John Blake

@RangerBlake · Arlington, TX · joined 10 Jul 2009

John Blake is Sr. Advisor and Historian for the Texas Rangers. He has been associated with Major League Baseball since 1979.

39 485Followers

471Following

11 291Posts total

9.5KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

John Blake@RangerBlake18 Sep

This week’s SportsDay Rangers podcast is LIVE. We return to the DMN studio with Rangers Hall of Famer Ruben Sierra as our guest. @Evan_P_Grant and I talk with Ruben about Roberto Clemente’s legacy, and Sierra’s MLB debut at 20 in 1986. Also the playoff chase is down to 9 games! 1.4K views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

John Blake@RangerBlake11 Sep

This week’s SportsDay Rangers podcast features former 1B-DH Prince Fielder, the club’s Player of the Year in 2015. @Evan_P_Grant and I also remember Sept. 11, 2001 when we were both in San Francisco with the team. The memories are very strong 25 years later. Please give a listen. 1.5K views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

John Blake@RangerBlake4 Sep

This week’s SportsDay Rangers podcast is live with special guest Skip Schumaker. The Rangers manager discusses the 2026 season, past and present with @Evan_P_Grant and me. Also, we look at the Rangers in the playoff race through the years. Please give a listen! 1.4K views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

John Blake@RangerBlake28 Aug

This week’s episode of the SportsDay Rangers podcast features Andrew Heaney, who pitched for Texas in 2023-24 and retired after 2025. @Evan_P_Grant and I discuss 2023 stretch run and postseason with the lefty, who tied an AL record that year with 9 straight K’s. Hope you enjoy! 1.8K views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

John Blake@RangerBlake22 Aug

@RangerBlake Was at that game with dad and brother in RF under the porch. Toilet paper rolls being thrown and celebration! We lost that game but we didn’t care! 50 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

John Blake@RangerBlake22 Aug

You may remember that Texas clinched that 1996 Division title while playing the Angels on Sept. 27. Teams were in extra innings when SEA lost to OAK at 11:53 pm and the franchise’s 35-year playoff drought was over! The Hunt for Red October. 3.5K views · 84 likes · 8 reposts · 2 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

6 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views1 416this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %3.58%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.25%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	1 416	924	1.53×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	3.58%	3.62%	0.99×
Engagement rate	0.25%	1.52%	0.16×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

3.5K22 Aug

1.8K28 Aug

1.4K4 Sep

1.5K11 Sep

1.4K18 Sep

Last 6 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

2.67%22 Aug

0.00%

0.29%28 Aug

0.22%4 Sep

0.27%11 Sep

0.07%18 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes88.9%96 in total

Reposts8.3%9 in total

Replies1.9%2 in total

Bookmarks0.9%1 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.