No Glory Blog: Let's Go 2014 Texas Rangers!

A.J. Burnett. Listened to the game today in a half-coma of exhaustion from puppet shows. It was a nice come-from-behind win against the Redturds but a few things were worrisome. Firstly, this team really doesn't seem to have a killer instinct. Maybe some of that comes from a manager who just looooooves bunting. Maybe some of it comes from the fact that the team's best hitter couldn't deliver hard contact on an expected fastball with the count in his favor and the bases loaded. Maybe some of it comes, wrongfully, from the idea that the bullpen is so good that a 1-run lead is always all you need. Or maybe the guys were just tired playing a Saturday day game. I don't know but I feel like they had every opportunity to bury St. Louis today but didn't. When the Bucs lose, it's often big. When they win, it's close. My Scoresheet mindset always thinks this is a good thing such that when things even out we'll get more breaks but the feeling I have right now it's that we're lucky to be winning right now. The last 6 wins have been by exactly 2 runs. Maybe it's not a big deal. I don't see it played out in results. It's more of a gut.