Rangers reliever Tanner Scheppers watches as yet more runs score. He might need Tommy John surgery in his neck from all that craning. There is no force in the entire universe that will allow anyone to undo Tanner Scheppers. He is the un-closer. He is an opener. He opens situations for the other […]
Houston ace Dallas Keuchel struck out 13 AAA hitters wearing Texas Rangers uniforms yesterday for a 10-0 win. Jeff Banister seems to have a philosophy that I find very strange: “When facing the toughest pitchers, run out your weakest lineups.” It reminds me of Vince Lombardi. But opposite. I am […]
Josh Hamilton rounds third after smacking his third home run of the season, this one into the right field bullpen. Last night the Rangers got their first two batters of the game on base, then left them there. It was turn back the clock night, and for a few innings […]
After a while, you just get tired of talking about the Rangers. You get tired of watching, reading about, hearing about, following, blogging about, analyzing, posting about, studying, agonizing over, commenting on, noticing, worshipping, monitoring, keeping score of, living in the same state as, being a fan of, or […]
It’s easy to criticize Jon Daniels. He brings it on himself with his elitist attitude and arrogant talk of building a perpetual winner in Arlington, only to see the franchise year by year drift away from relevance. But you have to give him credit where credit is due. Where would this […]
I hope Jon Daniels is getting a lot of rest during this All-Star break. He has a big decision to make. The trade deadline is coming fast, and he has to decide: How good is this team he built? Not whether it is good, because both its record and […]
The American League wins 6-3. The Rangers now have home field advantage in the World Series. Too bad they have the worst home record in all of baseball. We cannot catch a break.
As bad as the Rangers are this year offensively, surprisingly there are worse teams. Here is where Texas ranks in offensive categories at the break: Team batting: .247, 11th in the American League Home runs: 94, 4th in the American League Runs scored: 370, 10th in the American League Batting […]
The first half is over. It’s only appropriate to sum up a team that called it quits this month by quoting the Grateful Dead, a band that called it quits this month, “What a long strange trip it’s been.” But what kind of trip has it been? With a horrible […]
Okay, so Shawn Tolleson is human after all. He has saved 12 out of 13. That is a save percentage of .923. Unfortunately, his blown save came at a bad time, which all blown saves do. So, let’s see if he can do what other elite closers can do. And that […]