After losing three out of four to Toronto, the Rangers moved on to Detroit, where they beat the Tigers in the first game of a three-game series 5-1, to go 16-14 on the season. ***** ACE-TASTIC. Originally published May 7, 2016 Call the jeweler, Hamels just cut a gem. To […]
The Rangers traveled to Toronto for a four-game series. They won the first game, 2-1, for their fifteenth win of the season, but would then lose the next three. ***** OFF THE HOOK. Originally published May 3, 2016 Eric Nadel called it “boneheaded.” Luckily, baseball is a team game and Delino DeShields’s […]
The Rangers won four in a row, lost four in a row, then turned around and won four in a row again, beating the Angels 7-2 to finish April 14-10. ***** EVERYONE HITS. Originally published May 1, 2016 The first month of the season is over, and the Rangers are playing […]
MLB.com’s top 100 prospects list is out. The Rangers have one player on the list: pitcher Yohander Mendez at 56. Here is a division-by-division breakdown of how many prospects each team has in the top 100: NY Yankees, 6 Boston, 3 Tampa Bay, 3 Toronto, 3 Baltimore, 0 Chicago White […]
The Rangers beat the Angels 4-2 to start a three-game series, for win number 13 on the season, their third win in a row. Prince Fielder had a rare moment of shining. ***** GETTING IT DONE. Originally published April 30, 2016 Prince Fielder isn’t exactly tearing up the league. He’s […]
The Rangers won two in a row over the Yankees to to 12-10. Elvis was the offensive star. ***** ELVIS IS ALIVE. Originally published April 28, 2016 During yesterday’s pre-game radio show, Texas manager Jeff Banister was talking about shortstop Elvis Andrus, specifically about the surprising year he is having […]
After winning four straight to go 10-6, the Rangers promptly lost four in a row, three of those to the White Sox, playing so poorly they ran into one of the lamest triple plays ever in one of the losses. They lost the opener to the Yankees, then won the […]
Thanks to Houston, the Rangers crafted their first four-game winning streak of the season, beating up on Dallas Keuchel and the Astros 7-4 on the same night Jake Arrieta of the Cubs no hit the Reds. Unfortunately the four-game winning streak would be followed by a four-game losing streak. The Rangers, […]
It was always good when the Astros came to town in 2016. Because Ws always followed, like this one, the Rangers’ ninth win of the season. ***** ARMS Originally published April 21, 2016. The Rangers were 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position last night. Fortunately the Astros were 1-for-12. Fortunately, […]
On April 19, Houston came to town. Which meant on thing: an inevitable Rangers win. Which they did, beating the Astros 7-5 to nudge their record to 8-6. ***** RARE AIR Originally published April 20, 2016 The Rangers did something they hadn’t done all season. Hit two home runs. And […]