Derek Holland just pitched himself off the playoff roster. He certainly won’t be one of the top four starters. And if he is not a starter, he certainly has no role in the bullpen. There is no place on the playoff roster for Holland. And that’s a shame because he […]
He’s number one in home runs with 20. He’s number one in runs scored with 55. Number one in hits with 132. Number one in RBIs with 62. Number two in batting average at .273. Number one in on-base percentage at .324. All of those number should make Nomar Mazara […]
Don’t look now but that’s four good games in a row from Martin Perez. And it couldn’t have come at a better time for him. The Rangers are trying to figure out their playoff rotation. One and two are easy. Hamels and Darvish. Actually, three should be a lock, […]
Any time you can put yourself among names like Mickey Mantle and Reggie Jackson, you know you have done something remarkable. Oakland’s Khris Davis just crashed that party. He put himself smack dab in the middle of those two legendary Hall of Famers yesterday when he hit his tenth home run […]
Rangers fans have seen some pretty remarkable comebacks this season, and particularly in the past week. But nothing like these: On August 21, 1990, the Los Angeles Dodgers took an 11-1 lead into the eighth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies. The Phillies score two runs that nobody cared about […]
It is almost too unbelievable to believe. For the second time in three games, the Texas Rangers engineered a remarkable comeback with two outs in their last at-bat. Last night, the unfortunate victims were Ryan Madson and the Oakland Athletics. And the fortunate recipient was Cole Hamels, who has […]
It’s great being in a one-team division. The Rangers are treading water in September at 7-6, yet their lead in the West has shrunk by just one game since the beginning of the month. How they play doesn’t seem to matter. They are the fastest horse in a one-horse […]
Wile E. Coyote started chasing Road Runner in the West in Looney Tunes cartoons from Warner Bros beginning in 1948. Over the years, hundreds upon hundreds of episodes were produced. Every single one of them had the exact same idea: Coyote wanted to catch Road Runner but couldn’t. That was it. […]
This started out being about A.J. Griffin and how he is on pace to shatter a record that he probably would rather not hold. Because I started writing this in the eighth inning of what looked like a well-pitched Griffin game in which he would get little run support. The dubious […]
You pretty much cannot find a game that sums up the 2016 Texas Rangers team any more perfectly than last night’s. Great starting pitching. But the moment a runner reached base in the seventh, the starter is pulled. Sparkling defense. One play in particular by Moreland and one by Andrus. […]