ABD WAS A-OK. Yesterday I recounted Top Ten Moment #2 of the Rangers 2017 season, when Austin Bibens-Dirkx outdueled Max Scherzer. Here is what I wrote the next day, reposted from June 12, 2017. In 1971, Texas took the team from Washington DC. Forty-six years later, Texas took the […]
I have a dream that one day the Rangers walk hand in hand to the championship podium holding the World Series trophy.
Top Ten Moment #4: Ivan Rodriguez is inducted into the Hall of Fame. On July 31, Pudge Rodriguez was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, his greatness made official for all time. In a season where there weren’t many great moments on the field, Rodriguez’s enshrinement […]
Happy new year to everyone.
The Rangers off-season thus far has been active, not spectacular. No splashes. No ripples. Just a few pebbles dropped in the ocean. The rotation as it stands now is not spectacular. Last year’s Darvish, Hamels, Perez, Cashner, and Griffin was better than this year’s Hamels, Perez, Fister, Minor, Moore. The […]
I went to a charity event at the Ballpark Tuesday night and saw Joey Gallo speak. He talked about his year and his struggles in the past. He talked about how he was filled with self-doubt. How he didn’t know if he would make it. And he said it took […]
Evan Grant has an article in today’s Dallas Morning News about an amazing new baseball complex the Rangers are opening in west Dallas to bring baseball, and, as Grant says, “hopefully a little life guidance” to an underserved community. The ribbon cutting ceremony is Tuesday. The baseball facility is remarkable. […]
From T. R. Sullivan, an article in mlb.com about Rougned Odor. Apparently he had a bad season in 2017.
The long cold winter begins. From mlbtraderumors.com: Speaking of six-man rotations, the Rangers could be prime candidates to go that route in 2018 if they manage to bring back Yu Darvish, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News observes. The Rangers didn’t enter the offseason planning to spend big money on a single […]
The big T stands for thanks. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, everyone. Be thankful, be happy, be safe, be well.