By: Dustin Dietz After receiving a sizable contract extension shortly after the season began, Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler yielded a disappointing slash line of .256/.326/.423, along with a bWAR of 2.1 in 2012. Based on the above average production Kinsler produced in previous years, which led to him earning the extension, fans and …
May 10 2013
A LOB City Hit Parade
Have you seen the little girl in the Capital One commercial? Ya know, the one who says “We want more! We want more!” Even a seven year old knows that more is better. We all want more of the good things; money, vacation time, paid days off. It’s just how we are wired, more is …
May 09 2013
Options
By Sean P. Bloodgood As we made our way into the long baseball off-season following a disastrous end to the 2012 campaign, the Texas Rangers organization faced a plethora of tough decisions to make. That is to say, they had options. Josh What to do about Josh’s impending free agency? Publicly, they said all the …
May 08 2013
Breaking Down Yu Darvish
BaseballDo Guest Contributor Michael A. Morales In a 3-1 count, David “Big Papi” Ortiz stands in his arrogant, intimidating way awaiting what he knows is coming. If memory serves me, Steve Busby described it as a cutter that got a little too much of the plate. MLB.com called it a 4 seam fastball for …
May 07 2013
Yu Darvish, It’s now safe to call him an ace.
Tanner Holubar – Guest Baseballdo.com contributor Following his second 14 strikeout performance of the season, Yu Darvish has shown nearly enough for the righty to be considered one of the top pitchers in the American League. Darvish owns a record of 5-1, with an …
Apr 12 2013
Two’s a Crowd: Leonys Martin and Craig Gentry
Its no secret that I am not a fan of the platoon at any position in baseball. It’s also no surprise that I prescribe to the theory that baseball can’t be explained or dissected with statistics and spreadsheets alone. Certainly if you do believe that everything is just a percentage of potential success with each …
Apr 11 2013
BaseballDo Roundtable
Apr 10 2013
Mr. Ranger
My drive into work today started the way it normally does. The blurry-eyed walk to the car only to realize I should have worn a coat but too lazy to walk back into the house to grab one. The radio always tuned to The Ticket from the drive home the afternoon before. I chuckle listening …
Apr 04 2013
Baseball, Beer and a Babe? An Opening Night Excursion
So, as some of you know by now there was a large group of people that went down to Houston to watch our Texas Rangers take on the newest AL West Rival, the Houston Astros. Of those people, three of them are from right here at Baseballdo; Jasen Southward (the man), Dustin Dietz (the bunting …
Apr 01 2013
Breaking down the West – The Angels vs. The Rangers
Weekly preview of each of the Rangers’ American League West rivals for the 2013 season – from the bottom up. Texas Rangers L.A. Angels of Anaheim Oakland Athletics Seattle Mariners Houston Astros Just as it was supposed to be last year…the American League West will ultimately come down to the Rangers in Angels in 2013. …












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