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Fearless Forecast - NL Central
We continue with the Putley picks for the National League Central. This division is extremely difficult to predict. I honestly feel like...
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Apr 143 min read
Fearless Forecast - NL East
As promised it’s time to reveal Putley’s Picks. These are the predictions that I decided on at the start of the season, and I am...
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Apr 143 min read
Sleepless In Seattle
Sleepless in Seattle was a pretty good movie. Winless in Seattle is a nightmare. The Rangers just finished a three day trip to The...
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Apr 131 min read
More Fungos
Watch for my baseball predictions over the next few days. I’ll discuss each division and reveal what my crystal ball is showing. In the...
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Apr 112 min read
Seven Day Snapshot of the Rangers
Seven games in seven days to start the Ranger season. If I wanted to resort to an easy pun I could say that seven days makes one weak,...
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Apr 32 min read
Mad About March
I know it’s April, but they’re still calling the NCAA Basketball Championship Tournaments March Madness. As we prepare for the men’s...
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Apr 12 min read
Fungos
A fungo bat is used by a coach to hit balls for fielding practice. Old Coot has hit thousands of fungos over the years. In these posts a...
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Apr 12 min read
Opening Day!
Those are glorious words. To the baseball fan it is a Happy New Year, a time to start anew. Every team is tied for first, and visions of...
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Mar 292 min read
Spring Training Day 4
Our fourth day featured a visit to Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. It was my first visit to this facility, and it jumped to the top...
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Mar 242 min read
Spring Training Day 3
We were back in Surprise Stadium for day 3 to watch the Rangers take on the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds have an exciting young team, with a...
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Mar 232 min read
Spring Training Day 2
I love a flyover after the National Anthem at a baseball game. It gives me goosebumps every time. At Surprise Stadium, the spring...
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Mar 232 min read
Spring Training Day 1
A lengthy delay due to a wreck involving two 18 wheelers turned a 10 hour trip into a 14 hour adventure. Traffic was backed up for miles....
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Mar 122 min read
Boomer Challenge Winners Announced
After sorting through all the entries submitted in the Boomer Challenge, we are proud to announce the 2025 contest winners. Bronze - Ken...
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Mar 111 min read
The Boomer Challenge
I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s posting which highlighted some of the best nicknames delivered by the great Chris Berman. Today I want to...
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Feb 241 min read
Boomer And Yoshinobu
I was listening to a discussion on the baseball channel of my XM radio and they were talking about the upcoming start of the baseball ...
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Feb 231 min read
Gone But Not Forgotten - Part 111
This is the final edition of a series discussing sports figures who passed away in 2024. Part one covered Texas Rangers; Part two, other...
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Feb 173 min read
Gone But Not Forgotten - Baseball Edition
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Texas Rangers players who passed away in 2024. Today I would like to share memories of some other...
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Feb 162 min read
At Last
Cue Etta James! As the music plays, smile and sing. “At Last - baseball has come along. My boring days are over and life is like a song”...
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Feb 121 min read
Let’s Make A Deal
That’s what Rob Pelinka told Niko Harrison a few days ago. Unfortunately, the deal was done. After last night’s Los Angeles debut for...
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Feb 111 min read
Sadly, I Was Right
In my Sunday post, I correctly predicted that the Eagles would win the Super Bowl. It’s not what I wanted to happen; I just believed...
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Feb 112 min read
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