Number of times an athlete says, “It’s nothing, don’t worry about it.”: 5,467,123. Number of times it’s actually nothing, so don’t worry about it: 4. Yu Darvish came out of yesterday’s game with triceps soreness. He immediately said it was nothing, don’t worry about it. Just like Derek Holland’s […]
Elvis Andrus declared he’s ready to go this spring after an abysmal 2014 season in which he wasn’t ready to go. He has already begun wiping away the Ron Washington era with his non-grammatically-challenged statement yesterday, “That’s the way baseball is,” when talking about, at 26 years old, begin the longest-tenured […]
Exhibition games start today. The Rangers play the Kansas City Royals at 2:05 DFW time. Other than it’s the first time the Rangers are playing again since September, the only significance of this game will come in the first inning when Shin-Soo Choo and Prince Fielder take what will probably be […]
It was talked about yesterday here, but I wanted to add a few thoughts. Evan Grant published the first of his weekly predictions of the Rangers opening day roster. And while it’s hard to argue with most of his predictions because most roster spots are already determined, the one name […]
Rangers uniforms played against Rangers uniforms yesterday. Even though that’s nothing, least it’s something. Here’s something from July 12, 2014, in the middle of the dark days. Enjoy: —– “That Garrett Richards throw a good game, you got to tip your cap to Garrett Richards.” “Hector Santiago is a major league pitcher. And […]
Yesterday the Rangers officially announced that Shin-Soo Choo will be their right fielder in 2015. This is one of the most amazing relevations ever. Not one spring training game has been played, yet Shin-Soo has already secured not only a spot on the 25-man roster, but it seems a starting spot […]
It’s the last day of February. Another left-handed bullpen candidate went down yesterday, Edgar Olmos. But if the Rangers were relying on Edgar Olmos, that speaks volume of the Rangers bullpen. The two able-bodied left arms left are Alex Claudio, who last season was pretty spectacular out of the pen, […]
As we look ahead to 2015, it’s important to remember how well this team played at the end of the season. Here is re-post from September 14, 2014, to remind us all. Remember, the team coming into 2015 is much stronger than what we saw at the end of last year. […]
There is no joy in the news that Josh Hamilton is facing suspension for relapsing into cocaine use. Josh Hamilton was the most polarizing Ranger I can ever remember, mostly of his own doing. But if you are honest about it, and you overlook his foolishness when he left and his […]
Today is the full squad report day. Everyone should be in camp. Let the groin pulls being.