In honor of the Texas Rangers’ new status as a AAA team, here is the new logo the team is submitting to the International League for approval:   Please note: This is a rough prototype. Also, due to the Rangers inability to score runs, this website is no longer legally allowed […]

There is a human side to this Josh Hamilton story that has started to nag at me. I have been on the fence about his return to the Rangers. I was able to listen to a replay of much of the Josh Hamilton’s awe shucks press conference. And it struck […]

Can’t anyone hit? Where is the offense in the American League? It’s easy to shake your head at the Rangers puny team batting average. It is embarrassing. Up and down the lineup they are looking up at the Mendoza line. They have nine guys not even hitting their weight. But […]

  Nick Martinez is the ace? Mitch Moreland is batting second?  And the Rangers won? You cannot make this stuff up. Jeff Banister juggles the lineup. The result? Offense. Rangers fans are used to the lineup card being printed in April and then turned in every day for the rest […]

It’s been a long time since I went into a season feeling as unoptimistic about the Rangers as I am this year. I’m not alone. Season ticket sales are down dramatically, as are individual game tickets. Their record this spring was 9-19, not having won a game in what seems like […]

If we got a glimpse into the future, the future is pretty much like the past. Which is to say, not pretty. Thankfully, this is spring training. Thankfully these games don’t count. And, hopefully, this is not what Rangers pitching will look like. The Rangers two-day, two-city doubleheader experience turned out […]

Derek Holland pitches today. This will be the single biggest inning in spring training for the Rangers. Any hope the Rangers have of contending or catching lightning in a bottle and making the playoffs rides on his left shoulder.  

Yu Darvish is blaming his probable need for Tommy John surgery on the American practice of five-man rotations. He claims that the six-man rotation they employ in Japan prevents Japanese pitchers from getting Tommy John surgery because that extra day allows the elbow ligament enough time to rest between starts. Which […]

A-Rod is in Yankees camp. And it appears he brought his syringe with him.

Thirty-two pitchers. Six catchers. One goal.