Rangers Pepper 6/17: Texas Must Start Hitting Em Where They Ain’t
“#RangersThoughts” on Twitter can be seen by following me @dfwfanconnect, but those thoughts evolve every few days from 140 characters into what I have dubbed as “Rangers Pepper”. Along with a Ron Washington pep talk (NSFW), maybe the Texas offense just needs a case of ice cold Dr. Pepper: Happy Days Are Here Ag…Soon? - The Rangers are playing their worst baseball since? The answer...
June 17th, 2013 by Dustin
Rangers Pepper 6/14: Stuck At 2nd, The Best Yu Can Do, The 17 Day Dig
“#RangersThoughts” on Twitter can be seen by following me @dfwfanconnect, but those thoughts evolve every few days from 140 characters into what I have dubbed as “Rangers Pepper”. After reading this, you might consider watching Dr. Pepper baseball tonight instead of Rangers baseball until this thing turn around: Nowhere To Turn - David Murphy stepped into the number 2 spot in the lineup on...
June 14th, 2013 by Dustin
Rangers Pepper 6/11: Once Bitten…Again, Kicking Kirkman, It’s Time
Injury Bug Bites Hard - When Josh Lindblom stepped off of the mound last night he did so not knowing when his next start for the Texas Rangers would come. If the last 15 months have taught us anything, he probably won’t have to wait very long. For the second consecutive year the Rangers have made the health of their rotation in 2011 stand out like the fluke that it was. That year the Rangers entered...
June 11th, 2013 by Dustin
Rangers Pepper 6/7: No Canada, No Nellie, No Kirkman
“#RangersThoughts” on Twitter can be seen by following me @dfwfanconnect, but those thoughts evolve every few days from 140 characters into what I have dubbed as “Rangers Pepper”. Here’s a very poorly executed game of pepper to get your mind right: House Of TORrors – “The Rangers head to the Rogers Centre…” is on the list of phrases that cause Rangers fans to cringe. There’s...
June 8th, 2013 by Dustin
Biogenesis Investigation Is Far From Over
Social media has transformed the way that sports fans and the media react to big news stories. It’s placed an amazing amount of information just one click of the mouse or tap of the smartphone screen away. Such was the case yesterday evening when a tweet from T.J. Quin from ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” set off a wave of frenzy on Twitter that was still rippling this morning. Rangers fans and...
June 5th, 2013 by Dustin
Stars Re-Branding Represents More Than A Logo
Tom Gaglardi spent his first full season as the Stars owner allowing GM Joe Nieuwendyk and coach Glen Gulutzan one final chance to prove their vision for the organization was the correct one. Once that vision fizzled out in the final weeks of April, Gaglardi decided it was time to put his stamp on the organization he purchased for $240 million. His first big move was to relieve Nieuwendyk of his duties...
June 4th, 2013 by Dustin
Rangers Pepper 6/3: Moreland Cools A Bit, Profar May Stay, Attendance Update
“#RangersThoughts” on Twitter can be seen by following me @dfwfanconnect, but those thoughts evolve every few days from 140 characters into what I have dubbed as “Rangers Pepper”. Here’s a very poorly executed game of pepper to get your mind right: Mitch Moreland The Streak Revisted – It was Thursday morning on May 9th and I had settled in for another ho hum day at the office, most...
June 3rd, 2013 by Dustin
Rangers Pepper 5/31: Oh Randy, Clubhouse Venom, Super Joe Reboot
“#RangersThoughts” on Twitter can be seen by following me @dfwfanconnect, but those thoughts evolve everyfew days from 140 characters into what I have dubbed as “Rangers Pepper”. Here’s a fun video that’s totally SFW and informative on the finer art of Pepper to whet your appetite: Galloway Says What?!?!? - I call myself a P1 because my loyalties have always stayed with “The Little...
May 31st, 2013 by Dustin
Dallas Mavericks Free Agent Targets: Point Guard
It has been a quick and graceless fall for the Dallas Mavericks since they shocked the Big Three and the world in the summer of 2011. Only Dirk Nowitzki and Shawn Marion remain from the roster that won the NBA Championship, and there is a chance that Dirk is the only holdover left standing come Opening Night 2013. Mark Cuban has promised that he and Donnie Nelson will put a title contending team together...
May 30th, 2013 by Dustin
Rangers Pepper 5/28: Bullpen Talk, June Looms, Wash And The NL
Every few days or so I like to send a few “#RangersThoughts” tweets out via @dfwfanconnect to share some things that have been brewing in my baseball brain. In an effort to expand on the 140 character limit that stymies to a degree the effectiveness of said thoughts, I present to you the first installment of “Rangers Pepper”. Here’s a fun video that’s totally SFW and informative on the...
May 28th, 2013 by Dustin