CHICAGO — The Rangers officially welcomed Bruce Bochy to his mission Saturday. For the six months since they started recruiting him to turn the franchise around, they’ve focused on everything that could go right.
On a crisp afternoon at Wrigley Field, they unintentionally revealed most of the franchise’s history. Namely: How everything can go wrong.
In a 10-3 loss to the Chicago Cubs, the Rangers made five errors. They could have been charged with at least six. They committed a balk. They allowed two stolen bases. In total, they approached 10 free bases allowed. Put it another way: In 13 years of managing the San Francisco Giants on the way to three World Series wins, Bochy’s teams had exactly one nine-inning, five-error game. In eight games with the Rangers, he’s equaled that.
