At the beginning of every game, a manager looks at his team and says to himself, “All I need is 27 outs. Who is going to get them?” Texas’s starter Taylor Hearn got one. That’s a start. That’s something to build on. In all fairness to Hearn, it really […]
Well, Nomar Mazara is heating up. That’s the good news. Actually, that’s not the good news. The good news is the Rangers are leaving Oakland, a town so undesirable, if a tornado ripped through downtown, it would do $200 million in improvements. Since 2017, Texas is 4-18 in Oakland. […]
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 lousy. While the final score reflected the beatdown the Athletics handed the Rangers, that one at-bat could have […]
Last year, the Rangers were 3-7 in Oakland. In 2017, they were 1-8. There’s something about playing in the sewage dump that the Athletics call home that Texas can’t overcome. Actually, in the smallest of sample sizes, there’s something about playing on the road that the Rangers can’t overcome […]
Jose Leclerc’s struggles in the ninth continued yesterday. Should that sound alarms? Is the Rangers magical season in jeopardy? No. The funny thing about closers is they are interchangeable drill bits. When one breaks, you run to the tool box and get another. What happened when Neftali Feliz stopped […]
Two mirror-opposite games. On Friday night, the Astros jumped on the Rangers early and never let up. On Saturday night, the Rangers returned the favor. It all starts with starting pitching. On paper, this was a no-brainer. And this is why baseball is impossible to handicap. Gerrit Cole has […]
Drew Smyly is not getting it done. Four starts, fifteen total innings. He’s not even getting twelve outs per game. The bottom three pitchers in the Rangers rotation aren’t getting it done. The Rangers surprising start has obscured the fact that this team has a starting pitching crisis. It […]
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 check swing. Not even a bleeder up […]
It’s been nearly two years since the Rangers have been three games over .500. The last time was May 19, 2017. Texas had just won its tenth game in a row. To pull itself out of a 13-20 tailspin. Of course, they then proceeded to lose twelve of the […]
The Rangers are honoring the final year of the Ballpark in the most appropriate way possible. They’re creating unforgettable moments almost on a nightly basis.They’re playing must-watch baseball. They’re playing well there. From dramatic comebacks to steals of home to suicide squeezes to last night’s instant classic, Mike Minor’s complete […]
