Dear Robin Ventura: Thank you so much for falling for the trap of modern-day managers. Thank you for counting pitches instead of watching pitches. Thank you for counting pitches instead of counting on your pitcher. Thank you for taking out the most dominating pitcher in baseball throwing his best game […]
It’s not the usual smell of sulfur and urine and sweat and humidity. It’s the smell of first place. The Rangers are starting to sniff it.
Off-day stat check. After six weeks of baseball, here are the individual Rangers leaders in certain key stats, as well as where the team as a whole sits: Rangers offensive leaders: Hits: Prince Fielder, 52 (1st in AL). Home Runs: Shin-Soo Choo, 6. RBIs: Prince Fielder, 23. AVG: Prince Fielder, .344 (4th […]
He came into the game batting .159, one of the last holdovers under the Mendoza line. But, really, with Robinson Chirinos and Carlos Corporon as your two catchers, it’s a crapshoot of who you put behind the plate. Colby Lewis likes pitching to Chirinos, so he got the […]
He had it all working. Except for the first pitch he throw to Luis Valbuena which was scorched over the right centerfield wall in about a second and a half, Wandy Rodriguez had what could be the best start of any Ranger this season. If it wasn’t the […]
In honor of the Texas Rangers’ new status as a AAA team, here is the new logo the team is submitting to the International League for approval: Please note: This is a rough prototype. Also, due to the Rangers inability to score runs, this website is no longer legally allowed […]
There is a human side to this Josh Hamilton story that has started to nag at me. I have been on the fence about his return to the Rangers. I was able to listen to a replay of much of the Josh Hamilton’s awe shucks press conference. And it struck […]
Can’t anyone hit? Where is the offense in the American League? It’s easy to shake your head at the Rangers puny team batting average. It is embarrassing. Up and down the lineup they are looking up at the Mendoza line. They have nine guys not even hitting their weight. But […]
Nick Martinez is the ace? Mitch Moreland is batting second? And the Rangers won? You cannot make this stuff up. Jeff Banister juggles the lineup. The result? Offense. Rangers fans are used to the lineup card being printed in April and then turned in every day for the rest […]
It’s been a long time since I went into a season feeling as unoptimistic about the Rangers as I am this year. I’m not alone. Season ticket sales are down dramatically, as are individual game tickets. Their record this spring was 9-19, not having won a game in what seems like […]