1. There is talk about the Rangers and Beltre working out an extension. Beltre wants to stay in Texas, but not if the team is in rebuilding mode. He wants to win. Beltre’s agent is Scott Boras. 2. Michael Kirkman, a left-hander, is experiencing pain in his left shouder and will […]

In mid-August I went to a Rangers game where it appeared even the Rangers front office had tossed in the towel. So few fans were going to the Ballpark that they decided not to open about a third of the concession areas. It seemed abandoned. And there was still a month […]

No injuries yet. This might be the best Rangers Pitchers & Catchers since 2014. ————– Today’s Rangers’ article links: Rangers determined.

It’s Thursday morning. Tomorrow players who pitch the ball and players who catch those pitchers will show up in Rangers uniforms to training camp. Over the next three weeks, other players in Rangers uniforms will join them, play a few meaningless games, and will never be heard of again.  A few […]

A re-post from the Tim Bogar era, September 18, 2014. Enjoy. —–   With last night’s late-inning rally against the stinking, shrinking A’s, the streaking, thinking Rangers have won five games in a row and go for their second consecutive sweep tonight. Can we just call the first one-hundred forty-six […]

Yesterday, the New York Yankees announced they were going to retire Andy Pettitte’s number 46. You may recall Andy Pettitte. He was the pitcher who admitted to using HGH with Roger Clemens. But he used it only one time. Honest. Just that once. For his honorable admission, Pettitte was canonized […]

As we prepare for baseball, a re-post from October 1, 2014, after one of the best games of all time. This is why baseball is the greatest sport in the world. Enjoy. —- As the game last night was moving along, I wrote three articles for today. With each amazing twist […]

As the Rangers prepare to have ten players battle it out for left field/DH, I am reminded of what happened last season when they desperately tried to fill the empty 1B slot with player after player after player. Eleven players, in fact, manned first until finally Ryan Rua ended up there. […]