I never thought I'd ever say this, but I believe that the
Texas Rangers going to back to back World Series might be a bad thing for the organization. Don't get me wrong I loved every minute of those years. Well maybe not the Nelson Cruz miss in Game 6 in 2011, but you get my drift. I mean it was bad for the team in the kind of fan base that those World Series trips brought in: bandwagon fans. The new Ranger fans that began coming to Rangers games. The new Ranger fans aren't real baseball fans and aren't real Ranger fans. They fell in love with those particular teams as in the players on those teams. They didn't fall in love with the team.
It's no secret that I'm a big
Josh Hamilton fan. I am and I always will be. But just because he's on the
Los Angeles Angels now doesn't mean I want him to continue to play well against us. Last night (6-24-14)
Ian Kinsler made his return to Globe Life Park as a member of the
Detroit Tigers. In his first at bat, he hit a home run to left field. As he was running down to first base, he waved to the Rangers dugout and then commenced to not hide his emotions as he strutted around the bases. If you don't remember his comments, Kinsler blasted the Rangers after the trade saying he hopes the Rangers go 0-162. This guy is the biggest tool I've ever seen. Yet Ranger fans cheered him. Let me correct myself. The fake Ranger fans cheered him. They were cheering their favorite player from a past team. Not only is he the enemy now, but he trashed the team after he was out. Why cheer him for that?
Nelson Cruz came back and the fans cheered him too. Why? Because those were the fake Ranger fans. They care more about individual players than they do the team itself. Cruz was very selfish in 2013 by choosing to accept his 50-game suspension instead of fighting it and keep playing. He chose himself over his team. Yet when he returned as a member of the
Baltimore Orioles people cheered. It doesn't make any sense to me.
The Rangers need more real fans that will cheer this team no matter who is on the team. I can't stand Alex Rodriguez. I've never liked him. But when he was a Texas Ranger, you bet I cheered him on. These bandwagon fans need to stop cheering their favorite player and start cheering for the Rangers. Again do I like Josh Hamilton? Yes I do. I'm a big fan and will always be a big fan. But the Rangers come first. When he comes back with the Angels, then yes I want him to go 0-for-4 with 4 strike outs. The fake Ranger fans need to wake up and become real Ranger fans.
Just on a side note: Ian Kinsler better be thanking the good Lord above that Colby Lewis didn't put the next pitch Kinsler saw in his ear. The taunting of the Rangers deserved to have a fastball hit off his knee or back. He better be thankful Nolan Ryan wasn't pitching because Ryan would have drilled Kinsler.
