There might not be any sillier invention in baseball than the opener. It makes no sense. Last night, the Rangers decided to employ the stunt by having Tyler Anderson open for Kumar Rocker. The logic is that Rocker had an 11.25 ERA in the first inning of his starts this […]
Can the Rangers undo the MacKenzie Gore trade? They shipped five prospects to Washington for a pitcher they could have gotten the same production out of from a last-minute, bargain barrel arm. That’s five prospects they could have been able to use at the deadline or during the offseason to […]
The only thing reliable about Jake Burger is how inconsistent he is. He not there. Then he’s carrying the offense. Then he disappears. Then he reemerges. After the first ten games of the season, he was batting .317, with a stellar .910 OPS. The next 30 games: .165/.485. That’s not […]
Highlights from the Eagles concert at The Shed: One Of These Nights: A wistful song about dreaming, wishing that maybe one night in the future, the Rangers had the ability to win a game. Heartache Tonight: Jacob deGrom gives up four solo homeruns why they Ranger desperately try to find […]
One hit. That’s all they could get. With one out in the eight, and a runner on from a walk, the Ranger with the longest hitless streak in franchise history history, Justin Foscue, lined a single to left. Then got picked off. One hit. It would be fair to say […]
Six of the next twelve games the Rangers play are against the Astros, the fourth-place team in the American League West. Houston is in fourth place only because the Angels are in the same division and they are perpetually in last. The Angels would finish second in a one-team division. […]
For a few minutes, it looked like the Rangers failure in acquiring a closer was going to bite them in the rear again. They’ve tried so many options, all of them failing. So, it fell on Jacob Latz. He’s been pretty good. Except for last night. He entered the game […]
Maybe all it takes it to write off the Rangers. It seemed to work. A day after they slipped into an offensive coma, the Rangers awake to one of their best offensive games at home. Maybe it takes something as crazy as having Joc Pederson lead off. Who makes a […]
There are sleeping pill. Melatonin. Ambien. Lunestra. Diphemdramine. Sonata. Temazepam. Triazolam. There are natual sleep aids. Chemical sleep aids. Orgnaic sleep aids. But nothing has been clinically proven to be more effective at putting you into a deep sleep than watching the Texas Rangers. They’re boring. It’s a boring baseball […]
When Jacob deGrom does what he is capable of, the other team doesn’t have a shot. Yesterday, his slider was unhittable. As a result, the Cubs were shellshocked and shutout for the second game in a row. DeGrom was so dominating, he was perfect through the first three innings, before […]
