As we prepare for baseball, a re-post from October 1, 2014, after one of the best games of all time. This is why baseball is the greatest sport in the world. Enjoy. —- As the game last night was moving along, I wrote three articles for today. With each amazing twist […]
As the Rangers prepare to have ten players battle it out for left field/DH, I am reminded of what happened last season when they desperately tried to fill the empty 1B slot with player after player after player. Eleven players, in fact, manned first until finally Ryan Rua ended up there. […]
ESPN.com’s rankings are out, courtesy of writer David Schoenfield. The Rangers don’t fare too well. According to Schoenfield, the AL West looks like this: Seattle, 6th best team overall in MLB Los Angeles, 8th best team Houston, 14th best Oakland, 18th best Texas Rangers, 25th best 25th? Yikes. The only […]
Here is a particularly sarcastic post I made after a particularly bad patch of games the Rangers went through in July when they lost so many games so often and so early that they really didn’t need a closer. Or a third base coach for that matter. One week until pitchers and […]
157, 158, 159, 162, 161, 162, 162, 162, 42. Until last season, Prince Fielder rarely missed a game. From the time he became a regular first baseman for Milwaukee in 2006 through his final season with Detroit in 2013, Prince Fielder missed just thirteen total games. Just thirteen games in eight years. […]
Yesterday, ESPN.com’s popular Grantland sports blog featured an eye-opening article by staff writer Jonah Keri. He took his annual look at baseball’s worst contracts. This is not something you want to look at if you are a fan of the Texas Rangers, which, since what you are currently reading is […]
The Rangers signed veteran outfielder Ryan Ludwick to a minor league contract yesterday. It is the perverbial lightning in a bottle signing. Ludwick is the quintessential Jon Daniels signing. Damaged goods. Low risk. Low investment. He comes back to the team he broke into the major leagues with, having played […]
Ex-Ranger MVP and almost 2011 World Series hero Josh Hamilton has to undergo shoulder surgery. Hamilton set his goal for 2015 at 30 home runs, 100 RBIs and a .300 batting average. That is in jeopardy now, assuming it were possible in the first place. He will be out at least […]
It was announced on MLB.com that Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson will be in spring training camp for the Rangers. He will not play. Which got me thinking, so what? Why would anyone care about this? Aside from the snarky comments that the Rangers have the best quarterback of any team in Dallas, […]
Happy February. Just eighteen days until pitcher and catchers report to Surprise, Arizona. It will be a few weeks of long toss, then throwing off a mound, then building arm strength a few innings at a time to get ready for the season. Where they can throw no more than a […]