Five home runs in three games. Nine runs batted in. Joey Gallo is locked in. It’s great to see. When that happens, the Rangers win. On the road. In Oakland. The fact that this awakening has happened at the same time umpires are finally enforcing the no sticky stuff on […]
Despite Isiah Kiner-Falefa’s bluster about being the best shortstop, the Rangers had only one position player close to being voted onto the All-Star Game roster. Adolis Garcia finished fifth in outfield voting in the American League. Mike Trout finished first. He was transferred to the 60-day I.L. yesterday. He won’t […]
What’s frustrating is the few times this team displays dominance, you wonder why they can’t do that more often. For three games, this team did everything right. Great starting pitching, hitting for average and power, clutch hitting, smart baserunning, solid defense, shut-down bullpen. If only you could capture that in […]
Very few pitchers have been bold enough to actually pitch to Joey Gallo. That’s why he leads baseball in walks. The Joey Gallo of old would have swung wildly at most of those pitches outside the strike zone. But since he is no longer swinging like a broken gate, pitchers […]
D wins games. Defense. And Dane Dunning. This is the Dane Dunning we were sold. Not the one who can’t get out of the first inning without giving up four or five runs. But the one who can actually make it through all five innings (which is a complete game […]
Despite a decade of mostly losing and forgettable baseball, there have been a few bright moments in recent Rangers history. One is Adrian Beltre. He was so good he almost single-handedly carried the Rangers to their only two playoff appearances in the last ten years. Without Beltre, the past decade […]
Back in 1972, Roger Kahn wrote a famous book called “The Boys of Summer” about the old Brooklyn Dodgers. Twelve years later, Don Henley released a top-ten song also called “The Boys of Summer.” One day they will be writing books and singing songs of praise about the 2021 Texas […]
At the end of every inning, and every pitching change, every pitcher now must undergo the new inspection process to ensure they were not cheating by putting a foreign substance on the ball. Their hat, glove, and belt are checked. In last night’s Rangers game, the only thing the umpires […]
The Rangers won last night. It was a rare occurrence. In fact, it was just their fourth win in June. On the 21st day of the month, they have managed just four wins. It was exactly one month ago that the Rangers last won two games in a row. They […]
The Texas Rangers franchise started in 1972. It went 25 years before making the playoffs. It’s highly unlikely that in that quarter century, the franchise wasn’t profitable. There was simply no incentive to win. After a bit of success in the late 1990s, they went ten years before they made […]
