How long does it take to vanquish the nightmare of Game 6? How far do they have to go get the monkey off their backs that they cannot win a game when they have to come from behind in the late innings? Four hundred and eighteen feet. On the anniversary […]
And here we are. After a three-day wait the followed a twelve year wait, the Rangers are playing in the World Series again. Twelve years after one-strike away. Twelve years after “the year of Napoli.” Twelve years after Cruz didn’t catch it, the Rangers are back. The team with Ian […]
And now it comes down to Max Scherzer. The Rangers traded for Scherzer for this very reason. After deGrom was lost (probably forever) to the Rangers, and Eovaldi went down, the Rangers suddenly looked at the prospects of having a starting rotation of Dane Dunning, Jon Gray, Andrew Heaney, Martin […]
We forgot. As Rangers fans, we forgot how bad their bullpen was. We forgot that no team had ever made the playoff with a bullpen that blew more saves than it converted. We forgot that no team had finished a season any higher than two games over .500 with a […]
The Rangers blew the save in the third inning when, with one out and a runner on first and third, Marcus Semien popped out, then Corey Seager flew out, and the Rangers didn’t score. The Rangers blew the save in the sixth inning when, after scoring three runs on an […]
I am not a future Hall of Fame manager. I do not possess three World Series rings. I have not managed a baseball team higher than the t-ball level. I fully admit my place in the baseball pecking order. But I would like the answer to one question. Why did […]
Max Scherzer hadn’t pitched in five weeks. It turns out Max Scherzer looked like a guy who hadn’t pitched in five weeks. With the luxury of being up two games to none in a best of seven, Rangers manager Bruce Bochy could afford to give his prize possession at the […]
The Rangers are coming home for Game 3. Forgive them if they forget which dugout to sit in. If they show up late because they took a couple wrong turns, it will be understandable. The Rangers have played one game in Arlington since September 25. That’s almost three straight weeks […]
Bases loaded. No outs. Fifth inning. Rangers up 5-2. Game on the line. Then something absolutely amazing happened. It wasn’t what Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi did on the field that was the most amazing. It was that he was allowed to stay on the field in the first place. A […]
