“I have forgotten the sun,” one team official texted yesterday from a secluded suite high above the sprawling central Florida complex “where dreams come true”. So have the rest of us—Florida has spent the Winter Meetings trying to freeze us into skepticism about its nickname. Now it is Thursday morning. Team officials and media and […]
“Pitch or Go Home.” Anthony Gose meets the Arlington media
The accent is the first thing you notice. Anthony Gose was raised in Bellflower, California, about halfway between Los Angeles and Long Beach, just north of Lakewood. By borders, it’s a small community, an anonymous cog in a mega-city, boasting little more than a couple of shopping centers, a handful of hotels, and a K-Mart. […]
Chi Chi’s back, plus uhhhh David Hurlbut?
Word came down the John Blake information water slide late Monday that Texas had officially signed four players to minor-league deals: Chi Chi Gonzalez, Anthony Gose, David Hurlbut, and Christian Lopes. All four will also receive invites to do Spring Training with the big-league club (though Chi Chi is going to miss most—if not all—of […]
12/1/17 – The Rangers Upset Update
Today we have updates on Mike Napoli, Anthony Gose, Shohei Ohtani, and Alex Claudio, plus some information from the Rangers on how to attend this year’s awards ceremony. For the last two years, this column was called the “Baseball Texas Daily”. But with the move to the new site, I no longer had the rights […]
Rangers Sign Outfield/Pitcher Hybrid. No, No, Not That One.
It’s not Shohei Ohtani—Stand down, everyone—but Texas has reportedly signed Anthony Gose to a minor league deal. Gose has played at the big league level as an outfielder with the Blue Jays and Tigers with middling results, but that’s not where the intrigue lies in this signing. No, this bit of news on an otherwise […]