Remember Carlos Gomez? Remember when he hit for the cycle? A SPECIAL NIGHT OF BASEBALL. Rangers fans saw a lot of unique things last night. Angels second baseman Danny Espinosa taking a Shin-Soo Choo bad hop grounder off his face was the least of it. They saw Carlos Gomez hit […]
For perhaps the first time ever, the Rangers have a formidable starting rotation. That is why I am fairly certain there won’t be a season. The baseball gods do not favor the Texas Rangers. Last year, the first two pieces of the rotation were very good. MINOR AND LYNN. First […]
Just one year ago today. It seems like longer. MINOR MASTERFUL AGAIN. The five-game losing streak started with Mike Minor’s dud in Oakland, a 6-1 loss in which he gave up four earned runs in six innings. That was on the heels of his complete game shutout gem. But last […]
The case of the incredibly shrinking offense. CAN’T ANYONE HIT ANYMORE? 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 […]
How many times do you yell at the TV for the guy to bunt the ball when they have such an exaggerated shift on him? IT WORKED. He bunted. Finally, he bunted. All season long there has been a gaping hole on the left side of the infield for Joey […]
While the Rangers ended up with the best record in the American League in 2016, the season started rough. SWEPT AWAY. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Three weeks into the season and the Rangers have yet to gel. After winning four in a […]
On year ago today there was baseball. Lets hope there will be baseball one year from now. PIVOT POINTS. On paper it seems like it came down to one inning. It really all came down to one at-bat. The entire game pivoted on one lousy at-bat. The operative word being […]
A season in which they would dominate, the Rangers hit into a clumsy triple play in arctic conditions in Chicago. I remember this well. STOPPED COLD. It was forty degrees last night in Chicago. Too cold for humans and baseball. The Rangers bats froze. Worse, the Rangers brains froze. Delino […]
Who knew at the time this was part of something bigger? OPEN THE FLOODGATES. The long national nightmare is over. Prince Fielder has hit a home run. In his fourteenth game this season. In 2010, with Milwaukee, Fielder didn’t hit his first home run until the fourteenth game of the […]
Offensive in baseball has been slowly disappearing. NO OFFENSE, BUT… Can’t anyone hit? Where is the offense in the American League? It’s easy to shake your head at the Rangers puny team batting average. It is embarrassing. Up and down the lineup they are looking up at the Mendoza line. […]
