Wandy Rodriguez made his Texas Rangers debut last night. He gave the Rangers five solid innings, allowed one run, and struck out five. It was the best the Rangers could ask of him. The Rangers can ask a lot more of their offense, though. But nobody seems to want […]
You have to feel bad for the New York Mets. They have been ravaged by injuries and underperformance this year. First they lost a main cog in their starting rotation to Tommy John surgery. Then they lost their closer. Then the lost the guy who was going to take over […]
Yovanni Gallardo was alone on an island last night. If you look at the score, at first blush you’d think he pitched a bad game. But, really, he was the only one last night wearing a Rangers uniform to do anything positive. While he wasn’t as sharp as he would […]
The long national nightmare is over. Prince Fielder has hit a home run. In his fourteenth game this season. In 2010, with Milwaukee, Fielder didn’t hit his first home run until the fourteenth game of the season as well. He ended up with 32 that year. He had three […]
Can’t anyone hit? Where is the offense in the American League? It’s easy to shake your head at the Rangers puny team batting average. It is embarrassing. Up and down the lineup they are looking up at the Mendoza line. They have nine guys not even hitting their weight. But […]
Watching yesterday’s painful 11-10 loss to Seattle, about the only analogy I could think of to describe this team so far this year was a bad used car. You fix your transmission, then your tires go flat. You get new tires, and your brakes are shot. You fix the brakes, […]
Yesterday a lot of Josh Hamilton news broke. Normally Josh Hamilton news would be marginally germane to Rangers fans since he was the engine that led this team to two World Series appearances, the Rangers franchise being mostly irrelevant before he got here, and mostly irrelevant since he left. Among […]
When you are going to bat only .210 as a team, there’s only one way to win. Great pitching, and double plays to bail you out when you need them. Gallardo pitched six strong innings, wobbled a few times, but got three double plays behind him to prevent potential crashing and […]
Which will happen first?: 1. Rangers win a series. 2. Prince Fielder hits a home run. 3. Leonys Martin gets his batting average over .200. 4. Delino DeSheilds gets sent back to Houston. 5. Nick Martinez allows an earned run. 6. Ross Detwiler gets his ERA under 9.00. 7. Neftali […]
The first ten games of the season are over, and the 2015 Texas Rangers are 4-6. After ten games, the 2010 World Series team was 5-5. They lost the next four games in a row. The 2014 team was also 5-5 at this point. They […]