Maybe the Rangers have their new closer. They came into the season ignoring that singularly important role, figuring they would just toss someone in there and see what happens.  That someone was Luke Jackson. When Jackson gave up three runs on opening day, you got the feeling he wasn’t the […]

For the second consecutive day, the Rangers were unable to score a run. The only difference last night was they didn’t have a game. All the other times, they just didn’t have game. The Little Team That Couldn’t was off Thursday. Off in a different way than they are usually […]

Maybe we were wrong about the Rangers all along. Maybe they are not a baseball team. Maybe they are a soccer club, a futbol club. FC Rangers. They certainly score like one.  There’s an old joke, “I wish I had a dollar for every point scored in a soccer game.” […]

Watching the Blue Jays and Rangers flail around blindly isn’t baseball. It’s futility. These games are pitchers’ duels. They are dueling derelicts. Monday, it was the Blue Jays winning 2-1. Last night, the Rangers won 2-0. In reality, neither team won. And the real losers are the fans who suffer […]

Why bother? It’s like being a weatherman in Texas in August. Hot, no rain yesterday. Hot, no rain today. Hot, no rain tomorrow. Hot, no rain the next day. The Rangers are a broken record of a song you don’t want to hear. Why bother talking about them if they […]

So, what was that ninth inning? Signs of life? Or just a fluke? Yes, it came against a bad team. But so are the Rangers. Only one team has a worse road record than Texas and that was the team they were playing. At home.  After scoring two runs in […]

There are certain times you realize it’s just not meant to be. The baseball gods have decided. This is not your year. When Sam Haggerty and Wyatt Langford collided, dropped a sure out, and allowed the first batter of the sixth the end up at third, that was the moment […]

Dear Donnie Ecker: We are sorry. You became the scapegoat for us, for this lost offense wondering aimlessly in the wilderness for the second straight season. Upon further review, it turns out, it wasn’t you, it was us. It’s not that we weren’t listening to you, or that your teaching […]

The Rangers are 2-16 when the opposing team scores four runs or more. The Rangers left nine men on base last night. The Yankees left three.  The Rangers struck out eleven times last night.  The Rangers were 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position last night. This was their fourth walk-off […]

We can officially call it. The Rangers offense is not good to carry this team into the playoffs, and it will not be good unless they are able to make a few major changes. The only bona fide threat they have is Corey Seager, and he is a part-time player […]