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Th_buckykatt_tiny by Adam J. Morris on in News Comment 196 comments

No lineup yet, for whatever reason...Update [2007-5-3 15:13:30 by Adam J. Morris]: -- Up now.

It will be Mike Wood v. Andy Pettitte this afternoon, and with Wood being the long man and pressed into duty, I wouldn't be surprised if Wes Littleton or A.J. Murray or someone like that is on standby to come back to Arlington this evening, in case the Rangers need to make a move between games to get another fresh arm in the pen for tonight.

And desperate times call for desperate measures...it is time for the Rally Sanjaya:

Go Rangers...

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Yeesh
If I were a Ranger and saw that picture, I think I'd be too disturbed to play.

by t ball on May 3, 2007 2:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

quick question
is Chen still in AAA.  If so is there a reason why Wood was chosen over him.
If you don't have fun it's your own damn fault.

by cgolden on May 3, 2007 2:21 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Because...
...Wood is already on the 25 man roster.

by Adam J. Morris on May 3, 2007 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Josh
His coat is too big.  He looks like David Byrne.

by Lucas on May 3, 2007 2:32 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

nice first inning by m. wood....
hmm.
interesting.
looked up his minor league numbers, pretty good.

there may be hope to not go 8 games under yet!

by DSheppard on May 3, 2007 2:38 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Wood
At least he works fast.  This is nice to see.  Very nice start.  1-2-3!

Cy Young, baby!

by Garcia on May 3, 2007 2:39 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

he's not bad
his last start at Oklahoma was pretty good.

by jrokc on May 3, 2007 2:40 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I really hope...
Adam takes the Sanjaya picture down when the game is over.  I don't think I can face that thing for the next couple of days.

by peteincaviglia on May 3, 2007 2:47 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

easy work around
ad block plugin for firefox, and just block the image
"Pimps be damned, it's harder out here for a Rangers fan!" "If you don't throw strikes first, you're last."

by rentz on May 3, 2007 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

sammy
sosa with the walk!
Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 2:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

26 pitches
for pettitte!
Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 2:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Dang
Blalock. Hopefully the ump calls those strikes both ways.
Well Mr. Burns had done it. The power plant had won it. With Roger Clemens clucking all the while.

by WyoRanger on May 3, 2007 2:54 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

kinsler
won't win any gold gloves any time soon
Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 3:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Kinsler's D
Sometimes makes me miss Fonzi.

by peteincaviglia on May 3, 2007 3:02 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

ouch
but it's true sometimes.

wood has thrown 3 more pitches than pettitte in 1 more innings work.  lets hope rangers can keep making pettitte work.

Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 3:05 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He makes up for it
With the doubles he cranks out.

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 3:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mike Wood's picture
Looks like the sterotype picture of every alcoholic abusive father that just lost his job.

"Dinner ready is PIZZA?"

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 3:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

did I dream this
or was there considerable buzz when Wash was hired b/c he was so good at coaching up the Oakland defense, especially the infield.
If you don't have fun it's your own damn fault.

by cgolden on May 3, 2007 3:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I hate that comment.....
and I read it on here a bunch so I'm not just pointing you out.

I just think you don't turn around defense overnight.  Now if we're a crappy team on D next year and the next then you have a point.

by bdavison94 on May 3, 2007 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I wasn't expect miracles
but it actually seems like they have gotten worse this year.  
If you don't have fun it's your own damn fault.

by cgolden on May 3, 2007 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Kinsler double!!!
That's how you (at least for the moment) make up for an error.
Oh, to be a machine.

by barasch10 on May 3, 2007 3:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Move the runner
I will take it victor. Slow and steady, working your way up.

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 3:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Question
There is a woman in the Yankee's radio booth.  Who is she, and does Keith Hernandez know about her?

by a bebop a rebop on May 3, 2007 3:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Haha A-Rod
Anyone know how that was scored?
Oh, to be a machine.

by barasch10 on May 3, 2007 3:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

what happened?
just says fielders choice
buffering....

by SteveP on May 3, 2007 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

fielder's choice
no base hit for cruz.  the at bat counts against him in his batting average...but i think it helps his obp.  not having an out is good regardless.
Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks
I didn't think it was an error, just great baserunning by Ian
Oh, to be a machine.

by barasch10 on May 3, 2007 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thata Baby Laird
The Hate-O-Meter on you is going down.

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 3:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

alright mikey
we got pettitte on the ropes
buffering....

by SteveP on May 3, 2007 3:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Mike...
If you ground into a double play...

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 3:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

way to go
Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You
Are are fucking asshole Mike Young.

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Ha
Just now saw that, I was filled with such rage that I did not notice it. I are are be sorry.

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

come on MY
time to break out of the funk
If you don't have fun it's your own damn fault.

by cgolden on May 3, 2007 3:15 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

wonder who
the yankees are gonna fire after this game.  

after all these years of constant rumors, joe torre always sticks around.  and when he gets the axe, everybody will be shocked.

Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 3:16 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

dammit.
At least it wasn't a GIDP.

by a bebop a rebop on May 3, 2007 3:16 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

grrrrr
well a stroke like that is encouraging at least.
Obama '08

by RangerMoto on May 3, 2007 3:16 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

sigh
cant really blame MY for that, but it still sucks

by DSheppard on May 3, 2007 3:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I take it
he hit the ball well there?

by hightowersmith on May 3, 2007 3:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

47-29
pettitte way ahead on pitch count.  wood though has only thrown 14 strikes.
Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 3:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I don't blame Mike for that
Hitting it towards A-Rod can often be a good thing
Oh, to be a machine.

by barasch10 on May 3, 2007 3:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I do
you have a guy that's walked 3 people, including the guy in front of you and you swing at the first pitch?

by FirebatM3 on May 3, 2007 3:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Come on.
That's dumb.  (I mean, in general, maybe not... but it's not always a bad idea to swing at the first pitch.)

by a bebop a rebop on May 3, 2007 3:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It is
when the guy on the mound is struggling. Not asking him to get in a two strike count, but the guy's wasted 46 pitches in 1.1 innings. Swinging at the first one helps him out.

by FirebatM3 on May 3, 2007 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

if it goes through the hole to knock in two,
you arnt complaining =)

but.. it didnt =(

by DSheppard on May 3, 2007 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Eh
not a big fan of first pitch swinging regardless of circumstance. Especially not for a guy hovering around .200

by FirebatM3 on May 3, 2007 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well
It was a good pitch to hit and Mike hit it well... just unfortunately AT an infielder
Oh, to be a machine.

by barasch10 on May 3, 2007 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

I am tired
of constantly hearing - "Well, he hit it well." It doesn't matter how well he hit it, it was still a stupid thing to do in that situation.

by FirebatM3 on May 3, 2007 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Who's constantly saying it?
Regardless, this is the Ted Williams hitting ideal as I see it.  Swing if you can drive it, lay off if you can't.  I don't see how it matters much where you are if you can drive the ball.  It's the borderline pitches that are the ones you want to see go by.

by a bebop a rebop on May 3, 2007 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Everytime
MY struggles, the "well, he hit it well" comes out. That type of hitting is fine if you're at the bottom of a lineup, but when you create two outs in front of the middle of your lineup, you're not doing a good job.

by FirebatM3 on May 3, 2007 3:32 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Welcome to BABIP
Mike Young career BABIP: .334.

Mike Young 2007 BABIP: .241.

That's coming up.

by a bebop a rebop on May 3, 2007 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Of course
his .334 Career number seems on the high side, and is likely to regress downwards.
"The challenge we face today is not how to win in Iraq; it is how to recover from a strategic mistake: invading Iraq in the first place,"--ret Lt. Gen. Odom

by DJCahill on May 3, 2007 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

why?
it's not unusual for a player to have a "skill set" that keeps their BABIP higher than league average... ie Ichiro

by Brandon Wilson on May 3, 2007 4:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Well
He's actually pretty consistently at that level, because of his line drive tendencies.  BABIP, 2003-2006: .346, .335, .356, .349.

by a bebop a rebop on May 3, 2007 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The good news..
...is that Pettite is almost at 50 pitches, if we can get to the bullpen early in this game it might tax them for the next one.  

I'm just not sure how long Wood can go, but hopefully 5-6, because I sure don't want to count on our over worked bullpen today.

by jgosline on May 3, 2007 3:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

That can't be an error
Oh, to be a machine.

by barasch10 on May 3, 2007 3:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

wood
he's like our ace, right?
"I want him focused on figuring out a way to beat that lefty's ass." - RW

by ab03 on May 3, 2007 3:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Robinson Tejeda
but Wood's a #2 right now.

by FirebatM3 on May 3, 2007 3:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

wood catching up in pitch count
now only down 3...oh wait, he's an inning ahead too.  let's see if the rangers can get at least 12 pitches this inning...
Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 3:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

or
a 7 pitch inning is okay i guess.  
Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

slamming and quick sammy
If you don't have fun it's your own damn fault.

by cgolden on May 3, 2007 3:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I think
Adam needs to write a letter of apology to Sammy Sosa's mother.

by peteincaviglia on May 3, 2007 3:36 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

scott lucas
mike wood has a message for you.
"I want him focused on figuring out a way to beat that lefty's ass." - RW

by ab03 on May 3, 2007 3:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

never mind
wrong number
"I want him focused on figuring out a way to beat that lefty's ass." - RW

by ab03 on May 3, 2007 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yeah, yeah
He looked like an ordinary AAA pitcher when I saw him against Round Rock.  Happy to be wrong.  Too bad about the defense behind him.

by Lucas on May 3, 2007 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

was that as bad as they made it sound on radio
laser shot
If you don't have fun it's your own damn fault.

by cgolden on May 3, 2007 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It was a shot
in the air for about three seconds...

by Garcia on May 3, 2007 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

diaz
this experiment really isn't working very well
"I want him focused on figuring out a way to beat that lefty's ass." - RW

by ab03 on May 3, 2007 3:49 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

I know!
Move him out of the 7th spot and back up to cleanup!

by peteincaviglia on May 3, 2007 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

The Rangers
are the cooler right now.

by FirebatM3 on May 3, 2007 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Nelson Cruz
If he were a movie, he would be rated NC-17.
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin

by txranger7 on May 3, 2007 3:50 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

And Laird
Would be Porky's Part IX

by peteincaviglia on May 3, 2007 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Good News from KC
The Angels just lost to the Royals 5-2.  

We're now 4 1/2 games out of first place (assuming the standings have been updated)!

It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin

by txranger7 on May 3, 2007 3:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

OT: isn't this our 7th different starter so far
If you don't have fun it's your own damn fault.

by cgolden on May 3, 2007 3:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Why
On Gpod's green earth would Hairston call of Cruz on that play with a fast runner on third?

Stupidity, sheer absolute stupidity.  Hopeless.

Time does funny things. The worst of which is, it keeps moving when you don't.

by Ed Coffin on May 3, 2007 3:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

cruz isnt in right
its diaz.

i have no idea what diaz's arm is like tohugh, i imagine better than JHJ

by DSheppard on May 3, 2007 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Thanks Drew
I'm away, too far for KRLD to come in clear. My mistake.
Time does funny things. The worst of which is, it keeps moving when you don't.

by Ed Coffin on May 3, 2007 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

JHJ
Did not look good on that slide/slap/shortarm play on the ball in the gap

by mattrpav on May 3, 2007 3:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

good news
our 1-2-3 hitters are up.
Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 4:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sosa, whoever and Kinsler is better news
If you don't have fun it's your own damn fault.

by cgolden on May 3, 2007 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

It must suck for the Ranger pitchers,
as mediocre as they are, they almost need to throw a shutout or close to it for the Ranger offense to give them a chance for a win.

by Ranger914 on May 3, 2007 4:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

pitchers
And that the Rangers have the worst defense in baseball.

by doolindalton on May 3, 2007 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

yea it's gotta be tough for pitchers
 to "pound the strikezone" like Wash wants them to when one of the leagues worst defenses in behind you.
If you don't have fun it's your own damn fault.

by cgolden on May 3, 2007 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mike Young
I'm just not a fan.

by Garcia on May 3, 2007 4:05 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

#596 would sure be nice right now
If you don't have fun it's your own damn fault.

by cgolden on May 3, 2007 4:06 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Okay
Get that Sanjay guy off of the page, please.

Just looking at him pisses me off.

"You busted up that crack house pretty bad, McGarnagle. Did you really have to break so much furniture?"

by thedirkatron on May 3, 2007 4:07 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

who's got sosa fever?
i got sosa fever.
Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 4:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sosa
is not that awful.  That just blows my mind.

by Garcia on May 3, 2007 4:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

blalock
has been a rally killer this season.

so has young and laird though too...c'mon hank!

Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 4:09 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Everytime we hit the ball hard
it is right at someone.  Amazing stuff.

by Garcia on May 3, 2007 4:10 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

1 more inning
for pettitte and wood
Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 4:11 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Sosa
he's on pace for a 42 HRs and 126 RBI.

by jshcmp on May 3, 2007 4:13 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

would like that
but don't count on it lol.

tex is on pace for 12, but i have to believe he'll hit at least 21

Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Teix
His HR total over/under should be set at 14.

I take the under.  

Teix is like the new Kevin Mench

by jshcmp on May 3, 2007 4:18 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Safari
So Goodi for woodi
Sixty years ago, one man made a huge leap forward, not just for baseball, but for racial equality and civil rights.

by UK Ranger on May 3, 2007 4:16 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

hell
let wood pitch 1 more inning?  or call it a day at 92 pitches?  i say let him pitch 1 more.
Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 4:17 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

go 1 more
save the pen for game 2

by jrokc on May 3, 2007 4:18 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

guessing
lofton, stewart and kata play in next game (is kata sill on the major roster?)

hairston, laird and blalock get rest?

is that about right?

Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 4:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

maybe
they DFA the whole team and have the rough riders play the night cap

by jshcmp on May 3, 2007 4:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

doubt it
If they were going to sit Blalock, they would have done it against the lefty.

Blalock will probably play both games.

by Adam J. Morris on May 3, 2007 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

What the hell
Thanks for letting wood come out there in a 1 run game just to walk someone, awesome.

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 4:27 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

look
at it this way.  he saved a walk that the bullpen was going to give up anyway.

by jshcmp on May 3, 2007 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Mike Wood
I'm pleasently suprised.

by cmkelly29 on May 3, 2007 4:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

definitelly
I don't know how we could have expected more from the guy.  

Good job Woody

If you don't have fun it's your own damn fault.

by cgolden on May 3, 2007 4:39 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

wood
wow.  who knew
"I want him focused on figuring out a way to beat that lefty's ass." - RW

by ab03 on May 3, 2007 4:28 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Wood
with one of the top 5 outings of the year?  I don't know whether to applaud or cry...

by Garcia on May 3, 2007 4:29 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

what hurts so bad
is that even though wood had a solid game against a good lineup, he's not going to be good.  at least i hope so, but this is probably just a tease.  he'll end up with outing like padilla and mccarthy and it'll be so cruel.  
Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 4:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

If
Fairness he had very good command.  Look at the cluster of pitches per AB.  He's worth another look after this afternoon.
Sixty years ago, one man made a huge leap forward, not just for baseball, but for racial equality and civil rights.

by UK Ranger on May 3, 2007 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

BGL
very Mitch Williams-esq.  

by Garcia on May 3, 2007 4:31 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

that's not to say..
that I don't like him.  He's probably one of my top 3 favorite Rangers.

by Garcia on May 3, 2007 4:33 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

He
Looked confident, consistent and composed. Crumbs lets celebrate the fact that a pitcher can crush the zone. Crush the outside of the zone that is.  

Well done Mr Wood.

Sixty years ago, one man made a huge leap forward, not just for baseball, but for racial equality and civil rights.

by UK Ranger on May 3, 2007 4:33 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

CJ is absolutely
dominant vs. lefties.

Oh yeah, Dana Larson is hot.

by Garcia on May 3, 2007 4:35 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

NOOOOOOOOOO
i seriously had written a post calling a JHJ homerun as a joke.

i should have hit "post" ><

nice one.

by DSheppard on May 3, 2007 4:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hairston
HGH!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love it!

by Garcia on May 3, 2007 4:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

YES!
I like our chances now!

by bdavison94 on May 3, 2007 4:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Jerrrry Jerrrrry
Jerrrrry Jerrrry.

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 4:42 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Now would be a good time......
for your name to come through.

by bdavison94 on May 3, 2007 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Almost
Have Faith.

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 4:45 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Im in the same boat as you
It showed it as over the wall, so I assumed it was a ground rule double.

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Not at all
Line drive down the line.  Bounced a long way from even the warning track.

by Adam J. Morris on May 3, 2007 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

mike young
Swings first pitch again.  Awful.

by Garcia on May 3, 2007 4:43 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Banananna
My names mike young... Bannananana... I swing at first pitches. Bananna..I got 80 million dollars...banannaana...and a .200 average.

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 4:43 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

let's go Sooser!
knock Tex in and lets get this game.

by Garcia on May 3, 2007 4:45 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Let's go Sosa....
CLAP, CLAP, CLAPCLAPCLAP

by bdavison94 on May 3, 2007 4:46 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

MY
I thought it would take longer than a month into the season for me to hate MY's contract.

by peteincaviglia on May 3, 2007 4:48 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Great
Josh with the reverse-jinx of Benoit.

by Adam J. Morris on May 3, 2007 4:49 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Teix
love that defense

by jshcmp on May 3, 2007 4:52 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

suckage must be contagious
If you don't have fun it's your own damn fault.

by cgolden on May 3, 2007 4:53 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

catch the damn ball.
jeez.  worst defensive team ever.

by Garcia on May 3, 2007 4:53 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Benoit?
Or BenASTY!

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 4:54 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Please, please, please
get out of this inning...

by Garcia on May 3, 2007 4:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

gameday
clocks the intentional balls from benoit at 54 MPH

by jshcmp on May 3, 2007 4:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hmmm...
Pitching to get to matsui.... I guess he is a less violent hitter than Giambi.

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 4:57 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

they
lucked out on that poor running by giambi and matsui

by jshcmp on May 3, 2007 4:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

thank you Yankees
for your piss-poor base-running...
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.

by WhipSmart on May 3, 2007 4:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

no mahay?
buffering....

by SteveP on May 3, 2007 4:59 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Lucked out?
We just lost the fucking game.

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 5:00 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

but
now we will just lose by one instead of 5 or 6

by jshcmp on May 3, 2007 5:02 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Game 2
Does game 2 start at 7:05 regardless of when Game 1 is over (assuming it's over by then?)

I'm going to try and make it out there.

It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin

by txranger7 on May 3, 2007 5:03 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Yes
due to the TV Schedule

by jshcmp on May 3, 2007 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

sigh
cruz-laird-JHJ in the 9th

im so excited.

but WAIT! a heroic pinch hit attempt by wilkerson.  do i sense a titanic 500 ft homerun? i think so.

well, a single.  but now at least the amazing MY will get to bat in this game.

by DSheppard on May 3, 2007 5:04 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

MY....
he of the Mendoza line.  Color me unexcited.  Maybe we can pinch hit Kata for him.  I hate being so down on this team.

by bdavison94 on May 3, 2007 5:07 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Cruz struck out to end the 8th
It's Laird, JHJ, and Young for the 9th.
Signature! I don't need no stinking signature!!

by DerekSTheRed on May 3, 2007 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

and Wilkerson already Pinch Hit for Diaz
Got a single and a stolen base too.
Signature! I don't need no stinking signature!!

by DerekSTheRed on May 3, 2007 5:20 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Who pitch hits for Laird??
If you don't have fun it's your own damn fault.

by cgolden on May 3, 2007 5:12 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

COME ON!
We can get to this guy.  We can!  I believe.

(trying something different)

by bdavison94 on May 3, 2007 5:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

they should have pitch hit for Laird
if he gets on they're going to bring in a pitch runner anyways.  At least put someone in there who could beat out a ground ball
If you don't have fun it's your own damn fault.

by cgolden on May 3, 2007 5:20 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

What?
What's a pitch hit?
Good Call!!!

12-7

by mdickson on May 3, 2007 5:30 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

sigh
7 under.  may 3rd.

by DSheppard on May 3, 2007 5:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

young!
with the game tying home run!
Al Gore 2008 http://www.myspace.com/igotsculture

by gossamer on May 3, 2007 5:22 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Of course not
Michael Young is a steaming pile of crap this year.
"The challenge we face today is not how to win in Iraq; it is how to recover from a strategic mistake: invading Iraq in the first place,"--ret Lt. Gen. Odom

by DJCahill on May 3, 2007 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

My bad.....
I don't know what I was thinking.  Won't happen again.

by bdavison94 on May 3, 2007 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

does it seem like MY is swinging at every first
pitch, maybe that's his plan to get back on track.
If you don't have fun it's your own damn fault.

by cgolden on May 3, 2007 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

You.....
just made the list! :)

by bdavison94 on May 3, 2007 5:24 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

young!
batting under 200!

by DSheppard on May 3, 2007 5:23 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

This team sucks
"Everyone in the world thinks they know everyhing" - DStar

by Mike Simonek on May 3, 2007 5:24 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Well, that sucks.
You're just a very misguided individual, Dustin. -- Sharky

by Dustin on May 3, 2007 5:24 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

WOW
sounded more like a Yankees home game
If you don't have fun it's your own damn fault.

by cgolden on May 3, 2007 5:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Eat a dick
Mike Young.

You should give back the first year of that contract you signed asshole.

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 5:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Eat a dick
Mike Young.

You should give back the first year of that contract you signed asshole.

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 5:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Twice
On purpose.

by TexGoesYard on May 3, 2007 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Please enter a subject for your comment.
hello loss column.

7 games below .500 two games into May.  

Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.

by WhipSmart on May 3, 2007 5:25 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

and Mike Young
drops to .200 on the year.  Nice.  He is flat out awful.  Bad at the plate, in the field and as a clubhouse "leader" obviously.

by Garcia on May 3, 2007 5:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

actually
he's under .200 now.  damn.

by Garcia on May 3, 2007 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

its raining!
can we have our inevitable loss to go 8 under rained  out? please?

by DSheppard on May 3, 2007 5:26 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Damn... Not good
MY has now dropped his avg to .198 and we lose again....

It's getting seriously ugly now.

I need to leave work and head on to the house for tonight's game.

However, I have an idea on how we can get back on track.

A bench clearing brawl next game. We bean GaYRod and a couple times. Benches clear and we kick some stinking Yankees ass. Get some frustration out... That'll get this team fired up for the month of May.

Go Rangers

by hurlerhurley on May 3, 2007 5:30 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

Hopefully if we bean ARod
They retaliate and put MY, or Laird, or someone else who has been sucking the life out of this team, on the DL  before the brawl starts.
"The challenge we face today is not how to win in Iraq; it is how to recover from a strategic mistake: invading Iraq in the first place,"--ret Lt. Gen. Odom

by DJCahill on May 3, 2007 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Hey
This is Adam's game day thread. I'm pretty sure you meant to post a new diary.

Just lookin' out for you, man.

Good Call!!!

12-7

by mdickson on May 3, 2007 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

Bring Back Buck
Maybe he knew something about this team's "leaders" and that is why he didn't let them lead.

by Rangersfan10 on May 3, 2007 5:32 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

atleast the loss
will finally put the rally sanjaya down for good

by shallrelicme on May 3, 2007 5:56 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

we can only hope
"Pimps be damned, it's harder out here for a Rangers fan!" "If you don't throw strikes first, you're last."

by rentz on May 3, 2007 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

gameday thread
do we get a new thread for game 2? because this one is tainted with the stench of a loss
"Pimps be damned, it's harder out here for a Rangers fan!" "If you don't throw strikes first, you're last."

by rentz on May 3, 2007 6:24 PM CDT reply actions   0 recs

and...
...lost with the scent of a taint
Obama '08

by RangerMoto on May 3, 2007 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions   0 recs

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