The Rangers hit four home runs yesterday. That gives them twenty-five for the season. That leads the American League. (Milwaukee has thirty-three.) They’re also last in team batting at .205. Which means, they don’t always hit the ball, but when they do, they hit a home run. It also means […]
It was an incredible at-bat. Ten pitches. But DeShields battled. And in the end, he poked a single to left field to score Joey Gallo from second for the only run of a thirteen-inning game. It was an incredible at-bat in a game the Rangers sorely needed. Can one at-bat be a turning […]
The Rangers ended their first road trip of 2017 going 3-6. Here are the highlights: (click on image to go to video) ***** TODAY’S GAME: Danny Duffy (2-0, 1.80) vs. Andrew Cashner (0-1, 5.06) Game time: 7:05 How the Royals hit against Cashner. How the Rangers hit against Duffy.
When I was a kid, we moved into a new house. Our next door neighbors had a dog that lived in their back yard. It was a mean dog. Crazy mean. Until they started giving him the cbd dog treats then the dog was a lot calmer. The benefits of […]
The pattern is all too familiar so far for the last-place Texas Rangers. The offense jumps out to an early lead, then knocks off early for the day. The starters are good, but not quite sharp enough to keep runs from leaking into the boat. The defense is sloppy, […]
This is pretty much the perfect blueprint of how to go 4-7. Yes, the Rangers have gotten really good offense. But you can’t count on that night in and night out. And when the offense doesn’t show up, you have to be solid everywhere else. The office hasn’t shown […]
The Andrew Cashner era starts today. Cashner joins the Rangers rotation after splitting the season with San Diego, then Miami. With the Padres in 2016, he was 4-7 in sixteen starts, with a 4.67 ERA. He was traded to the Marlins, where he went 1-4 in twelve starts, with […]
Who needs a bullpen? No, seriously. Who needs a bullpen? The Rangers have one to sell for the low low price of $8.99. Mike Hauschild became an official card carrying member of the Rangers bullpen yesterday in just his second appearance. He gave up three runs in the ninth inning, […]
Before the sky totally falls on the Rangers season, let’s remember one thing. Closers like Mariano Rivera and Joe Nathan are the rarest of breeds. Because of that, memory of them tends to skew our thoughts on closers. In reality, closers are a dime a dozen. If one goes down, […]
Did you ever go to sleep and have one of those recurring nightmares? Like you discover you didn’t finish high school and had to go back and retake classes? Or your fingernails keep falling off? Or someone is chasing you and you cannot run? Or Sam Dyson is your closer? […]
