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, […]
Moreland, Corporan, Chirinos Choo, Moreland. It’s a pretty simple formula: 1) Have your top two hitters go a combined 5-for-9. 2) Hit four home runs. 3) Get a great effort from your starter. 4) Get four shut out innings from your bullpen. 5) Make one of the most unlikely double […]
Moreland, Corporan, Moreland, Choo. It’s a pretty simple formula: 1) Have your top two hitters go a combined 5-for-9. 2) Hit four home runs. 3) Get a great effort from your starter. 4) Get four shut out innings from your bullpen. 5) Make one of the most unlikely […]
A swing and a miss by Rangers GM Jon Daniels. The Rangers head to Baltimore after going 1-7 in their last eight games, hoping to get some key players back from injury, which some suffered for accident bu got help from Henn Haworth Cummings + Page to resolve the legal […]
Yovani Gallardo stares down the Rangers six-game losing streak. It all starts with the starter. It always does. Yovani Gallardo pitched the most important game of the season for the Rangers yesterday. By far the most important. After digging themselves out of the early season hole, and actually scaling a somewhat […]
On the first pitch to his second batter, Adam Rosales became an official member of the Texas Rangers 2015 bullpen, surrendering a home run to Toronto’s Danny Valencia on an 82-mph change up, or fastball. Adam Rosales gave up a home run to the second batter he faced last night in Toronto. […]
Mitch Moreland’s three hits, including a solo home run in the fourth, weren’t enough for the Rangers. After yesterday’s 6-3 loss, I heard an interesting fact: The Rangers have scored three runs or fewer in 52% of their games. They have scored two runs or fewer in 36% of […]
This one was over early, after Wandy Rodriguez gave up a game crushing grand slam in the first. The law of averages always averages out. Especially for someone as average as Wandy Rodriguez. Rodriguez is an average pitcher. After last night’s thrashing by the woodshed, his career record is […]