It’s not like CJ celebrated after striking out Brian Anderson. Thome kills the Rangers, therefore it is quite the accomplishment.

Why bother when Duran’s up?

last night. There goes being the only team in the majors not to be shutout

ZZZZZ SNOOZE ZZZZZ Bats were sleeping… hats off to that Twins rookie southpaw. He pitched a really good game.

“We got three-hit. That’s uncalled for with this team,” Byrd said. Damn right it is

First off, I’m tired of watching Millwood give up 11 or 12 hits in every start when he can’t even make it through the 6th or 7th most of the time. If anyone wants to take his salary and give a couple decent prospects for him you have to take it.

Secondly, whenever the Rangers face a lefty I’m just going to count on a loss. This lineup is great, but only against RHP. Byrd has played a very good CF defensively, but when I see him hitting 5th in the lineup I lose it. I want to see Cruz or JMJ up as a RH bat against lefties very soon.

Thirdly, the Rangers should deal Vazquez to anyone that will give up anything for him. If he’s not happy then deal him or Hank (if anyone will trade for them) or both to solve that problem.

And finally, fuck Ozzie Guillen. When the hell did Ozzie Guillen become “somebody”. The guy was a average player at best. Plus if he feels that BGL was showing up someone and not being professional then how professional is it for a manager to sit and yell out at a pitcher while the game is still going on. Guillen is a jackass.

Not sure he will ever be hired any where else. How can you have a manager who cusses that much as the leader of your franchise. Think of all the promotions geared toward kids I am really shocked that Bud has not came down own him and the White Sox for his tirades. Also I am suprised I have not seen a article on th eperformance by Feliz last night box looked pretty impressive.

Uhhh…C.J. is 22 of 24, and even though I would have liked them to be converted more easily, he IS saving games.

Ozzie is just ignorant, and it is evident everytime he opens his mouth and says something less enlightening than the gas that I pass.

“He should read my quote about whoever pitched in that game should be embarrassed because when you bring in the closer with a [four]-run lead, and you almost blew it, and you’re acting like you’re [Lee] Smith or Goose Gossage. That’s embarrassing when you’re cocky and have [nothing].”

I’m not an Ozzie fan but I happen to agree with these statements. Of course, I’m not a fan of CJ either so my opinion on the matter is not objective.

BGL has a new blog post up this am. No mention of Ozzie.

in our lineup has started to concern me too. i think we have good enough hitters to weather it and make do, but i think its all the more reason to trade salty in favor of laird/maxram/TT. he has a .422 OPS against lefties this year which almost makes me think he should consider giving up the switch hitter thing. we should favor one of our RH hitting catchers.

i dont mind it too much; after all the payoff to being disproportionately weak against lefties is that we absolutely crush righties and ill take that, provided we at least have some balance.

Suggestions…

1) Which player are the Rangers most likely to deal by the deadline?
2) Which of the young starters will get the most starts in the second half?
3) Who will be the next Rangers rookie to make his debut?

I don’t know, I’m sure you or other LSBers can come up with some better ones as well.

.500 ball, the Rangers have to go 41-24 to catch them.

Barring a miracle, the Rangers need to see if they can make some deals for the future, and see if they can cash in on guys like Guardado, Vazquez, and either extend Bradley or move him and dump guys like Cat.

this team has ZERO pitching, None, Nada, and cannot hit lefties at all, if they don’t get some good right hand hitters here this team is going no where, and even with an added RH with no pitching it looks like another lost season, seems i have been saying that most of my life. oh well the Boys may be good this year, got to suffer until September I guess.

Rank Name Team Games BA vs LH Pitchers H
1 Mark Grudzielanek KC 75 .389 28
2 Placido Polanco DET 85 .364 32 88
3 Joe Mauer MIN 86 .359 33 92
4 Adrian Beltre SEA 93 .351 27 77
5 Richie Sexson NYY 75 .344 22 64
6 Hideki Matsui NYY 69 .342 27 79
7 Dustin Pedroia BOS 96 .341 29 85
8 Casey Kotchman LAA 91 .338 25 74
9 Milton Bradley TEX 81 .337 30 89
10 Jose Lopez SEA 93 .327 32 98
11 Jason Bartlett TB 77 .324 24 74
12 Alexei Ramirez CWS 70 .324 23 71
13 Edgar Renteria DET 84 .319 23 72
14 Michael Young TEX 92 .317 33 104
15 Josh Hamilton TEX 94 .314 37 118
16 Casey Blake CLE 88 .313 20 64
17 Jose Guillen KC 92 .311 28 90
18 Raul Ibanez SEA 96 .31 31 100
19 Nick Markakis BAL 94 .309 34 110
20 Daric Barton OAK 89 .307 23 75

could not get the table to even out, but it gives you an idea, Hamilton was a surprise for me as was no Kinsler, and if Sexson was not such an ass he would have been a thought, but after the fight no way. will post NL guys later

Milton is #9 on this list, one more reason to re-sign him

Rank Name Team Games BA vs LH H
1 Albert Pujols STL 84 .453 43 95
2 Garrett Atkins COL 95 .45 36 80
3 Chipper Jones ATL 84 .419 44 105
4 David Wright NYM 96 .393 33 84
5 Jerry Hairston Jr. CIN 56 .391 25
6 Jeff Keppinger CIN 60 .386 27 70
7 Yadier Molina STL 80 .382 34 89
8 Juan Pierre LAD 73 .372 29 78
9 Bill Hall MIL 82 .371 33 89
10 Aaron Rowand SF 91 .363 33 91
11 Cristian Guzman WAS 94 .362 46 127
12 Conor Jackson ARI 85 .36 31 86
13 Brandon Phillips CIN 95 .359 42
14 Matt Kemp LAD 90 .353 36 102
15 Geovany Soto CHC 89 .347 26 75
16 Matt Holliday COL 81 .342 25 73
17 Kazuo Matsui HOU 62 .338 24 71
18 Jorge Cantu FLA 93 .337 29 86
19 Lance Berkman HOU 94 .33 32 97
20 Kelly Johnson ATL 87 .33 30 91

he struck out your best hitter with the game on the line. You lost the game. You lost the series. If you want to keep him from talking shit, win.