It appears the Rangers have a closer. Jacob Latz wanted to start. He’s had a lot of success as a starter. But the Rangers invested too much in Jack Leiter, Kumar Rocker, and MacKenzie Gore—Latz is a better choice as a starter over all three—to admit failure and do the […]
The first month of the season is in the books. The Rangers are about where they were expected to be. Average, at one game below .500. The bright spot so far this season has been Josh Jung. He deserves all the praise for what he has done this season considering […]
Texas salvaged the last game in the series against the Yankees. They did it in the most Rangers way possible. Few runs scored, a ton of men left on base. The squandered opportunities early. It was the New York’s pitcher’s first game, and he was nervous, struggling to find the […]
It’s easy to get frustrated with the Rangers. We all want them to be good. Fun to watch. Fun to root for. Frankly, this Rangers team is boring. They can put together an inning every now and then, but not often enough, and not big enough. When they do finally […]
Last weekend, there was a kids’ birthday party at the local park. There were a dozen five-year-olds. They had a piñata in the shape of a large baseball. One by one, the blindfolded kids swung the stick, which has an actual name—a piñata buster. One by one the kids missed. […]
How do you spell mediocrity: L. W. W. W. W. L. L. L. L. W. W. W. L. L. W. W. L. L. W. W. L. L. W. L. W. L. W. L. *****
As expected, the Rangers follow up a loss with a win to go one game over .500, and tie the Athletics for first place in the A.L. West. The only saving grace for the Rangers inability to string together any kind of winning streak is that no team in this […]
Win one, lose one. Win one, lose one. The Rangers .500 train rolls on. After beating the Pirates two out of three, the Rangers lose the opener to the Athletics 8-1. This one ended early, just seven pitches into the game. Nathan Eovaldi gave up three solo home runs in […]
They say that the inside-the-park home run is the most thrilling play in baseball. It’s hard to disagree with that. It’s speed and fury and bravado and a touch of crazy all rolled into one mad dash around the bases. A runner going full speed in a desperate attempt to […]
The hit that went about 45 feet put the Rangers behind in the ninth. The hit that went about 500 feet put the game out of reach. After the Rangers tied it at 4-4 with a two-out, two-run RBI from Jake Burger in the bottom of the eighth, the Pirates […]
