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Worst record in baseball? Ugh.

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We’re dangerously close to having the worst record in baseball.  We’re tied with the Royals for second worst, and only the Devil Rays are actually worse, but only by two games, so we’re not far away from that.

G35: Bullpen blows it for Kenny; Rangers lose 6-5

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(I’m not going to be writing much about this game, as it was a casualty of me being out of touch for awhile due to a business trip).
An interesting pitching matchup – two pitchers who have pitched a perfect game going after each other – Kenny Rogers & David Wells. Both pitchers gave up 5 earned runs, Kenny going 7 innings, David going 9. The game went into extra innings, and unfortunately, Mike Venafro gave up a gopher ball to a guy who doesn’t hit a lot of home runs – Jose Valentin.
Overall another decently pitched game by Kenny Rogers, unfortunately it was wasted due to the bullpen giving it away. Oh well.

G33: Rangers lose AGAIN to Tigers, 3-2

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Ewww. I don’t even feel like writing about the games in this series. We’re awfully close to having the worst record in all of baseball at the moment. :(

Darren Oliver goes to DL, Dickey down, Crabtree back

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  • What a mess.  We lose the game 7-4, and we lose Darren Oliver, who, surprisingly enough was our winningest pitcher so far this season.  Oliver goes to the DL, Dickey gets sent down, Crabtree comes back from DL, & Aaron Myette gets called up to take Oliver’s spot.

G32: Rangers lose close one, 5-4

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Ewww. I don’t even feel like writing about the games in this series. We’re awfully close to having the worst record in all of baseball at the moment. :(

Roster Transaction

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  • P Darwin Cubillan traded to Montreal Expos for
    P Mike Johnson

Reid Nichols hired as first base coach

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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers hired Reid Nichols as their first-base coach on Sunday and shifted Bobby Jones to third base.
The Rangers needed to shuffle their coaching staff after Johnny Oates resigned as the team’s manager Friday. Jerry Narron, the team’s former third-base coach, was named manager for the rest of the season.
Nichols, the Ranger’s director of player development since 1994, also will work with the outfielders and be responsible for base-running.
Nichols, 42, had a 13-year professional career, batting .266 with 22 home runs and 131 RBI in 540 career games with Boston, the Chicago White Sox and Montreal.
After his playing days, Nichols spent four seasons working in Baltimore’s minor league organization.

G30: Rangers drop game to Chisox, 10-5

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Well, I was hoping that the Rangers could build from last night’s spectacular game. Then Kenny Rogers pitched the first inning, facing eight batters, giving up a bunch of hits, but fortunately only two runs. Then he proceeded to have 4 or 5 perfect innings, and I thought we had picked it up.
However, we got to our usual nemesis – late innings. In the 7th, it all fell apart. We were up 4-3, and then gave up four. At that point, we were down three. Disappointing, but not insurmountable. Then Arod hit a solo HR in the 8th, putting us within two. Then Pat Mahomes blew it in the 9th – throwing almost 40 pitches, and giving up another 3.
This game really annoyed me, because we pitched like we were going to take it in style for the bulk of the game, and then it all got away at the end – I was so annoyed, that I stopped scoring the game in the top of the 9th.
Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy! There were total of 6 errors in the game, 3 by each side – including one play where we had two at once! Can’t win like that.