In the Baseball Makes No Sense department, the Rangers won three out of four from the Minnesota Twins, who are in the thick of the playoff hunt. And the pitching was the key. Maybe a shock to the system works. Maybe the firing of Chris Woodward had the effect it […]
Coming into this season, the Rangers offense was supposed to be better. They added Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, and Mitch Garver. Those three were brought in to start filling in the massive gaps in the lineup. Offensively, it was a roster that looked like it was attacked by the gopher […]
Nathanial Lowe is having himself quite a season offensively. And it seems to be happening under the radar. That’s probably because he has been steadily improving month by month. He’s not flashy. He just seems to be getting it done. Last night, Lowe went 4-for-5, raising his batting average to […]
There’s no way of knowing, of course, but it seemed that the Rangers fired Chris Woodward when they did in order to coincide with the beginning of a four-game series against Oakland. That would give Tony Beasley the best chance to hit the ground running and feel the glow of […]
Well, there’s a new brand of hope hovering over the Texas Rangers. New Hope. The Old Hope was peddled like laundry detergent. New and improved version were released on a regular basis. But all it was, really, was the same stuff in a different box. Old Hope was the promise […]
He was at the helm for the most successful period in Texas Rangers history, which was ten years ago. He was at the helm for the least successful period in Texas Rangers history, which is now. He made the greatest trades in franchise history when he dealt Mark Teixeira. He […]
Sometimes, when a person is fired from his job, he pulls one last prank that is so monumental it’s unforgettable. There’s the story of a guy who got fired and, when he went to get boxes to pack up his stuff, got a fish from a fish market and threw […]
Of course, his first win would be a one-run game. That’s how baseball goes. Tony Beasley was named interim manager of the Texas Rangers yesterday after the team dismissed Chris Woodward, who had been at the helm since 2019. Woodward never had a lot of talent to work with but […]
It’s not quite a rare as a blue moon but the Rangers did something they haven’t done in a while. They won two in a row. In fact, their longest winning streak this disappointing season is just four in a row. So, as insignificant as a two-game winning streak might seem, […]
To say this hasn’t been the season the Rangers expected is an understatement. Their record against their two biggest division rivals proves that. Texas is 4-10 against Houston and 3-12 against Seattle. It’s no coincidence those are the two teams ahead of them in the West. Los Angeles is just […]
