The rumors of baseball’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Yesterday, MLB issued a press release trumpeting the record-breaking popularity of baseball in 2021. “With close games, exciting stars, surprising starts and two no-hitters to begin the 2021 season, MLB.TV is registering record streaming numbers though the first three weekends of […]
The Rangers figured out the secret to winning at home. If you can score only one run a game, just don’t give up any runs. One of the beauties of baseball is that, on the surface, a 1-0 game seems like it was dull. And, to be sure, this one […]
One thing is coming clear. Dane Dunning can pitch. In a year of trials and tribulations and seeing who can play major league baseball and who can’t, Dunning is proving he deserves a spot of his own in the Rangers rotation. He doesn’t need piggybacking, thank you. Of course, he […]
There’s an old saying that players end up performing to the back of their baseball cards. Numbers don’t lie. They might fib from time to time, but they don’t lie. A .220 hitter is a .220 hitter whether he’s hitting .350 right now or .100. Before last night, Mike Foltynewicz […]
After being denied of his first major league home run by less than a half an inch two different times yesterday, Adolis Garcia decided he wasn’t going to let a ruler dictate his fate. He blasted a two-run homer that was about ten feet over the same railing that robbed […]
They call baseball a game of inches. You don’t need to tell that to Adolis Garcia. With two on in the seventh inning, he hit a ball that looked like it cleared the yellow railing in Tropicana Field for his first major league home run. But, it turns out, he […]
Here’s a simple quiz. Is baseball a) more fun or b) less fun when your favorite team hits? Answer: A. It’s amazing how offense cures everything. Even when the Rangers lost two out of the first three, it was okay because they were hitting. The world wasn’t coming to an […]
That’s three games out of the past four that the Rangers have been shut out. Last year’s nemesis is back. Striking out. The Rangers struck out seventeen times last night. That’s nearly six full innings of nothing. Six full innings of not even being competitive. The shame of it is, […]
The Rangers offense is like a retirement community in Florida. They dine at the early bird special, then head home to retire early to bed. From innings one through three, the Rangers are batting .304. After that, a deep sleep. From innings four through nine, the offense drops off the […]
Still riding the no-hitter fever from Friday night (and trying to ignore last night’s performance), there was a lot of discussion on MLB Radio yesterday about a one-pitcher no-hitter versus a combined staff no-hitter. The way I see it, the only no-hitter that’s legitimate is the one-pitcher no-hitter. A combined […]
