I reached into the glove compartment and procured a paper towel to wipe yesterday’s life off my glasses. wipe, wipe, rub, rub. It was going to be a full day, and I needed to see clearly. I turned the windshield wipers on high and tried to keep the deluge of December precipitation off my windshield. […]
Perez goes to bullpen, breaks elbow *rimshot*
Add this to the list of weird injuries that a cold and uncaring universe has foisted upon Texas Rangers players: Martin Perez broke his right (non-throwing) elbow last week in an “incident” with a bull at his ranch in Venezuela. He underwent surgery yesterday, and is expected to miss the first month of the season.
Rangers Trade for Matt Moore
Jon Daniels clearly identified the Rangers’ approach at the start of the offseason: they wanted pitching, and a lot of it. The team couldn’t reel in its leviathan (Shohei Otani), but today they added another arm that was once almost as highly-regarded. The Rangers have traded minor league pitchers Sam Wolff and Israel Cruz to […]
Furniture, Pete Incaviglia, and the Ohtani Splitter: the Incredible Odyssey of Chris Martin
December 11th, 2017: The MLB backdrop at the ballroom on the second floor of the Swan and Dolphin—hung this morning behind Alan Trammell and Jack Morris—has been taken down. In its place, a Yankees backdrop has been raised. Giancarlo Stanton is receiving his #27 jersey from the Yankees and taking questions from the media. Meanwhile, […]
Scouting report: Carlos Tocci, Rangers’ Rule Five Addition
With the fourth pick in the Rule 5 Draft, the Chicago White Sox selected Phillies outfield prospect Carlos Tocci. We learned a few minutes later that Tocci was actually being selected by the Rangers, who had purchased Tocci’s rights for yet-to-be-disclosed cash considerations. Despite being a name prospect since shortly after he signed with the […]
Winter Meetings Day 4: On Being and Nothingness
If I properly understood the premise, Jean-Paul Sartre suggested that nothingness was not simply the absence of something, but a something unto itself. When you are aware of loss, it is more tangible than simply the acknowledgement that something or someone is no longer in your presence. The hole ripped in your being by their […]