Top Ten Moment #9: A. J. Griffin throws a complete game shutout. By Tuesday, May 9, the Rangers had been left for dead. They were suffering their second horrible start in the three-year Jeff Banister era. They lost the first of a two-game series in San Diego against the […]
In processed animal foods, a filler is an ingredient added to provide dietary fiber, bulk or some other non-nutritive purpose. It is merely a cost-saving method to provide bulk but not sustenance. Doug Fister made fifteen starts for the Boston Red Sox in 2017. He was able to make […]
All sides have reached an agreement. Shohei Ohtani is cleared to come to the U.S. to play major league baseball. He is being billed as the next Babe Ruth. That once in a century two-way player who can pitch, who can hit, who can do it all. The legend […]
In the year of the home run, from MLB.com here is a fun article about home run extremes. Enjoy.
It’s Black Friday. The worst day to go within ten miles of a shopping mall. Let’s hope Jon Daniels finds some bargains. Let’s hope he goes to Pitchers R Us and picks up three quality starters. Then, he heads over to the Contact Store and finds about six hitters that […]
Shoeless Joe. Pete Rose. And now, John Coppolella. Rob Manfred made the biggest move of his commissionership yesterday by banning the recently-resigned GM of the Braves for life. Here is the story. Major league baseball is making a statement. Cheating doesn’t pay. Unless you are a player and you are […]
Yesterday, I recounted Top Ten Moment # 10 of the Rangers 2017 season. Here is what I wrote about that game at the time. Reposted from April 4, 2017. YU’S WALK YEAR. The first of the last thirty starts of the Yu Darvish era with the Rangers elicited the one […]
It turned out to be a mostly unforgettable season. But there were some special moments. This is the first in a series of the Top Ten moments in 2017 Texas Rangers baseball. ***** TOP TEN MOMENT #10: Rougned Odor hits two home runs on opening day. It was great while […]
I always hate the off-season. First and foremost, because there is no baseball. But, basically, because it’s all a waiting game. Not that I don’t mind anticipation, but I hate the rumors and insider expert speculation. I hate the BS. The term “talk is cheap” had to origonate from the […]
With the 6,140 home runs that were hit in 2017, MLB set the record for most home runs in a single season. The previous record, set in the heart of the steroids era, was 5693. What’s even more noteworthy, and not in a good way, is that nearly 43 percent […]