Yearly Archives: 2024


Free agent shopping.

It’s one thing for a team to miss the playoffs the season after winning the World Series. It’s quite another for a team to bomb as monumentally as the Rangers have this year.  So, now the task is rebuilding to championship quality, or at least playoff caliber. It’s time to […]


A run!

Finally, twenty-two innings later, the Rangers scored a run. Corey Seager’s three-run homer on Monday in Game 1 of this three-game series against the Pirates came in the third inning.  The Rangers didn’t score the rest of that game. Didn’t score at all in Game 2 on Tuesday. And didn’t […]


Futility.

Shut out by the Pirates. Shut out by a starting pitcher who, in his last two starts gave up fifteen earned runs in nine total innings. And not just shut out, shut down. Only three hits. Three singles. Not even a walk. Not even a runner to second base. This […]


All Corey.

The Rangers too little too late portion of the season continues, as they got their second straight win, this one against the Pirates. Really, it was Corey Seager who got this win. His two home runs accounted for all four of Texas’s runs, as they hung on to beat Pittsburgh […]


Flashes.

Every so often, this team has flashes of— Well, it’s not flashes of hope because hope would suggest a possible positive outcome. Every so often, this team has flashes of— Well, it’s not flashes of hope because hope would suggest a possible positive outcome. And it’s not flashes of greatness […]


Maybe this is normal.

At this point, you just expect the Rangers to lose. The players seem to be playing that way as well. “Let’s get through these nine innings and get this season over with.” This team is in a tailspin that even three upcoming games against the White Sox at the end […]


The 2024 Rangers returned.

The 2023 Rangers didn’t stay long. Just a quick pop in to say hello for a few innings in Boston, then they were on their way. That left the 2024 Rangers to deal with the Twins at home. And the results were pretty much as expected. Two first-inning runs is […]


2023 all over again.

For one glorious game, the World Champion 2023 Texas Rangers showed up in 2024. Finally, after 121 games. The Rangers offensive struggles can really be traced to one source. Adolis Garcia. While the entire lineup contributed to the World Series championship, Garcia put the Rangers on his shoulders and delivered […]


Jose Leclerc to i.l. with shoulder ...

The opposite of relief.

Baseball is the most unpredictable of sports. If you don’t believe that, explain Jose Leclerc. He started 2023 as the Rangers closer but quickly lost that job. The Rangers bullpen was historically bad. It was a blown save just waiting to be called in from the bullpen. And Leclerc was […]