Talking about the Rangers is a lot like doing the weather forecast in Texas in summer. The same story day after day after day. It’s going to be hot. The Rangers are going to lose. The Rangers built a roof to deal with the heat. Next, they need to build […]
For six innings, Martin Perez was perfect. For six innings, the Texas Rangers couldn’t score a run to support him. That seems to be the reoccurring theme for 2022. Great in one aspect of the game, struggling in another. The offense just wasn’t there last night, or really any of […]
This is what happens when you are stuck in the mud and hopelessly spinning your wheels trying to get out. Out of desperation, you decide to bat Kole Calhoun first. Every man, woman, and child in Rangers nation does a collective double take. Wait? What? Is this the action of […]
Joey Gallo hit a home run last night. It wasn’t enough to quiet the wolves. Yankees fans want him gone. It’s sad to see how far former Ranger Joey Gallo has fallen since being traded to the Yankees. He was always a head case here. Always on the verge of […]
The usually cocky Astros had come into town under .500 and in fourth place in the division. The swagger is waning. The game was knotted up at 1-1 in the sixth With a runner at second and two outs in a critical situation in the game, Astros budding star Kyle […]
The Rangers come back home from a west coast road trip on which they went 3-3. That has to be considered a successful trip for the Rangers. Considering that the last two seasons under Chris Woodward, leaving home has been a nighmare for Texas. They were just 24-57 away from […]
After 193 starts, Martin Perez had one of the better starts of his career. The thirty-one-year-old lefty came into yesterday’s start 0-2 for the year, having posted a stratospheric ERA of 6.75. That, after three seasons of ERAs in the upper 4.00s and higher. In fact, in his ten big […]
It took thirteen games, but the Rangers finally got a W from a starter. Glenn Otto got his first career win last night over the Oakland Athletics, allowing just one run in five innings. He retired the first eleven Oakland hitters. The only two hits he allowed were on back-to-back-doubles […]
The Rangers won their third game of the year last night. They overcame a 5-0 first inning, Taylor Hearn’s wildness, and their shaky bullpen. Kole Calhoun had his first big moment as a Ranger with the go-ahead RBI double in the top of the ninth that just hugged the first base […]
Well, let’s see. They pulled off a triple play. They showed some rare late life by scoring two in the ninth, avoiding being shut out. Brock Burke had two scoreless innings. Marcus Semien put up his first two-hit game. Corey Seager and Nathaniel Lowe got two hits each as well. […]
