The best thing about spring training is the return of baseball. The anticipation of opening day and all the joy baseball brings with it. The worst thing about spring training is, at roughly six weeks, it’s five weeks too long. This year, the World Baseball Classic will at least bring […]
Now that Mike Napoli’s signing is official, and there is nothing really to talk about on the field, I figured I would re-print the farewell article I wrote about the guy Napoli is essentially replacing: Prince Fielder. I wrote this last year when it was announced Fielder’s playing career was over. […]
I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER. Originally published August 6, 2016. Offense, check. Defense, check. Relief pitching, check. Just enough starting pitching, check. The Rangers got back to playing Rangers baseball, just in time to avoid being swept in Baltimore. Shin-Soo Choo returned last night from what seemed […]
Needing bullpen help to take the place of Jake Diekman, who is lost for at least the first three months of the 2017 season due to ulcerative colitis surgery, the Rangers traded for right-handed knuckleballer Eddie Gamboa, who had been designated for assignment by Tampa Bay, for a player to be named […]
Due to the World Baseball Classic, exhibition games start early this year and the spring training schedule is a bit abbreviated. That makes for a hectic scheduling nightmare. The following is the schedule for important upcoming spring training dates: February 14: Pitcher and catchers report. Colby Lewis shows up, is […]
The Rangers won their fourth game in a row, sweeping Kansas City in a four-game series at the Ballpark in Arlington, beating current Ranger Dillon Gee and the Royals 5-3 on a Sunday afternoon, the last day of July. Mazara and Moreland went deep. Lucas Harrell, in his first start […]
The Rangers scored a run in the bottom of the ninth to win 2-1, making it three victories in a row. They were slowly climbing out of the hole they had been sliding in for about a month. Mitch Moreland had his usually week of productivity that makes everyone wonder […]
As the trade deadline neared and the Rangers pitching woes added up, the trade rumors for Chris Sale raged on. Oh, and the Rangers won their sixtieth game of the year, 8-3, over Kansas City at home, on the strength of three home runs, two from Odor, one from Profar, […]
After dropping two out of three to Oakland, and losing eight out of thirteen since the All-Star break, the Rangers were reeling. Luckily, the only pitcher capable of getting a W, Cole Hamels, was on the mound for the first of three against Kansas City at the Ballpark. Texas won […]
The Rangers enjoyed another come-from-behind victory, beating the Athletics at the Ballpark by scoring two runs in the bottom ninth on a two-run homer by Adrian Beltre with two outs, his second home run of the game. ***** BELTRE UNDOES PEREZ. Originally published July 26, 2016. It was one of […]
