...but it wasn't baseball.  Baseball is a *competitive* sport in which two *baseball teams* take it in turns to pitch, hit, catch and throw.  Whichever team does it a little bit better wins.

Texas' AAA, AA, A and Low A affiliates *all* could have put in a better showing than the Rangers did this week.

You remember I mentioned after the first Tampa game that several of the players looked like they were sick, or drunk, or were being directly affected by *some* kind of performance-dehancing condition?  That's what Texas looked like *every* game this week.  They *all* literally looked sick.

If every game was like the first against Oakland, where Sonny Gray really *was* pitching that well (although I still think Texas could have scored a couple of runs), that would be one thing.  But the lackluster performances against Seattle after sweeping Oakland, and then this absolutely pathetic, little-league bullshit of the last two nights...

That was embarrassing, Rangers fans.  *Oakland A's* fans were tweeting about how embarrassed they were that their team was beating a team that was playing so poorly.

I generally don't go along with the idea that a team *owes* it's fans anything other than an attempt at competency and a safe and reasonably enjoyable ballpark experience.

But someone from the Rangers needs to apologize for this mess.  The infield defense is pathetic.  This is something that has been a Texas strength for years.  The team chemistry is non-existent, at least at first glance.  There's no energy.  The offensive problems are well-documented.

This team has some problems.  I just hope they are not as deep as they look right now.

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