Monthly Archives: April 2023


Rangers rising above.

Corey Seager is out. Mitch Garver is out. Jacob deGrom left early because of an injury. Jon Gray got knocked out of a game even earlier by a line drive. Every excuse the Rangers could have made to extend their six-year run of futility they could make. Instead, what they […]


Dunning proves 27th time is the charm.

Time flies when you’re not standing around adjusting batting gloves and readjusting batting gloves and adjusting batting helmets, and shuffling your feet, and stepping out of the box to take a practice swing then getting back in the box to take two more then then stepping back out to take […]


Semien’s grand gesture.

Two out of three. That’s what the Rangers needed to do. Just go into Houston, beat them two out of three. Show them they no longer have the Rangers to push around anymore. It was a pitcher’s duel through six innings. The Rangers took advantage of an Astros error in […]


Could have been worse.

The Rangers lost yesterday. But only the game. Fortunately, they didn’t lose Jon Gray. It’s always scary when a pitcher gets hit with a line drive. It’s actually surprising it doesn’t happen more often. Right after he releases his pitch, he’s about fifty feet from the batter, awkwardly positioned, and […]


Rangers win first game.

Last night’s game was so important for many reasons. Beating the Astros, first and foremost, is how the Rangers start earning legitimacy in the West. But what last night showed was the Rangers can generate offense without Corey Seager and Mitch Garver. It was a team that was badly in […]


Beating Houston is the secret.

If the Rangers are going to be relevant, they have to beat the Astros. Houston has owned the American League for six years straight. It may surprise you to know they haven’t finished first in the west every one of those years. In 2020, they went to the American League […]


Rangers miss chance to sweep.

Now is when Bruce Bochy needs to reach into his Hall of Fame managerial experience and guide this team through adversity. How the Rangers navigate the loss of Corey Seager is going to go a long way to determining what this team is made of. Last night’s game was not […]


Heim is the hero.

What a game. It matches the drama and improbability of opening day when the Rangers fell behind 5-0 to the Phillies, with their ace Aaron Nola holding the Rangers hitless. Then they exploded for nine runs and stunned the Phillies. The Rangers had a lead, lost a lead, had a […]


Heaney shoves Nolan Ryan aside.

Two-point-two innings. Seven earned runs. Five innings. Zero earned runs. And a franchise-record-setting night. Andrew Heaney’s second start was light years ahead of his first start. Yes, his first start was against a rejuvenated Baltimore team and his second was against a surrendering Kansas City team. That certainly helps. But […]