6/13/08 game day thread
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 13, 2008 5:15 PM CDT
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Mets suck...
Pathetic they are.
Waggoner has blown like 3 saves in a row?
"No bear or disco for Juan" - Mr. Santos
series price
posted earlier in an unrelated “curse” discussion
NYM -215
TEX +175
the sucking must be taking a hiatus this weekend…
either that or most people think we suck worse…
by sam in so cal on Jun 13, 2008 5:51 PM CDT up reply actions
miles
Why are you so edgy this year?
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
I believe that bitch...
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
un-necessary use...
...of ‘like’ as a modifier…
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So...
Lakers going to win 3 in a row now?
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 13, 2008 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Lets just
say if the Giants and Celtics win championships in the same year, I will be on suicide watch.
"No bear or disco for Juan" - Mr. Santos
What happened to your...
...very assured proclamations that the Celtics aren’t that good?
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 13, 2008 5:45 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Oh, I still have confidence...
The Lakers just need to start playing defense.
Gasol and Vujachic are softies, they need to D up.
"No bear or disco for Juan" - Mr. Santos
Not today gos
Today it will be a 7-5 game.
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
Is this a good ballpark
for hammy to get a few homeruns in?
The funny thing about my back is that its located on my cock.
woops
never doubt J32…..
although your analysis was obviously spot on….
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by red shoe ranger on Jun 13, 2008 6:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Calm down.
Ian Kinsler, 2B
Michael Young, SS
Josh Hamilton, CF
Milton Bradley, RF
David Murphy, LF
Chris Shelton, 1B
Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
German Duran, 3B
Scott Feldman, P
Lineup
Kinsler
Young
Hamilton
Bradley
Murphy
Shelton
Saltalamacchia
Duran
Feldman
Lefty Oliver Perez on the mound for the Mets.
Some more draft picks signed.
Jared Bolden, OF, Virginia Commonwealth (ninth round)
Cliff Springston, LHP, Arkansas (11th round)
Edward Koncel, SS, Joliet (Ill.) JC (13th round)
Dustin Brader, RHP, Arizona State (21st round)
Trevor Hurley, RHP, Kansas State (22nd round)
Tyler Tufts, RHP, Indiana (32nd round)
Jamie McGraw, CF, Corgan College (40th round)
Rafael Hill, CF, Austin Peay (47th round)
Mets Pre-Game
Man, watching the Mets pre-game show and them talking about Willie Randolph – I get the feeling that if the Rangers score 5 runs in the top of the first, he may get fired before the bottom of the inning!
Oh, and a nice interview with Hamilton that talked about his performance on the field only (plus one questions about who is role model is these days = Narron). Haven’t seen one in a while that did NOT talk about his past.
Anyone know
a website that keeps track of the draft pick signed this year for the Rangers?
texasrangers.com doesn’t have it for this year.
Is it just me
Or would the rest of you guys like to see more Interleague games?? I mean, I’d rather see guys like Holliday or Wright more than once every 3 years.
"I'll take Clemens over Millwood and Padilla anyday.." - bosoxsiempregirl
^^^^ Wow, I would too. I guess that makes me the next John Schuerholtz.
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He smoked that ball
"I'll take Clemens over Millwood and Padilla anyday.." - bosoxsiempregirl
^^^^ Wow, I would too. I guess that makes me the next John Schuerholtz.
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YAY HAMMY!
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. - Lance Armstrong
where does
J32 get his power????
His swings dont generally look all that powerfull to me. That didnt look like a homerun cut…
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by red shoe ranger on Jun 13, 2008 6:18 PM CDT reply actions
Im going with the hands...
must be lightning quick.
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by red shoe ranger on Jun 13, 2008 6:20 PM CDT up reply actions
well in SI
they said his bat swing has been clocked at 110mph so that may generate some power
by blueballlefty on Jun 13, 2008 6:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Very nice...
I find it hard to believe that he hasn’t hit one 500 ft yet.
That bomb to right in Arlington looked farther than 450+
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
yeah
Hopefully the bitching and moaning that was going on a couple days ago will stop now. Never has a guy in a 2-3 game slump created so much noise as his did.
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
why is that
lefty lefty thing?
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by red shoe ranger on Jun 13, 2008 6:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Murphy
He has earned the right to be called an everyday player regardless of whos playing. Plus wasn’t his HR or GS the other night against a lefty so its not like he is blown away by them
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
No
He has earned the right to be called an everyday player regardless of whos playing.
I’m not sure how he’s done that. Particularly given that he has a 620 OPS against them this season.
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 13, 2008 6:25 PM CDT up reply actions
are you saying
he should be platooned?
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by red shoe ranger on Jun 13, 2008 6:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Given the other options the Rangers have available...
...I think the Rangers should be sitting him against the majority of LHPs.
Right now, the Rangers are sort of platooning Byrd and Boggs, which makes no sense, since Boggs hits LHPs much better than RHPs.
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 13, 2008 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I know you
hate the RBI stat but it would be a little jarring to go tell a guy in the top 5 in RBI’s that hes being platooned…
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by red shoe ranger on Jun 13, 2008 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Scott Feldman does his best Charlie Brown impersonation
Maybe he can get his shoes knocked off by a line drive next.
no
with a runner on 2nd the defense is not pulled in so that ball doesn’t get caught and probably squirts through the middle
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
Radio guys
went crazy over that play by Kins. You guys are pretty damned subdued.
JD drinks the Angels milkshake.
whats with the double clutching salty
obviously it didnt matter there, but he just keeps doing that.
Bring up Justin Smoak
Mark Connor
makes a huge difference when he goes to the mound to talk to the pitchers. Just not a good one.
"No bear or disco for Juan" - Mr. Santos
Come on Feldman strike
This SOB out
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
I still like Salty better than Laird
but he’s gotta get his problem of letting people steal at least somewhat fixed
"I'll take Clemens over Millwood and Padilla anyday.." - bosoxsiempregirl
^^^^ Wow, I would too. I guess that makes me the next John Schuerholtz.
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definately
"I'll take Clemens over Millwood and Padilla anyday.." - bosoxsiempregirl
^^^^ Wow, I would too. I guess that makes me the next John Schuerholtz.
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Yep
It is Laird’s fault Saltalamacchia isn’t throwing well.
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 13, 2008 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Are you denying it would be easier to fix Salty's problem if he played every day?
Because I said nothing about Laird.
I'm saying that...
...I don’t think the fact that he’s starting about half the time, instead of 75-80% of the time, is the reason why he isn’t throwing runners out.
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 13, 2008 6:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I didn't say that either
I’m just saying that if he had consistent playing time, and more chances to throw it would be easier for Walbeck or whomever to correct his problems.
oh he'd have more chances to throw alright
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
no you dont correct stuff during a game
this isnt golf, this is a team game and if you are sucking then the TEAM brings someone in that isnt
by blueballlefty on Jun 13, 2008 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions
People like you just don't get it
We’re not contending this year. We should be developing Salty so he’ll be a better player when we are contending here in a couple years.
It’s not about winning games now, it’s about developing the players that wil win you games down the road. That’s why Eric Hurley is up here, and that’s why he’s getting a chance even though eveyone knows he still has problems giving up home runs.
But you don’t seem to get it – you’re just a casual fan who can’t get beyond the old “we should play whoever the best players currently are”. It’s a damn good thing you’re not the GM, because it’s that mentality that has cost us talent like Travis Hafner, Adrian Gonzalez, Chris Young and others in the past.
what he said.
To be fair... You are a fan of School of Rock so your ability to judge anything is VASTLY overrated!!!!
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Dude your crazy
I’m a casual fan huh, I’ve been rooting for this team since I was in diapers. People like you dont get it, saying that “it’s not about winning games now” that is quite possibly one of the dumbest things you have ever said on here, what if the Rockies said that last year and its not like there are a lot of differences in the two of us, I mean for God sakes they had Mike Redman and Josh Fogg starting games and Jamey Carrol as there hero at the end of the season, what if Tampa says that this year, I mean they have a damn 20 year old at third base and Eric Freaking Hinske in right field, by us not trying to win games now is doing a huge diservice to our fans and other players on this team, I mean look at Oakland this year they are “Rebuilding” but they are still winning games, if we didnt care about winning games and then we had Harrison/Hurley come up and win like 12 out of 15 starts and C.Davis/M.Ram come up and hit 20 HR’s and drive in 50 runs in two months then we would really regret just giving away games earlier in the year, If Salty wants to be a Major League catcher then he needs to understand that its not a job you learn as you go, just ask Laird he was in a similiar situation with Barajas, the only difference was Laird had actually produced offensively and defensively before he was made to sit/play at aaa behind Rod, so stop being such a Salty ASSHAT and understand you can WIN and Rebuild at the same time.
by blueballlefty on Jun 13, 2008 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions
And you just prove my point over agin
You don’t get it.
“Rebuilding” is the equivalent of “learning as you go”. It’s good to win games while you’re rebuilding, but the idea is to let players play, get acclimated to the majors, and make the final improvements to their game they need to become great players. But you’re trying to say saying that if a player has a single shortcoming, he should not be allowed to be part of the rebuilding, which is stupid.
In case you haven't noticed
We are in contention this year. Will we win the division…probably not but we are not out of it. And until we are we cannot just throw in the towel. And even though we are in contention we are playing our young guys. We probably have one of the youngest starting lineups in the majors on most nights. Hamilton, Murphy, Boggs, Kinsler, Duran, Salty, Laird, Hurley, Feldman, Mathis, Gabbard, Rupe, CJ, FX2, and im sure im forgetting a few but all those guys are guys I would consider young and who will be here next year and the year after when we are supposed to be in contention. We are bringing up our young guys but not at the expense of winning we are doing it when they are ready and are in a position to not only continue developing but also compete. The veterans we do have are for the most part all doing a great job. Bradley, Guardado, Millwood, and Padilla are all helping us win and the key is they are not blocking anyone who could be here.
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
How is letting Salty catch more
Throwing in the towel?
I didn’t say throw in the towel, but we need to remember where we are in our team’s development, and not try to prematurely go on a championship run.
ok
But your love of Salty is blinding you to the fact that his competition is not doing a bad job. Laird has been very good. And I know you will probably point to Saltys OPS or something and say his bat is so valuable but his throwing is legitimately starting to concern me. Concern me to a point where I think it may actually be hurting us more than his walks help us. I have no problem with him playing when he does but if he gets a day or two or three off in a row and laird keeps playing the way he has I am fine with that. And if Salty can’t keep working on his throwing on days he isn’t playing then you know what send him back down and resign Melhuise.
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
I know Laird has been good
But he has no future here. That’s not a knock on his abilites or the year he’s had, he’s just not the future.
We don’t really even know if the Rangers have taken the time to try and coach Salty with his throwing (which kinda seems doubtful, based on the fact that it’s not improving) so my point is, it would be better if we could see Salty play more often, so they might figure out what he needs to help him, and get it done. At this point, sending him back to AAA to do that is not really an option because thats where Teagarden is, so that means he’s got to get that playing time in the majors.
And another thing: as for Adam Melhuse, well his throwing is just as bad as Salty’s, and you’d have to put him on the 40 man roster, so that’s not really a good idea.
Laird
How do you know his future isn’t here? Is he an aging vet thats going to retire in a year or so? No. Hes still a relatively young catcher with decent offensive ability and above average defensive ability. And I believe he is still under team control for another year so its not like he is a FA after this year. We could conceivably go with Laird for this, and next year and possibly further than that and you know what. It may not be a bad idea.
For the record I do think Salty is the future by the way. But the Rangers have enough tape and have seen him enough that I am sure they know what is wrong with his throwing and if they aren’t working on it on the side that is a disservice to not only him but the club as well.
Basically my argument is that Saltys offense right now does not outweigh his defense enough to justify playing him the majority of the time. Until either Laird is traded, his offense goes in the tank, or Salty figures out how to not let it be a congo line from 1st to 2nd than there will be alot of 2-3 day breaks for him.
Alright well I am out for the night so this argument will have to resume another time. Yall boys have fun tonight. Go Rangers
Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.
Laird's future
Both Salty and Teagarden disagree that he has a future here. I’m also not sure that one half season of putting up decent numbers against RHP while playing part time constitiutes average offensive ability.
We could go with him for a couple years, yes, but we’ve got more than one younger, better options, which means his time here is limited whether Salty is his replacement or not.
As for your arguement on Salty’s playing time, I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree – I’d just like to say, I’m not trying to be biased toward Salty, I’m genuinely trying to suggest what I think would be best for him.
thats frigging stupid
so why dont we bring up elvis, kennil, beavan and just let them work on stuff at the MAJOR LEAGUE LEVEL
by blueballlefty on Jun 13, 2008 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions
its getting
hard to defend his throwing
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by red shoe ranger on Jun 13, 2008 6:38 PM CDT reply actions
WTF is Duran doing
"I'll take Clemens over Millwood and Padilla anyday.." - bosoxsiempregirl
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CRAP!
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. - Lance Armstrong
this is a
loooooooooong inning.
long enough that i might have to flip over and see what Tigers up to
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by red shoe ranger on Jun 13, 2008 6:39 PM CDT reply actions
multi-tasking
just made two birdies in a row, now +1
If you want some slack, bring your own rope.
by rangerfaninva on Jun 13, 2008 6:40 PM CDT up reply actions
I bet he
makes a third here in a minute
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by red shoe ranger on Jun 13, 2008 6:46 PM CDT up reply actions
well, SHIT!
Glad I’m going out for dinner here in a bit.
"You got a guy coming up there who can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat." - Tom Grieve on Richie Sexson, 5.8.2008
Duran
looked like he noodle armed it over to first.
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
Wash's
Rangers are back….
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by red shoe ranger on Jun 13, 2008 6:40 PM CDT reply actions
I remember
When I was excited to watch Tejeda pitch.
by brettgardner on Jun 13, 2008 6:41 PM CDT up reply actions
The way this is going
Probably gonna see both
"I'll take Clemens over Millwood and Padilla anyday.." - bosoxsiempregirl
^^^^ Wow, I would too. I guess that makes me the next John Schuerholtz.
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The Mets where interested in Tejeda back in the spring
Maybe if he impresses, we can trade him to the Mets.
Grant thinks Tejeda...
...will be DFA’d tomorrow to make room for Gabbard…
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 13, 2008 6:43 PM CDT up reply actions
I foresee
a future diary regarding how Tejeda is dominating in anoiher teams uniform….just add him to the list.
along those lines did I hear RA Dickey is starting tonight?
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by red shoe ranger on Jun 13, 2008 6:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Yea Dickey is doing well isn't he?
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
i have
no idea….i just couldnt believe he was starting in the MLB
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by red shoe ranger on Jun 13, 2008 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Shows you how bad the M's are going
If he is starting.
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
Yea not really Feldman fault
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
why cant they throw it over the 1bs head
ranger pitchers take notice… he just tossed it… he didnt fire it 90 mph.
Bring up Justin Smoak
Could we please take a pitch?
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
Nice Ranges article on Yahoo
Jeff Passan takes a look at the Rangers outfield situation.
Worth a read.
Let me have a diablo sandwich, a Dr. Pepper, and make it fast I'm in a God damned hurry!
by LSBUser on Jun 13, 2008 6:46 PM CDT reply actions
Pretty nice stadium the Mets are building...
"I'll take Clemens over Millwood and Padilla anyday.." - bosoxsiempregirl
^^^^ Wow, I would too. I guess that makes me the next John Schuerholtz.
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It looked that way
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
Way to atone Duran
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
nice play.
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. - Lance Armstrong
what.a.putt.
by Phil
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by red shoe ranger on Jun 13, 2008 6:51 PM CDT reply actions
That would be funny
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
Nice inning by Feldman
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
thats a great inning
5 pitches
"I'll take Clemens over Millwood and Padilla anyday.." - bosoxsiempregirl
^^^^ Wow, I would too. I guess that makes me the next John Schuerholtz.
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quick inning
awesome
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I think your right miles
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
your vs you're
To be fair... You are a fan of School of Rock so your ability to judge anything is VASTLY overrated!!!!
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Thank you
Teach
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
sorry... pet peeve... no nazi, i promise...
To be fair... You are a fan of School of Rock so your ability to judge anything is VASTLY overrated!!!!
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on my way home...
is the game on FSSW again?
To be fair... You are a fan of School of Rock so your ability to judge anything is VASTLY overrated!!!!
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dunno why..
...but that made me think of the ole pinball action animated sequence from seasame street…
To be fair... You are a fan of School of Rock so your ability to judge anything is VASTLY overrated!!!!
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Way to hit into a DP Mike
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
game not on tv
in tulsa. stuck w/ yanks/stros
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NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER
gossamer
Is the Golden Driller still standing?
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
oh yeah
it’s over by 21st and yale (pittsburg actually)
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=21st+and+pittsburg,+tulsa&sll=36.134911,-95.922511&sspn=0.007677,0.013304&ie=UTF8&ll=36.133482,-95.93038&spn=0.001919,0.003326&t=h&z=18
hard to see clearly, the shadow shows it better than the actual image
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NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER
I grew up in Drumright
I used to go see Driller games when they were affilated with the Rangers. Thanks for the pic it has been a long time.
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
i drive by it
a couple times a month i guess. what’s weird is that if you are going to the ball park, even though they’re on the same block, you ain’t gonna drive by it. but i guess it’s there because of the fair grounds.
never been to drumright, but i guess it’s halfway to stillwater?
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NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER
you know what would be awesome?
not swinging at crap, and TAKING SOME DAMN PITCHES
"You got a guy coming up there who can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat." - Tom Grieve on Richie Sexson, 5.8.2008
ugh
close. at least the last two ptiches have been hit fairly well.
although salty swinging at those two low pitches was annoying,
Bring up Justin Smoak
Bring him up to play first!
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
Yep
That’s why the Rangers aren’t drawing any walks this year, right?
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 13, 2008 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Feldman
I swear, it feels like Feldman might end the year pitching like 175 innings with a 3.90 ERA and have a record of like 4-8 or something. He has been incredibly unlucky this year.
Interesting thing the Mets announcers brought up
Reyes has been sacrifice bunted over to second in the eighth inning or later three times this year and has scored none of those times.
jesus christ
this is so frustrating
"You got a guy coming up there who can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat." - Tom Grieve on Richie Sexson, 5.8.2008
please throw
someone out salty.
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. - Lance Armstrong
Feldman
isn’t helping him out any. Salty actually looks like he is making some good throws but the runner is always at the bag by the time he can even get the ball out of his glove.
You know, it is worth noting
That Salty hasn’t been getting a whole lot of chances to make good throws. His pitchers always seem to be taking their sweet time delivering the ball, and teams are picking good pitches and good spots to run on him. People will just interper this comment as bias on my part, but I don’t think Salty’s throwing has been quite as bad as the stats indicate.
I’m not denying he has a big problem that needs to be fixed, I’m just saying that things seem worse than they are do to other factors.
not playing
does not mean he can’t work on it.
I don’t care if it’s laird or salty.
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. - Lance Armstrong
He would be better served if the so called pitching coach would work with the pitchers
on slide steps, varying their delivery, etc. to keep runners close.
anyone it really doesn't matter
hmm I wonder if he could throw out Mo Vaughn?
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
that was a good throw
it was jose reyes with a large lead, good jump and on a breaking ball.
salty has certainly been bad at throwing out runners, but very few catchers throw him out on that.
Bring up Justin Smoak
Oh, wait, my bad...
he’s thrown out two of 19 this year, heading into this game I think… nbow 2 for 22
I could tell you
but why would that matter to you? You would still find fault with him and make what you think are cutsie (actually ignorant) remarks anyway. So with that said…...I won’t.
the mets offense has been almost as bad as the rangers today
this should be 1-1. meh.
Bring up Justin Smoak
where did they dig up the laptop in that dots commercial
it looks like its from the 80s.
Bring up Justin Smoak
woohoo!
Feldman.
Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever. - Lance Armstrong
Feldman
beasticon?
"You got a guy coming up there who can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat." - Tom Grieve on Richie Sexson, 5.8.2008
Pedro pitches tomorrow?
We should be able to score 20 runs fairly easily…
"No bear or disco for Juan" - Mr. Santos
Don't forget
about Kapler. I actually never knew he was Jewish until he did an interview with First Take where he was asked about what him and Braun will do during Passover.
I'm making the call
Hammy going yard
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
hey, i was typing a correction when you posted. got to give me 30 secs =p
second i hit enter that didnt sound right.
was just looking down his era list, would triples various years with the split teams and total era =)
still, hes been bad more than hes been good.
Bring up Justin Smoak
Do yall
know how much I would pay to see Eddie G running the bases?
"No bear or disco for Juan" - Mr. Santos
this is our best chance in the game...
cant leave it to murph… got to do it bradley.
Bring up Justin Smoak
feldman has more hits
than any ranger combined not named josh
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NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER
it seemed like he was trying to work a walk
with murph on deck lefty lefty he needs to be hacking
Bring up Justin Smoak