Texas Rangers Schedule | September 2009
August 28, 2009 by Matt Lawrence · Leave a Comment
Texas Rangers Schedule September 2009
As August winds down the Texas Rangers find themselves in unfamiliar territory, they’re sporting a winning record and have an outside chance to win the AL West. The Rangers went to Yankee Stadium and won 2 out of their 3 games against one of the hottest teams in baseball. Even if the Texas Rangers can’t catch up to the Los Angeles Angels and win the AL West, they are still in the middle of the Wild Card Playoff race with the Boston Red Sox. If the Ranger’s bullpen and pitching staff can keep it together for 6 more weeks we might get to see them in the playoffs in 2009. Things are looking up for the Texas Rangers bats as well with the return of Ian Kinsler from the DL, Chris Davis from the minors, and Josh Hamilton from his season long slump. At the end of the Rangers September schedule we should have a clear picture whether or not playoffs are just a dream or if the’re an actual possibility.
Keys to a successful September:
- Stay Healthy
- Keep Hitting: Josh Hamilton and Ian Kinsler need to keep it up.
- Rotation: Millwood needs to pitch like an Ace. He as allowed 5ER’s in each of his last 2 starts.
- Bullpen: Looked a little shaky in August, Message to Ron Washington – Please do not pitch Franky in back to back days.
Texas Rangers TV and Game Schedule – September 2009
Fox Sports Southwest will carry most of the Rangers September games, although kdfi has 2 games and FOX has 1. If you haven’t made it to the Ballpark in Arlington, you need to go see the Rangers and their new winning ways before the regular season is over.
I had Rangers tickets to the Boston series and the ballpark was packed with mostly Rangers fans, but as always the bandwagon Texas Red Sox fans were their too.
Wild Card Standings
| Team | Games Back | Games Left | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.) | Boston Red Sox | - | 0 |
| 2.) | Detroit Tigers | 9.5 | 0 |
| 3.) | Seattle Mariners | 10.0 | 0 |
| updated: 10/7/2009 | @ 9:30AM |
Texas Rangers Schedule 2009 | August
July 28, 2009 by Matt Lawrence · 1 Comment
Texas Rangers Schedule August, 2009
The Texas Rangers have been stuck behind the red hot Angels even though they had a winning record for the month of July. What is amazing is the hated Angels are winning without Vladimir Guerrero or Torrii Hunter, their number 3 and 4 batsmen. The Rangers schedule for August has the team facing all of the teams in the AL West as well as the Indians, Red Sox, Twins, Rays, and Yankees. The August schedule makes for a tough month to catch up to the Angels, but if you consider the fact the Rangers play to their level of competition and usually win their tough games, surprisingly this could turn out to be a great schedule for them. My prediction is that the Rangers will catch the Angels in August thanks to the high level of competition.
In order to do this the Rangers will need to have several things happen:
- Bullpen: needs to stay strong.
- Rotation: get healthy. (the flu has sidelined several pitchers)
- Offense: needs to return to form.
- Josh Hamilton needs to resurface as the power hitter he is.
Will the Rangers fade?
July 17, 2009 by Cody Dunlap · 1 Comment
That’s the question on everyone’s mind. After completing the “first half” of the season at 48-39, the Rangers have surprised just about everyone (including myself). So of course the next question is, will they follow it up? Right now, the Rangers are in the thick of the race, 2 games behind the Angels (after the Halos won last night), but the media has been relatively split on whether the Rangers have a real shot at this thing.
Dan Plesac, Mitch Williams, and John Hart all picked the Rangers to win the AL West on MLB Network’s Midseason Report Cards earlier this week, but it should be mentioned that Mitch Williams and John Hart do kind of have Rangers ties. So that should probably be taken with a grain of salt. Still, looking around the internet reveals that the Rangers aren’t really being written off yet, which is encouraging.
ESPN’s Buster Olney, however, brought up an interesting point about the Rangers and why it might be tough for them to make a run: the schedule.
Yesterday, Buster Olney ranked the roads to the playoffs for nine AL “contenders.” The Rangers were 9th, with what Olney argued as the toughest road. Minnesota, the Rangers’ opponent this weekend, had the easiest remaining schedule.
