Going to one World Series is one thing. Going to two in a row means you are really onto something. Just like losing two in a row means you are missing something.

A Texas Rangers team with the best lineup since the mid 90s has dominated AL pitching for two years straight and definitely is favored to do it for a third. So why the long face Nolan Ryan? You would think after signing Yu Darvish, the Japanese phenom and Rangers ace, that you would be all smiles. But it’s not so much the moves that Texas made or didn’t make that has Ryan in feeling so caddywampus.

It’s more of what their AL West rival in Los Angeles did in the offseason, putting themselves in serious contention to put a whooping on the world by signing Albert Pujols and former Ranger ace C.J. Wilson. Continue reading →