The problem with irregular playing time
T.R. Sullivan has a piece up about the Ranger bench being laden with younger players, and the problem that creates vis-a-vis getting them playing time and developing. The particular focus is on ...
Sunday a.m. things
Rainout yesterday means two games today, and not a ton of Ranger news this morning. Over at the DMN blog, Evan Grant discusses my earlier post about David Murphy starting against Oliver Perez, and o...
Sunday morning things
The Rangers enter June 1 game above .500. Not bad for a team in rebuilding mode, that was largely written off as irrelevant before the season started. The Rangers won 19 games in May, a record ...
Thursday morning things
Off day today. Last time there was an off day, Evan Grant notes, Ron Washington wasn't sure if he would have a job the next time the Rangers had a game. No such concerns this time...going ...
Thursday morning stuff
Outstanding start by Vicente Padilla last night. Evan Grant says it the best start Padilla has had since coming to Texas, and once again, Padilla succeeded when relying on his fastball. I ...
Sunday morning stuff
A 4 game winning streak. And as Evan Grant points out, the Rangers have had 11 series so far this season, and have won 6 of them. So why don't they have a winning record? 4 of the 5 ...
Saturday a.m. stuff
First three game winning streak of 2008 for the Rangers. At 12-18, they have the same record after 30 games as they did last season. And they are only one game back of the Mariners in the ...
Byrd coming back?
Marlon Byrd is traveling with the team to the West Coast, according to the S-T blog, and it sounds like he may be activated sometime next week. Oklahoma is playing in Tacoma this weekend, and By...
Monday a.m. things
A 10-0 win that was about as crisply played as a game can be (at least, by the winners) does a lot to help you take a step back from the precipice. We'll see what happens today, as far as puffs ...