Jeff Speicher

4 days ago | nolanwritin.com | Jeff Speicher

As the veteran first baseman is due to return, these Rangers could be dropped from the major league roster or waived. In what was considered a mild surprise roster move on May 2, the Texas Rangers decided to send struggling first baseman Jake Burger down to Triple-A Round Rock. At the time, the word from the organization was that it was intended for him to "reset" his approach at the plate as his average was below .200 and his strikeouts were piling up.

5 days ago | collider.com | Jeffrey Speicher |Jeff Speicher

Charles Dance has had an extraordinary career playing fiendishly stuffy English villains. Most of the world knows the character actor as Tywin Lannister from Game of Thrones, but in 1986, he was an unknown Brit who took on Eddie Murphy in what was a bit of an outlier for him in an era where everything he touched turned to gold (no pun intended). Director Michael Ritchie's The Golden Child is an underrated and underseen film (especially considering it was in the middle of his heyday in the 80s).

5 days ago | nolanwritin.com | Jeff Speicher

With his hamstring not fully healed, what should the Rangers do with All-Star shortstop? The Texas Rangers have a Corey Seager problem. As in - what do we do with the two-time World Series MVP who is clearly not 100% due to a irritating hamstring? In the midst of a stretch where the Rangers play 26 games in 27 days, Bruce Bochy kept the slugger out of two straight games this week to give Seager rest as he deals with lingering discomfort from the injury that caused him to miss a week and a half.

5 days ago | nolanwritin.com | Jeff Speicher

The Rangers DH has more value to this team than we thought. It took longer than anyone expected, but Joc Pederson went yard for the first time as a Texas Ranger last night. The long home run was great to see, but it was what happened afterward that has us feeling a lot better about Pederson, the Rangers and the bond that has formed with the off-season acquisition. With one out in the top of the third and Wyatt Langford on base via a walk, it finally happened.

1 week ago | collider.com | Jeffrey Speicher |Jeff Speicher

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Your Friends & Neighbors Episode 5 There were a lot of unforgettable characters in the second season of the mind-bending hit Apple TV+ series Severance. Heck, Ben Stiller and Dan Erickson went out of their way to make sure that all of the characters are weird and extremely eccentric in some way.