Many home games this year have been yawners because nobody could hit on either team. Rangers home games have been soccer, not baseball. But last night there was no drama, in a good way. The Rangers went ahead early and dominated the entire game. Victory was never in doubt. Especially […]
]The Pirates over .500 and just a game out of first. The Athletics are tied for first. The Astros are in last. The Mets, with a payroll of about $370 million, are in last, losers of 11 in a row. Baseball is unpredictable, to be sure. Of course, the Dodgers […]
The Rangers ended a ten-game road trip going 4-6 after losing two of three in Seattle. So, after 22 games, Texas is 11-11. They finished last season 81-81. So, they’re average, and have been average for quite a while now. Their offense is better than last year. Their rotation isn’t. […]
This Rangers team is still a work in progress. The bullpen was slapped together with remnants from the discount carpet store. It’s an offense built on a budget. So, while Friday’s opener of the three-game series was pretty flawless, yesterday’s Game 2 was a frustrating case of wasted opportunity. It […]
The Rangers played small ball. The Rangers played bash the ball off the wall ball. The Rangers pitched. The Rangers went into Seattle and did something they rarely do. They won. 5-0. The offense exploded up and down the lineup. Brandon Nimmo led off the game with a home run. […]
That was the most enjoyable game of the year so far. The Rangers were up, then down, then up, then down, then up. The found a closer, at least for one game. Josh Jung went deep for his first home run of the year. Josh Smith got a huge hit. […]
Someone needs to sue Major League Baseball for false advertising. Sacramento is billed as a hitters’ park, but the Rangers haven’t found that to be true. Or, maybe, just maybe, the Rangers aren’t a hitters’ roster. Sacramento starter J.T. Ginn tried to give the Rangers a golden opportunity in the […]
A funny thing happened to the Ranger in Sacramento last night. They played a home game on the road. They couldn’t hit. They couldn’t score. They had few baserunners. And when they did, they couldn’t move them over. They had no offense. Neither did the Athletics. But Sacramento had one […]
It’s amazing what happens when hitters are patient, when they don’t swing wildly, and make the other pitcher work. Sunday, they wore out Dodgers starter ‘rookie Sasaki early, drawing ten walks total. Last night, they worked only two walks off Athletics starter Luis Severino. But two of those came in […]
It seems to be a regular thing. The Rangers gave up yet another home run to the first batter of the game. This was on the first pitch. Shohei Ohtani took Jacob deGrom deep to put the Rangers down 1-0 before the catcher had even touched the ball. But being […]
