The nine-game road trip started last night, and trip is the operative word. It was a trip down bad memory lane. A lot of April showed up last night. Inconsistent starting pitching. The inability to take advantage of runners on. Sloppy defense. It all added up to another loss, […]
There’s an old saying that players live up to the back of their baseball cards. Meaning, a .260 hitter is not a .340 hitter. He might be hitting .340 now, but he’s a .260 hitter. It will all even out in the wash. Streaks and slumps will come and […]
Last night, in the first inning, Adrian Belte padded his Hall of Fame resumé with the 400th home run of his career, moving into 52nd on the all-time home run list. He joins nine Hall of Famers in the 400 Club, including Lou Gehrig and Cal Ripken, Jr. Any […]
A split with the best team in baseball. Does that mean the Rangers are as good as the best team in baseball? No, but it means Texas is playing much better than it was when it was the absolute worst team in baseball. This team is still a starter or […]
This morning, somewhere in Denver, Troy Tulowitzki and his agent are sitting down to breakfast with Colorado Rockies owner Dick Monfort and GM Jeff Bridich to ask to be traded. Imagine the monumental upgrade it would be for the Rangers to have Troy Tulowitzki at shortstop over Elvis Andrus. Not just […]
I could write a thousand words about last night’s game and perfectly sum it up. I could write three words about last night’s game and perfectly sum it up. There was a lot of positive to take away. There was a lot of negative to take away. What the […]
The Rangers are 5-0 when playing first place teams this season. The Rangers are 2-0 when hitting three or more home runs in a game. In the last seven games, Adrian Beltre has collected half the home runs and RBIs he has all season. In the last seven games Adrian Beltre is batting […]
Jeff Banister’s unconventional managing style is starting to get noticed. And not in a good way. Yesterday, he pinch ran for the one guy in the lineup you really should never take out of the lineup. He sent Delino DeShields in for Prince Fielder. It might have made sense […]
Today Josh Hamilton is slated to start his injury rehab at Round Rock. What kind of player can we expect Josh Hamilton to be when he eventually gets to the Rangers in a few weeks? Listening to the baseball experts and talking heads, and reading the columnists and bloggers back when […]
He did it again. Another costly error opened the floodgates. Jeff Banister made the critical error of taking out his dominating starter and letting another game get out of reach. It happened in the sixth inning yesterday in Tampa Bay. After Elvis Andrus bobbled a ball to […]