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, […]
Assuming there is a 2020 season, will Jose Leclerc be the Rangers closer? If he is, great. If not, no big deal. The Rangers will just get another. YOU, TOO, COULD BE THE NEXT RANGERS CLOSER. Before the sky totally falls on the Rangers season, let’s remember one thing. Closers […]
Having a bulldog on your team is always a good thing. Here is Colby Lewis’s six-inning, one-run start. —– SIX-MILLION-DOLLAR MAN. Every time you think Colby Lewis is done, he proves you wrong. Every time you think he is out of gas, he finds another gear. Every time you doubt […]
Since 2016 was the last winning Rangers season, and probably will be for a few more years to come, might as well concentrate on that year, remembering what good baseball is. FIRST WEEK HIGHLIGHTS. The Rangers finished the first week of the season 3-4, having lost one series and split one […]
This one is self explanatory. THE FUTURE IS ALWAYS BRIGHT. “Other teams might kick themselves for trading away their top pitching prospects only to see them succeed, to varying degrees, elsewhere. Yet the Rangers have one of the deepest pitching systems in the game. In fact, of their top 10 […]
