Monthly Archives: June 2024


Taveras? Really?

Wait, what just happened? Not only did the Rangers win to snap a five-game losing streak, they did a few things they have done only a precious few times this season.  They came from behind. They scored runs after the sixth inning. And they got a productive at-bat from Leody […]


Gut punch.

The night after the Mavericks season ended, the Rangers season ended. It was a sad, somber affair. The Rangers offense finally came alive, piling up an unheard of six runs in the first five innings, taking a 6-2 lead. But, in a season where nothing goes right, nothing went right. […]


The ugly question.

Fourteen runs. Twenty-two hits.  That’s a week’s worth of offense for the Rangers. They gave it up to the Mets in just nine innings. And all of the sudden, the unthinkable is happening. All season long, the offense has been missing but the starting pitching has carried the team.  Rangers […]


Embarrassing.

And with that, the hope for winning the division disappeared. The Rangers trip to Seattle ended in embarrassment. Being shutout was the punctuation of their ineptitude. They went into Seattle 5.5 games out and could have made a real difference in the division. Instead, all they made was a thud. […]


Not good enough.

The most deflating “victories” are the moral victories, like when the Rangers announcers were trying to find rays of hope in yet another Rangers anemic loss, they pointed out: “The Rangers almost pulled it out in the ninth.” “Well, they did have the go-ahead run on base.” “The offense proved […]


Offense not competitive.

Until the Rangers trade for a hitter, and until Josh Jung returns, this is the fate of the Rangers. A team that cannot hit consistently enough to win. Once again, the rotation gave them a chance to win it. Heaney allowed just three runs. The Rangers offense just isn’t good […]


Satisfying.

Last night’s 3-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers may have been the most satisfying victory of the season for the Rangers.  After being thrashed 15-2 in the series opener on Tuesday, Texas pulled off a cliffhanger 3-2 win with the tying run thrown out at home to end the […]


Seager 3, Dodgers 2.

Thank the baseball gods that Corey Seager is back. Without him, the Rangers are hopeless. With him, they have a fighting chance. The Rangers got the first two on in second—Semien and Seager—and the non-Seagers couldn’t drive them in. The Rangers got a runner to second in the second inning. […]


Even the graphics guys were embarrassed.

Taken to the woodshed. Read the riot act. Raked over the coals. Thrashed. Torn a new one. Had the sh** kicked out of them. Whipped, trounced, mauled, whipped, drubbed, routed. There are a lot of ways to describe how the Texas Rangers kicked off this most important west coast road […]


Dirty dozen.

The good news is, the Rangers finally scored more than two runs in a game on Sunday. The bad news is, the easy part of the schedule is over. The Rangers have three in LA against the Dodgers then three in Seattle, come home for three against the Mets, then […]