It was good to see the Rangers Uniforms get a win yesterday, meaningless or not. It was the way they did that counted. At the stadium, me and my buddies had so much fun. On hot summer days like this, drinking some fine Oddbins and eating well done burger with […]
Yesterday on mlb.com, Richard Justice had his list of five teams that will be better than you think. The Rangers were on that list. Here’s what he said: “Rangers starters have a 3.15 ERA this spring, and now they’ve added Tim Lincecum to the back of the bullpen. Starting and […]
A win is a win, even when it doesn’t count. And it’s good to see the Rangers Uniforms get a come-from-behind win in spring training against the White Sox Uniforms. A solo home run by phenom right fielder Ryan Hood in the seventh tied the game, and then much heralded […]
A lot of the talk on the Rangers radio so far this spring has been on the high number of unearned runs the Rangers have given up so far. This team is error prone. But, it’s just spring. Spring stats don’t count. Spring is when they are practicing. Nothing to […]
For the longest time, Texas has been stockpiling international bonus pool money to snag once-in-a-lifetime player Shohei Ohtani. When that didn’t work out, they set their sights on Cuban center fielder Julio Pablo Martinez, a 5-foot, 10-inch offensive machine, who they just signed for $2.8 million. Martinez has […]
The Rangers scored the tying and winning runs yesterday in the eighth inning without benefit of a hit. After a walk and a double, a ground out scored run number four. Then a sac fly scored run number five. Execution is something that is always welcome. This spring […]
Rangers radio broadcaster Matt Hicks was trying to find a little silver lining in the Rangers 2-6-2 start after ten spring games. He prefaced it by saying spring records don’t matter one bit. And he’s right. Still, he pointed out that the Rangers have had big early leads in almost […]
Well, that didn’t take long. No sooner than Jeff Banister announced his plans for a six-man rotation, Cole Hamels voiced his opinion on it. No. He told ESPN, “It’s not part of baseball. You might as well be in college.” He doesn’t like the six-man rotation a few reasons. The […]
You have to like this. It’s spring training. Games mean nothing. Stats mean nothing. Performance means nothing. It’s just four worthless weeks of players in your favorite team’s uniforms. Even so, Joey Gallo got in an umpire’s grill yesterday after a called third strike. He said it was because, […]
Jeff Banister is preaching the benefits of a six-man rotation. Pitchers put less stress on throw fewer pitches, put less stress on their arms, they go deeper in games, he explains. Not buying it. A six-man rotation means you are running an extra guy out there that has no business […]
