Knock knock. Who’s there? Reality? Reality who? Reality showed up for Yovani Gallardo. (Wait a beat) I don’t get it. Get what? How was that a knock knock joke? It’s not a joke. It’s just that reality knocked on the door and Yovani Gallardo finally answered it. Last night […]
There is probably no truer barometer of how the role of the major league manager is valued by front office today than what they are paying major league managers. According to an article by legendary writer Bob Nightengale in USA Today, twenty-one of the thirty major league managers are […]
That great Cinderalla story might be coming to its “and they lived happily after ever” part. Bartolo Colon is running on fumes. The ageless wonder, who so brilliantly and surprisingly dominated early this season, was picked up off the scrap heap where his general manager is owns a frequent […]
There’s an old saying in baseball that any night you go to a ballgame there’s a chance to see something that had never been seen before. It happened last night at the Ballpark. Rangers fans witnessed a rare event indeed. What they say was what’s known as “pitching.” It’s […]
It’s not a coincidence that on the night the Rangers were officially eliminated from winning the division, they went the copycat route and tried the “opener.” Tampa Bay pioneered this opener concept. It worked for them. So baseball, being a game of imitation, dictates every other team will follow […]
A slow pitch softball game broke out in the sixth inning yesterday at the Ballpark. The Rangers piled on nine runs, the most they have scored in an inning in over three years. What an inning it was. Double. Home run. Double. Single. Double. Error. Flyout. Home run. Hit by […]
The Rangers haven’t made any official September call-ups. But they have called up a few new faces in the bullpen to replace some holes. And the newbies got called to duty quickly. Zac Curtis and Connor Sadzeck were both pressed into action in the sixth inning. And both did […]
Question: How do you let a six-run lead evaporate? Answer: Two words. Matt. Moore. Last night Matt Moore returned from a few games vacation as a reliable reliever. But it was just a matter of time before he reared his ugly head again. There had been an idea floating […]
In his six starts since becoming a Chicago Cub, Cole Hamels is 4-0 with a 0.69 ERA and one complete game. In his five starts before being traded, Cole Hamels was 1-3 with a 10.234 ERA. He went from Matt Moore to Jacob deGrom. That’s quite a transformation. How […]
After 134 games, what have we learned? The Rangers are not in the same league as the Dodgers, both literally and figuratively. Texas lost all four games they played against the Dodgers this season, including last night’s 3-1 loss. In fact, the Rangers are not in the same ballpark […]
