These first two games have been great...mainly because we won, of course.

Neither CJ nor Colby had their best stuff, but bothbattled. Fielding has been decent; the Julio Borbon error was a mess, and I don't understand why the kid is regressing, but let's hope it doesn't last. David Murphy continues to rock the house.

Great way to start the year! ... << MORE >>

This is the good, and the bad, of the Rangers. We've had far too many errors. We had to send David, Salty, and Teagarden down to the minors. We have two closers, neither of whom are effective. Our bullpen is like swiss cheese. Many of our hitters are not hitting. Kinsler missed almost the entire month. We have no catcher.

...and yet, we finish close to .5000, win the first two games of May, and find ourselves 1/2 a game out of first place after making it through our longest road trip of the ... << MORE >>

Kill me now...in 5 games for the Rangers, Frankie Francisco has cost us three wins (one of which we came back to win anyway).

There is no way we can allow this to continue. It isn't even close...he shows NO command, and NO confidence.

Do we have to push Feliz into the role?  Call up someone from AAA and shuffle the bullpen around?  Discover a "mysterious" illness and put FF on the DL?

Or, is there an available closer out there we can pick up ... << MORE >>

I simply cannot figure out why we are SO terrible with Runners in Scoring Position.  Why are we incapable of putting the ball in play?  Man on third, one out, and we can't even hit the ball out of the infield?  I know having Hamilton out means we don't see pitches which are quite as good, but come ON.

Still, it pays to remember that this is a "free" year.  We weren't supposed to be this good, and if we can remain in contention for the division and give our younger players at least a taste of playoff experience, that's saying ...<< MORE >>

So the Rangers will finish in second place in the division, and Ron Wahsington says they have accomplished something.

Actually, in my mind, they have.

You have to keep this team in perspective.  Injuries decimated them.  The bullpen was half worn-out and half deplorable.  We saw a revolving door of starters come trough because of the injury situation.  Fielding, at times, was miserable.

And in many ways, 50% or more of the team we put out there was a AAA team in disguise.

But the Rangers were not terrible.  They were just not especially good either.  I hoped for .500 this season and while ...<< MORE >>

This bullpen is causing me to lose a pint of blood an hour.  Thank goodness these games mean nothing...at least the more we lose, the better draft pick we get.  And the starting pitching is picking up, which gives me hope for next year. ...<< MORE >>

...does anybody know what the record is for most balks in a season by a team in the modern baseball era?
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4 runs in the first, and we could have gotten more, but Ellison is still looking for his first hit.  Waters was a marvel in his first start, but his AAA numbers don't support that.  So jump all over him, drive him out of the game quick, and make the O's go to their bullpen.

Meanwhile, this gives Harrison the extra confidence me needs (or can use, anyway) to go right at the Orioles hitters.  He doesn't need to fear that giving up two runs in 6 innings will be too much.  When the pitching believes in the offense, everything starts ...<< MORE >>

...when you can't get a hit.

Padilla clearly didn't have his good stuff tonight, but 4 hits in 7 innings simply will not cut it.  I don't blame Washington for putting Benoit out there down 7-0...and we see Benoit still has his big bag of 2008 nothing (what HAPPENED to this guy, where is the 2007 Benoit?) - 2 walks and a homer in one inning.  Sweet.

A 4-game losing streak is not what we needed.  But that's what we have.  Still, I think we made the right move by not making any trades.  We can deal a catcher in the off-season.  ...<< MORE >>

This is what happens when your potent lineup loses Murphy and Bradley...you get bases loaded with one out, and can't even hit the ball out of the infield.  Welcome to April. ...<< MORE >>