Baseball, Vacation and Life

One Strike Away…Twice!

• Texas Rangers Caliente y Frio: Week 7
  Here’s a wrap-up of the week that was in Texas Rangers baseball. All stats listed are just for the previous week of play. Rangers Record: 5-2 Overall: 29-15  (1st Place AL West) (+6.5) Jalapeno Caliente (Offense): Mitch Moreland  .308/.345/.846  2 Doubles  4 HR   10 RBI Adrian Beltre .448/.500/.655   3 Doubles  1 HR  5 […]
• The Stupendous Awesomeness of Yu Darvish Part 2
  The pitching match-up of the year didn’t materialize as the pitcher’s duel of the year. It was actually Justin Verlander‘s worst regular season start. EVER. You can thank the Texas Rangers offense for that, particularly Mitch Moreland and, in the biggest surprise of the season, Geovany Soto, whose 3-run blast to left spelled the end of […]
• There Must Be Some Misunderstanding
  Rangers Ballpark In Arlington is a mere 8-hour drive from my front door, so you’ll forgive me if I’m not seen at a Rangers home game more than a few times a year. In fact, it’s now been over a year since I saw my last Rangers game live. Yes, I sometimes feel sorry for […]
• What If Hamilton, Napoli Et Al Were Still Rangers?
  I’ll start this out by saying what I’ve said in these pages many a time before: I’m NOT a major proponent of WAR. I understand the concept of it, I just don’t totally agree with it because of the subjectivity of the defensive metrics. I don’t “speak” sabermetrics, but a great sabermetric argument for the […]