The Ranger Zone

The AL West is a mess-t. Down the home stretch, and for most of the season, the Rangers, Astros and Mariners look as graceful as ostriches in a three-legged race. In this episode, we search for clues to tell us who might accidentally stumble across the finish line with the AL West title. Is it home/road splits? One-run games? Extra-innings games? Remaining schedules? One thing’s for certain: the buffoonery is not over yet.   SHOW NOTES: Pokemon Bats ⚾ https://bit.ly/4xy3U5Z    LINKS: Spotify ⚾ https://bit.ly/41njqFi  Apple Podcasts ⚾ https://apple.co/4gmfoRW  YouTube ⚾ https://bit.ly/3BmuqIv  Amazon Music ⚾ https://amzn.to/4g6KUno  Podbean ⚾ https://therangerzone.podbean.com/ Instagram ⚾ https://instagram.com/rangerzonepod  Twitter ⚾ https://x.com/rangerzonepod/    MUSIC: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/disco-food  License code: RHYDCNMMW2OFWNQH https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/the-headlines License code: 4U6UOJEFYSDZHLEZ

Someone left the booth unlocked again. And when the cat’s away, the mice call baseball games. Welcome to the fifth installment of Amateur Broadcast Theater. This was the June 7th rubber match against the Cleveland Guardians. This one went exceptionally better than the last time we called one against the Guardians, and we got to channel our inner Vin Scully, Eric Nadel, and Harry Caray while trying out several home run calls. Enjoy the shellacking; we did.   LINKS: Spotify ⚾ https://bit.ly/41njqFi  Apple Podcasts ⚾ https://apple.co/4gmfoRW  YouTube ⚾ https://bit.ly/3BmuqIv  Amazon Music ⚾ https://amzn.to/4g6KUno  Podbean ⚾ https://therangerzone.podbean.com/ Instagram ⚾ https://instagram.com/rangerzonepod  Twitter ⚾ https://x.com/rangerzonepod/    MUSIC: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/disco-food  License code: RHYDCNMMW2OFWNQH https://uppbeat.io/t/vince-mcgill/buffalo-girls  License code: R1KLSV2JNVSWGKG5 https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/bring-the-energy  License code: FZ7MBWD0HXC7VTZ5 https://uppbeat.io/t/stan-town/bust-a-move  License code: XR4W1R4KV4BGGXOI https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/are-u-ready  License code: FFOGPBCSPLGTPAUL https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/ranger-funk-patrol  License code: HD00NVQUEIT3L6XL

The Rangers are still holding the middle down in an eternal dance with .500, but there’s naive hope on the horizon. In this episode, we take a stab at the back half of 162 and call our shots across the league. Robbie thinks Yordan Alvarez has a serious case to take the Triple Crown, Tony sees the Big Dumper taking the rest of the M’s to the trash heap and missing the postseason, and Chris thinks the Rangers make Joc an $18.5 man again in 2027.   LINKS: Spotify ⚾ https://bit.ly/41njqFi  Apple Podcasts ⚾ https://apple.co/4gmfoRW  YouTube ⚾ https://bit.ly/3BmuqIv  Amazon Music ⚾ https://amzn.to/4g6KUno  Podbean ⚾ https://therangerzone.podbean.com/ Instagram ⚾ https://instagram.com/rangerzonepod  Twitter ⚾ https://x.com/rangerzonepod/    MUSIC: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/disco-food  License code: RHYDCNMMW2OFWNQH https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/the-headlines License code: 4U6UOJEFYSDZHLEZ

If we have to blow it up, this is how we’d do it. In this episode, we imagine the worst and envision a scenario where the Rangers burn everything to the ground to build anew. Robbie targets promising prospects and veteran gap fillers, Chris eyeballs catchers of the future, and Tony reminds us why Jacob deGrom is valuable to all 30 teams.   LINKS: Spotify ⚾ https://bit.ly/41njqFi  Apple Podcasts ⚾ https://apple.co/4gmfoRW  YouTube ⚾ https://bit.ly/3BmuqIv  Amazon Music ⚾ https://amzn.to/4g6KUno  Podbean ⚾ https://therangerzone.podbean.com/ Instagram ⚾ https://instagram.com/rangerzonepod  Twitter ⚾ https://x.com/rangerzonepod/    MUSIC: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/disco-food  License code: RHYDCNMMW2OFWNQH https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/the-headlines  License code: 4U6UOJEFYSDZHLEZ https://uppbeat.io/t/abbynoise/break  License code: DG7OR9NDFZGOT3KA

The voting sham that is the MLB All-Star game is nearly complete, and despite what all of Canada thinks, we believe no Blue Jays (except Ernie Clement) should even sniff the ballot. In this episode, we put together our All-Star rosters and make a case for two Texas Rangers position players to join the prolific squad in Philadelphia this season, and vow to start rioting if Jacob Latz isn’t an All-Star.   LINKS: Spotify ⚾ https://bit.ly/41njqFi  Apple Podcasts ⚾ https://apple.co/4gmfoRW  YouTube ⚾ https://bit.ly/3BmuqIv  Amazon Music ⚾ https://amzn.to/4g6KUno  Podbean ⚾ https://therangerzone.podbean.com/ Instagram ⚾ https://instagram.com/rangerzonepod  Twitter ⚾ https://x.com/rangerzonepod/    MUSIC: Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/all-good-folks/disco-food  License code: RHYDCNMMW2OFWNQH https://uppbeat.io/t/richard-bodgers/the-headlines License code: 4U6UOJEFYSDZHLEZ