7/5/07 Gameday thread

by Brett Perryman on Jul 5, 2007 7:00 PM CDT in News

Lineup is up...

Lofton gets the night off after his leg injury last night, but not for Victor Diaz...for Desimania...

Tejeda vs Escobar, go Rangers...

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seriously

either play diaz or send him down.

for gods sake they wont even use the guy to pinch hit. its ridiculous.

i had the rangers chances at 35% last night. tonight: 15%.

by DShep on Jul 5, 2007 6:56 PM CDT reply actions

yup

i'm saying...send him down and call up botts.

"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 Jul 5, 2007 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions

well

if botts is going to take diaz's place, as in sit on the bench all the time - what good is that?

Forget Johnny Bench, we got Gerry "the Jet" Laird

by ab03 on Jul 5, 2007 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions

for Diaz? What does Wash have against him? JHJ in CF? Good lord, this lineup sucks. I would say that we would win (since we have been with crappy lineups lately), but I saw that Robby Tejeda is pitching. Gonna be a long night.

"Chip" first person on LSB to be berated by someone on the 25-man roster. - RangerMoto

by ortonius on Jul 5, 2007 6:56 PM CDT reply actions

nice

another win tonight.

One picture is worth 1,000 denials.

by nirvana on Jul 5, 2007 7:09 PM CDT up reply actions

FSN scared me

opened the broadcast with 20 seconds of footage with an empty ballpark, pouring down rain and a tarp on the field.

just footage from earlier i guess though.

by DShep on Jul 5, 2007 7:04 PM CDT reply actions

LOFTON?

what's the status of his leg injury?

by oc on Jul 5, 2007 7:28 PM CDT reply actions

Yet again

we have Ron Washington and his crappy lineup

by coolaid on Jul 5, 2007 7:28 PM CDT reply actions

be quiet

Ron Washington owns and pwns

Duncan Hunter for President in '08

by dstar442005 on Jul 5, 2007 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions

Nasty changeup

Great start for Robinson.

by Outworlder47 on Jul 5, 2007 7:39 PM CDT reply actions

Tejeda

How's he looking? I just tuned in.

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

by Dustin on Jul 5, 2007 7:41 PM CDT reply actions

focused

Duncan Hunter for President in '08

by dstar442005 on Jul 5, 2007 7:42 PM CDT up reply actions

fell apart after 2 batters

no control.

GMJ double was supposed to be low away, is high and tight, etc.

lucky to only be down one.

by DShep on Jul 5, 2007 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions

RELAFORD!!!!

Duncan Hunter for President in '08

by dstar442005 on Jul 5, 2007 7:44 PM CDT reply actions

young!!!

beast

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

by gossamer on Jul 5, 2007 7:56 PM CDT reply actions

Auto Botts

would have went yard there.

One picture is worth 1,000 denials.

by nirvana on Jul 5, 2007 7:57 PM CDT reply actions

damn

guy is on fire

by coolaid on Jul 5, 2007 7:58 PM CDT up reply actions

Thank you MY

Tied it back up. Then Sosa with the GIDP.

by Outworlder47 on Jul 5, 2007 7:57 PM CDT reply actions

sosa

go away

Forget Johnny Bench, we got Gerry "the Jet" Laird

by ab03 on Jul 5, 2007 7:57 PM CDT reply actions

gay ass

angels fans

Come back Soriano!

by Wakes1331 on Jul 5, 2007 7:58 PM CDT reply actions

OMAR

has a no-no through 4....shhhh

by Mike Simonek on Jul 5, 2007 7:59 PM CDT reply actions

woops

see the diary now..nevermind

by Mike Simonek on Jul 5, 2007 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions

Not quite

Gave up a double in the 5th.

by Outworlder47 on Jul 5, 2007 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions

please tejeda

one good start, give us some hope buddy

Come back Soriano!

by Wakes1331 on Jul 5, 2007 8:00 PM CDT reply actions

Botts

Might as well give up on the Botts as savior talk, RA Dickey struck him out tonight.

Fire Ron Washington

by pblack on Jul 5, 2007 8:09 PM CDT reply actions

3K's in a row

i knew it was too good to be true

One picture is worth 1,000 denials.

by nirvana on Jul 5, 2007 8:12 PM CDT reply actions

robbies really got it going the past 2 innings

there may be hope yet.

by DShep on Jul 5, 2007 8:24 PM CDT reply actions

Tejeda

Not bad.

by Outworlder47 on Jul 5, 2007 8:25 PM CDT reply actions

RA?

Someone mentioned RA Dickey? Where is he now? Still throw the nuckle?

by JB @ Lone Star Ball on Jul 5, 2007 8:38 PM CDT reply actions

Brewers AAA team

by coolaid on Jul 5, 2007 8:39 PM CDT up reply actions

playing on nashville sounds, milwaukees AAA

has gone 5 innings 1 run vs the redhawks tonight.
has a 4.44 ERA down there.

i dont believe he uses the knuckleball as his primary pitch anymore.

bottsy just walked against him, 1 for 2 with a single, walk and K.

by DShep on Jul 5, 2007 8:40 PM CDT up reply actions

sosa

do we have to hear how many career homeruns he has every time he comes to bat

"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 Jul 5, 2007 8:44 PM CDT reply actions

well, this is going down hill fast

by DShep on Jul 5, 2007 8:50 PM CDT reply actions

There goes the control

Three straight hits.

by Outworlder47 on Jul 5, 2007 8:50 PM CDT reply actions

that was a terrible decision

now theres no double play chance. sigh.

by DShep on Jul 5, 2007 8:54 PM CDT reply actions

Hairston what the F*&K were ...

you thinking?.. you're great in the infield but brain dead in the outfield..

"Sosas signing has been a spectacular success" Evan Grant - July 3, 2007

by RangerDisaster on Jul 5, 2007 8:55 PM CDT reply actions

We'd be out of the inning

if not for Hairston's incompetence in center.

Fire Ron Washington

by pblack on Jul 5, 2007 8:57 PM CDT reply actions

oh well, got him anyway.

now byrdman and bad brad coming up. thats got to be worth a run, right? well, maybe if after it got past laird the top 2 in the lineup were freakin hairston and vazquez. ah, i miss the days of kenny-kinsler-young-tex-sosa-blalock. well, i think that happened a couple times.

by DShep on Jul 5, 2007 8:58 PM CDT reply actions

why in the hell,

do you hit and run with the worst contact guy on the team up?

by badradiorules on Jul 5, 2007 9:05 PM CDT reply actions

thank you !

"Sosas signing has been a spectacular success" Evan Grant - July 3, 2007

by RangerDisaster on Jul 5, 2007 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions

you know who was a better hitter than laird?

rod barajas.

by DShep on Jul 5, 2007 9:07 PM CDT reply actions

barely

he currently has a higher ops but its not enough for me to want to pay him the extra money

Forget Johnny Bench, we got Gerry "the Jet" Laird

by ab03 on Jul 5, 2007 9:09 PM CDT up reply actions

im not saying id rather have kept barajas

a couple million dollars isnt the reason everyone complained about barajas so much the past 2 and a half years.

lairds just getting a bit annoying with his offense. oh well, at least hes throwing out runners.

by DShep on Jul 5, 2007 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions

sac flies last nite...

don't help the BA, but is good siyuational hitting, and was key to a win. he does the little things that often get missed in the stats pretty well.

by dog named blue on Jul 5, 2007 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions

agree

though his bat has been a big disappointment overall, he was good last night despite the O-fer.

by t ball on Jul 6, 2007 12:34 AM CDT up reply actions

I'm not surprised about Laird

...and was disappointed the Rangers didn't bring in another catcher in the off-season. I didn't say much because I thought he deserved a shot at being the starter, but I knew he wouldn't hit.

His D ain't that bad, though, and in situations he's okay. The Rangers lineup just has too many holes. Even if Blalock and Teixeira were playing everyday it still wouldn't be a good hitting team.

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

by Dustin on Jul 6, 2007 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions

lineup

you hit on something there, they have too many players who would be fine hitting 7, 8, or 9 behind stronger bats.

by t ball on Jul 6, 2007 12:21 PM CDT up reply actions

How about

anybody else in the big leagues.

by badradiorules on Jul 5, 2007 9:08 PM CDT reply actions

Oh well

2 out 3 is nice.

by badradiorules on Jul 5, 2007 9:26 PM CDT reply actions

Damn, Escobar

is pretty good. But, hell, doesn't Tejeda have basically the same stuff. He could be Escobar some day.

by badradiorules on Jul 5, 2007 9:28 PM CDT reply actions

come on MY

by coolaid on Jul 5, 2007 9:29 PM CDT reply actions

That

is a generous triple

by badradiorules on Jul 5, 2007 9:30 PM CDT reply actions

wish someone fast had hit that

inside the parkers are fun.

wish MY could cash it in, but im not too optimistic.

by DShep on Jul 5, 2007 9:30 PM CDT reply actions

didnt wilk strike out his last 2 times yesterday?

5 ks in a row?

hes got a pass the entire week from me bashing him, but heh... 5 in a row? dont suppose its really any different than sosa with soft groundouts or popups like 10 in a row right now though.

by DShep on Jul 5, 2007 9:54 PM CDT reply actions