June Ends on a Positive Note
By Mark Miller After starting June on their biggest slide of the season, the Texas Rangers rebounded in typical fashion to end the month in style. The team won four of six games last week […]
MLB
Homespun Wings of Fate
By Will Martin Baseball can be a funny game. At the plate you can fail 70% of the time and still be considered a success to bat .300. If you are a cellar dwellar in […]
Buyers and Sellers in the MLB Trade Market
By Rodney Fisher This time of year baseball starts to take center stage in the world of sports. The NBA has wrapped up it’s long season, NFL has not started to dominate the headlines, and […]
Bottoms Up!
By Will Martin A month that has been quite successful in terms of learning how to win and string together a set of victories says plenty about the youth of the Houston Astros. A trip […]
What a Difference a Week Makes
By Mark Miller Whatever Ron Washington said to his Texas Rangers after last Sunday’s game obviously worked as the team had a complete turnaround last week. Not only did the Rangers erase the memory of […]
Riding High in June
By Will Martin The sixth month of the year on the diamond is one where many things are at play. The weather heats up, seasons change, a nucleus of talent starts to mesh and gel […]
Rangers Experience Tough Times
By Mark Miller When a team has a losing streak like the current Texas Rangers, there’s a good chance their leader will directly address it which is exactly what Manager Ron Washington did after Sunday’s […]
Medicine Men
Keeping the Rangers on the Field By Mark Miller It was the second inning of a Saturday night home game in April when Nick Tepesch received an unplanned visit from someone all baseball players dread. […]
Is Everything Finally Catching Up?
By Mark Miller Mounting injuries and a slumping offense resulted in the first losing week of 2013 for the Texas Rangers last week. In dropping four of six games in Boston and Toronto, the Rangers […]
Too Hot To Handle
By Jan Hubbard As best I can determine, the term “Hot Stove League” was coined around the turn of the 20th century, although the origin is uncertain. I saw one reference that said it probably […]