Don’t look now, but the Rangers have officially gone to a six-man rotation. For some reason, they are under the belief they have six qualified starters. They will, of course, ignore yesterday’s anything-but-quality start from Martin Perez. Four innings pitched. Four runs allowed. Four walks. Five hits. Three home […]
It all boils down to walks. Too many times this season, Rangers pitching has generously given up far too many walks. And walks always come back to haunt you. But the Rangers have now won three games in a row to set a major league record for longest winning […]
Two wins in a row. For the second time this season, the Rangers have won two in a row. For the first time in nine tries, they have won the first game of a series. Baby steps. And it’s the babies who are doing it. It was the youthful […]
Last season 40,000 batters struck out in major league baseball. Fifteen years ago, that number was 31,000. And nobody seems to be bothered by it. Major leaguers are having at-bats that are as unproductive as a brother-in-law living on your couch, and that trend seems to be okay. This […]
He bunted. Finally, he bunted. All season long there has been a gaping hole on the left side of the infield for Joey Gallo. Nearly sixty feet of the baseline between second and third was wide open. Opposing teams said, “Please take first base on us. Please.” Yet he […]
There’s no way to sugar coat the latest loss. It’s devastating. Adrian Beltre left last night’s game with a strained left hamstring. He said “it’s not feeling great.” Oh, great. Whatever sliver of light was remaining over the Rangers’ season made its final flicker if Beltre is lost for […]
My mother always told me, if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything. So today’s Rangers Rounding 3rd blog is: ***** TODAY’S GAME: Andrew Triggs (1-0, 5.82) vs. Cole Hamels (1-3, 4.76) Game time: 7:05 How the Athletics hit against Hamels. How the […]
The Wally Pipp story is legendary now. Pipp was the starting first baseman for the New York Yankees in the 1920s. A good home run hitter, he was strikeout prone and less than stellar in the field. In 1925 Pipp started the season slowly. The entire Yankee team, in […]
***** TODAY’S GAME: TBD vs. Martin Perez (1-2, 13.14) Game time: 2:05 How the Mariners hit against Perez.
After going ahead and being just four outs away from a win, then eventually giving up five runs in the final inning and a third to fall 7-14, the Rangers could use some good news. It might come today. Delino DeShields says he’s ready to return to the Rangers, […]
