Some days you’re the boxer. Some days you’re the heavy bag. For the first few months of the season, the Rangers were the boxer. Jabs, right, lefts, pokes, slashes, combinations. They were attacking, their punches were landing with precision, hitting above the belt, below the belt, bobbing and weaving, landing […]
Down 3-1 in the sixth, the Rangers loaded the bases on a single and two walks, wrapped around an out. A base hit would blow the game open. They couldn’t do it. They relied on bad Mets pitching to walk a runner in. Then the next two Rangers struck out. […]
Imagine a prize fight with both contestants in their 90s. And blind. And slightly incontinent. That’s what watching a Rangers-Mets game is like. In one corner, the Rangers, a team that is performing so much better than expected but is stuck in a deep offensive rut. In the other corner, […]
Finally, after fifty-seven tries, the Rangers succeeded. Going into last night’s game, Texas was 0-57 when trailing after seven innings. Like the most obedient dog, if they were down, they stayed down. They didn’t bite. The offense couldn’t win late and the bullpen couldn’t hold a lead late, having blown […]
A team without a bullpen is like a plane without landing gear. It’s like having enough provisions to get to the top of the mountain but once you get there, you have no way to get back down. It’s like getting presents on Christmas morning, opening them, then having them […]
Yes, it took the Twins bearing gifts to get that W that had eluded this team for more than a week. But the Rangers have giving away win themselves, so getting one they didn’t really earn is fair. What do you give a team that cannot figure out how to […]
The Rangers will win another game this year. With thirty-two games left in the season, we here at Rangers Rounding 3rd can go out on a limb and say, with one hundred percent assurance, yes, the Rangers will win one of those game. The upcoming schedule looks like this: Two […]
HOW TO EXTINGUISH A DUMPSTER FIRE. Dumpster fires can and do happen. They can be deadly and usually result in substantial property damage multiple ran consecutive losses. Here are tips to reducing dumpster fire hazard risks: Never dispose of flammable or hazardous materials in a dumpster. This items include: Sborz, Stratton, […]
The Rangers found the secret to staying in first place. Don’t play. After losing six games in a row and watching their lead shrink, as both Houston and Seattle inched closer to the top, the Rangers had an off day. That actually needs to be reworded. Their last six games […]
Major League Baseball enacted a number of new rules before this season that have really made the game better. Banning the shift and the pitch clock have had a dramatic impact. Making the bases larger, not as much as one might have expected, but some impact. For the Rangers, the […]
