Pitch counts. Ug. THANK YOU. Dear Robin Ventura: Thank you so much for falling for the trap of modern-day managers. Thank you for counting pitches instead of watching pitches. Thank you for counting pitches instead of counting on your pitcher. Thank you for taking out the most dominating pitcher in […]
They are playing. Oh, wait, they are not playing. They have a deal. Oh, wait, they don’t have a deal. Is it a deal? Or an agreement. Or a framework? Or the framework of a deal of an agreement? Honestly, who cares anymore? If they play, fine. If they don’t […]
“Where and when.” That became the rallying cry from the players union after the last proposal from owners. It’s time to get back to playing. Just tell us where and when. Suddenly, they seized the PR ball. They were ready to get back to work but those darn owners weren’t. […]
Corey Brock of The Athletic released his first annual Readers Picks for Best TV Booth Team in MLB. Not surprisingly, from following the opinions expressed here, the Rangers TV broadcasters did not fare well. Of course, it could be worse. The Tigers had two guys in the booth who, for […]
The last great Rangers season in what might be the last Rangers season for a while. SIXTH-INNING MAGIC. Last night’s game proved a few things. This Rangers team is for real. It’s special. It’s hard to beat even when you think you have it pinned to the mat. And there […]
As we find out today how long this aberration of a season is going to be because neither side was willing to budge one inch in negotiations to bring back baseball for anything resembling a real schedule, it’s interesting to see that last year I wrote about how flush with […]
So, where are we and how did we get here? On Saturday, the players’ union said, enough is enough, we demand you set the schedule by Monday, tell us when we are to report and let’s get this thing going. It wasn’t a happy day. Yes, there will be baseball. […]
This came out of a funny headline in the paper. A SPEEDING CAR. A brilliant headline in the Arizona Republic got picked up by every news source in America and made the rounds in social media yesterday: Even funnier, who saw this speeding locomotive called the Texas Rangers undefeated road trip coming? […]
The MLB draft continued, and concluded, yesterday. The Rangers selected four more players. Report cards for the draft starting to come in. The team that ended with the worst grade of all from CBS Sports? That would be our very own Texas Rangers, who earned the only D of the […]
With its first-round pick in the 2020 MLB draft, and the fourteenth pick overall, the Texas Rangers choose second baseman Justin Foscue from Mississippi State. The Rangers will have four more picks in this COVID-shortened draft from forty rounds to just five. Ranked at number 32 by MLB Pipeline, the Rangers […]
