5-25-25
Instead of waking up early to watch F1 Monaco, I overslept. I’m pretty sure I got the better of that deal. With no Indy 500 to watch, I just listened to the Rangers/White Sox game in the afternoon. The pregame said that Joc Pederson was out with a broken hand and Kevin Pillar had been DFA’d and had retired. I guess Corey Seager is out too, but he may be back soon. I think I can pinpoint why the team is having trouble scoring.
The club was bringing up Alejandro Osuna today for a debut. There’s another new prospect that’s been brought up recently that’s also been playing. Neither of these guys are listed in my baseball season preview magazine as a Rangers’ top ten prospect. Maybe these guys played really well in the minor leagues. Maybe they’re scrambling trying to plug holes with the best of whatever’s available.
Jake Burger got the scoring going with a two-run homer early. The White Sox answered with a solo home run. In the fifth, the Sox had another threat brewing, but had a runner thrown out the plate. Osuna had a great diving catch in the outfield to end the inning.
In the sixth, the Sox did tie it on a solo home run and then took the lead with a sac fly driving in a run. It was a bit of an odd ninth in that announcer Eric Nadel kept not mentioning it was the ninth. The Rangers managed to tie it, setting up Adolis Garcia doubling in two runs, 5-3 Rangers. In the bottom, two Sox doubles brought in a run, but closer, Robert Garcia, picked off that runner at second. The Rangers won, 5-4, and snapped a six-game losing streak.
Playoff hockey was on, but I wasn’t into it. (The game was a blowout, anyway.) I skipped over to the Mall and got a foot-long chili hot dog from Legend Burger, though I came up empty looking for a couple of gifts for people. The dog was good, but didn’t lift my spirits. I spoke to my Aunt Judy on the way over, but that didn’t help much, either. Not being able to watch Indy pretty drained my enthusiasm for the three-day weekend.
Back at home, I ran into the end of another Mexican League baseball game. (I know I’m scrapping the bottom of the barrel here.) Aguas Calientes was ahead of the Chihuahua Dorados, 4-3, in the bottom of the ninth. The Dorados managed to tie it on a sac fly and then win it on a two-run homer, 6-4. It didn’t look like there were that many in the stands, but I think most of the fans were in the shade. It looked hot wherever they were playing.
Tonight’s Chihuahuas’ game was interesting for the wrong reason. By the fifth inning, broadcaster Tim Hagerty felt obligated to mention that there hadn’t been a Chihuahuas’ baserunner yet. This lasted until the seventh with a walk that got the crowd cheering. In the eighth, the pup’s got their one and only hit. Unsurprisingly, the Rainiers won, 6-0.
This was a team record for hits . . . err . . . hit for the Chihuahuas. Tim reported that before the game, one the Chihuahuas had said he’d eat a moth if they were no-hit. There have never been bigger stakes in a baseball game. Also mentioned was that the A’s 11-game losing streak ended today. I wasn’t aware of this. (I watch and listen to baseball every day and I’m seemingly blissfully unaware of everything going on.) The team called up a bunch of players from Las Vegas trying to find a slump-busting combination.
5-26-25
I saw dad this morning, but he didn’t seem to want lunch out, so we had hot dogs again and watched an episode of Almost Paradise. We’re both getting a kick out of this show. Afterward, I went back over to the Mall. I still didn’t find a gift I was looking for, so I’ll do something else. For dinner later, I got a Boba tea (sans bobas) and Auntie Anne’s Pepperoni Pretzel bites. The tea was average (especially for the price), but the pretzel bites were very tasty for a light dinner.
I got back home about halfway through the Rangers’ pregame show for their game against the Blue Jays. The Jays were coming off getting swept by the Rays and had also played a day game yesterday before this day game, like the Rangers. Jacob deGrom was starting today, so I was hopeful.
Daulton Varsho homered in the first to give the Jays a 1-0 lead. Kevin Gausman only needed 12 pitches to get through the first six Ranger batters. I was feeling less confident, as this was feeling very familiar. Varsho later doubled in a run, but in the fourth, Wyatt Langford finally got the Rangers on the board with a homer, 2-1 Jays.
In the fifth, rookie Alejandro Osuna got his first hit (and would also pick up his second later). In the sixth with the Jays threatening, deGrom came out. This was his first ever start without getting a strikeout. With runners on second and third, Adolis Garcia in center came up firing on a single and prevented both runners from advancing and they didn’t score in the inning.
I’d been checking ESPN Radio beforehand to see if they were broadcasting a game. I checked again at this point and found they were and they were late in a game . . . the game I was already listening to. Oh, well. In the ninth, the Jays were threatening again, but a great throw from Langford in the outfield again kept a runner from scoring. Of course great defense and pitching, still doesn’t score runs, which the Rangers didn’t, as they lost, 2-1. They’ve already replaced the batting coach. I don’t know what they can do next without trading people.
Well, that’s it for Memorial Day weekend. I’m really wondering if I should keep doing this if there’s not going to be more racing coverage. For Memorial Day, I listened to Jesse Kelly’s military tribute show on the radio, so don’t say I didn’t do anything for the holiday.
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