Saturday a.m. things
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 7, 2008 8:23 AM CDT
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PrintA lot of excitement yesterday. And the Rangers, of course, are back to a game below .500.
Evan Grant talks about the struggles of the bullpen, with last night being the latest instance. On the weird pitchout where B.J. Upton successfully stole second, Tejeda apparently threw a changeup, instead of a fastball, which harkens back to the game in spring training where he gave up a game-winning hit and then didn't realize that the game was over.
Tejeda and Loe both got roughed up yesterday, although Loe, at least, has been throwing strikes. Tejeda has 5 walks and struck out only two guys since his callup.
Michael Young has a break in the tip of his left ring finger, but he's apparently going to be able to play with the problem, and is supposed to be back in the lineup tonight. German Duran is eligible to be recalled on Sunday, and I would guess that he'll be brought back then, with the Lizard being sent back to AAA.
With Sidney Ponson being let go, the Rangers have a hole in the rotation that needs to be filled, and Grant says that Eric Hurley, Matt Harrison, Kason Gabbard, and Luis Mendoza are the candidates. I don't have a real strong feeling one way or the other about which of those four guys should get the call.
Jim Reeves says Ponson is gone because Nolan Ryan is in charge and doesn't tolerate nonsense.
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i wish harrison’s first AAA start had been better. looking at his splits, he was really good in may as far as average/ops against and such.
i’m not a big believer in a couple bad mlb appearences setting someone back half a year though, and I dont think mathis or mendoza have a future in a mlb rotation.
this should be interesting. i imagine the next start in the minors for each of those guys will be examined really closely…
Bring up Justin Smoak
harrison's first start
really was pretty good. in the first inning, the opposing team got two hits that didn’t leave the infield, and then he induced a double play to get out of it. after a leadoff double in the second which led to a run, he pretty much cruised through five. it wasn’t until the sixth, when a 29 year old “prospect” hit his 16th HR off of him, did things get out of hand.
He has not been the most efficient pitcher so far, but i was very encouraged by last night’s game, despite the box score.
The games they archive are free the next day.
I don’t think they archive ALL games but they do most of them. Since June 1st I’ve started linking them at the magic calendar. If you wanna watch April and May you’ll have to find them yourself.
OT a bit
I’d like to give a shout out. I work at a company who’s main office is in College station, (bear with me). One of my co-worker’s son had transferred out of Texas A&M and into Sam Houston State university (mostly because the new coach at A&M wouldn’t play him). Yesterday, the Tigers drafted him in the 29th round. Congradulations Keith Stein, Centerfielder from College Station, Texas by way of Sam Houston St U, and Congradulations to Keith Stein, Sr. Father, and Programmer. Both spent last night partying big time!!!
(If anyone else happens to personally know someone who was drafted this year or any other, Its a pretty good feeling.)
when i went to A&M
I worked for the baseball team, and i was there for probably the two worst years that program has seen, the last year of johnson and the first year of childress. Stein was a great kid, and while it didn’t work out for him (or most of Johnson’s recruits in that last year) at A&M, i was really glad to see him get drafted yesterday.
A&M Consol continues to be a baseball factory.
CongraTulations to him
Let me have a diablo sandwich, a Dr. Pepper, and make it fast I'm in a God damned hurry!
by LSBUser on Jun 7, 2008 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions
pick your poison...
Gabbard: 41.2 IP, 46 H, 22 ER, 20 K, 29 BB, 2 HR
Mendoza: 9.2 IP, 18 H, 10 ER, 2 HBP
Hurley (AAA): 68 IP, 79 H, 42 ER, 14 HR, 27 BB, 65 K
Harrison (AA): 46 IP, 49 H, 17 ER, 3 HR, 14 BB, 35 K
i officially believe.
i think Gabbard and Harrison are your two best options.
i officially believe.
by oc on Jun 7, 2008 10:01 AM CDT up reply actions
Anybody but Mendoza.
He’s not ready to come back yet.
by The Best Micah on Jun 7, 2008 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions
I think it will eventually be Gabbard
Once he gets his control problems at least a little bit under control.
LSB's Facebook group ---> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33345329288
6 in April, 7 in May, 1 in June
i officially believe.
by oc on Jun 7, 2008 12:02 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll take Gabbard...
from that group.
Hurley and Harrison have just not been able to show enough that they are ready quite yet.
Let the walk-a-thon begin.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
i think you have to
give harrison a chance, but if they dont get him then i really hope they dont get gabbard
then it comes down to Hurley and Mendoza...
...i certainly don’t want to see Mendoza…
and i certainly don’t need Hurley’s propensity of giving up the long-ball at the Ballpark.
i officially believe.
by oc on Jun 7, 2008 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions
both
Harrison and Hurley need to be brought up now. It’s time. Gabbard and Mendoza are not ready and have not given any reason to be brought back up…while Harrison and Hurley have an opportunity to be given their first chances.
The Ryan Era...like it or not
“There’s only one Big Dog with the Rangers now, and he’ll decide when the tail gets wagged, not the other way around.”
I don't know Karate...but I know Karazy!
hahahaha
...that is easily one of the greatest lyrics ever written!
...one of the greatest jams to get down to…
i officially believe.
by oc on Jun 7, 2008 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions
I thought
It was just a newspaper piece.
by brettgardner on Jun 7, 2008 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions
the signature, man...
...my god…
i officially believe.
by oc on Jun 7, 2008 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions
So, which is it?
Yesterday you were castigating us for applauding the move, now you’re ok with it? If Ryan made the decision that makes it ok?
...and curse Sir Sidney Ponson, he was such a stupid git.
When there is smoke there is fire
It is only a matter of time before he is convicted.
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
He refused a breath/blood test
He’s going to be convicted of something.
Joe Morgan: (On Jay Bruce) I think he will. He brings energy to the team, and besides that, he is a pretty good hitter.
Ken Tremendous: I like that the #1 reason he will help his team is: "energy," and the distant #2 reason is: "ability to hit baseballs."
common knowledge
any lawyer can tell you this, if a cop pulls u over and asks u to take a breath test, he’s going to arrest you if you take it or don’t. A good lawyer will always tell you to refuse to take it. Any i think you are confusing a conviction with being charged with something. Good example is Pacman was changed with things but was never convicted of anything.
Question
If you have had nothing to drink at all, and you’ve been pulled over, do you think a good lawyer would recommend you not blow?
by Adam J. Morris on Jun 7, 2008 12:03 PM CDT up reply actions
are you saying if a cop pulls you
over and asks you to take a breath test that he’s not getting arrested no matter what?
If you are drunk yes
If you blow below the limit no.
Quit bleeding Orange the Longhorn players are not perfect they can do wrong.
I was the first that said Bomar should have been kicked off the Sooners so don’t accuse me of being a Sooner homer.
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
i must bleed WV purple too
please, i think Mack should be fired and McCoy should be benched, don’t act like you know me.
Well Benson is a bad dude
Just because he hasn’t been convicted doesn’t mean he should skate.
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
By the way
I think Mack is a pretty good coach. He has won a NC and can get blue chip prospects in the program.
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
c'mon, Longhorn
if he’s sober, he takes the test. The only reason to refuse is if you know you’ll fail, or if you’re some ultra-libertarian. Somehow I don’t think he’s a libertarian.
...and curse Sir Sidney Ponson, he was such a stupid git.
Well, In Oklahoma, at least
when a cop is requesting you give a breath/blood sample, he has to read you a bit of information called the “Implied Consent Test Request” which starts off by saying “You have been arrested and the arresting officer has reasonable grounds to believe that you were driving or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicants. You are requested to submit to a test or tests for the purpose of determining the presense and concentration of intoxicants in your body…...” So, to answer, I’m not asking anyone to do anything unless I think they’re drunk enough to be charged with DUI. If I’ve read them that card, then they’re going to jail no matter what.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
Not to argue with you but...
What happens if you read them the card and arrest them then they blow and they are sober and you find out they had a reaction to medicine or are diabetic and need insulin. What do you do then?
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
welp...
The Standardized Field Sobriety Tests were developed to recognize the body’s reaction to alcohol (specifically, the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus test – The “waving the pen in front of the eye test” to most). If I don’t see the reaction to alcohol in the eyes, then they’re probably not imparied with alcohol. But if they’re impaied with prescription meds or illegal drugs, that still a DUI. Contrary to a popularly held belief, you can’t take a shit load of lortabs and drive around.
i won’t make an arrest unless I know that the driver was too impaired to drive. If the breath test shows 00’s, then we go for a blood test. If the blood test comes back clean? I don’t know….that’s never happened to me before.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
Cool thanks
Are you a OHP? What part of Oklahoma are you in? I grew up in Drumright.
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
you tell me
According to the State of Texas Breath Testing Program the cops can’t even ask you to take the breathalyzer test unless you are already under arrest for DWI or DUI. You are already arrested by this point so don’t make the mistake of thinking they will "un-arrest" you if you should “pass” the breath test by blowing under 0.08
If I get pulled over
And the cop tells me to blow or go to jail…I’m suing the police department for Sexual Harassment!
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
That's so not true
if you haven’t been drinking you take the test.
The 40 trumps all!!!
by thedirkatron on Jun 7, 2008 12:39 PM CDT up reply actions
huh?
let’s say you even take a sip of beer. or maybe you have not. Even if the cop suspects anything without any type of ‘real’ evidence, he will arrest you. That’s how they do it Texas, not sure of Florida or whatever.
Okay
I didn’t know that they weren’t allowed to beathalyze you until you were already under arrest.
To be honest I never worry about that sort of thing because I’ve never once in my life driven drunk, and I never will. I think it’s horribly selfish. If you don’t have enough money to take a cab home, you don’t have enough money to go out drinking, imo.
The 40 trumps all!!!
To delve further off topic
I believe in some some states (or, probably more importantly, departments with a lot of expendable money) they can use a PBT (Portable Breath Tester) at roadside to see if your BAC is at the presumptive level (.08g/210L), then they use that to arrest you. Most places do the field tests, then the officer bases his conclusion fn the level of impairment on the performance on the tests.
You’d be very suprised the number of people who get arrested and say they were only driving because they couldn’t get a ride…but they’ve got no problem finding a ride home from jail 4 hours later! Wait..you probably wouldn’t be suprised..it’s close to 100%.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
Forget it,
Longhorn is never, ever wrong. Ever.
...and curse Sir Sidney Ponson, he was such a stupid git.
is that how you respond
when i provide you with facts? Pathetic and childish? Come on now. It’s okay to be proven wrong at times, it’s good for you, it builds character.
It's okay to be proven wrong at times
I agree, then why do you never admit when you’re wrong? I’m not referring to this specific argument, just your habits. I still say, if he’s sober, he takes the test and there’s no problem. You act like they’re just out to get him.
...and curse Sir Sidney Ponson, he was such a stupid git.
huh?
i guess you missed that entire thread about the hamilton volquez trade. I admit when i’m wrong. You seem to cherry pick your arguments.
I’m just not one to judge or convict before all the facts are gathered. You might like to do that, but, i don’t.
Alright, whatever
but I don’t see why you’re protecting his rep. If he is smart he isn’t out of the house at that hour considering his past. If he is sober he takes the test and they let him go.
And you were right about Volquez.
...and curse Sir Sidney Ponson, he was such a stupid git.
I know this is heresy to some on here
but I’d vote for anyone but Hurley. He’s shown nothing at Oklahoma that suggests he’s ready.
I know we sent down Gabbard to fix some issues, but I could see him getting a quick call back up given the circumstances. Or perhaps Mendoza as a stopgap until Kason’s ready. My personal pick would probably be Harrison. Seeing what the guy has doesn’t really amount to giving up on the season in my mind – it’s not like Mendoza or Gabbard have been real effective of late either.
Not heresey, by a longshot
Hurley seems to be making some progress, he needs to be left alone there for a while longer so he can solidify that. I’d rather them throw Gabbard out there again and see if he can iron something out, or maybe Mendoza. They shouldn’t trying to win this year anyway, they might as well throw those boys out there and find something out about them.
...and curse Sir Sidney Ponson, he was such a stupid git.
last night
I was in section 321 and as soon as Tejeda came in I sinced that we were doomed. Robbie was not fooling anyone much at all. He threw it up there and they hit it back at him.
Then in the 9th Kam could not for the life of him get the third out. It was too painful to watch and the wife and I left the park.
¡yo soy Horsedooty!
I soloed in the mile high club.
I'm ready
Ready for the game tonight. I should be have pretty good seats tonight. Not sure where I’ll be at until I show up at will call. It’s like an early Christmas present!
Joe Morgan: (On Jay Bruce) I think he will. He brings energy to the team, and besides that, he is a pretty good hitter.
Ken Tremendous: I like that the #1 reason he will help his team is: "energy," and the distant #2 reason is: "ability to hit baseballs."
ill be there today. must have my bobbleheads.
surely the rangers will recognize our presence and win.
Bring up Justin Smoak
unless you pull out of the garage too fast and snap the other side mirror off...
just kidding :) that did cost you a CJ bobblehead though.
The "Electrician" was born 7/16/07 11:53 PM EDT
http://www.lonestarball.com/2007/7/16/213154/893
nah, it just cost me 20 dollars
bought one off ebay
of course i think that was the night hammy went 5/5… that would have been sweet.
Bring up Justin Smoak
Ponson
and it has a fat lip :)
Fists of the Franchise ROCKS!
The "Electrician" was born 7/16/07 11:53 PM EDT
http://www.lonestarball.com/2007/7/16/213154/893
MY's already got like 5 of them
wish they had gone with someone else. millwood maybe i dont know. my bobblehead shelf is like 50% MY.
Bring up Justin Smoak
same
i’m supposed to pickup tickets today, but i couldnt get a parking pass this time damnit!
now i must buy a cj bobblehead on ebay and go to the game with hank bobble head to have the set
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
This team has 3 good pitchers...
in Padilla, Millwood, and BGL.
I don’t really trust anyone else right now. Some guys like Wright, Eddie G, Fx2, Jack, and Rupe have shown they can be good at times but then they get hammered or lose the strike zone. Eddie G has been better lately but the pitching right now looks very bad overall.
I can’t see this team hanging around .500 with the current state of the pitching. I know the offense is very good, but I’m not sure how much longer they can keep doing what they have been doing lately. The Rangers better find the formula real quick or this could get ugly.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Feldman
By the end of the year, I think Feldman will be part of that list of “good pitchers.” He has been a decent, middle of the rotation starter, although he doesn’t have much in the way of wins to show for it.
I've been impressed...
with Feldman. I was one of the guys that threw him under the bus after last year. I was wrong. I don’t however think he will ever be in the league of the 3 pitchers I mentioned.
I’ve been wrong about him before, here’s to him continuing to prove me wrong.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I'm officially renouncing
my position to hold onto Bradley for the full season. I was clearly too optimistic regarding our pitching last week. We are now truly the all-hit no-pitch Rangers again!
Grandpa Urine said
The Rangers are a small ball team that doesn’t hit the longball anymore.
"My death certificate will probably say: 'Cause of Death: World Series.'" Jamey Newberg
it's all about the OBP, these days.
i officially believe.
by oc on Jun 7, 2008 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Athletics... perfect example.
i officially believe.
by oc on Jun 7, 2008 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions
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