The Hall of Fame Ballot came out yesterday. Number 29 is on it. Adrian Beltre was a good player when, at age thirty-two, and after thirteen major league seasons, he signed as a free agent with the Rangers. Eight seasons later, he was a Hall of Fame-caliber player. Beltre started […]
In news that is not surprising: Marcus Semien won the American League Silver Slugger award for second basemen. He led the A.L. in hits, with 185, and runs, 122. He drive in 100, and had 73 extra-base hits. Oh, by they way, he is a finalist for MVP. Corey Seager […]
It’s awards season. The Rangers already took home the biggest award of all. But it’s nice for individual players to be honored. Yesterday, three Rangers won Gold Glove Awards. Nathanial Lowe at first, Jonah Heim at catcher, and Adolis Garcia in right. The only other team in the American League with […]
An estimated crowd of 500,000 jammed into a postage-stamp size section of Arlington surrounding the Rangers ballpark yesterday to celebrate the Rangers winning their first-ever World Series championship. It became painfully obvious this was the Rangers first-ever victory parade. Whoever organized this parade has also never done, seen, or heard […]
As part of the postgame celebration after Game 5, Ray Davis, Rangers owner, said, “This won’t be our last one.” After the 2011 season, Jon Daniels, then Rangers general manager, promised this was the new direction for the Texas Rangers, that winning was what could be expected year in and […]
The huge headline on the front page of The Dallas Morning News says it all. “Finally.” After fifty-two years in Arlington, after the heartbreak of 2011, after all those years of losing, after failing to win the American League West on the final day of the season, the Texas Rangers […]
Before the game, the Rangers found out they were going to be without Max Scherzer and Adolis Garcia for the rest of the World Series. Losing Scherzer is unfortunate but not that big of a deal. He wasn’t going to pitch until Game 7 anyway, and even then, with the […]
The Rangers won Game 3 of the World Series 3-1 over the Diamondbacks in Arizona. But somehow it seems they lost. Max Scherzer left after three innings with a lower back strain. Adolis Garcia left in the eighth after pulling something in his back on a swing. And, in the […]
Max Scherzer in Game 3. When the Rangers acquired him at the trade deadline, it was for this very moment. Maybe they didn’t dream it would be at a level this high, the World Series. But they got Scherzer for big games. Yet, somehow, Max Scherzer’s start in Game 3 of […]
Last night’s World Series Game 2 was a reminder of two things. One, why Arizona is the best team in the National League. Two, the Rangers bullpen. The Rangers threw the best they have at the Diamondbacks in starter Jordan Montgomery. He threw seventy-five pitches. The Diamondbacks swung and missed […]
