I wrote some final thoughts from Surprise. And posted lots of videos for the less-interested-in-reading of ya.

I wrote about the next in line of great high schoolers drafted from DFW. Grady Emerson is good.

Josh Owens is the most interesting player on the Rangers farm. I like his swing quite a bit and he’s fast, and athletic at SS. I also saw him pitch and run his FB to 97. He might be one of the most interesting players in all of MiLB by the end of the year. youtu.be/ox7FRZH0iCs?...

Hi Bluesky. I posted 40ish videos from Spring Training to my YouTube channel. Here’s one. Seong-Jun Kim taking the first pitch he sees to the dome. He was fine and pitched the second half of the inning, because that’s what he does.

My Rangers org repository now has a bunch of Spring Training info for pitchers: last outing summary, general notes, a host of basic and Statcast data (strike rates, chase rates, contact rates and quality, pitch velos). See "26pitchers" tab in rangers.scottlucas.com/tr/org.htm. Will do hitters next.

Scenes from last night's homeless count, in the drainage canals beneath Harry Hines and behind a NW Dallas convenience store. We met a lot of people; here are some of their stories. Most were determined to stay in their tents despite the approaching ice storm. www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...

When I set out to write about Charlie Brown a few weeks ago, I thought it would be a feel-good column about the man Garrett Boone hired to clean the storm-drain tunnels in which Charlie lived for years. In the days since, I've learned enough to know I know nothing www.dallasnews.com/opinion/comm...

Raising Arizona 2025 -- @tepidp.bsky.social checks in from Surprise www.lonestarball.com/2025/3/19/24...

William Eggleston, Plains, Georgia 1976. www.theparisreview.org/blog/2020/11...

The pitch clock is the best thing to happen to baseball this century. Prior to that, the best thing was the greatness that was Mark Buehrle. youtu.be/KyY3JVipMU4?...

If you don’t think the coolest player in MLB history deserves a place in the Hall, please kindly return to your college football reddit forum. They miss you.

LSB Offseason Community Prospect Rankings -- #1 www.lonestarball.com/2024/12/2/24...

Just jumping into the pretty pool here at Bluesky to remind y’all that Wyatt Langford is super good and has a skill set that tends to age very well. And Kumar Rocker is also very good, and his injury history will always be a bit terrifying.

Tuned in to the SMU game just in time to hear Sam Acho complimenting Kevin Jennings. “From South Oak Cliff High School, not too far from where I grew up.” Acho went to St Mark’s.

Wait. Videos are restricted to 60 seconds over here? That might only be 2 or 3 Alejandro Rosario splitters. Is there some dorky tech billionaire I can throw a few ducats for longer clip privileges?