6/3/08 game day thread 3
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 3, 2008 9:56 PM CDT
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Science Damn It.
"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson
almost got it right
If you want some slack, bring your own rope.
by rangerfaninva on Jun 3, 2008 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Something is wrong with Wright
He’s either hurt, or his mechanics are off. Maybe both.
by LSJ on Jun 3, 2008 9:59 PM CDT up reply actions
who would win the matchup
between botts and wright?
by sam in so cal on Jun 3, 2008 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions
botts
wright would walk him.
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
by SarasotaRanger on Jun 3, 2008 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions
You know what
In a game where half your bullpen is wasted, Ron Washington took Rupe out too early. He should have finished this inning.
Victor and Eric brought this up on KLRD just now
Which is why I posted it. Rupe was at 55 pitches, and only Guardado and Wilson are available besides Wright. Had I known that when Rupe was pulled, I probably would have said something.
Not bagging on you
just saying Hindsight is great. Move seemed fine to me. Wright was doing good in the 7th until the last time out. I certainly thought he could get a one out. Wrong.
Yeah
I’m not trying to go all 20/20, I’m just saying that I woulda let Rupe finish the inning if I’d have had all the information, and brought in Wright for the 8th.
Normally I would disagree
and say, “let’s not second guess everything.” But our pen is SPENT and Rupe might have well just finished the inning with a 7 run lead.
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
by SarasotaRanger on Jun 3, 2008 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Guardado warming up....
..... thinking “am I the only pitcher on this g_ddamn team worth a fuck? I need a raise.”
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
Is that bad or something....?......
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
by SarasotaRanger on Jun 3, 2008 10:01 PM CDT up reply actions
bullpen
maybe we need to call up 2 guys.
i dont like guys staying in there in these key situations when they dont have anything.
Frankie and Wright
just both overworked right now. They need like 3 days off each.
That means we need ponson for like 7 tomorrow, and Millwood for at least 6.
We’re toeing a dangerous line
send down mathis and murray
and bring up littleton and loe or madrigal
And right after winning
the BTiA Major League Pitcher of the Month Award, too!
Because, you know, that’s basically the equivalent of the Cy Young.
TAG and the TV crew pulling a Harry Doyle
and breaking out the wifebeaters and Jack Daniels.
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
Come on Eddie!!
Damn it just one out please…please?
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
bah dah... bing!
There is no such thing as global warming. David Murphy was cold, so he turned the sun up.
by SarasotaRanger on Jun 3, 2008 10:04 PM CDT up reply actions
eddie
i love the guy. even at 2-0, i never thought he would walk the guy.
At this point
Do you install Frankie or Eddie as the setup man? Do you make the other the 7th inning guy?
Or do you stick with Wright and Benoit?
Wright and Benoit need about 3 days off to work on their stuff and rest
Frankie and Eddie need 3 days off just to rest.
Translation: We’re kinda screwed as far as the late inning-bullpen goes right now.
gotta give Jack a couple of more shot before displacing him...
but EG is definately my 7th inning guy.
Ever watch that one for a while?
The scoreboard is accurate in keeping track of the goals scored by England
Here's an idea
DL murray, wright, bring up the Littleton and Loe due, add another OKC starter with that extra 40 spot
Bring up....
Loe and Madrigal….....
and an OKC starter….. not named Gabbard
he needs to be AB every game
i wouldn’t mind, even though i love MB, trade him and stick Satly at DH on days he doesn’t catch.
Old school turtle
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
+100
I literally laughed aloud.
"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson
This just in: our entire bullpen will keel over and die later tonight
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mauer
salty with full time at bats could definitely challenge for the title though.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Mauer
he’s a real good hitter, but he has less pop (way less) than Salty. He’s far superior as a defender, and doubtlessly the best catcher there is, but as a general offensive weapon, I’d say salty is better.
pretty accurate
except for Mauer is the most awesome defensive catcher not named Pudge Rodriguez that I have ever seen.
highly debatable
.214 average
.305 obp
salty obviously has no counting stats having been in the minors and platooning, but his ops is now sitting at .865
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Well shit
We needed that run.
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
we should have been keeping a tally on this
i think the turtle success rate is fairly high.
of course, when you score as much as the rangers do i guess youve got a decent chance of catching a run or two.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Low A maybe since they are mostly
HS kids.
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
Getting sick of these commercials
I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Depends...
do you mean by players or fans?
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looks like his name should be
either Gerhardt or Chip
http://www.buchanan4pres2008.org/
NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER
Rangers
play Braves this year?
That will be cool to play against Tex.
"No bear or disco for Juan" - Mr. Santos
Yup...
We need some dinos.
"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson
Speaking of catchers...
Pudge just drew his 9th walk of the season, which matches his total for all of last year.
that means a few minute ago
he had 1/2 as many as salty, who has like 80 plate appearences.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Reading Baseball Prospectus' book
The chapter about using your closer (your “best” pitcher) in the highest-importance situation, regardless of inning, is very interesting.
"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson
The RW?
I don’t follow…
"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson
Damn it!
Could we please get a shut down inning.
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
Well
Littleton pitched today, but just 2/3 of an inning.
I think Murray gets d.l.’d tomorrow and Loe gets called up.
garko
hits .320 against lefties lifetime
http://www.buchanan4pres2008.org/
NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER
i say
go ahead and bring back bmac
if he can’t reach homeplate with a pitch, it won’t get hit.
http://www.buchanan4pres2008.org/
NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER
This game is so long
I’ve actually written an 1,000 word article and two 400+ word articles since the fifth inning.
If tomorrow wasn't my press day, I'd just be relaxing
But…instead I have to be productive.
Being an adult sucks.
by The Best Micah on Jun 3, 2008 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions
I've made chocolate chip cookies.
And no, I’m not joking.
"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson
I ate a whole bunch of Nutter Butters
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 3, 2008 10:26 PM CDT up reply actions
Yes, from scratch!
"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson
Watching our bullpen
Is like watching 2 retards make out.
It hurts so bad to watch that you have to keep watching to see if it could possibly get worse.
I have to wonder...
...if they won’t look at bringing up Gordon, as well.
They have a 40 man slot, and he’s the type of guy you can throw out there in an emergency situation and say, give us 90 pitches, no matter what.
this guy v hammy still scares me
but im sure hammy scares them.
any kind of hit would be fine.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
OK, a little OT
I’m watching the gamecast online and watching the news on the TV, and they just said that Obama “called Sen. Clinton and left a message congratulating her on her win in South Dakota, and to have her call him back.”
I found it funny that Clinton would screen her calls when Barack Obama is calling.
"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson
Heh
I wonder if Barack ever drunk-dials Hillary.
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 3, 2008 10:29 PM CDT up reply actions
"Hey Hillary..."
Hillary: “What…Barack? It’s…3 AM. What do you want?”
Obama: (snicker) “Are your children safe and asleep?”
Hillary: “What? Barack are you drunk?”
Obama: (stifles a laugh) “Hillary, there’s a phone in the White House. Something’s happening in the world.”
Hillary: “I’m going to block your number you little snot!”
Obama: (snicker) “I’m actually calling you from the red phone… ha ha ha”
Hillary: click
by ghostofErikThompson on Jun 3, 2008 10:36 PM CDT up reply actions
we gotta pray just to make it today
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
that defensive swing to foul that off
is why josh can hit 300 for a full season
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Did Bradley just shake off the dugout?
I wonder if Wash wanted him to bunt
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
yes i meant minor league start
which doesnt look too great from firebat’s numbers. although at least he didnt walk 6
Gerald Laird is my hero.
and
you can send Mathis down.
I’d be shocked if AJ and Doogie aren’t in OKC tomorrow with Loe and Wes replacing them.
AJ is headed for the DL
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Good Lord
Boardgame with the big fly!
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
hooooly shit
"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
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN!
That ball was gone off the bat
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tag with an interesting point
murphs double could have easily been a triple
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Murphinator is on fire
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
OK, how far was that?
"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson
That's what I was thinking
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
432 feet according to Josh & Tom
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someone has to score 13 before the game is official
going by the past few days
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Sign him now
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
I wouldn't have a problem with it.
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
no more than two years
with a team option for a third…
I don’t do numbers, though.. that’s someone else’s job
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Reading today's box scores
There is a “B. Ziegler” in the game for Oakland. And Kansas City had a “Y. Yabuta” pitch for them tonight.
I had no idea there was a “B. Ziegler”, or a “Y. Yabuta,” in the majors right now.
he got a lot of attention when he debut'd vs the rangers last week
(ziegler)
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Huh
Gerald Laird was probably doing something awesome at the time, and thus I missed it.
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 3, 2008 10:43 PM CDT up reply actions
I know some people hate it
but I LOVE the badass attitude of players win they hit HR and watch it for a second like MB and Manny.
And if a player on another team did that...
...there’d be clamoring for Vicente Padilla to put one in his ear the next time Padilla faced him.
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 3, 2008 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions
id have no problem with them hitting MB in retaliation
still fun to watch though
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Does MB usually watch them though?
I don’t remember seeing him do it before – which is why I kind of enjoyed watching that one.
"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
I was just going to say that
He always seems to watch the ones that are out without question.
And I think he took particular pleasure tonight with everything that’s gone on. Clearly some convo going on between Shoppach and Bradley. And I don’t think they’re talking about the best place for brunch on Wednesday morning.
by The Best Micah on Jun 3, 2008 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Tigers leading A's
3-0 in the 5th.
Some kid named Galarraga throwing for Detroit.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Some kid named Galarraga just came in for Detroit
Some kid named Dontrelle has been pitching until this inning.
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 3, 2008 10:44 PM CDT up reply actions
Personally
I liked Milton’s Sam-Jackson-esque smirk.
I guess it was the beatings made me wise. But I'm not about to give thanks, or apologize.
bradley
im still scared to sign him long term. he seems to pull or twist something 3-4 times this year just while swinging. and that dude has a major temper problem.
Something is up with Milton
After the intentional walk of Hamilton earlier in the game and Milton’s subsequent walk, Milton jogged down the line starring into the Indians dugout. Now he’s jawing with the catcher, admiring his handy work, and mimicking a yawn upon going into the dugout. We may see some bad blood tomorrow.
Formerly known as OKRangerFan
Well
I’ll be there. If there’s going to be drama, there should be drama when I’m there.
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 3, 2008 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions
I would, but...
...I pick the games in, like, March.
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 3, 2008 10:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Salt in the wound
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
Are you crying Jon?
Because there’s no crying in baseball.
by The Best Micah on Jun 3, 2008 10:45 PM CDT up reply actions
salty
move him to the 6 hole.
murphy
salty
cat/shelton
boggs/byrd
yikes
didnt realize his numbers were that bad as a RHB.
can someone point me to some minor league splits?
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Only for 2008
http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?pl=457454
They are supposed to have the pre-2008 stuff back up at some point.
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 3, 2008 10:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Has there ever been a team
that had there entire batting order over .300 at this point in the season?
CRAP
"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
closers just so consistantly struggle in non closing situations
although one random HR isnt necessarily struggling.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
he's pitchign like he has runs to give
which is how you should pitch. no nibbling, go pound the strike zone
Rare Gnats Sex
yeah
it’s CJ’s music
"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
they've been doing it
the last few times we’ve been to the game. I guess it’s an “hay CJ keep it up!”
"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
Chavez goes yard
with a 3-run jimmy jack. A’s & Tigers 3-3.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
whats the fastest site to get updated stats?
some people show up with updated numbers before espn gets them up, where are you getting them?
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Back to Salty
After bottoming out a little less than a month ago at .185/.313/.222 he has really turned things around and has excellent numbers after tonight. That’s good no matter how you slice it.
HELLO WIN COLUMN!
"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson
Ahem
Tigers leading A’s3-0 in the 5th.
Some kid named Galarraga throwing for Detroit.
“Dying ain’t hard. It’s living that’s hard.”
by Josey Wales on Jun 3, 2008 10:43 PM CDT to parent up reply reply
Some kid named Galarraga just gave up a 3 run bomb to Chavez to tie the game.
Somehow I get the feeling
that it wouldn’t be nearly as interesting to him if he were doing it for us.
by Brett Perryman on Jun 3, 2008 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Adam J...
Beat you to it. Scroll up about 15 posts…but thanks anyways.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Busted me
and I had forgotten that Willis was the starter.
Good work.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
These games are getting to be
more like cricket. Maybe we’ll eventually have just one game that lasts all weekend, and you can switch it over to the Rangers at any point and just see how the weekend’s game is going.
espn
has really been hyping up josh’s home run going to commercial breaks. they must not realize he can hit it another 50 feet with ease.
The thing that was so impressive
was that it was like shoulder high, and he hit it to left-center…442
by Brett Perryman on Jun 3, 2008 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Welp, that was a nice win from an offensive standpoint
But the bad news is, our bullpen looks like a Civil War field hospital.
+1
Dom Chiti will need to walk back and forth handing out jell-o and little cups of water tomorrow.
by The Best Micah on Jun 3, 2008 11:00 PM CDT up reply actions
rotation isnt much better
and has mass desertions.
granted, for good reasons im sure.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
Pass
I’d rather see Loe or Littleton.
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 3, 2008 11:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Murphy, Bradley, Salty
These guys batted 15 times and were retired a combined two times, one on a sacrifice from Murphy.
watching this offense
its becoming hard to believe we couldnt be an over 500 team with just halfway decent pitching.
im starting to get tempted to make stupid moves.
Gerald Laird is my hero.
This offense is good
but offenses like this come and go or cannot always be consistent. Better pitching & defense, por favor, because those are things you can count on to help you win.
Good news, Det just went up by a run.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
At this point...
...I see one position where the defense is bad—shortstop.
Other than that, the defense appears to be decent everywhere else.
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 3, 2008 11:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Well...
with Salty at CA he is below average defensively as well.
Cat at 1B is also not good defensively.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Dude
Just a little and i mean a little better pitching and we got it this offense is unstoppable what has been their worst stretch?
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