Saturday's Post Game Thoughts

by Steal Home on Aug 2, 2008 11:22 PM CDT

Pretty good game despite the rangers losing. Burnett just had his stuff working and things didnt go the Ranger's way. For instance Feldman throwing the ball in center, Wilkerson not making a catch even though it was called a catch, getting thrown out at home, and another bad call when the jays stole which ended up costing us a run.

What if What if What if. but we easily could have won that game. The one thing we could have controlled is putting in Wright in the 6th, i dont get why Wash didnt put in Franky?? Franky has been great in those situations and Wright hasnt really been good in any situation. But at least Feldman pitched a great game and he easily could have not allowed those 2 runs.

Bradley still hurt, Chris is slumping or at least it seems like he is, Madrigal hasnt pitched since Monday, I think Boggs should be playing everyday instead of bryd, Rupe looked great

Other Thoughts?

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My thoughts

I still like Scott Feldman

"Over the years, my favorite pastime outside baseball is driving through a pasture looking at cattle." - Nolan Ryan

by hurlerhurley on Aug 2, 2008 11:47 PM CDT 0 recs

me too

you do all that delevoping, scouting, practice, and etc. Then after all of our SP prospects, a side-arm middle reliever is our best young starter in the ML

Feliz and Hurley. The 1-2 punch of the future

by Steal Home on Aug 2, 2008 11:58 PM CDT up 0 recs

You know Feldman

is Jew.

"Over the years, my favorite pastime outside baseball is driving through a pasture looking at cattle." - Nolan Ryan

by hurlerhurley on Aug 3, 2008 12:05 AM CDT up 0 recs

What does that have to do with anything?

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"If I buy this team, Chris Davis will end up suing me for sexual harassment." - Me
"Oh, but it will be worth it. a few million to you at that point will be pocket change." - LAMuscleFag

by baseballismyboyfriend on Aug 3, 2008 12:09 AM CDT up 0 recs

hes a racist

Feliz and Hurley. The 1-2 punch of the future

by Steal Home on Aug 3, 2008 12:10 AM CDT up 0 recs

micah

i was just saying he’s jewish

"Over the years, my favorite pastime outside baseball is driving through a pasture looking at cattle." - Nolan Ryan

by hurlerhurley on Aug 3, 2008 12:54 AM CDT up 0 recs

how bout some trivia

can you name all the jewish starting pitchers that have pitched a game this year?

"Over the years, my favorite pastime outside baseball is driving through a pasture looking at cattle." - Nolan Ryan

by hurlerhurley on Aug 3, 2008 12:55 AM CDT up 0 recs

it's pretty cool huh?

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Aug 3, 2008 2:36 AM CDT up 0 recs

Back on the sauce man?

Whatever problems you’re having, no reason to start drinking again.

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Aug 3, 2008 12:16 AM CDT up 0 recs

back posting again man?

Whatever problems you’re having, no reason to start posting again

"Over the years, my favorite pastime outside baseball is driving through a pasture looking at cattle." - Nolan Ryan

by hurlerhurley on Aug 3, 2008 12:57 AM CDT up 0 recs

Just trying to be supportive.

Said that you were having marital problems, and you were making some odd posts.

"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."

by benmor78 on Aug 3, 2008 2:45 AM CDT up 0 recs

So is Kins

I don’t see the connection.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Stuff-You-Need-Brett-Favre-action-figure-bench?urn=nfl,93739

by BudLight on Aug 3, 2008 11:14 AM CDT up 0 recs

i just saw the strike 3 on davis

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

the preceding post is not nearly as negative or insulting as you think it is

by DSheppard on Aug 2, 2008 11:55 PM CDT 0 recs

im beginning to change my mind and lean towards having replay

Feliz and Hurley. The 1-2 punch of the future

by Steal Home on Aug 2, 2008 11:57 PM CDT up 0 recs

What about that Wilkerson "catch"

by baseballismyboyfriend on Aug 2, 2008 11:59 PM CDT up 0 recs

that one I can understand because it was neary impossible to tell

still annoying though.

however, the stolen base and caught off 1st.. i had excellent views of those plays and I swear, as unbiased as i can be, I saw 100% those calls were wrong from 100s of feet away. Why cant the ump get it right 5 feet away.

the preceding post is not nearly as negative or insulting as you think it is

by DSheppard on Aug 3, 2008 12:02 AM CDT up 0 recs

umps make close calls

and it is 50/50 whether they get it right or not yet it seems like they get them right 10% of the time

Feliz and Hurley. The 1-2 punch of the future

by Steal Home on Aug 3, 2008 12:09 AM CDT up 0 recs

I'm frustrated by a lot of things as well...

You did highlight most of those though.

One of my biggest frustrations was, in my opinion, another questionable managerial decision by Wash when taking Feldman out of the game after 93 pitches with guys on 1st and 2nd. Like, I understand Feldman was getting tired and maybe needed to be conservative in his pitch count, but damnit that poor guy has been getting the worst breaks of any pitcher this season that I’ve seen in a long, long time. I feel like Scott deserved a chance to work himself out of that jam and get out of the inning, but yet again, Ron taken out a pitcher when it’s not a good time to, though most of the time he waits too long. But that was just one of several things.

The umpiring would be #2. I don’t know where the umpires come from these days, but I could walk up there and do a better job of calling balls and strikes. It’s pathetic, some of the calls we have to put up with. And it’s not a recent development either. It’s been going on since at least 2004. Absolutely dreadful, and I’m sick of being the team that seems to get the bad end of the deal the majority of the time.

Lastly, the bullpen. Jamey Wright has fallen off of the proverbial cliff since the middle of June, CJ can’t do anything right to save his life, most of the other guys are inconsistent at best, save maybe Rupe and FF, and it’s getting old watching them give up run after run after run. I think the pitching coach change was a good one, which will help the club in the season’s remainder, as well as in the future. But, I for one am sick of the bullpen’s implosions.

That is all. For now.

Ian Kinsler has finally earned the right to be the third of my co-favorite players.

by utlonghorn24 on Aug 3, 2008 12:10 AM CDT 0 recs

+1

and if Washington is gonna take our Feldman who was pitching great the whole game then at least put in a good pitcher like FX2

Feliz and Hurley. The 1-2 punch of the future

by Steal Home on Aug 3, 2008 12:12 AM CDT up 0 recs

Agree.

Jamey was the wrong guy to put in there to close up that scenario. Bottom line is that he hasn’t been getting it done (probably a big reason why he hadn’t pitched in 3 days until tonight), and Ron needed to put in someone who we could count on to get us out of a jam like that. He simply didn’t.

However, I disagree with the entire move of getting Feldman out of the game to begin with. Just for clarification.

Ian Kinsler has finally earned the right to be the third of my co-favorite players.

by utlonghorn24 on Aug 3, 2008 12:19 AM CDT up 0 recs

Just saw about 2/3 of the game

On TV, since I was busy and had to leave twice during the broadcast. So I may have missed some critical calls, and my opinion of them looking at replay is too profane to post here. It isn’t occasional bad calls, folks, although those get the attention. It’s a case of more than a couple of actually incompetent umpires, and somehow we land two of them in this crew. Also, I empathize with Wright. FWIW, he’s overworked, and being dependent of stuff not velocity, is especially taxed by the overwork.

After the game ended, I’ve just listened to this, more than once. Fits my mood.

http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=0wtiNzci1Wc&feature=related

"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)

by Ed Coffin on Aug 3, 2008 2:16 AM CDT up 0 recs

Yeah, normally I'm not one to get too worked up about the umpires

But these past 2 games have been atrocious.

U-G-L-Y, they ain’t got no alibi…

Last week I took a pleasure trip. I drove my wife to the airport.

by Brian Thomas on Aug 3, 2008 4:53 PM CDT up 0 recs

TRADE FOR DAVID PRICE. AND/OR EDWIN JACKSON

im willing to trade anyone of our hitters excluding Hamilton obviously

Kinsler is the best player on the rangers(done), BENOIT SUCKS(done), bring up Harrison(done),new: Put Nippert in rotation, Mendoza to the pen, get Feliz to AAA by the end of the year, trade cat

by nice hands on Aug 3, 2008 12:16 AM CDT 0 recs

Chris Davis

Sorry but we WILL NOT TRADE HIM

"Over the years, my favorite pastime outside baseball is driving through a pasture looking at cattle." - Nolan Ryan

by hurlerhurley on Aug 3, 2008 1:38 AM CDT up 0 recs

TB won't trade david price for CD...

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Aug 3, 2008 2:35 AM CDT up 0 recs

trade him for hammy then

The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ

by NYTXFAN on Aug 3, 2008 7:57 AM CDT up 0 recs

You know the trading deadline has passed

Yes?

A Lonestar in California

We need to hire Chuck Norris to kick the ass of any Ranger fan caught booing one of our young pitchers at the RBiA.

by lonestarJon on Aug 3, 2008 6:43 AM CDT up 0 recs

off-season

Kinsler is the best player on the rangers(done), BENOIT SUCKS(done), bring up Harrison(done),new: Put Nippert in rotation, Mendoza to the pen, get Feliz to AAA by the end of the year, trade cat

by nice hands on Aug 3, 2008 12:01 PM CDT up 0 recs

You'd trade Ian Kinsler or Chris Davis for Edwin Jackson???

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 3, 2008 9:35 AM CDT up 0 recs

for ian not davis

Kinsler is the best player on the rangers(done), BENOIT SUCKS(done), bring up Harrison(done),new: Put Nippert in rotation, Mendoza to the pen, get Feliz to AAA by the end of the year, trade cat

by nice hands on Aug 3, 2008 12:00 PM CDT up 0 recs

Scott Feldman

has a better WHIP than Edwin Jackson does this year.

by Randy Richardson on Aug 3, 2008 12:22 PM CDT up 0 recs

ERA is the only thing that matters

Kinsler is the best player on the rangers(done), BENOIT SUCKS(done), bring up Harrison(done),new: Put Nippert in rotation, Mendoza to the pen, get Feliz to AAA by the end of the year, trade cat

by nice hands on Aug 3, 2008 2:15 PM CDT up 0 recs

For Ian not Davis?

You think Ian is more expendable? How? At least with Davis we have Smoak who can probably be here in two years.

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Aug 3, 2008 1:16 PM CDT up 0 recs

who cares, we need pitching

jackson is young and is going to be a great pitcher

Kinsler is the best player on the rangers(done), BENOIT SUCKS(done), bring up Harrison(done),new: Put Nippert in rotation, Mendoza to the pen, get Feliz to AAA by the end of the year, trade cat

by nice hands on Aug 3, 2008 2:13 PM CDT up 0 recs

Who cares?

Anyone that is hypothetically suggesting roster transactions would care….

"Sooner or later, prospects kill you, because you hang onto them." - Greggo, 11/22/2005

by Agreen07 on Aug 3, 2008 3:22 PM CDT up 0 recs

I'm sorry...

That’s just absurd.

Ian Kinsler has finally earned the right to be the third of my co-favorite players.

by utlonghorn24 on Aug 3, 2008 1:41 PM CDT up 0 recs

you posting is just absurd

Kinsler is the best player on the rangers(done), BENOIT SUCKS(done), bring up Harrison(done),new: Put Nippert in rotation, Mendoza to the pen, get Feliz to AAA by the end of the year, trade cat

by nice hands on Aug 3, 2008 2:13 PM CDT up 0 recs

And you must be how old?

Going on six and a half?

Ian Kinsler has finally earned the right to be the third of my co-favorite players.

by utlonghorn24 on Aug 4, 2008 12:29 AM CDT up 0 recs

6 and 3/4

Feliz and Hurley. The 1-2 punch of the future

by Steal Home on Aug 4, 2008 2:11 AM CDT up 0 recs

FRANKIE

Is there a reason that we don’t just let Frankie Francisco pitch every inning for this team out of the bullpen. I know its a lot of innings but he is the only one in there that is any good. I mean maybe Guardado and Rupe every once in a while, but mostly Frankie.

by CRUSHDAVIS on Aug 3, 2008 10:13 AM CDT 0 recs