The New Logo Patch That the Astros Will Now Be Wearing
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In light of all the devastation that Houston has endured this week, what were the Rangers thinking?
When Hurricane Harvey made this week’s earlier 3-game Astros series at MMP with the Rangers impossible, the club already had landed in Dallas on its way home, thinking logically, that they would be allowed to play the series schedule for Houston in Arlington – and later even things out by moving another 3-gamer scheduled for Arlington to Houston.
“No way,” said the Rangers, reasoning that it would be inconvenient to their fans that already had bought tickets for the series scheduled for Arlington from September 29-31 to use the same ducats for the series played earlier this week.
As a result, the Astros were forced to play three “home games” against the Rangers in far away Tampa, Florida at Tropicana Field. Ranger fans are now assured of no further “inconvenience” to their late September game plans.
Inconvenience, Rangers?
If that were inconvenience, Rangers, what would you say about the 100,000 families in Houston who lost their homes this week? Does that sound mildly inconvenient to you?
Res Ipsa Loquitur.
Shame on you, Texas (Baseball) Rangers!
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AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST STANDINGS
THRU GAMES OF FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
| RANK | AL WEST | W | L | PCT. | GB |
| 1 | ASTROS | 80 | 53 | .602 | |
| 2 | ANGELS | 69 | 66 | .511 | 12.0 |
| 3 | RANGERS | 67 | 67 | .500 | 13.5 |
| 4 | MARINERS | 67 | 68 | .496 | 14.0 |
| 5 | ATHLETICS | 58 | 76 | .433 | 22.5 |
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AMERICAN LEAGUE WEST GAME SCORES
THRU GAMES OF FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
RANGERS 10 – ANGELS 9
MARINERS 3 – ATHLETICS 2
ASTROS (day off, to be with their families and other Harvey-impacted Houston neighbors upon their return from a road trip made tougher by a Rangers club who only made things worse by forcing their storm-cancelled Houston series to be played in Tropicana Field in Tampa, Florida.)
AMERICAN LEAGUE BATTING AVERAGE LEADERS
THRU GAMES OF FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
| RANK | PLAYER | TEAM | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | BA |
| 1 | JOSE ALTUVE | HOU | 504 | 179 | 35 | 4 | 21 | .355 |
| 2 | AVISAIL GARCIA | CWS | 415 | 134 | 22 | 4 | 13 | .323 |
| NR * | CARLOS CORREA | HOU | 325 | 104 | 18 | 1 | 20 | .320 |
| 3 | ERIC HOSMER | KC | 503 | 160 | 24 | 1 | 22 | .318 |
| 4 | JONATHAN SCHOOP | BAL | 515 | 158 | 31 | 0 | 30 | .307 |
| 5 | JOSH REDDICK | HOU | 413 | 125 | 26 | 3 | 12 | .303 |
| 6 | ELVIS ANDRUS | TEX | 536 | 162 | 37 | 4 | 16 | .302 |
| 7 | JOSE RAMERIZ | CLE | 503 | 152 | 44 | 5 | 20 | .302 |
| 8 | JOSE ABREU | CWS | 518 | 156 | 36 | 4 | 26 | .301 |
| 9 | JEAN SEGURA | SEA | 435 | 130 | 24 | 1 | 7 | .299 |
| 10 | MELKY CABRERA | CWS/KC | 518 | 154 | 24 | 2 | 16 | .297 |
| OTHER TOP 40 ASTROS | ||||||||
| 14 | YULIE GURRIEL | HOU | 454 | 133 | 36 | 1 | 15 | .293 |
| 15 | MARWIN GONZALEZ | HOU | 375 | 109 | 23 | 0 | 21 | .291 |
| 16 | GEORGE SPRINGER | HOU | 448 | 130 | 25 | 0 | 29 | .290 |
| 22 | ALEX BREGMAN | HOU | 453 | 130 | 31 | 5 | 16 | .287 |
NR * LOST TIME ON THE DL HAS TEMPORARILY REMOVED CORREA FROM AN OFFICIAL QUALIFYING PLACE IN THE RANKING OF TOP 40 HITTERS.
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Bill McCurdy
Principal Writer, Editor, Publisher
The Pecan Park Eagle
The Pecan Park Eagle 
September 2, 2017 at 6:58 pm |
It’s not just the Rangers. Selfishness is natural among humans. Normally adults are better at hiding it. When there was a real commissioner, two league presidents, and mostly robber baron type paternalistic owners it was a more rough and tumble, but gentlemanly sport.
September 2, 2017 at 7:32 pm |
Memories are long in this business, and this act won’t be forgotten any time soon. The true facts of the matter are that the Rangers are holding out hope of sneaking into the playoffs as a wild card. They are doing anything to get an advantage. Their chances would have been better with Yu Darvish, but so be it. I hope the Astros never forget and pound the Rangers every time they play them.
September 2, 2017 at 7:40 pm |
Agreed. As a Rangers fan, I am very embarrassed about the way they handled this situation. All of us in Dallas have you Houstonians in our thoughts and prayers.
September 2, 2017 at 8:34 pm |
Thank you for that, Michael!
September 3, 2017 at 1:05 am |
I don’t agree with trashing the Rangers. If the shoe was on the other foot and it was Dallas/Fort Worth that was affected by Harvey I would not be dissing the Astros if they had refused to trade scheduled games with the Rangers
I think the mistake was made by MLB. I think the series should have been played at Round Rock, Oklahoma City , or some other nminor league stadium in the Southwest with all ticket proceeds going to the Red Cross.