Comments on: Texas Rangers’ Forecast: Increasing Cloudiness Following Second Consecutive Scoring Drought http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/2009/09/15/texas-rangers-forecast-increasing-cloudiness-following-second-consecutive-scoring-drought/ InsideCorner sports page and blog analyzes Dallas sports teams including the Texas Rangers, Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Mavericks, and Dallas Stars with original reporting, statistical analysis. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:02:57 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tom B http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/2009/09/15/texas-rangers-forecast-increasing-cloudiness-following-second-consecutive-scoring-drought/comment-page-1/#comment-57229 Tom B Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:41:39 +0000 http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/?p=16172#comment-57229 Everybody loses games this time of the year. To some the losses are more important than to others. How the Rangers decide to respond makes all the difference. All season long they have responded but there are more shortages now than ever. By the end of the weekend we will know if this season has anymore games of interest for Rangers Fans. Everybody loses games this time of the year. To some the losses are more important than to others. How the Rangers decide to respond makes all the difference. All season long they have responded but there are more shortages now than ever. By the end of the weekend we will know if this season has anymore games of interest for Rangers Fans.

]]> By: Dr. Jerry Graham http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/2009/09/15/texas-rangers-forecast-increasing-cloudiness-following-second-consecutive-scoring-drought/comment-page-1/#comment-57208 Dr. Jerry Graham Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:36:43 +0000 http://insidecorner.dmagazine.com/?p=16172#comment-57208 This is a young tired team getting its first taste of pennant stretch baseball. Lots of learning going on in unchartered waters---which only bodes well for the future. The state of the team the last few games is what it is and has been commented on quite a bit. However, the umpiring , not just last night, but the last few games has been terrible. Does major league baseball assign their best crews to the games involving division races? It doesn't seem like it. That is not the reason for the results, but the poor umpiring does contribute to the ebb and flow of the game. And it is not just the blown calls as it seems to me any way, that the strike zone has been terribly inconsistent of late as well. It would be ideal if the umpiring crews were assigned to these season ending games based on their rankings just like the teams involved. I have great respect for the umpiring profession but it seems like at this time of the year some of these guys are mailing it in. This is a young tired team getting its first taste of pennant stretch baseball. Lots of learning going on in unchartered waters—which only bodes well for the future. The state of the team the last few games is what it is and has been commented on quite a bit.

However, the umpiring , not just last night, but the last few games has been terrible. Does major league baseball assign their best crews to the games involving division races? It doesn’t seem like it. That is not the reason for the results, but the poor umpiring does contribute to the ebb and flow of the game. And it is not just the blown calls as it seems to me any way, that the strike zone has been terribly inconsistent of late as well. It would be ideal if the umpiring crews were assigned to these season ending games based on their rankings just like the teams involved. I have great respect for the umpiring profession but it seems like at this time of the year some of these guys are mailing it in.

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