If there is one moment this season that defines Joey Gallo’s incredible turn around, it was in the fourth inning of last night’s game. Before this season, Joey Gallo was a strikeout machine. Throw a pitch anywhere in the same zip code and he swung at it. Flailed is […]
After losing six of their first seven meetings this season against the Astros, the Rangers are 5-2 in their last seven. The season series is returning to normalcy. Since the Astros moved into the American League, they have resided in the Rangers back pocket. Texas was 15-4 against Houston […]
So, the Rangers and Astros series is being played in Tampa Bay, of all places, because the Rangers refused to play ball. They refused to swap series. They said no to letting the Astros play these next three in Arlington, and then moving the series at the end of […]
It’s pretty hard to be the stinkiest thing at a stadium known for seeping raw sewage, but the Rangers managed that dubious feat. They went into Oakland’s SewageDump.co Stadium and came out covered in misery. The Rangers earned being swept. They squandered nearly every scoring opportunity. On top of […]
One run in the first on Friday, then nothing. Two runs in the first on Saturday, then basically shut down. The Rangers are suffering from premature offense. They score early, then turn over in bed and fall asleep. If there was Viagra for a baseball lineup, the […]
It’s not time to throw dirt on all the far-fetched wild card talk, and it’s not like the Rangers are officially six-feet under, but with every loss, especially to teams like Oakland, this season is one step closer to pushing daisies. The offensive rebirth the Rangers were enjoying on […]
The first-ever Players Weekend is upon us. Concocted by the Players Association in conjunction with the Commissioner’s Office, Players Weekend was conceived to help MLB connect with younger fans, with uniforms that are designed to look more like Little League jerseys, and with each player having a nickname of his […]
Now, more than ever, we need baseball. We need the drama of the Rangers scoring three runs in the tenth inning, then hanging on in a nail biting bottom of the tenth. We need Jose Leclerc to come in and give us all mini-heart attacks. We need Adrian Beltre. […]
The division races are over in the American League. In the West, it’s been over since May 22, when the Astros took a six-game lead over the division, and their lead has only grown since then. The Red Sox are comfortably settling into winning the East, and the Indians […]
A manager needs a bullpen he can trust. With the Rangers, it seems to be just one guy. Alex Claudio. He is Jeff Banister’s sixth-inning guy, his seventh-inning guy, his eighth-inning guy, his closer. He has been a long man, a short man, a starter. Anything Claudio has been […]
