Six days ago, Cole Hamels had a bad start and the entire rotation was collapsing around us. It was chaos. Yesterday, Cole Hamels had a good start and the Rangers are heading to the World Series. It’s everything I love and everything I hate about spring training in one. Fortunately, now Arizona is […]
A week ago, Jon Daniels said he was prepared to go into the season with the catchers he had. Which meant one thing was certain: he was not going to go into the season with the catchers he had. Unwilling to pay the price for a front-end catcher like Jonathan […]
Now that the spring has progressed until most of the no-names have been sent back to minor league camp or released, and we now have the all-clear that Jeremy Guthrie won’t be the fifth starter for Texas, it’s time for our annual prediction of how each team will finish. Here […]
One more week. Four practice games left in Arizona. Two in Arlington. Then a day off. Then the race begins. At least spring training has been fun this year. The Rangers bats came out like bats out of hell to begin the spring—but bats are usually ahead of arms at that […]
Happy Easter to everyone in RR3 nation. There’s been a lot of talk in the paper and on sports talk radio about how bad the ERAs have been of the Rangers pitchers this spring, particularly the starters. Yesterday’s game did nothing to quell that talk. Both Martin Perez and Nick Martinez […]
Last night in the bottom of the ninth inning, with the Rangers trailing 11-9, Ronald Guzman came up to bat with a .526 average, facing Brandon Morrow, the Padres pitcher, who had a 13.50 ERA. This only happens two places. On Playstation. And in Arizona. Guzman, as baseball goes, got […]
So, what did we learn yesterday? Both contenders for the fifth spot in the Rangers rotation had very solid outings. So as the final ten days of spring wrap up it’s still a close race. Of course, all of this could be for naught if the Rangers somehow decide they want […]
By this time tomorrow, one of the bigger questions of spring will be answered. Hopefully. Who will the fifth starter be. Both candidates are lined up and ready to take the ball. Chi Chi Gonzalez is scheduled to start the 3:05 game against the Reds, while A. J. Griffin takes […]
Last spring, Colby Lewis was 0-2 with an ERA of 9.75 in four games. He gave up thirteen earned runs in twenty-one innings and surrendered four home runs. During the regular season he won a team high seventeen games. This spring, Colby Lewis has given up eleven earned runs in 9.2 innings […]
Different kinds of toast: French toast Wheat toast White toast Garlic toast Potato toast Pizza cheese toast Bruschetta toast Mexican pizza toast Cheese toast Banana split toast Masala toast Rye toast Sugar toast Apple butter toast Cinnamon toast And, after seeing him pitch last season to a 5.95 ERA while […]