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. […]

Marcus Semien is off to a rough start. To a team that is 2-8, Marcus Semien is the least of the Rangers worries. It’s not as if a guy like Semien just suddenly forgot how to hit. He has been in the top three in MVP voting in the American […]

Four. Five. Three. Four. Four. Three-point-two. One. Three-point-two. Four. That’s how many innings Rangers starters have gone in every game this season.  Yes, part of it was the shortened spring training and the need to protect arms. But other teams have starters going seven and eight.  The problem is, the […]

Well, at least the Rangers stopped their pattern of lose, lose, win, lose, lose, win. Lose, lose, lose wasn’t exactly what anyone was hoping for, though. And now it gets hard.  The easy part of the April schedule is over. The Rangers finished 1-5 for the six games they should […]

The more things change, the more they stay the same. The Rangers thought they could add Corey Seager, Marcus Semien, and Mitch Garver and that would move them toward contention. Seager plays shortstop. Semien, second. Garver, catcher. Not one of those guys pitches. Which is something that can be said […]

Angels manager Joe Maddon is considered one of the best managers in baseball. He is unconventional. One time he made his lineup according to the position that player was playing. When you score a game, the pitcher is position 1. So, he batted his pitcher first. The catcher is 2, […]

Seager & Heim. Sounds like one of those law firms that screams at you from your TV telling you how many millions they can get for some frivolous lawsuit and calling themselves the hammer from Texas or the heavy hitters of justice or some other silly slogan, as if you’d […]

Edsel was one of the biggest failures in automotive history. It hit the market with a ton of fanfare and hype. Then consumers saw it on the dealership lot. And that’s where most of them stayed. One of the knocks against Edsels was that it seemed the front of the […]

The thing about having a team built around offense is that the other team has defense. And major leaguers are capable of making some incredible defensive plays.  And those can break your heart. So, instead of Corey Seager hitting a lead-flipping three-run homer in the fifth, Colorado’s centerfielder Randal Grichuk […]