being a bright spot for the Texas Rangers in an otherwise disastrous 9-4 loss to the Angels on Monday.
Sam Blum writes that the Rangers were the victims of ‘The Shohei Ohtani Experience’ against the third place Angels.
Jeff Wilson writes that the Rangers sent down Leody Taveras because of his early struggles and they now have the American League Player of the Week playing centerfield.
Jared Sandler has a video where he talks about the Taveras demotion, Joey Gallo’s unusual start, and Yang’s call-up.
ESPN’s Bradford Doolittle takes a look at the positions that have had the longest successful player drought for each MLB club and, for the Rangers, Nate Lowe has a chance to end the first base dry spell.
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In his senior year, he was captain of our high school football team and president of the student council. So, when he asked me, a lowly junior, to hang out with him and a couple of his buddies, I couldnât resist. Oh, and he was Black.
The evening started well. We cruised the town in his dadâs car, visited the usual hangouts. Talked about girls, grades, cars, college.
He and his pals were being recruited by big-time football schools. Life held promise. As the night wore on, we got a little giggly and threw a few water balloons at guys we recognized.
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Evan Grant writes that with all eyes on Shohei (Ohtani), it was Kohei (Arihara) who stole the show for the Rangers in the opener.
David Miller notes that the Rangers have had fairly remarkable success from their starting rotation so far in 2021.
Grant writes that the tandem starter system for the Rangers hasn’t looked like what you’d expect from a tandem starter system but it has been working out for Texas.
Landry notes that manager Chris Woodward isn’t looking for rigidity from the tandem starts but is instead after versatility.
Grant writes that the Rangers are hitting a very AL West-centric part of their schedule in the coming weeks which can serve as a mile marker for where they’re at in the division.