In the 2008 Batman film “The Dark Knight”, Aaron Eckhart’s character Harvey Dent, sitting across the table from Bruce Wayne in an upscale restaurant — all the while unaware that Batman hi...
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks on the home front, but I’m back! Lance Lynn started for the Rangers tonight against the Cleveland Indians, and tossed yet another fantastic game. He cleare...
https://www.onestrikeaway.com/index/2019/6/17/the-rangers-are-39-33
> And now it’s up to Delino DeShields, just like we all hoped!— > Brandon Land (@onestrikeaway) June 6, 2019 > Are we ready for the Orioles series to be over yet? Anoth...
https://www.onestrikeaway.com/index/2019/6/5/the-rangers-are-31-28
It was awful. Then it was fun. Despite the result, it was mostly fun. Unfortunately for the Rangers, they were playing catch-up for most of the evening due to Drew Smyly getting the start. Smyl...
https://www.onestrikeaway.com/index/2019/6/4/the-rangers-are-30-28
That’s pretty much how I’m feeling right now, in spite of another Rangers win. Lance Lynn took the mound for Texas, and had another solid outing. He tossed 6.1 innings on 102 pitches with 7...
Baseball games like tonight’s are like that amazing shot in a round of golf (at least for those of us that aren’t actually very good at golf). No matter how your round has been, those are the...
https://www.onestrikeaway.com/index/2019/5/31/the-rangers-are-28-27-joey-gallo-unleashes-the-thunder
Does it feel like a broken record yet? The Rangers are back down to .500. Mike Minor got the start tonight for the Rangers, and was good enough to deserve better than the final result. He went ...
https://www.onestrikeaway.com/index/2019/5/30/the-rangers-are-27-27-lbw28
Having watched numerous games that the Rangers should have won but let get away, it’s nice to have one on the other end: A game that the Rangers probably shouldn’t have won, but did anyway. ...
https://www.onestrikeaway.com/index/2019/5/29/the-rangers-are-27-26
The seesaw of .500 continues, with a win getting the Rangers back that mark once again. Some notes from the game: The offense came through in a big way tonight. The scoring started on a 2-run e...
https://www.onestrikeaway.com/index/2019/5/28/the-rangers-are-26-26
In March of 2017, just over two years ago, the Texas Rangers finalized a six-year, $49.5 million contract extension with second baseman Rougned Odor. The contract, intended to keep Odor in a Rang...
https://www.onestrikeaway.com/index/2019/5/28/breaking-down-the-struggles-of-rougned-odor
Back below .500. Panic! This was one of those games where it never really felt like the Rangers were going to win. The offense just never could quite get things going. Lance Lynn started for ...
https://www.onestrikeaway.com/index/2019/5/27/the-rangers-are-25-26
Back to .500. Another bullpen implosion. I originally had a whole different post written, as it looked like the Rangers had the series win in the bag. Alas, baseball happened. Ariel Jurado go...
https://www.onestrikeaway.com/index/2019/5/26/the-rangers-are-25-25
Rougned Odor is 55.6% on stolen base attempts for his career. Either his coaches keep telling him to run, or he does it on his own without consequence. Considering the break-even point is between...
https://www.onestrikeaway.com/index/2019/5/26/the-rangers-are-25-24
Another win, this one on the road! So basically Hunter Pence winning games for the Rangers, just like we all predicted before the season, right? Shin-Soo Choo led off the game with a home run...
https://www.onestrikeaway.com/index/2019/5/25/the-rangers-are-25-23
Writing about painful things is never fun. It can be useful catharsis, of course; but the last couple of years for the Texas Rangers didn’t feel like necessary dues-paying or “part of the pr...
https://www.onestrikeaway.com/index/2019/5/21/back-to-the-game
An extra-innings walk-off win! How fun! Drew Smyly started for the Rangers today in the latest episode of former Tigers pitchers that struggle for the Rangers. It was clear from the first innin...
https://www.onestrikeaway.com/index/2019/5/19/the-rangers-are-21-23
That mostly sums up this game. It was never really all that close. Severe thunderstorms rolled through Texas Friday evening, and continued throughout the day, causing a rain delay of over two h...
https://www.onestrikeaway.com/index/2019/5/18/the-rangers-are-20-23
Yeah, it’s been awhile. I want to be better about this. A few notes from a Rangers win. The Rangers employed the opener strategy tonight against the St. Louis Cardinals, this time turning to ...
https://www.onestrikeaway.com/index/2019/5/17/the-rangers-are-20-22
It wasn’t supposed to go down like this. Bryce Harper, long ago anointed as the next big thing in baseball with his arrogant attitude and a Sports Illustrated cover at 16 labeling him “The Ch...
Apparently I haven’t been doing a very good job keeping up with this blog in recent months. Looking down the list here, I guess it’s been over six months since I posted at all, and around ten...