Broken record

The Blanco

I hate to harp on this again but the Texas Rangers have a real problem.

Hitting.

It's not something that's coming and going. There aren't real spurts. It's five games of lackluster offensive play, zero patience and no great at-bats.

Over the past 18 innings:

1
Walk. Recorded by Josh Hamilton.

10
Total hits. 10 hits. 18 innings.

2
Total runs. In 18 innings.

2
Extra-base hits. One by Mr. Kick In The Nuts, Jorge Cantu, and the other by Hamilton, who is blameless in all of this.

It doesn't matter what Rich Harden or Colby Lewis did. None of that mattered. They simple would have had to pitche complete game shutouts to even have their team in it.

There are a few suspects in this crime:

Jorge Cantu
Of all the trade deadline pick-ups, outside of Cliff Lee, Cantu was the most intriguing. Since, he's hit .211 with just two extra-base hits. Considering his ability, Cantu's been the biggest disappointment. To put it bluntly, he's a disaster.

Mike Young
No one gets a pass in Dallas-Fort Worth sports quite like Mike Young. DeMarcus Ware probably would. Mike Modano did, but Mike Modano had a Stanley Cup etched with his name. Cliff Lee, Tony Romo, Dirk Nowitzki or anyone else do not get passes quite like Young. He's hitting just .285. Don't even mention his average with runners in scoring position. To boot, he's playing an awful third base this season. The season will end in several weeks and he'll have his 25 home runs and 35 doubles, but that will not tell the story.

The good news is that Nellie Cruz is back tonight. And I assume Ian Kinsler is back this weekend considering he looked extremely disinterested Saturday night in Frisco.