What to do? What to do? That is the talk on blogs, sports talk radio, in the stands at the Ballpark, around the water cooler, in the papers, on bar stools, and anywhere else people are talking about the Rangers. What to do with Fielder and Moreland? Both Prince Fielder […]
There’s a lot of conjecture about what happens to Jurickson Profar once Rougned Odor comes back from suspension on Saturday. When Odor comes back they have two choices with Profar. 1) Keep him and bench him. 2) Send him back to Triple-A and play him. According to T. R. Sullivan, […]
Last season, after beating the Houston Astros (of course) 6-5 at home, the Rangers moved to ten games over .500 for the first time. It was September 15. Last night, with their 7-3 win over the Cleveland Indians, the Rangers moved to ten games over .500 for the first […]
Exactly one month ago, Derek Holland got a win. Five starts later, he gets his next. But Holland didn’t pitched as badly as it might sound during that stretch. Yes, his May did start with a thud. He had a game where he gave up eleven earned runs, followed […]
Two months down, four to go. It’s a long season, but the main narrative the first eight weeks has been the continued disappearances of Prince Fielder and Mitch Moreland. In baseball, slumps are long and memories are short. Remember last year? While this year Fielder and Moreland cannot buy a […]
The Rangers got ten hits last night. Yet scored only one run. That’s because the Rangers got zero hits with runners in scoring position. They were 0-for-7 in that regard. It was a frustrating loss, 9-1 to the Pirates. They had runners on in every inning except the […]
After Drew Stubbs and Shin-Soo Choo went on the DL on the same day, and the Rangers did not call up Delino DeShields, one thing was obvious. It would seem DeShields’s days as a Ranger are numbered. And that number might be 0. If that’s the case, it is totally […]
Back in the black and white days, there was a slogan for the old Boston Braves that went, “Spahn then Sain then pray for rain.” The Braves had two great starting pitchers; their other two, not so great. Fans prayed those games would get rained out. The Angels have something like that, […]
All you can ask for is a chance. And Angels Manager Mike Scioscia gave the Rangers plenty of them. He is a card carrying member of the Count To 100 Pitches Then Pull Your Dominating Pitcher fraternity. Ever the philanthropist, Scioscia pulled Nick Tropiano, who the Rangers were doing […]
It was the worst of weeks. It was the best of weeks. The Rangers headed to Oakland fresh off The Punch and ended up getting smacked in the proverbial groin, being swept in Oakland in uninspiring fashion. Not only did they lose three games, they lost their closer as well […]