The Rangers weren’t no-hit. The White Sox won a game. The baseball gods of futility were trumped last night. In Arlington, Framber Valdez had a perfect game going with one out in the sixth when a throwing error by Astros third baseman Alex Bregman ruined that, allowing Robbie Grossman to […]
If nothing else, the Rangers are making the Astros season as miserable as their own. Houston has won the AL West six of the last seven years (the only other team to win it in that time is, surprisingly, Oakland) and been to the Championship Series seven straight times. This […]
You know how in every horror movie, the monster appears to be dead but somehow, impossibly, it isn’t and it comes back for one last fight before finally being killed off for good? Well, the monster in this scenario is the Texas Rangers. They have been slayed. Their 2024 season […]
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to witness the untimely but unavoidable end of the 2024 Rangers baseball season. The demise started with the loss of three games against the Colorado Rockies in Denver in early, and metastasized into losing eleven out of thirteen games, dropping the Rangers to […]
The Rangers have fifty-three games left to play. That’s one-third of the season. An optimist would look at their being 4.5 games out and say, they are in this thing. A realist will look at their record of 52-57 and say, until they get to .500, the only thing they […]
As the rock group America sang in 1975, “I’ve got a feeling today’s the day.” Today is trade deadline day. And, believe it or not, the Rangers aren’t yet dead. The deadline is 5:00 central. The Rangers are in a difficult position. Never mind they are defending World Champs (those […]
All the momentum the Rangers had built up after beating after their five-game winning streak is gone. Four of those games were gimmes. Anyone and everyone beats the White Sox. Take away Chicago and Texas is 1-5 after the break. Yes, they are officially 5-5 after the break. But they […]
Baseball is much harder when you have to face major league hitters and major league pitchers. The Rangers are being reminded of that in Canada. Texas went into the All-Star break having won seven out of nine, including a season-best five-game winning streak. Suddenly, their hopes were up, as there […]
Not so fast. The Rangers anointment to contenders took a hit yesterday when they were forced to play a major league team. After being gifted a reprieved in the major league schedule with four games against the Single-A White Sox, the Rangers took their five-game winning streak and their suddenly […]
There’s that space on a Monopoly board called Free Parking where if you land there, you get a reprieve. It’s a breather. A chance to drop your bags, get a cold one, unwind, exhale, and brace yourself for all the challenges that await on the next roll. The Chicago White […]
