7/6/08 game day thread 3
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 6, 2008 3:34 PM CDT
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ok hammy
bradley isnt in the game. we know who is hitting 5-6.
xbh time. or with a man on third the single would be ok, but man… 19 games (20?) without a HR is more than enough.
2 games over 500 please.
I still think
the hit and run is one of the most beautiful things in baseball
Summertime Colds Suck
put that and this interminable game together and you’ve got a lame afternoon….at least they’re winning
Ramon!
"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson
Hammy with the walk
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
C'mon Cat
A single can score two.
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
I'd even settle for a medium-deep fly ball.
"Boy, that is a gutless, 6-foot-7, .200-hitting formerly good player. What a joke." -Tom Grieve RE: Richie Sexson
You got it!
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
Kinsler only lost the voting by 34,000
man, we almost closed the gap. 180,000 to 34,000.
2 games over 500 please.
Good grief
Kinsler and Hamilton didn’t help me decide which player tee to get there. They both reached base.
That's not what I meant
I’m looking at all-star game merch, and am debating between Kins and Hamilton. I couldn’t decide so I said their next ABs would decide for me, and well….they didn’t. Is a hit > a walk?
by The Best Micah on Jul 6, 2008 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions
what is the player supposed to do, sit there and wait for the fielder to get the ball?
2 games over 500 please.
ehh
he was slightly out of the baseline….don’t think that’s interference though
I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles
Yeah
But it looked like he was just rounding a bit
by The Best Micah on Jul 6, 2008 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions
lol
josh’s quote reminded me of arod
"I really think JD is probably going to be one of the best things ever to happen to the Rangers." - Longhorn, May 27th, 2007
Thank you Orioles.
Boggs needs to quit sucking with the bases juiced.
April Rangers
anyone?
LOL
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
I Think
we have all agreed to forget about that month sir.
by blueballlefty on Jul 6, 2008 3:44 PM CDT up reply actions
who the hell voted no
on nichols and bernstein?
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 6, 2008 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
nichols
I would…but she’s got that broken nose type thing goin
I'm undefeated in fights. Have I been in any? No. Thats because people know my f'ing status. Don't mess with the elite. - Miles
I would do
but she’d be the type of girl that I might try to keep a secret from my friends.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
the gay guys
"I really think JD is probably going to be one of the best things ever to happen to the Rangers." - Longhorn, May 27th, 2007
Hehe
“Wendy Zell”.....flashback…woah….smokin’.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
How is that an error?
I thought you can’t assume a double play, and no runners moved up any more than they otherwise would have
the error allowed the run to score, right?
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
But you can't assume the double play...
Thus should just go as a RBI fielder’s choice
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Opening Series in early April
Orioles won the first game, then Rangers won a doubleheader.
This series looking to play out the same way (knock on wood)
It's baseball. You don't always get what you want, and you don't always want what you get. --Ed Coffin
Girl with a mohawk in the crowd eewwwwwww
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
Heh
prolly that, and shootin’ some skanks.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
I would love to see someone besides us walk in a run
"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’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
by Lisa W on Jul 6, 2008 3:50 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I would love to see someone besides us walk in a run
"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’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
yeah, just like that
"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’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
The Rangers really want
CJ to have the day off
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Blowing the doors off now
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
CHISOX 4 OAK 3 --- Final
"The rich think they are privileged so rules don't apply to them, and the poor think they're entitled and so rules don't apply to them." The rest of us are screwed.
Kinsler sucks
what a total let down of an inning :D
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
They all F'ing do
the main couple need to die in a fire.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
so how
besides Pacman Jones and Sherrill did the O’s get any other star potential players in the Tejada and Bedard deals becaus if there isn’t a few young studs that I am missing I say they lost both deals?
chris tillman from the m's
that was a big win for balt.
tejada, both the young pitchers they got are out for the year with torn labrums. tejada sucks anyway.
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 6, 2008 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions
pretty much just decent salary relief
in that Tejada trade.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
I agree with you that
Tejada sucks but I think its more in a Tex kind of way where nobody wants to be around him
by blueballlefty on Jul 6, 2008 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
more of a he really sucks kind of way
Declining OPS+ since 04. He had a 109 OPS+ last season and now a 99 OPS+
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Its below average
And he’s getting paid 13 million dollars to be a supposed power hitter at the SS position. For all the complaining about Young, at least he is still above average and hasn’t seen his game decline that much throughout the years.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
He has 10 HR and 44 RBI in the first half
I am pretty sure thats not below avg. for a SS, but I do not have the energy to fight you and look up stats right now I am sick and trying to put up with this game
by blueballlefty on Jul 6, 2008 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions
I can help you with that
RBIs are pointless and his HRs, if above average for a SS, means that every other part of his game is well below average
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
so a triple crown stat is pointless?
sorry I dont agree there is something to being able to drive in runs, us of all teams should be able to appreciate that. and how is “every other part of his game below avg.”?
by blueballlefty on Jul 6, 2008 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions
All 3 of the triple crown stats...
...are rather weak ways to evaluate a player.
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 6, 2008 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions
just to be clear
you could win the triple crown and be a weak player?
by blueballlefty on Jul 6, 2008 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
not trying to argue but
if thats possible then you would think that it would happen more than once every 30 years or so
by blueballlefty on Jul 6, 2008 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
not really
You have your contact hitters, your power hitters, and your good hitters in good-great lineups. There are few that hit for contact well-enough and hit for enough power to lead the league in both those categories. There are even fewer that happen to be in a good enough lineup where they can lead the league in RBIs.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
That would be very unlikely
However, I don’t think average/homers/RBIs are the best way to judge a player’s offensive contributions.
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 6, 2008 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
I dont
think they are the only way but I do think in most scenerios they are some very good indicators of what kind of production you can get from them
by blueballlefty on Jul 6, 2008 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Tejada
He’s got a .259 EQA. That’s not real good, even for a shortstop.
He’s not a good defensive player.
His HRs and RBIs are irrelevant. He’s just not a real good player anymore.
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 6, 2008 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Uncle
ok there it is y’all win he’s not that good anymore
by blueballlefty on Jul 6, 2008 4:27 PM CDT up reply actions
There is more to baseball
than hitting a few HRs and being able to get lucky that you’re hits are with runners in scoring position.
Right now, Tejada’s OPS is 7th among 10 eligible NL SSs.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
I know there is
just think that having Tejada playing SS or preferably 3rd base is a pretty good option thats all.
by blueballlefty on Jul 6, 2008 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
a few years ago, it was
but right now, he is a below average option who is getting worse and worse.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
I think
if you are looking at a player that is on a team with a very low OBP as a team then I think RBI’s are not so important but on an avg MLB team I think all three of those stats are can be very telling of what kind of production a player will give
by blueballlefty on Jul 6, 2008 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions
.259 EQA
And bad defense.
He’s not very good.
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 6, 2008 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions
AL Shortstops
How sad is it that Young’s .762 OPS leads all AL shortstops? Not exactly the ARod/Jeter/Nomar/Tejada days, huh?
--Brian
lol
TAG yells at Josh, nice.
"I really think JD is probably going to be one of the best things ever to happen to the Rangers." - Longhorn, May 27th, 2007
No doubt...
And have forever.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
Please take out Rupe now
"I really think JD is probably going to be one of the best things ever to happen to the Rangers." - Longhorn, May 27th, 2007
And put in who?
Why throw another arm out there in an 11-5 game when you have a four-game set with the Angels coming up.
by The Best Micah on Jul 6, 2008 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
Rupe
getcherheadout!
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
Rupe wanted CJ to get a save today
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Evidently.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
I really wish he didn't
that’s some bad friendship
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
this is st upid
get him out of there.
"I really think JD is probably going to be one of the best things ever to happen to the Rangers." - Longhorn, May 27th, 2007
Geez
and now Eddie has to warm up again.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
STUPID STUPID STUPID
"I really think JD is probably going to be one of the best things ever to happen to the Rangers." - Longhorn, May 27th, 2007
Stupid having Josh Rupe in a 6 run game?
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 6, 2008 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions
not taking him out
after 3 extremely hard hit balls and with no control.
"I really think JD is probably going to be one of the best things ever to happen to the Rangers." - Longhorn, May 27th, 2007
6 run lead...
I think you give him a chance to try to get straightened out.
Worst case…he gives up a homer, and you still have a 3 run lead.
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 6, 2008 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Hey now
I don’t think that’s a fair general statement
by The Best Micah on Jul 6, 2008 4:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Does it really matter in that instance? :)
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If only we were playing hand grenades
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no need to dive there
he’s not trying to prtect a no-hitter, it would have only been the 2nd out, not the third… you’re better off letting it drop in front of you and letting the guy on 1st than missing it and putting a guy in scoring position… Rookie judgment.
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
But letting it drop in doesn't get you babes or Sportscenter Top 10 highlights
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neither does missing it and kicking it into centerfield...
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
But he didn't lose anything on it...
but if he had got it in his glove he’d have 10 babes waiting in the player tunnel.
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aren't you a Ranger fan
This can’t be the first game you’ve seen like that
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Kiko Calero
how effective can he really be with a torn rotator cuff?
"I really think JD is probably going to be one of the best things ever to happen to the Rangers." - Longhorn, May 27th, 2007
didnt have
like 6 K’s in 3 innings the outing before they released him? I remember my Newburg Report saying something like that
by blueballlefty on Jul 6, 2008 4:12 PM CDT up reply actions
if you can pitch with a torn rotator cuff, effectively
then more power to him.
"I really think JD is probably going to be one of the best things ever to happen to the Rangers." - Longhorn, May 27th, 2007
Looks to be on pace for about a 4 hr game
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Josh and Tom said it a long while ago...
even yahoo’s box score has that.
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The behind the back, kick you in the face techniqe
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CJ just has to make things interesting
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You forgot the alternate name for a rooster
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positive thinking
We are going to win, we are going to win, we are going to win, we are go…................
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
In this graphic
Is CJ the train and Connor the clown?
by The Best Micah on Jul 6, 2008 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Nobody's perfect
Everyone gives up a run every now and then. Lets hope that’s the only one that CJ gives up over the next couple of months.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
thanks for the jinx
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
ElectricOkra.com
I said hope
I didn’t guarantee shit. This one’s on AJM. He didn’t criticize Murphy enough earlier in the game.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
umm
what
"I really think JD is probably going to be one of the best things ever to happen to the Rangers." - Longhorn, May 27th, 2007
CJ Wilson
The new Francisco Cordero…turns everything into 1 run save opportunities with winning runs on base
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Ballgame!!
LSB says FU O’s
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
Whew...
another tough save, but finished it off
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WHEW
"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’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
considering he kept his job when he got a decent save % and bad era
and lsot his job when he started blowing saves… i think you could tell it to him.
2 games over 500 please.
The end result was
CJ thanks the offense for getting so many runs, to allow greater room for error.
by SaltyGoesYard on Jul 6, 2008 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions
and might be a bit upset
at Rupe for not holding down the lead a bit better
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
4-2 on the road trip not bad
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
Because we are the Rangers
"Would you mind walking a time or two so I could drive in some runs"? Milton Bradley
That's what we wanted
Before this series started 4-2 now we need to win 3 out of 4 against the angels.
The funny thing about my back is that its located on my cock.
Hello Win Column!!!
Finally, that shiz was ugly…
BTW, 3:48 minutes of agony.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
Thank you...
and I was there to endure it all. I don’t believe we had a clean 1-2-3 inning the entire game.
Longtime lurker
"why is it always this hard....." "Because we are the Rangers"
Ain’t that the damn hard truth, if they ever get pitching, look out Baseball, a win is a win i guess, now lets see if they can take 3 of 4 from the Angels, not likely but we can hope.
Hey atleast CJ didn't walk anyone...
as there is no excuse with a 3 run lead. A save is a save and he’s now 21 for 23 which is an awesome percentage.
Just think of it this way. If CJ can get that kind of percentage when he’s somewhat struggling, wait til he gets into a groove. Yes, he’s probably gotten a tad lucky so far with that ERA but he’s gotten it done regardless.
Bad coaching decisions cost us that 3rd Yankee game...
And almost today’s contest.
Wharter
Jason, aka
“The Wacko from Waco” has resumed calling the KRLD postgame show…and the entirety of Rangerdom loses a few IQ points.
Dammit, just die already!
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
always listened to him on late night sporting news radio
he is crazy
by blueballlefty on Jul 6, 2008 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Insomnia sucks
yes, he calls all kind of shows…and I have to hear him because I often don’t sleep and lay in bed listening to talk radio to put me to sleep.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
hey Mike… i love your show… hey, lemme ask you… lemme… i wanted to see if… about… ‘bout what’choo think the Rangers should do with… the Silver Boot… hey… you know… i gotta… i gotta hand it to the Rangers… i mean… we almost lost that game… but, you know… the Astros… the Astros are a good team… i mean… Hunter Pence is… he’s just really good…. Mike… should the Rangers make a trade…......for Hunter Pence?........
by oc on Jul 6, 2008 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I knew my fair fellow
postgame show geek would have an input.
:-)
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
I think he was dumped
for being a moron.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
Forgive me if this is too basic
Talk radio is phased through what is basically a hard drive…what you hear on the radio is often 07-30 secs behind the real conversation. It is quite possible he said something totally unfit for the airwaves.
"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
"If you ain't got no money, ain't nobody calls you honey," Bo Diddley
He used to call the sports talk shows in Houston
And the hosts made fun of him here, too.
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 6, 2008 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions
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