12-12 - Rested Rangers perhaps too relaxed in 4-0 loss to Mariners

Lone Star Ball— The Texas Rangers didn’t score a run but the Seattle Mariners scored four runs. M’s superstar Julio Rodriguez sort of famously had not yet hit a home run thus far during his struggles to begin the 2024 campaign. That lasted less than half of the series opener between the two top teams in the AL West as Rodriguez and Cal Raleigh each hit a two-run blast off of a rather pedestrian Dane Dunning. Meanwhile, the Texas bats did next to nothing — three total hits on the night, in fact — against Seattle...

ESPN—Mariners 4-0 Rangers (Apr 23, 2024) Game Recap. Expert recap and game analysis of the Seattle Mariners vs. Texas Rangers MLB game from April 23, 2024 on ESPN.

Lookout Landing—Mariners take first place in AL West with 4-0 win over Rangers. One of the reasons I am the way I am today is that I read the Horatio Hornblower books by C. S. Forester when I was in middle school. The 12 volume series follows the exploits and career of fictional British Navy officer Horatio Hornblower during the Napoleonic Wars. They feature action, romance, sailing, and adventure, but none of those are what I want to talk about today. Instead, I want to tell you about the character Hornblower himself, and why he can be seen in these 2024 Mariners. Perhaps...

Lone Star Ball—Thoughts on an 8-4 Rangers loss. That was quite a bleah game. At least the Rangers didn't get shut out. At least they didn't get one hit. That meager rally in the ninth...