The Yankees are in town! Booooooo.
The Rangers are in the middle of a tough stretch in their schedule, and you know what? They're SMOKING through it with a broom in hand! They swept the Twins. They swept the Red Sox. And they did an INCREDIBLE job of winning 3 of 4 with the #2 ranked team, the Detroit Tigers.
This girl couldn't be happier! Well, I will be if the Rangers hold on to this win (they're 2-0 as of the top of the 5th).
What I've noticed over the last few weeks is that Yu Darvish is finally settling down on the mound. Just looking at him tonight you can see what a long way he's come since his first inning where he pitched a painful 43 pitches. He's got his swagger back and I'm loving seeing the Yankees swing and miss against him.
Josh Hamilton, my 4-year old's favorite player, is spoiling him somewhat and skewing his understanding of baseball. My son now EXPECTS Josh to hit a homerun each game. And you know what? Here recently he HAS! Josh leads the American league in all five power categories - Homeruns, hits, runs, RBI's, and OBP -coming in at either #1 or #2 in each category. Not a bad start to the season - which HOPEFULLY won't be Josh's last in a Ranger uniform. I'm praying Jon Daniels, Nolan Ryan and crew lock him up during the season - otherwise I hope they're saving their pennies because Josh is gonna cost 'em something crazy if he becomes a free agent at the end of October (like how I assume our season will extend into the postseason?).
I'm enjoying writing this little weekly roundup, and am excited that so far all three "Texas Ranger Tuesday's" have brought nothing but great news for our guys! Here's to another great writeup next week after the Rangers finish up the Yankees and face the Tampa Bay Rays this weekend.
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