Is It Time to Panic?
Glass Half Empty / Afternoon Cloud: The Rangers have lost 3 in a row, including the last game where Yu had 14 strikeouts and 0 BB's. There are only 27 outs in a ballgame for gosh dog dog!
Offense continues to be mediocre. The Rangers' pitching staff is going to need the offense to score more than 3 or 4 runs every once in a while.
Glass Half Full / Silver Lining: Sure they've lost 3 straight but it is very cool to see Elvis and Beltre still have fun during the games. Sure Beltre looks angry after Elvis touches his head but he'll crack a smile right after trying to kick Elvis and then throwing his glove at him:
Thoughts / Observations / Sidenotes: Don't look now but the A's are only 3 games back going into tonight's action. Read more...