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The Rangers' choice in San Francisco: Play the cleanup hitter and sacrifice defense or sit Vladimir Guerrero and hope others would be able to step into more pressure-packed offensive roles. The Rangers tried things both way. Neither worked. Just in case the Rangers happen to keep this World Series alive into next week and make a trip back to San Francisco for Games 6 and 7, they are open for suggestions. On Thursday, the Rangers saw why taking Guerrero out of the lineup was such a difficult decision for manager Ron Washington, despite the poor defense he played Wednesday. Without Guerrero, the Rangers went back to what they were in 2009, a donut of a team. They had a great big...
The decision, frankly, smacked a little of desperation. The kind of thing a struggling, 14-19 team would do to try to kick-start itself, or send itself a message. Calling all Angels, as it were -- here in only the second week of... more »
At some point this afternoon, Josh Hamilton will be selected the American League Player of the Week. If not, either the world has come to an end or all Texas Rangers games the past week were somehow blacked out at the Major... more »
On the same night Josh Hamilton smashed two home runs against the Angels he also dove headlong into first base just as many times. The game last Friday represented a good snapshot of why Hamilton is the most compelling player... more »
The Angels found the Rangers' weakness Friday night – they can't score during a rain delay. Other than that, the opener of this year's first series between the AL West rivals showed little evidence that the Angels have... more »
Here we go with a juicy Friday evening in Arlington. "Yuuuuus and booooos" will echo across the Mid-Cities with a ballpark-packed house in full chorus. Sometimes the baseball gods are just good to us this way, allowing some... more »
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