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8/26/08 game day thread

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Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals


Bleah, again.

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nah

its spelled CRUZ

"Well, the Dallas Mavericks got beat by the New Orleans Hornets last night ending their season. Word is that someone on the team is dating Jessica Simpson." - Jay Leno

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by hinduplaya on Aug 26, 2008 6:21 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

The enthusiasm is infectious!

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

by Dirk Diggler on Aug 26, 2008 6:21 PM CDT   0 recs

From BA's Dailly Dish segements

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Prospect Nuggets

In his fourth game back since missing three weeks with a hip flexor, Oklahoma C Max Ramirez (Rangers) went 2-for-6 with a home run (two) and two RBIs . . . Oklahoma RHP Tommy Hunter (Rangers) tossed 6 2/3 shutout innings at Round Rock. He allowed four hits while striking out five and walking four.

TEXAS LEAGUE

It’s getting repetitive to say, but Frisco shortstop Elvis Andrus is tearing up the TL in the second half. Yesterday Andrus went 2-for-4, drew a walk and stole a base, his 51st of the year. At least we can start writing something new about Andrus: he turned 20 today …

California League

Bakersfield first baseman Ian Gac was 1-for-3 and went deep for the 12th time in the Cal League.

Midwest League

Clinton (Rangers) center fielder Engel Beltre went 3-for-5 with a double in an 11-6 win over Peoria (Cubs) …

Short Season

Prospect Of The Day

Seventeen-year-old lefthander Martin Perez (Rangers) finally won his first game in short-season ball. Perez went five shutout innings, holding Tri-City to four hits and two walks. He struck out four. Add his name to the deep list of quality pitching prospects on that Spokane team

A lot of mentions for the Rangers organization with only the Rookie league team having no representatives

by laxtonto on Aug 26, 2008 6:28 PM CDT   1 recs

I owuld love to see it and see Wakefeild get hammered

just to see Boston make a panic move….

But with our luck, Wakefeild will dominate and Millwood will get spanked

by laxtonto on Aug 26, 2008 6:36 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Lineup

Arias 2B
FOTF SS
Hamilton CF
Bradely DH
Hbla 1B
Byrd LF
Cruz RF
Laird C
Vazquez 3B???

Nippert=Cy Young

by RA Dickey on Aug 26, 2008 6:46 PM CDT   0 recs

go rangers...

"Popularity is fleeting. Principles are forever."

by Longhorn on Aug 26, 2008 6:46 PM CDT   0 recs

again

"Popularity is fleeting. Principles are forever."

by Longhorn on Aug 26, 2008 6:47 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

what's the point of having salty up here...

"Popularity is fleeting. Principles are forever."

by Longhorn on Aug 26, 2008 6:49 PM CDT   0 recs

I agree

Laird has been pretty awful lately

by FirebatM3 on Aug 26, 2008 6:57 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Salty is actually

hitting .320 his last 10. Seems like they are out on him though. Granted he has underwhelmed me up to this point, but I don’t see why they can’t run him out there at least 2-3 times a week.

Nippert=Cy Young

by RA Dickey on Aug 26, 2008 6:57 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I was surprised he wasn't in the lineup last night

After the beating Gerald took on Sunday. And the stretch he’s played. But….whatever….

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by baseballismyboyfriend on Aug 26, 2008 7:01 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Last night, yes

Tonight, not so much :( Stupid work

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by baseballismyboyfriend on Aug 26, 2008 7:04 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

That's alright

We’re on “a break” after he snubbed me yesterday :)

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by baseballismyboyfriend on Aug 26, 2008 7:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Nah

Ron just decided to bench him tonight to teach him a lesson.

Ha ha. I wish.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by baseballismyboyfriend on Aug 26, 2008 7:10 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I mean

I wish I was that important.

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by baseballismyboyfriend on Aug 26, 2008 7:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Gloss Road is a gross name

Think of the carnage…

"...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

by Rodney on Aug 26, 2008 7:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Greinke

Does anyone else think he has a pretty violent delivery?

by TxStCa on Aug 26, 2008 7:11 PM CDT   0 recs

w00t!

"...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

by Rodney on Aug 26, 2008 7:12 PM CDT   0 recs

I like

but he doesn’t look sure of himself, at all.

"...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

by Rodney on Aug 26, 2008 7:18 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

hes a rookie, give him a break

or you can superimpose MY head on their

by laxtonto on Aug 26, 2008 7:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I wanted to do more, but this is the best I could manage

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Davis with 3 ribbies ... you can't hold a good man down." - LonestarJon
"Maybe not, but I'd like to." - Me

by baseballismyboyfriend on Aug 26, 2008 7:20 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

That's OK

looks kinda “Knoxey” though…

"...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

by Rodney on Aug 26, 2008 7:25 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

i think i'm going to start using that as a insult to people

i wonder if anyone will ever figure out what it means when i tell them “that was very Knoxey of you”

by jas003 on Aug 26, 2008 7:27 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Mikey is trying

for the 200, eh?

by TxStCa on Aug 26, 2008 7:14 PM CDT   0 recs

For Sure!

"...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

by Rodney on Aug 26, 2008 7:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Test???

"...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

by Rodney on Aug 26, 2008 7:14 PM CDT   0 recs

-1

Spelling

:-)

"...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

by Rodney on Aug 26, 2008 7:17 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

as much as i hate going to work somedays

i would have to say that’s the one thing in life i’m sure i don’t miss……except maybe the friends.

by jas003 on Aug 26, 2008 7:18 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

My 20th reunion is in October

If I could, I’d do it all over and study harder

by awillis111 on Aug 26, 2008 7:20 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Had a decent career for 8 years, had reconsructive knee surgery

and decided a career change was in order….

one of the best decisions i ever made

by laxtonto on Aug 26, 2008 7:33 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

im a student...

working on a Statistical Analysis degree with a roll over masters…

Lets just say the smallest offer I have had is substantially more than I used to make as an Electrical Superintendent.

The hardest decision I have had about my degree was to turn down Stanford, USC and UCLA to stay at UNT.

by laxtonto on Aug 26, 2008 7:42 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

what you not a QC guy?

My technical degree falls into a Decision Science Degree with a specialization in long term analysis of finical trends in the stock market…. Or that’s the plan so far,may change my thesis if i find something more interesting…

I could quit right now and do mid term and long term forecasting for Nokia, but since we have no kids and my wife teaches honors in Plano, I’m just sticking with it till i’m done.

by laxtonto on Aug 26, 2008 7:47 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

numbers bury me.

i just thought it was cool that there’s an LSB blogger studying statistical analysis.

by oc on Aug 26, 2008 7:52 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

np....misunderstood the heh

numbers are pretty….All was ever good at in school was numbers and sports…English and spelling are not a strong point with dyslexia…

Amazingly i catch transposed stuff with numbers all the time, but cant with words

by laxtonto on Aug 26, 2008 7:57 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

that's the same thing i think all the time, i only just had my 10th last year though.

it’s one of those if you only knew then what you know now kind of things….

by jas003 on Aug 26, 2008 7:21 PM CDT   0 recs

I've only

been out of college since December and I already wish I would have studied harder…

by TxStCa on Aug 26, 2008 7:23 PM CDT   0 recs

My major was Brewology

I’m still studying hard to this day!!

by awillis111 on Aug 26, 2008 7:24 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I wish I had studied more

Although in retrospect I’m happy with where I am now…I had the test scores to get into an Ivy League school, or Stanford (which was where I really wanted to go), but couldn’t even get into Rice (I got wait-listed there) because of my GPA.

Then, as an undergrad, I was a big screw-up and got crappy grades, which limited my law school choices.

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 26, 2008 7:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Rodney

Did you ever figure out the golfer water splash picture?

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Aug 26, 2008 7:23 PM CDT   0 recs

I.

Hate.You.

eom

(nope)

"...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

by Rodney on Aug 26, 2008 7:24 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Sorry to hear that

:)

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Aug 26, 2008 7:25 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I have new images

Let’s hope I can stay awake long enough…

"...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

by Rodney on Aug 26, 2008 7:27 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I don't have it

Or I would

A bunch of midgets with no arms could pitch better than us. -iorange555

by boomer1 on Aug 26, 2008 7:30 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Holy

Crap. That was spectacular.

by TxStCa on Aug 26, 2008 7:23 PM CDT   0 recs

I'll take

that 1st inning from LardAss everytime

by TxStCa on Aug 26, 2008 7:27 PM CDT   0 recs

Thanks Alot

Now he’ll get shelled and be done gone after 3.2

by awillis111 on Aug 26, 2008 7:30 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Jinxie!

"...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

by Rodney on Aug 26, 2008 7:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

TY

TYVM!!!!!!!

by awillis111 on Aug 26, 2008 7:36 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

♫ oooooooooooh!…FORT WORTH NATIONAL…. ♫

by oc on Aug 26, 2008 7:29 PM CDT   0 recs

he's just teasing us

you’ll be sitting there thinking, well maybe he’ll have a good night then all of a sudden he’ll give up like 6 or 7 singles and we will be losing

by jas003 on Aug 26, 2008 7:29 PM CDT   0 recs

that's what it always seems like in his games

he will only give up 2 or 3 extra base hits but there will also be 10+ singles added in there some where.

by jas003 on Aug 26, 2008 7:33 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

damn

that was seriously impressive

"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
"When it comes to Jeff Mathis, the story ends with us putting one in his earhole." - AJM, 7.7.08

by lisa w on Aug 26, 2008 7:35 PM CDT   0 recs

what is that 2 good defensive plays in this game so far

it’ll even out……always seems to this year

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