5/23/08 game day thread
by Adam J. Morris on May 23, 2008 5:30 PM CDT
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PrintTexas Rangers at Cleveland Indians, May 23, 2008 6:05 PM CDT
Kason Gabbard v. Fausto Carmona...
Go Rangers...
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6-7-8
is mint…
only half joking.
shelton seems to have gotten better. and salt’s average ain’t great, but he walks. i think his hitting is gonna turn around.
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Shelton-Salty
are probably above average 7th-8th hitters.
shelton has a .856 ops for may, which still started with a 1 for 8 or whatever.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
and our 1-2-3-4
are probably above average too :)
and our 9 too
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hmm
Id say… for their lineup spots…
Kinsler – slightly above average
Young – average
Hamilton – above average
Bradley – above average this year, probably average in general
Murphy – average this year, probably slightly below average in general for the 5th spot.
Boggs – below average
Shelton – slightly above average. his career ops is over 800 and after a slow start he has resumed looking like a decent hitter. below average for 1b, but above for the lineup spot.
Salty -a bit above average. most lineups are pretty thin down here, at least salty has patience and power. average will show back up.
Vazquez – above average so far obvviously, but i cant get past his bad career numbers. but its the 9th spot, so ill say average in general.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
2 hole
I don’t know, a lot of managers hit some pretty crap players second.
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reply to myself
Like Jamey Carroll for example, apparently.
"You’re the only here who contributes schtick only." - brettgardner
Concur...
MY is a above average 2 hole hitter imo.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
salty
is not above avg. any where in the lineup right now
by blueballlefty on May 23, 2008 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions
But Hamilton is
WAY above average.
re: Ann Coulter - "She doesn't get raped nearly enough." - DJ Cahill
i should have salty "below average right now"
before the a bit above average overall like i dod for some other players.
but theres a lot of reasons to think salty in 500 at bats would be better than your average 8th hitter. much better.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Whoooaaa
That’s cool. Was that an automatic post that just imported the lineups on its own?
What happened to my old signature?
Very nice AJM...
I’m digging the lineups like that.
I also like our lineup v. the Indians. Unfortunatelt the pitching matchups the next 3 days leave much to be desired. I think we lose 2 of 3.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I'm still figuring out...
...how to use some of the 2.0 functions…
by Adam J. Morris on May 23, 2008 5:46 PM CDT up reply actions
Was it manual
and you just waited until an hour ago for the post or was it somehow automated?
What happened to my old signature?
I'm really impressed with the 2.0 feature set
I don’t know why they haven’t implemented some way of having paging in very long threads though – it would solve the “new thread is up” problem.
their lineup is really cold though.
im expecting the rangers to lose 2 as well, but not as overwhelmingly as i would if hafner/garko wernt slumping. theres a chance.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Hanky Spanky a lit'l too much..
his poor monkey :(
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PTI...
just had a over/under on Hamslam winning 1 of the 3 Triple crown categories in the AL. Both Bob Ryan and MIchael Wilbon said he could win the RBI title but wouldn’t win the batting title or HR crown.
Anyone here think he could win the triple crown? I don’t think he can win the batting title. He may have a outside shot at the HR crown, but I don’t think that’s likely either. The RBI crown could get tighter, but I think he will take that one if he stays healthy.
Either way, nice to see Hamslam getting some love on a national level. He has been the AL MVP so far, hands down.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
i'll go out on a limb
and say he’ll place in top 3 in rbi, top 5 in HR and top 10 in avg
:)
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Doogie Davis
I’m really hoping for him to pitch lights out tonight. And maybe stike out Teixeira 3 times. It’s amazing he’s back on the mound this quickly.
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that's it boys..get that pitch count UP
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come on Baby Rusty do your thing!!
your thing = Double
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+ 1 hell yeh
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How cool would it be
to have a ROY and an MVP on the same team. That would give me wood.
re: Ann Coulter - "She doesn't get raped nearly enough." - DJ Cahill
The Murphinator
will come through
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
murphinator time!
.922 ops against righties
.365 with bases loaded though
.637 as center fielder
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DOUBLY DO-RIGHT!!!!! WOOOOOT
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Murphinator=ROY
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Carmona's ERA
Just went from 2.24 to 2.72 on 1 swing of the bat. Way to go, Smurphette!
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
That's what I was hoping
I know they had that good run of 0-run starting pitching, but I wasn’t sure how good the bullpen was. If we can keep piling it on and get to the bullpen early, we could be in for a fun game.
it's lovely I had a cocktail there once..
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Carmona looks kinda wild right now
We gotta get him before he settles down.
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haha Ginger is sooooo cute..
I hope Hank doesn’t spank you too!
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haha...
Ginger with Kins’ ears.
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Best part is
Hamilton will probably bat next inning.
69%
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Well we won so
I calmed down a little bit
by SaltyGoesYard on May 23, 2008 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions
the indians are averaging 2 a game for the past 2 weeks
gabbard is decent and the pen isnt in too bad of shape rest wise.
70% minimum!
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Ya know...
I can’t believe how well the Rangers lineup is doing against very good pitching lately.
Wash deserves a lot of credit for changing the mentality and hitting approach for this team and getting them to work the count against very good pitching. The results have been very good.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
walks
did grieve really attirbute milton’s walks to the rangers approach? milton has always walked.
the rangers walks have a lot more to do with the insertion of fairly patient players than anything else.
great inning by the way.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
I think it's a little of both
Having one of your leaders be a guy whose approach jives with the manager’s (Bradley, Wash) is better than having one of your leaders (Teixeira) quibble with the manager. That’s why I’m in the don’t deal Bradley camp. People will follow a leader and it is evident at the plate this year.
Not just the leadoff batter
Grady Sizemore.
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Dear Gabby:
Throw some strikes damnit!!
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sizemore had a 390 obp last year
hes not a hacker or something. granted, gabbard still should have thrown a strike.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
So...
Who walks more batters tonight: Carmona or Gabbard?
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oh he'll just curl up in a fetal position
like he did with sexson..good luck!
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Well shit...
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
Thank god that was Hafner running
Or it would be 4-2.
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Any relation?
Dwyane Wade and Jhonny Peralta?
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Gabbard can't throw a strike to save his life
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well it will be nice to see Kam Loe again..
which I have a feeling will be sooner rather than later.
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Apparently
Gabbard is trying to double his walk total in one game, which isn’t good since he had 20 walks before this game.
19 Balls, 14 strikes for Gabbard so far this inning
Four walks.
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Kam Loe is up in the bullpen already
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Victor sounds like
he thinks Gabby is coming out of the game.
Oh great…
...it's the weekend, so why the hell not?
HOLY SHIT!
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How many times
do you think he’s called Shop Vac?
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I'm afraid to look at his pitch count..
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YIKES
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I'd rather Gabbard throw his fastball at Moyer velocity if he is able to command it
Unfortunately, I don’t think even Wakefield velocity will save him
(I typed this just as he struck out Shoppach on 3 pitches; maybe the coffee is finally kicking in)
I'd like to thank Kelly Shoppach
For swinging at those two pitches down and away.
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Funny how
In the beginning of the season, and alot of last season we all harped on people who talked about the “same ole Rangers, all hitting, no pitching” and how they didnt even know what they were talking about.
Yet here we are dominating all that is offense in baseball, with terrible pitching holding us back from being a contender.
The pitching...
has not been terrible. Look at the team ERA. Last year was terrible.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Half of that has to be the bullpen though
The starting pitching has been decent, although a lot of that has been guys like Ponson overperforming.
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I dunno
11 blown saves?
I wonder if thats close to the top, I could be wrong.
by SaltyGoesYard on May 23, 2008 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions
I bet it's a pain in the ass!
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colo rectal surgery?
is that what he’s having?
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I am confused
I can’t tell which one of Carmona and Gabbard is real, and which one is a reflected image
One leading cause of death in men
Never going to the doctor
by SaltyGoesYard on May 23, 2008 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions
hahaha
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Here
Here’s Josh’s stat page…
http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1875&position=OF
... his BABIP is .342
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Gabbard & Saltz
do not seem to be a good combo. This is the 1st time they have worked together.
And that happened…
...it's the weekend, so why the hell not?
I think Gabbard just sucks period today
He had a rough time in his last start, too.
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Ok
but pitchers have catchers they work best with…it’s fairly common.
...it's the weekend, so why the hell not?
maybe salty is who he works best with for all we know.
you simply can make no judgements whatsoever based on a start where gabbard had no control whatsoever.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Mebbe he is
Mike O was strangley missing from the pre-game…
...it's the weekend, so why the hell not?
Gabby you're a MESS
we need a clean-up on the pitchers mound please.
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Why the hell is he still in the game
Get out.
DFA. DFA. DFA. DFA. DFA. DFA. DFA. DFA.
I hate pitchers that suck.
DFA? please
he had a 4.07 career era coming into today. we are the rangers.
he sucked today for sure.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Like ive said before
Its one thing to have a bad day.
But to suck and just have bad stuff as well. Might as well get it over with an put him down, permanantly.
by SaltyGoesYard on May 23, 2008 7:03 PM CDT up reply actions
.........but this is a bad day
he had a 3.12 era coming into the game this season for gods sake.
his rate stats made that unsustainable, but getting rid of him would be a god awful decision.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
I rule with an Ironfist Shep
If you feared your hand was going to be cut off if you did not throw strikes, results could be a bit different.
by SaltyGoesYard on May 23, 2008 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Haha
Thast the exact visual I had in my head, I almost wrote that too.
by SaltyGoesYard on May 23, 2008 7:07 PM CDT up reply actions
Now that I have pulled my head out of my wall
GET GABBARD THE HELL OUT OF THIS GAME.
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Gabby you are very schmuck like today.. *sigh*
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Not really
He’s just the guy we traded for Einar Diaz.
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from wikipedia (who knows if it's true)
Aaron has signed with the York Revolution of the independent Atlantic League for the 2008 season.
Ben Francisco
Looks like a mushmouth
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lol
Blake looks like gas cap louie
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He looks like something I've seen on the X-files
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+ 1 he's good at that!
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nice hustle ROY
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Sounds like a latin american dictator
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bradley's obp
is like approaching .500 or something. he is ridiculous.!
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with
more speed, and power, and less beer
by blueballlefty on May 23, 2008 7:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Blalock
When Blalock comes back, will he be in the 4-spot?
Probably not
Probably 5th, to separate him and Hamilton
by Adam J. Morris on May 23, 2008 7:14 PM CDT up reply actions
As I said before:
The problem was, while Harrison Ford is Indiana Jones and he is walking and talking in front of you on the big screen & that at least is awesome, it didn’t feel like an Indiana Jones movie. Too much CGI, too much exposition about terrible plot points to begin with, Shia LeBouf (Nothing more needs to be said, and not enough gritty, droll, half-smirking, dust kicked up, Indiana Jones.
It was like Indiana Jones and the Crappy Tomb Raider Ripoff. Give me Raiders any day.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 23, 2008 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Gameday says
Injury Delay. What’s going on?
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
Carmona hurt himself
He’s now out of the game. Jorge Julio is coming in.
by Adam J. Morris on May 23, 2008 7:15 PM CDT up reply actions
carmonalized onions
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what's the timeline on something like that?
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Fausto Carmona might have something wrong with his hip
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That's what you get when you try to take on Obi-wan Murphy
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Fausto
gets roughed up a lil bit by this big Rangers Offense and he’s enough, I’m going to the showers
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Gabbard
i just got online but i have to ask, is he hurt? that seattle game was his 1st off the DL and was pitching great till Sexson. Ever since that he has struggled throwing strikes. just wondered if he is actually healthy. i know we need him to pitch but id like him to go back to the DL and regain his early season form. the Gabbard taking the mound these days is not helping us out anyway.
This isn't a bad AB, though
He’s worked it to 3-2.
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He does now
That was a nice AB, hopefully the start of something for him.
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congratulations
this must feel good for you to get some payback on all of us that talk Jarrod down
by blueballlefty on May 23, 2008 7:27 PM CDT up reply actions
nope
never was just a lot of fun having two very good catchers
by blueballlefty on May 23, 2008 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions
OH MY :)
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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
FIRST CAREER SLAMMMMM!!!!!!!!
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oh yeah
he just bought himself another couple games of suckage in my book. he has until june 1 to be batting .235
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