Tuesday a.m. stuff
by Adam J. Morris on May 27, 2008 8:45 AM CDT
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PrintThat was one of those games where, after the top of the 2nd inning, you knew it was going to take something of a miracle for the Rangers to win. Just an absolutely dominating performance from Scott Kazmir.
Ron Washington was impressed by Kazmir, although Ramon Vazquez says he deserves some blame for blowing the Rangers' chance at a big inning by trying to steal third with one out.
The Rays have the best mark in the A.L. right now, and the Rangers are a game under .500, but over the last month, the two teams are 1-2 as far as best in record in the league.
Hank Blalock is heading back to Dallas to get his wrist checked out, and won't be ready to go before Friday. It sounds like, though, that the Rangers are going to have him go on a rehab assignment once he is ready to go, so he probably won't be activated until next week.
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i think a few people here underestimate Sonnanstine and Garza...
...the Rangers aren’t coming home with a .500 record.
come Friday they’ll either be two under, or one over.
if they win the next two, they can finish the road trip one game over .500
...or they could win, and lose, and come back two under…
no way are they coming back three under…
by oc on May 27, 2008 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions
still doesn't make any sense
if they win and lose, they will be 1 under. If they lose both, they will be 3 under.
but i think the original huh was directed at underestimating sonnastine and garza. who is doing that?
Rare Gnats Sex
a few blogging Ranger fans in the game day thread...
gotta hand it to you and Adam… if ever there’s a mistake… you guys are the first one there to pick up the poo…
by oc on May 27, 2008 9:47 AM CDT up reply actions
We just faced
Carmona, Lee, Sabathia, Kazmir.
I think everybody is just happy about not facing a damn Cy Young candidate in what seems to be a month.
These guys are gonna look like Woody Williams and Jose Lima in comparison.
by SaltyGoesYard on May 27, 2008 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions
i'd like to know...
...if Kazmir takes the mound in the return series…
...if Johan takes the mound in the New York series…
by oc on May 27, 2008 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions
Kazmir/Santana
The Rays have an off day between now and then. If they keep with the rotation and don’t skip someone on the off day, then Kazmir will pitch the series opener (against Scott Feldman, if our rotation holds as it is now).
Santana goes tonight. The Mets also have an off day between now and then, but it won’t matter. The way their rotation sets up, we’ll miss Santana regardless of whether the Mets skip someone on the off day.
by Outworlder47 on May 27, 2008 10:05 AM CDT up reply actions
Error in the S-T story
The article says the Rays are 20-9 since May 25; surely he meant April 25.
II Cor. 4:17-18
Yes.
"Chase. Dominguez is not really your liking" - Mr Santos
by inactive lsb user on May 27, 2008 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Kazmir
that was the first time I saw him pitch live. What a freak. The Rays locked him up through 2012 for a measly 29 million. Sigh.
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
Or fleece another team
And have faith.
Picking a random blog comment and wielding it as a club to bash "blogs" is like picking a random romance novel off an airport bookstore shelf and saying, "This book sucks. Fuck you, Tolstoy -- your medium is worthless!" - Ken Tremendous
ah
but i just realized what you meant. kazmir not grown by the rays, gifted to them from the mets.
Rare Gnats Sex
But
Meyer has a better chance of making something of himself than Kazmir. He’s a college position player, rather than a small HS lefty, for goodness sakes!
by Brett Perryman on May 27, 2008 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Nadel last night
Was going over his HS resume. Something like a .31 ERA, 3-4 no-hitters. Hard to ignore that.
Picking a random blog comment and wielding it as a club to bash "blogs" is like picking a random romance novel off an airport bookstore shelf and saying, "This book sucks. Fuck you, Tolstoy -- your medium is worthless!" - Ken Tremendous
Yeah, he is a Houston area kid
and he was bringing it in the 90s in high school as a lefty.
Sharky said it, I believe it, that settles it
interesting
I know many of us regret trading Chris Young stupidly, but hes no where near the pitcher Kazmir is.
Speaking coldly, it's just business
Blalock is doing absolutely nothing for his trade value.
...and curse Sir Walter Raleigh, he was such a stupid git.
Sure he is
he’s ruining it.
The 40 trumps all!!!
by thedirkatron on May 27, 2008 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah agree with dirkatron here...
his value is plummeting. It will be very difficult if not impossible to get good value for him by the deadline. Hopefully he has a very good second half and his value will increase by the offseason. Plus now other teams GM’s have to be thinking that the Rangers have Davis coming up at 1B so they may try and low-ball JD on a offer for him.
I really like Hank, but if he and the Rangers are convinced that he’s going to 1B it’s hard to see a spot for him on this team next year. As much as I like Hank, I like the idea of Davis being at 1B everyday next year more. I wouldn’t mind him staying as a DH if Board Game is gone or healthy enough to play RF if he is re-signed though.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Cool minutia:
Home-plate umpire Chris Guccione took extra time to clean the plate so Hamilton could take in the moment.
(on Hamilton’s standing O)
...it's the weekend, so why the hell not?
+1
There was something like this last year where an umpire (who remained anonymous, IIRC) said he was pulling for J32 and fighting his own demons.
"Chase. Dominguez is not really your liking" - Mr Santos
by inactive lsb user on May 27, 2008 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Blalock
I think a rehab assignment probably is best for him moreso so he can get game action at 1B rather than to get his swing back.
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