It’s fun from time to time on this Texas Rangers blog to enjoy the misery of other teams, especially teams in the Rangers own division. The Oakland A’s are having a monumentally bad season. On purpose. Their owner, John Fisher, is unleashing a real live version of the movie Major […]
Here it is. The long-awaited clash of the titans. The two best teams in baseball going head-to-head in a three-game series. Tampa Bay won thirteen games in a row to start the 2023 season. They have never been out of first and have mostly enjoyed a commanding lead in the […]
Another entry into the Baseball Makes No Sense category: this team has had sixteen double-digit games, but has also been shutout five times already this season. (Last year, they were shutout only three times all season.) Baseball is so unpredictable. A team that is averaging 6.3 runs per game got […]
Did you ever come home from the grocery store only to find a few items were put into your bag by mistake? Or pull away from the drive-thru and realize they only charged you for about half of what you got? We all like the feeling of free stuff. Of […]
If you get a chance, go see “It Ain’t Over,” the wonderful new film about the Yogi Berra. He was a happy man who spread joy and positivity wherever he went. Oh, and wherever he went, he won. It’s a documentary, but don’t let that chase you away. It’s not […]
The Rangers are like teenagers on a joy ride. They’re having too much fun cruising the neighborhood to realize the check engine light is blinking. Those things eventually stop blinking. When the engine overheats. After a 16-run game followed by a 12-run game, it looks like the Rangers are steamrolling […]
The last six years have been full of questions. This year, there are answers to the questions. Question one: With the Rangers five-run seventh inning, yesterday, how many five-run innings have they had this year? A. Seven? B. Nine? C. Twelve? D. Sixteen? E. Twenty-one? The correct answer is…D. Sixteen. […]
Dominating starting pitching. Timely hitting. Smothering relief. The Rangers have had the first two for most of the year. Last night they checked off all three boxes. And it’s a glimpse into exactly how good this team could be. It’s an offense that just keeps plugging away. They were facing […]
Texas is going to have a problem real soon. Maybe today, maybe tomorrow, but soon. They are going to get two huge offensive weapons back in Ezequiel Duran and Mitch Garver. (Anyone remember Mitch Garver?) The problem is, they will have a roster logjam. Too many good hitters, not enough […]
The first two months of 2023 are in the books, and the Rangers have the best record they’ve ever had at this point in any season. A couple tweaks to the bullpen and this team has a serious chance to play deep into October. The offense is nothing short of […]
