The Rangers certainly aren’t going to hit their way out of it. So, like the have done too many times lately, they scored on a bases loaded wild pitch. It’s one of their most popular base loaded maneuvers. Along with the bases loaded walk, the bases loaded hit by pitch, […]
The culprit is the offense. It’s easy, and correct, to blame the bullpen. It started this mess in the first place. But the bullpen has been a trainwreck the entire season. It’s been out in the open with its putridness for all to see. The bullpen has been honest with […]
He’s the Rangers number-one prospect. For far too long that meant nothing. Or, to be more precisely, it meant the kiss of death. But the last guy—Josh Jung—turned out just fine, until he broke his thumb on a freak play. Here’s hoping this one has a similar impact. Evan Carter […]
The Rangers came into their three-game series against Houston wanting to make a statement. 13-6. 14-1. 12-3. They made one. Loud and clear. “We were humbled, humiliated, taught a lesson, overpowered, overwhelmed, routed, baffled, conquered, taken to the woodshed, cowed, crushed, discombobulated, licked, treated like a punching bag, overcome, beaten […]
To take our collective minds off the plight of the 2023 Texas Rangers, here’s a random article about architecture: In the controlled demolition industry, building implosion is the strategic placing of explosive material and timing of its detonation so that a structure collapses on itself in a matter of seconds, minimizing […]
There is nobody Bruce Bochy can rely on in his bullpen. Like an old horror movie where the call is coming from inside the house, every time he picks up the bullpen phone, fear follows. Runs do too. Josh Sborz, twelve earned runs in his last five appearances, spanning four […]
There’s a pulse. It’s barely beating, but it’s beating. The body is breathing. It’s shallow, but there is the presence of oxygen. The Texas Rangers won a game yesterday that they usually lose. Up 3-0. Then tied 3-3. Up 4-3, then immediately tied 4-4. Up 5-4, then immediately tied 5-5. […]
The Rangers have twenty-seven games left. All they need to do is win seven of those to finish over .500. After six years of futility, where they languished under .500 and lived in oblivion and irrelevance, 2023 has a chance to be the year when they finally finish above .500. […]
“We felt he had done his job.” That was Bruce Bochy’s casual, breezy explanation for why he removed Max Scherzer after only 88 pitches, after only six innings. He had done his job. As if it was a spring training tuneup getting ready for the regular season. As if it […]
