The playoffs start today. For Rangers fans, the “playoffs” are bonus games at the end of the season that good teams earn for being good. The Los Angeles Dodgers go for their third consecutive World Series championship. National League fans in Milwaukee, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and San Diego are hoping […]
The truth is, this team didn’t deserve to be in the playoffs, let along the playoff hunt. At no point in the season did any sane, rational person look at the Rangers and say, “You know, that’s a playoff-caliber team.” The fact that they played a meaningful Game 162 was […]
It all comes down to one game. Two really. The Rangers game and the Astros game. It’s a game the Rangers have to win. But it doesn’t matter if they win should Houston also wins. You’d think DFW sports fans would be used to mediocrity with the Cowboys, the only […]
Coming into last night’s game, Jacob deGrom’s ERA in the first inning in 2026 was 8.23. Last night against the Twins, he got out of the first inning one, two, three. He decided to delay his first-inning meltdown until the second inning. Delay the torture. Like the entire Rangers team […]
The Rangers won. The Astros won. It’s neck and neck, coming down to the wire with three games left. May the least mediocre team win. *****
The Rangers batted nine times yesterday, as is customary. In seven of the nine innings, they went out one-two-three, as is customary as well, unfortunately. The rest of the game, they got four hits. Four singles. Four lousy, unproductive singles. Three of them in the fifth to load the bases […]
There are moments in a must-win game that winning teams take advantage of, and losing teams don’t. Bottom of the second, 0-0 score. Jake Burger leads off, reaches on an error. Brandon Nimmo singles. Two on, no outs. This is a decisive moment. A winning team takes advantage of it, […]
So much can happen between now and the end of play on Sunday that it’s not really fruitful to talk about, but this is where the playoff picture stand right now. First, here’s the format: The top two division winners get first-round byes and are the one and two seeds […]
Lost in all the goodwill about being above .500 and in first place on Saturday was the reality on Sunday that, oh yeah, this is the 2026 Texas Rangers. They proceeded to fall flat on their faces, losing to Toronto and a parade of relievers 7-2. Lucky for them, the Astros […]
When Wyatt Langford sprinted for home on a fly ball to short center, it seemed like a daring move. A good throw, and he’d most certainly be out. The throw was good. The Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk was crouched down waiting for it, waiting to apply the tag, waiting […]
