The thing about spring is the dreams that players are able to hold onto. Their entire lives they have been dreaming of playing big league ball. At least for now, they get to keep that dream alive as they go into competitive battle wearing the jersey of a major league […]
Spring games mean nothing. Most of the positions are already filled. Most of the decisions are already made. It’s just guys getting the chance to try on Rangers uniforms. All in all, it sure is fun to watch players wearing Rangers uniforms bang out twenty-seven hits. As a reminder, the […]
Lightning in a bottle. Google that and you will find two meanings. One, an expression popularized in the 1750s by Ben Franklin’s kite experiment of trapping electricity from lightning in a Leyden jar. Two, the phrase was brought back from the dead by Leo Durocher in 1941 when he was […]
It was baseball. It didn’t matter whether Corey Seager hit a three-run homer in his first at-bat wearing a Rangers uniform, which he did, or struck out looking, which he did’t do. It was baseball. It didn’t matter the Rangers didn’t win. They didn’t lose either. But who cares? It […]
When it comes to free agent pitching, the Rangers are habitual offenders. They just can’t stop committing the same crimes. Year after year after year they try to build a competitive rotation by robbing the Dollar Store. They attempted the same crime again for 2022. Welcome, Martin Perez and Matt […]
The total deforestation of the Rangers continues. After experiencing the talent level on the field the past five seasons, it was needed. Corey Seager and Marcus Semien checked off two slots. Kole Calhoun was an upgrade as well. That left six positions that needed to be purged. The Rangers made […]
Let there be light. And hopefully Clayton Kershaw. One hundred sixty-two glorious games of baseball will happen this year. The Squabbles are over. Spring training starts Sunday. Exhibition games start March 17 or 18. The season starts April 7. To make up for game postponed, they will tack on the […]
The baseball groundhog did not see sunshine. There will be no baseball this spring. The owners and players could not come to an agreement after two furious days of negotiations and, as a result, games have now been cancelled. For now, it’s the first two series of 2022. But once […]
Inches are irrelevant when the distance is miles. Both MLB and the Players Association met Monday and Tuesday, and plan to meet the rest of the week, to try to forge out a deal so baseball can resume. Reports are, both sides made the slightest of concessions so far. It’s […]
In an era of three-outcome baseball, the story of Joe Sewell is even more amazing than ever. It used to be, hitters hated striking out. Striking out was a badge of shame. Now, it seems to be a rite of passage, a ticket to a bigger contract. Joe Sewell was […]
