Dear Robin Ventura: Thank you so much for falling for the trap of modern-day managers. Thank you for counting pitches instead of watching pitches. Thank you for counting pitches instead of counting on your pitcher. Thank you for taking out the most dominating pitcher in baseball throwing his best game […]
The Rangers offense was given the day off yesterday. The end was a surprise. The outcome certainly wasn’t. The Rangers entered the game with an intentionally weakened lineup. It did what it was designed to do. It struggled. The Rangers went out weakly in order in the first, second, […]
Prince Fielder somehow miraculously manages to get a hit off an elite pitcher. Prince Fielder is being paid $24 million a year. Yet his manager has told him he is not good enough to play against the elite pitchers. Doesn’t that implies he is not viewed as an elite hitter? I […]
How do you quiet a ballpark full of 15,000 Dodgers fans? You throw a 1-1 fastball into the wheelhouse of Robinson Chirinos with the game tied 2-2 in the bottom of the ninth inning. That’s how. Another day, another Rangers hero.
Newly returned second baseman Rougned Odor after hitting a two-run single and taking second on the throw home, his third hit of the night. This will be short and sweet with a few observations from watching the Rangers at The Ballpark yesterday. One, Rougned Odor belongs in the major […]
When the quality start stat first started gaining traction, I didn’t like it. Six innings or more with three or fewer earned runs. Really? That’s a quality start? If you went six innings of every game and gave up three earned runs, you’d rack up an ERA of 4.50. I […]
It’s not the usual smell of sulfur and urine and sweat and humidity. It’s the smell of first place. The Rangers are starting to sniff it.
Whoever said nothing is impossible, never saw last night’s game.
Alex Gonzalez pitched another brilliant game, but all he got out of it was an L. You knew it was coming. Everything was working too well for this team. With Adrian Beltre and Josh Hamilton out of the lineup for the foreseeable future, this is a good team that was […]
Mitch Moreland, moments before driving in the game’s fourth run, and knocking out A’s starter Jesse Hahn. Unfortunately, it would not be enough. Is there a bigger surprise on this surprising resurgent Rangers team than Mitch Moreland? His walk up music is “haters gonna hate.” Appropriate. He has attracted […]