseball is that you are only as good as that day’s pitcher. Yesterday, the Rangers […]
This was the year Joey Gallo went from lost to found. It was great to witness. AGONY. ECSTACY. When Keona Kela’s two-out, two-strike, bases-loaded, ninth-inning pitch landed in the stands in right field to tie the game at 6-6, a game the Rangers led 6-0 at one time, it looked […]
The team is always better and easier to write about when they are playing well. But when they are playing poorly, all you can do is have fun with it. A GLOSSARY OF BASEBALL TERMS. Now that the first month of the season is in the books, as a public […]
Remember Carlos Gomez? Remember when he hit for the cycle? A SPECIAL NIGHT OF BASEBALL. Rangers fans saw a lot of unique things last night. Angels second baseman Danny Espinosa taking a Shin-Soo Choo bad hop grounder off his face was the least of it. They saw Carlos Gomez hit […]
For perhaps the first time ever, the Rangers have a formidable starting rotation. That is why I am fairly certain there won’t be a season. The baseball gods do not favor the Texas Rangers. Last year, the first two pieces of the rotation were very good. MINOR AND LYNN. First […]
Just one year ago today. It seems like longer. MINOR MASTERFUL AGAIN. The five-game losing streak started with Mike Minor’s dud in Oakland, a 6-1 loss in which he gave up four earned runs in six innings. That was on the heels of his complete game shutout gem. But last […]
The case of the incredibly shrinking offense. CAN’T ANYONE HIT ANYMORE? Last season 40,000 batters struck out in major league baseball. Fifteen years ago, that number was 31,000. And nobody seems to be bothered by it. Major leaguers are having at-bats that are as unproductive as a brother-in-law living on […]
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 […]