Yearly Archives: 2017


Gallo. 30 comments

I went to a charity event at the Ballpark Tuesday night and saw Joey Gallo speak. He talked about his year and his struggles in the past. He talked about how he was filled with self-doubt. How he didn’t know if he would make it. And he said it took […]


Perez injured. 29 comments

The irony is rich here with Martin Perez. A pitcher who should be in the Rangers bullpen had his 2018 season derailed by a bull in a pen on his ranch. Reports are he fractured a bone in his non-pitching (right) elbow after being startled by a bull on his […]


Baseball is alive in west Dallas. 18 comments

Evan Grant has an article in today’s Dallas Morning News about an amazing new baseball complex the Rangers are opening in west Dallas to bring baseball, and, as Grant says, “hopefully a little life guidance” to an underserved community. The ribbon cutting ceremony is Tuesday. The baseball facility is remarkable. […]


Moore of the same. 22 comments

  The San Francisco Giants are trying to shed payroll because they want to make a run at J. D. Martinez. They needed to find someone to dump a salary on. They found a team desperate for starting pitching: the Texas Rangers and their wafer-thin system. So, Friday night, the […]


Closers. 60 comments

On the day that former Rangers All-Star Ian Kinsler became a Los Angeles Angel, the current Rangers are talking to Brandon Kintzler as a potential bullpen piece, along with Fernando Rodney. Rodney is the guy who can’t seem to figure out how to put on his cap. It’s always crooked. […]


Big Zack attack. 68 comments

Rumor has it that the Rangers are talking to the Diamondbacks about Zack Greinke. It makes no sense from Arizona’s standpoint. Why would the Diamondbacks trade Greinke? Why would a team that is on the upswing, that won 93 games, that made the post-season, trade their best pitcher? Yes, he […]