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2:05 game.  AJ Murray vs. Noah Lowry.  Looks like another windy day in Arizona.  Mench at DH.  Salts McGee catching.

Box Score link:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2008_03_03_texmlb_sfnmlb_1

Game Day link:

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/y2007/gd.html?2008_03_03_texmlb_sfnmlb_1

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It's 2:13 PM
and Noah Lowry is still walking people.
Gig 'Em Aggies! 2010

by aggierangerfan00 on Mar 3, 2008 2:14 PM CST   0 recs

Lowry
with 4 straight walks to start the game.  According to the announcers, no Ranger has swong the bat yet.

by dieselT8 on Mar 3, 2008 2:15 PM CST   0 recs

+1
=5
Gig 'Em Aggies! 2010

by aggierangerfan00 on Mar 3, 2008 2:16 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

+1
=6 walks
Gig 'Em Aggies! 2010

by aggierangerfan00 on Mar 3, 2008 2:19 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

+1
= 7 walks in the first inning for Lowry.
Gig 'Em Aggies! 2010

by aggierangerfan00 on Mar 3, 2008 2:24 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

Webcast
Is there a link for this?

by Chris Hanes on Mar 3, 2008 2:17 PM CST   0 recs

After 1 inning
4 Runs on 0 hits.
Gig 'Em Aggies! 2010

by aggierangerfan00 on Mar 3, 2008 2:24 PM CST   0 recs

Where is LAMF?
I have to look busy at work. Im pretty good at reading play by play and looking really busy. My boss noticed i had the blog up and he thought it had something to do with our server.

by phanhandlecholo on Mar 3, 2008 2:25 PM CST   0 recs

haha sorry Cholo..

I'm still recovering from 3rd degree carpal tunnel from those 2 days.. I'll be back in a few days with some play by play. My fingers are bleeding at the tips and all curled up in a ball!

C J come back! Come back! <---just imagine the raw emotion in "Titanic" when Leonardo watches Kate go under for the last time. Come back!

by LAMuscleFag on Mar 3, 2008 2:55 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

It's 2:29pm
Game Day is finally updating the entire top of the 1st inning.  Nothing like a 24 minute delay.
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 Mar 3, 2008 2:31 PM CST   0 recs

Update
Does gameday only update the half inning after it is over?

by baylor on Mar 3, 2008 2:39 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

great
murray walks in a run.

by ab03 on Mar 3, 2008 2:34 PM CST   0 recs

Pitch Selection
Someone needs to tell those clowns that real baseball players hack away and do not try to work the count.

It is obvious that the only way to score runs is to swing for the fences every time up.

by baylor on Mar 3, 2008 2:35 PM CST   0 recs

Galloway says
"RIGHT."
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 Mar 3, 2008 2:36 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

Grandpa Urine
is a joke. He needs to stick to the ponies and Jack and Coke.
Get your weeds killed with the Weed Terminator, Inc.

by boomer1 on Mar 3, 2008 2:37 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

10 batters in the first...
...and 1 official at bat...

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 3, 2008 2:35 PM CST   0 recs

Victory says,,,
Evan Grant will be on later in the webcast...FYI
Fire Ron Washington

by pblack on Mar 3, 2008 2:46 PM CST   0 recs

pay
do you have to pay for that?

by psmitty on Mar 3, 2008 2:50 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

Well
Looks like Rudy's insistence on working the count is paying off!
For the second year in a row, the Academy gets it right. That means next year is going to be UGLY.

by TheBZA on Mar 3, 2008 3:07 PM CST   0 recs

Funniest Name on the Giants
Merkin Valdez, Brian Bocock, or Travis Ishikawa?

Discuss.

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 Mar 3, 2008 3:11 PM CST   0 recs

What is...
...Ishi Bocock Merkin?
Get your weeds killed with the Weed Terminator, Inc.

by boomer1 on Mar 3, 2008 3:25 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

Webcast is struggling
They're having major technical difficulties, particularly with Grant cutting in and out.
Baseball Time in Arlington

by jamcadbury on Mar 3, 2008 3:34 PM CST   0 recs

Benny gets a hit.
Its hard to say how much i hate him while he is out hitting MY.

He seems like the guy on your high school team that starts but it pisses everyone else off.

by phanhandlecholo on Mar 3, 2008 3:53 PM CST   0 recs

Bottom of the 5th...
Tejeda is in big trouble. Bases loaded, 2-0 Aaron Rowand - Tejeda just got a visit from Mark Connor... now it's 2-2, called strike and a foul ball.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 3:55 PM CST   0 recs

Rowand strikes out...
2 out now, Rich Arulia coming up.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 3:56 PM CST   0 recs

Ground rule double Aurila
Game tied.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 3:58 PM CST   0 recs

Tejeda gets out of the inning
He gets some guy named Alfonzo to fly out to Byrd.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:00 PM CST   0 recs

Top 6 underway...
Murphy starts it off with a groundout... Ryan Roberts up... 0-2 in the count.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:03 PM CST   0 recs

Roberts strikes out
Good at-bat though, he ran the count 3-2, and fouled a few pitches off.

German Duran up now... 1-1 to him.

"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:06 PM CST   0 recs

Duran strikes out looking
Bottom of the 6th due up, game tied at 4.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:08 PM CST   0 recs

Bill Whaite the new pitcher
One pitch, groundout to German Duran...

Wholesale changes for the Rangers on defense - Adam Melhuse now catching... Chris Davis at 1st, Elvis Andrus at short... Travis Metcalf at 3rd, Brandon Boggs in LF, Julio Borbon in CF, and Nellie Crus in RF.

Flyout to Boggs, two quick outs for White... now a great play by German Duran to take a hit away from Bocock... that was a fast inning.

"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:14 PM CST   0 recs

16 BB on the day, and none from Bill White.
Go figure.
If I owned a lightsaber, the blade color would be black light, so that I could use it to fight evil and to liven-up parties.

by rooster on Mar 3, 2008 4:18 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

+1
2/26/08 R.I.P. The BGL ... out.

by Chase Irwin on Mar 3, 2008 6:50 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

Top 7 now
Tyler Walker takes over on the mound for the Giants.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:15 PM CST   0 recs

Julio Borbon strikes out looking
Breaking ball on the outside corner.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:17 PM CST   0 recs

Brian Bocock makes a good play
On an Elvis Andrus grounder to ger him 2 out Nate Gold at the plate, 0-1 the count.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:18 PM CST   0 recs

Gold grounds out to short
The offense is pretty much shut down right now.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:21 PM CST   0 recs

Warner Madrigal on the mound now
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:23 PM CST   0 recs

Called strike 3
Madrigal strikes out the first batter.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:26 PM CST   0 recs

Lowry
Was anyone listening in the first?

What was wrong with Lowry? And why did Bochy leave him in for so long?

9BBs and 2 WPs in 1+ IP

by Randy Richardson on Mar 3, 2008 4:26 PM CST   0 recs

I don't know I came in during the 5th
But that must have been insane.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:32 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

Base hit up the middle
1 on 1 out for Nate Scheirholzt... who hits a LONG fly ball down the line... just barely foul.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:28 PM CST   0 recs

Scheirholtz flys out to Boggs
1 on 2 out...
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:31 PM CST   0 recs

Fred Lewis, double down the line
second and third, 2 out. Madrigal in trouble...
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:33 PM CST   0 recs

Travis Denker pops up to Duran
Madrigal squeaks out of that one, still 4-4.

top 8 due up... just two hits for our offense today... what a craptastic display. We'd better find some offense soon...

"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:36 PM CST   0 recs

Steve Kline on the mound for the Giants
Nelson Cruz, Chris Davis, Adam Melhuse due up.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:37 PM CST   0 recs

I missed what happened to Cruz
I think he walked. Chris Davis is up now. 1-2 to Davis.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:40 PM CST   0 recs

Davis strikes out looking
Adam Melhuse up... he fouls it off to the right side, 0-1.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:41 PM CST   0 recs

Base hit Melhuse
2 on 1 out!
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:42 PM CST   0 recs

Boggs grounds into a force out at 3rd
Travis Metcalf up. 2 on 2 out.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:44 PM CST   0 recs

3-2 to Metcalf...
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:46 PM CST   0 recs

DOWN THE LINE 2 RUN DOUBLE!!!!
Travis Metcalf give us the lead with a 3-2, 2 out double!!!

TRAVIS!!!

"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:47 PM CST   0 recs

Duran walks
Borbon up with 2 on and 2 out.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:49 PM CST   0 recs

Borbon grounds out, inning over
But Metcalf with a HUGE 2 run double... that might be the play of the game.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:50 PM CST   0 recs

Kea Kometani on the mound now
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:52 PM CST   0 recs

He gets an easy popup to LF
1 out.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:53 PM CST   0 recs

Chris Davis misses a grounder to first
Base hit.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:55 PM CST   0 recs

travis iskahawa AB
strike 1
strike 2 - FB on outside corner
ball 1 - off speed pitch (outside)
foul ball (hitter had a huge jump)
chopper to davis, get the out at first cuz the runner was going.

2 outs.

by knockoutking24 on Mar 3, 2008 4:56 PM CST   0 recs

Grounder to first
This time Davis makes the play, 3 unassisted... runner moves up to second though, 2 out.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:57 PM CST   0 recs

bocock AB
ball 1 - breaking ball high
strike 1

grounder to SS - out #3 - 6-3

single, groundball to 2b, popup
giants #11 prospect

by knockoutking24 on Mar 3, 2008 4:58 PM CST   0 recs

Brian Bocock
Grounds to Andrus, inning over.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 4:58 PM CST   0 recs

Vinny Chulk on the mound for SF
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 5:00 PM CST   0 recs

top of the 9th - andrus AB
strike 1 - breaking ball
ball 1 - low
strike 2 - foul ball down right field line
strike 3 - sting and a miss

1 out.

9th will be andrus, gold, cruz

by knockoutking24 on Mar 3, 2008 5:02 PM CST   0 recs

chulk
blew a FB past andrus on strike 3

by knockoutking24 on Mar 3, 2008 5:02 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

gold AB
pitch 1 - check swing ground ball down the 1b line

1-3 putout

2 outs.

by knockoutking24 on Mar 3, 2008 5:02 PM CST   0 recs

Elvis Andrus strikes out swinging
1 out. Nate Gold up now... check swing groundout on the first pitch.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 5:02 PM CST   0 recs

cruz AB
ball 1
strike 1 - takes CB
ball 2 - breaking ball outside
strike 2 - chased a FB away

bad bounce single into right field

cruz for the game: bb in the 8th

tommy hunter up in the bullpen - will pitch the 9th

by knockoutking24 on Mar 3, 2008 5:04 PM CST   0 recs

Nelson Cruz grounds one past the 1B into RF
Base hit
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 5:04 PM CST   0 recs

3-2 to Chris Davis...
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 5:06 PM CST   0 recs

... Ball four
Melhuse up with 2 on, 2 out.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 5:07 PM CST to parent up   0 recs

chris davis AB
strike 1
ball 1
ball 2 - offspeed in the dirt
ball 3
strike 2 - breaking ball for a strike
ball 4 - FB high

(has gotten a lot of breaking balls this AB)

davis struck out looking in his previous AB

tomorrow vs AZ at suprise
tuscon on tue
wed vs brewers

by knockoutking24 on Mar 3, 2008 5:07 PM CST   0 recs

melhuse AB
ball 1 - off speed low
strike 1 - breaking ball

ground ball to SS

6-4

FC for melhuse.

3 outs.

by knockoutking24 on Mar 3, 2008 5:08 PM CST   0 recs

The 99 car in NASCAR is Carl Edwards
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 5:11 PM CST   0 recs

Hunter gets a lineout to Andrus, 1 out.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 5:12 PM CST   0 recs

Base hit for Leone
Tying run at the plate in Scheirholz.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 5:13 PM CST   0 recs

Scheirholz double down the line
6-5 now. Fred Lewis due up with the tying run on second.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 5:15 PM CST   0 recs

Travis Denker game tying base hit
After a dribbler moved Scheirholz to third with 2 out. Pinch Runner now... Base hit by some guy named Holme... winning run on third, 2 out. Pedro Valez will be the batter.

Why did they bring in Tommy Hunter to pitch the 9th inning?

"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 5:19 PM CST   0 recs

Chopper to Duran
Is played, inning over... they're gonna go another inning... maybe...
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 5:20 PM CST   0 recs

Randy Messenger takes over on the mound for SF
Brandon Boggs will lead it off.
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 5:22 PM CST   0 recs

Boggs walks to lead it off
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 5:24 PM CST   0 recs

Travis Metcalf puts it in play just past the mound
It gets past Messenger, and nobody else fields it... they're scoring it as a single.

Now Duran bunts 2nd and 3rd, 1 out, infield will come in.

"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 5:27 PM CST   0 recs

Borbon at the plate
Lines one off the glove of the 3rd baseman!! Into LF, it's a 2 run single!!!
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 5:28 PM CST   0 recs

And now Borbon gets picked off
"The only thing Gerald Laird can beat me at is number of glazed donuts eaten in 10 minutes" - Miles

by lonestarJon on Mar 3, 2008 5:28 PM CST