Texas Rangers – The Other Side Dallas

March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

Eric Nadel Misses Opener

Eric Nadel misses opener for the Texas Rangers next week per a new statement from the Rangers Ballclub and Nadel.

Nadel who has been involved in mental health advocacy for years stated he was dealing with anxiety, insomnia, and depression.

Nadel labels himself a “mental health activist and advocate for the homeless” in his Twitter bio. He hosts benefit concerts regularly for non-profit organizations as Focus on Teens and Café Momentum, which aim to provide for at-risk and homeless youth.

Nadel is also a longtime supporter of The National Alliance on Mental Illness and The Campaign to Change Direction.

Nadel is often seen in the community at everything from fall high school baseball games to other benefits.

There is no word on when he will return. Matt Hicks and Jared Sandler will handle radio duties until his return.

Statement: Eric Nadel Misses Opener

Other Side Dallas wishes Nadel the best and looks forward to hearing the Ford Frick Award winner later this season.

August 3, 2021August 3, 2021

Trump Lost Says Texas Rangers

Trump lost the election says the Texas Rangers Baseball Club.

Or at least they said you can not unfurl a banner saying Trump won the election.

The same people who attended June’s QAnon Rally in Dallas apparently think it is appropriate to advertise Trump’s “win” at Globe Life Field.

Video shows a man identified as conspiracy theorist Owen Shroyer demanding his banner back after the security personnel removed it. Shroyer has previously been removed from Congressional hearings for outbursts.

It is unclear if this was intended as entertainment or actual political posturing.

John Blake of the Rangers has not returned an email seeking comment on whether or not Mr. Shroyer will be banned from future Rangers or Major League Baseball games as others have been for similar stunts.

Dion Cini, unfurled a similar banner previously, resulting in a strongly worded letter from MLB.

In Cini’s case, MLB said, “this activity is prohibited at each of these stadiums, and your fan code of conduct violations resulted in your ejection from each of them. A review of your public statements indicates that you intend to continue this behavior at other Major League Baseball stadiums, and that you are encouraging others to conduct themselves likewise,” per a letter circulating on social media.

Trump Lost Dallas

Dallas County Elections reported a 66% turnout. That equaled 924,000 ballots cast.

Biden won the majority of the vote by a margin of almost two to one. Sixty-five percent of voters supported President Joe Biden over President Donald Trump.

Dallas County reported 1,400,730 registered voters.

July 13, 2021March 22, 2022

Texas Rangers RBI For Underserved Or Prep Select?

Is the Texas Rangers RBI program for the underserved or just another prep select program is a question some are asking.

This weekend during All Star play at the West Dallas complex one team mate seemed to have a leg up as his mother is the Vice President for the Texas Rangers Foundation and a local select baseball player.

The Returning Baseball to Inner (RBI) Cities program is supposed to help increase minority participation in baseball, but it appears it is being used to defray costs for wealthy families connected to the team.

Jackson Morris is playing for the Texas Cannons baseball club in addition to his time with the Texas Rangers RBI program which provides him free equipment.

It is unclear if this counts against IRS rules for public charities to provide personal benefits, but neither the Texas Rangers nor the Texas Rangers Foundation would return phone calls requesting comment about the program.

Texas Rangers RBI Program

The program itself has not had much success getting out of the RBI playoffs and some blame the program’s director Juan Garciga for building a group of coaches who can neither teach well or push their players beyond natural talent.

The program was also hit recently by allegations one of their coaches was being investigated for masturbating to a young girl.

July 9, 2021March 22, 2022

Rangers Coach Caught With Pants Down

Local officers recently chased a male suspect away fron a preteen girl who appears to be a Rangers coach caught with his pants down and masturbating per police insider.

The youth coach with the MLB RBI program was not at the West Dallas sports complex, but the insider tells Other Side Dallas he was viewing an underage girl approximately seven or eight years old in the vicinity of local security officers who broke a surveillance operation to warn him away from the area.

Edward Taylor Rangers Coach Caught Masturbating Per Report To Rangers

Major League Baseball and Texas Rangers officials were notified earlier this week. As of Thursday they had not responded for comment. The coach, alleged to be Edward Taylor, was identified when he was named in a press release and a neighbor called in the tip.

Rangers Coach Caught With Pants Down – Not The First Incident

The Texas Rangers are hosting a regional Major League Baseball RBI (Reviving Baseball in Inner cities) tournament this weekend, but the allegation against one of their coaches is not the first problem this year at the complex.

Earlier this year a head coach was ejected after refusing to leave the field and umpires had to leave the field due to violent behavior by coaches at the Mercy Street Complex.

There areat least two other incidents where coaches threatened one another or acted dangerously during the RBI season.

Issues have been ongoing for years according to one softball coach who refused to be named.

She states every year the Rangers program director, Juan Leonel Gárciga, has to bring up the topic of on field violence, but he never handles it until after an incident and he almost always rewards coaches friendly to him.

In a previous year an umpire on the field told a high school student to “shut the fuck up” per a source employed by the Rangers so behavior control goes beyond coaching and staff, but is more widespread.