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Friday a.m. things

There are only 21 games to go in the season.  That seems bizarre...I'm sort of ready for the season to be over, and yet, I can't believe that there's that few games to go. The Rangers are 69-72 ...

Wednesday a.m. stuff

You know, I think I'm about ready for the season to end.  Everybody's hurt, the bullpen is gassed, the rotation is a mess, the team is losing games...I'm ready to be done with 2008 and move on to...

Trade odds

I normally would wait until the beginning of the week to do a post like this, rather than put it up on the weekend, but zywica is going to be blogging Monday and Tuesday while I make a quick jaunt to ...

On Nelson Cruz

Ken Rosenthal's latest has some tidbits on the Rangers: The Rangers, who probably will not trade designated hitter Milton Bradley unless they receive an overwhelming offer, are getting calls on two o...

Sunday morning stuff

3 games over .500, 7.5 games out of first place.  Personally, right now, I root for the Angels to beat the A's when they are playing each other (like last night)...I don't figure there's much cha...

NY Times piece on Hamilton and Bradley

The New York Times has a piece up on Josh Hamilton and Milton Bradley, and the disparate ways they are viewed by the public at large... Of particular note, I think, is Eddie Guardado and Michael Youn...

Sunday morning things

The season is now more than half over.  The Rangers have played 82 games, have 80 to go.  And are, once again, sitting at .500. Not a good outing yesterday from Vicente Padilla, who saw his...

Monday a.m. things

Woo-hoo!!!  A game over .500!!! Evan Grant says it was all about the fastballs last night, with Vicente Padilla and C.J. Wilson having success sticking to the hard stuff.  Jeff Wilson says ...

Friday a.m. things

And...back to .500.  Again. Richard Durrett's game story is about C.J. Wilson and his struggles of late.  Ron Washington is quoted as saying that he's got to talk to Mark Connor and Dom Chi...

On getting Chris Davis to the majors

There has been a line of thought that says that Hank Blalock's presence at first base will prohibit the Rangers from bringing up Chris Davis, which makes moving Blalock to first base a mistake. Now, ...


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