All we hear about is how bad the Rangers are this season against left-handed pitching. And they are bad, as I wrote about a few days ago. But after watching this team lose its fifth in a row, and 14 of its last 19, scoring two runs or fewer in twelve […]

  The mound is elevated ten inches, but to Matt Harrison it must have felt like a ten-mile high mountain he just scaled. He wasn’t sharp, but he was there, and that’s what mattered.  Forget about last night’s game. The Rangers are in a free fall, and sometimes outcomes don’t matter. […]

Well, look on the bright side. The Rangers left only four runners on base. That an improvement, right? Right?  

  All we hear about is how bad the Rangers are this season against left-handed pitching. Which got me to wondering, exactly how bad are the Rangers against lefties? First, let’s look at the benchmarks. Last season, the top batters versus left handed pitchers were: Jose Altuve, .420 Nori Aoki, […]

The Angels get their 97th hit of the game, sweeping the Rangers by a combined score of 375-8.   One question: Was the end of 2014 a fluke? I am talking about the 22 games Tim Bogar managed after Ron Washington resigned. The 22 games in which the Rangers surprised […]

  One year ago today I took over this site from Twig. July 5, 2014. The Rangers won that day to raise their fourth-place record to 38-49. That is the closest to .500 they would ever be  Six games later the would be in last place, where they would remain […]

The Rangers played their 81st game last night (allegedly they came to play last night). Halfway through the season, they are 41-40. Raise your hand if after a 7-14 April you thought this team would be anywhere in the same hemisphere to .500. Be honest. But every season has its […]

Yovani Gallardo strikes out Chris Davis to leave the bases loaded, keeping his scoreless streak alive.   In the bottom of the fourth inning of the Rangers June 10th game against the Oakland Athletics, Stephen Vogt doubled, then came around to score. That was the last time anyone has scored off Yovani […]

How did this one end up? The way it started. With Hanser Alberto batting first and Elvis Andrus batting second and the Rangers offense sputtering. How else could it end when you build a lineup this, this—what is the opposite of top-heavy?—top light? When the first two hitters go 0-7, […]