It was announced on MLB.com that Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson will be in spring training camp for the Rangers. He will not play. Which got me thinking, so what? Why would anyone care about this? Aside from the snarky comments that the Rangers have the best quarterback of any team in Dallas, […]
Happy February. Just eighteen days until pitcher and catchers report to Surprise, Arizona. It will be a few weeks of long toss, then throwing off a mound, then building arm strength a few innings at a time to get ready for the season. Where they can throw no more than a […]
Re-posted from December 14, 2014. Enjoy. This is the toughest off-season in Rangers’ history. There are way too many ifs. First are the injury ifs. If Fielder can once again be Fielder, and if he hits thirty or more home runs and if he is an RBI machine. If […]
There have been few advancements in baseball in the last few years more significant than the emergence of a website called baseball-reference.com. In fact, I have heard more than one writer say that whoever started this site belongs in the Hall of Fame next to the writers and broadcasters and […]
Let’s say every position player comes back healthy. How good do you feel about the offense? Choo, Fielder and Beltre are pretty formidable. After that, it’s a long way down. There are more holes in the lineup than in a teenager’s alibi. Take away a healthy Choo, a healthy Fielder, and normal Beltre, and what […]
Here is a re-post from July 20, 2014. You may remember this game. It’s when Colby Rasmus had the audacity to bunt on Colby Lewis, and Colby Lewis didn’t take too kindly to it. Enjoy. Yesterday, Colby Lewis took umbrage to the fact that Colby Rasmus bunted on him, […]
In honor of Robbie Ross, Jr., being traded to Boston, here is a re-post from September 5, 2014, after a particularly brutal night on the mound. Perhaps I was too harsh on him, but it was a brutal time to be a Rangers fan. By the way, this was also the […]
This is a re-post from September 10, 2014. Enjoy. What a month. On August 9, the Oakland Athletics were on cruise control. Destined to win their third straight American League West championship. On their way to playoff domination. It was pre-ordained. But, there really is a baseball god. And he […]
Alex Rodriguez won’t go away. He is causing large, gaping sores on the skin of the New York Yankees. Yes, so much of this is self-inflicted. And, yes, it’s satisfying to see them cave under the weight of a contract that was so stupid. A-Rod is coming back to Yankees […]
Yesterday on MLB Radio, there was considerable talk about the Baltimore Orioles and their lack of doing anything at all over the off-season. The Orioles philosophy is similar to the Rangers. Getting Matt Wieters back from injury, and Manny Machado back from injury, and Chris Davis out of his funk, is like they traded […]