The Texas Rangers have endured 100-loss seasons and decades-long playoff droughts since coming to town in 1972.
There’s been some bad baseball. But there’s only been one game in the franchise’s history on level of what happened Tuesday night.
The Rangers blew a 10-2 lead against the Oakland Athletics. Losing after leading by eight-plus runs had only happened once before — May 16, 2006 when the Rangers blew a nine-run lead at the New York Yankees.
“You can’t lose games when you lead by eight runs,” Shin-Soo Choo said afterward.