I loove Chicago, been there twice and had a blast both times. Great city! Unfortunately all my trips have been in the winter, so no baseball :( The closest I have gotten is driving by Wrigley Field on the way to dinner once. In the snow.

Hope you have a good time!

sadly, it won’t be to watch them play the Rangers.

have a blast

silverware was such a traveling medicine show?

going back on the 15 day DL.

I think the Rangers will not rush him. Option him to OKC when his 30 day rehab stint is up and bring him up around the 10th of next month

I just think he’s like Sampson and when he cut his hair it messed him over. He seems to be growing it again so…

In all seriousness he seems to have really good movement on his fastball and I think that it will click for him. I don’t think he’s felix or even padilla but I think he could be a decent starter at the end of the bench.

I only really feel like the Rangers have a good chance to win when either Padilla, Feldman, or Hurley is on the mound.

Mendoza/Millwood on back to back days is a real beating.

and it really is that not bad. It ends with a quote from Daniels which I like. Does have the usual slams of Rangers pitching evaluation, but they are true to this point.

“I don’t think we’re necessarily contradicting the point Billy’s making,” Daniels said. “We are building something that’s going to last.

“We’re not deluding ourselves into thinking we’re a finished product.”

straightened me out. I thought our pitching was great and we just needed a big left- handed bat. What a waste of ink.

Why not roll him out there in Mendoza’s spot. Some guys just have a hard time working out of the pen. Maybe he’s one. Couldn’t be much worse … could it?

Here you go boys and girls, the career stats for Mendoza as a starter and as a reliever, with his stats for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd times facing an opponent.

I just don’t know about that guy. His power seems to have all but dried up because of this lingering thumb injury. It is definitely a high risk/high reward play. He could break out next season in the Carlos Quentin mode if he overcomes his injury, and you have to love his eye at the plate. But if his power never comes back, he is a pretty weak bat at third.

I would need LaRoche plus someone like Meloan to consider the deal a success.

but I used to watch LaRoche at Grayson County College. He was an exciting player and a good SS.

With Hank’s injury situation, I’m not sure how we could pass on a deal for Laroche. And if the Dodgers were crazy enough to throw in Meloan – then it’s a no-brainer.

they were there to scout individual players. for blalock, he had a triple and he looks to be healthy. did he need to hit 3 HRs to get their attention? the mets are probably scouting marlon byrd, and he didn’t do anything to hurt his value last night. i am very pleased that blalock and laird are both returning in just enough time to establish some value at the deadline, and i am pleased that padilla and guadardo have both looked solid of late as well. byrd and cat both are what they are, and neither will return a top tier prospect by themselves, but you never know what packages are being discussed.

they were wanting to look at the following players:

Blalock
Eddie
Byrd
Bradley

Gudardo
Cruz
Arias

for

A.Reyes
J.Todd

So the Rangers draw a Rookie pitcher and he just happens to be left handed. So why not play Boggs again? Is it because they don’t want to sit Murphy two days in a row?

has wash gone mad?

does he not realize davis has completely mashed lefties so far?

rather thats false or not, hes certainly better v them than salty, switch hitter or no.

i think their decision makers are already scared of going all in and then seeing the team flop. rumors swirled around TB when they were streaking, but not that they are falling off a bit, things have quieted down around them. i would like to see them win a few and give their GM a shot of confidence.