Remember the lockout? Remember how it delayed the start of the season and how at first there was talk of cancelling the season then there was talk of a shorter season then there was talk of, well, all sorts of scenarios? They ended up settling it, of course. And they […]
For the ninth year in a row, the American League won the All-Star Game. Like most things in life, it’s not what it used to be. Before interleague play, the only time players from both leagues met was in the World Series. Each league had its own president, who ran […]
Maybe the Rangers draft fortunes will change under Chris Young. Last year, he snagged Jack Leiter in the draft, a move that was universally praised. This year, he took last year’s best pitcher first, with the third pick of the first round. Kumar Rocker. Then, the Rangers didn’t have a […]
For two years, Jack Leiter and Kumar Rocker were the dynamic duo of college baseball. They were the two aces of the best college baseball team in the country, Vanderbilt. They were two of the most coveted players in last year’s draft, expected to go in the top five. They […]
It was Bat Day at The Shed yesterday. The first 15,000 fans got a free bat. Maybe the Rangers should have hung on to a few of those for themselves. The managed only seven hits and two runs in another extra-inning loss. They are now 4-7 in extra inning games. […]
What a turn of events. Sometimes games come down to one pitch. Sometimes the margin between hero and frustration is measured by one pitch. The outcome can go one way. Or it can all totally fall apart. On one pitch. Down one run, the Rangers sent A.J. Alexy out for the […]
It’s frustrating to lose a game like the Rangers did yesterday. Up 5-1 with one of the best pitchers in baseball, an All-Star in fact, on the mound. Then you take him out after five. And they Rangers plunging bullpen plunged further. But when you look at the Mariners on the […]
That was the Jon Gray the Rangers envisioned when they signed the thirty-year-old right-hander to a four-year deal in the off-season. After seven seasons with Colorado, which is about as intense of a pitching environment as possible because of the thin air in Denver, Gray landed with Texas, a pitching […]
The Texas Rangers are pleased to announce they are offering a fan experience unlike anything else in Major League Baseball. Every other team offers batting practice before the game. It’s usually an hour or so before first pitch. Gates open early to accommodate fans who want to come early to […]
A win is a win. Even an ugly win. But what do you read into yesterday’s win? Did Spencer Howard turn a corner? This was the first time as a Ranger he had seen the fifth inning from the playing field, which is pitiful considering he’s started eleven games. It’s […]
