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Texas Rangers @ Los Angeles Angels


Current Series

4 game series vs Angels @ Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Thu 08/28 WP: Jon Garland (12 - 8)
SV: Francisco Rodriguez
LP: Jamey Wright (6 - 6)		 5 - 7 loss

Texas Rangers
@ Los Angeles Angels

Friday, Aug 29, 2008, 9:05 PM CDT
Angel Stadium of Anaheim

Dustin Nippert vs Ervin Santana

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 75.

 

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Sat 08/30

Scott Feldman vs Jered Weaver

Partly cloudy. Winds blowing from left to right field at 5-15 m.p.h. Game Time temperature: Around 80.

 8:05 PM CDT
Sun 08/31 2:35 PM CDT


 

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which should we use?

by RachelB on Aug 29, 2008 8:11 PM CDT   0 recs

go dipper!

rangers win 3-2

http://www.buchanan4pres2008.org/
NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER

by gossamer on Aug 29, 2008 8:12 PM CDT   0 recs

twice the threads twice the fun?

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg

by rentz on Aug 29, 2008 8:13 PM CDT   0 recs

I really want Feldman to finish strong this year.

Who ever would have thought he would be here making the impact that he is making. I for one was not. I remember how I was ready to write him off. Who would have that that he is our most dependable starter this year?

Good luck Feldman. Here is to you and your future with this team. I hope your arm doesn’t fall off.

The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ

by NYTXFAN on Aug 29, 2008 8:26 PM CDT   0 recs

I smell a blowout today

only , its in the Rangers favor for a change.

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg1 on Aug 29, 2008 8:28 PM CDT   0 recs

fwiw

Volquez hammered by the Giants today.

Post-ASB ERA is 4.96.

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 29, 2008 8:33 PM CDT   0 recs

TERRIBLE TRADE!

RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE!

"One man, five scoops." -- shroomer

by ghtd36 on Aug 29, 2008 8:35 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

how's galarraga been?

http://www.buchanan4pres2008.org/
NIXON: NOW MORE THAN EVER

by gossamer on Aug 29, 2008 8:44 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Pretty well, I think

Enjoying retirement. I think he’s being inducted into the Rockies HOF.

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 29, 2008 8:48 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

"Popularity is fleeting. Principles are forever."

by Longhorn on Aug 29, 2008 8:54 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Oh, I see what you did there...

"We go to Jim Knox..."
Economists do it discretely AND continuously.

by Updog on Aug 29, 2008 8:58 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

39:13

K:BB

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

by DSheppard on Aug 29, 2008 8:50 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

He's been throwing a lot of pitches this year

He’s averaging about 102 pitches per start which includes 10 starts going to 110 pitches and another one at 109. Great talent, but I’m guessing Dusty will kill his career.

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg1 on Aug 29, 2008 9:00 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Well

Hamilton is 9 for his last 44 and has a Post-ASB line of .257/.337/.480/.817

"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama

by DaheelzCM on Aug 30, 2008 1:44 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

My pleasure

"Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states" - Barack Obama

by DaheelzCM on Aug 30, 2008 9:48 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

link?

Does anybody have a link to watch the game??

Nippert=Cy Young

by RA Dickey on Aug 29, 2008 8:56 PM CDT   0 recs

Feldman will go 6 and leave with elventy billion to three lead. Quality start. Nice.

"We go to Jim Knox..."
Economists do it discretely AND continuously.

by Updog on Aug 29, 2008 8:56 PM CDT   1 recs

that'd be impressive

considering he’s pitching tomorrow

by FirebatM3 on Aug 29, 2008 8:59 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm gonna be watching tomorrow.

I’m going to bed early tonight. Work but early in the morning.

"We go to Jim Knox..."
Economists do it discretely AND continuously.

by Updog on Aug 29, 2008 9:13 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

x

"One man, five scoops." -- shroomer

by ghtd36 on Aug 29, 2008 9:03 PM CDT   0 recs

Damnit.

That was supposed to be in reply to Firebat. I am pwnd.

"One man, five scoops." -- shroomer

by ghtd36 on Aug 29, 2008 9:03 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

HOLY CRAP

David Newhan just belted a homer to tie the Stros’ game. DAVID NEWHAN.

Yeah, anybody got a link for this game?

by jonthefon on Aug 29, 2008 9:03 PM CDT   0 recs

Yay, my internet works again

I was afraid I was gonna miss the game.

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 29, 2008 9:05 PM CDT   0 recs

firework smoke

Gdawg1 wants me to die. :[

by iorange555 on Aug 29, 2008 9:06 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

looks like it from this angle

but the other angles they’ve shown have looked perfect

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg1 on Aug 29, 2008 9:06 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

It's smoke from their fireworks

Because of their positions out in the rock garden in CF, it tends to drift out onto the field.

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 29, 2008 9:08 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Suddenlink is showing a black screen where the game should be

Maybe I’ll be treated to the dulcet tones of Rex Hudler and Steve Psychotic and whoever the hell else they run in there.

Or maybe they won’t show the game at all.

It’s a surprise!

Baseball Time in Arlington

by jamcadbury on Aug 29, 2008 9:09 PM CDT   0 recs

Well

They’re supposed to be streaming the game here:

http://rookyclub.4-all.org/

But right now it’s Giants and Reds.

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 29, 2008 9:11 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I think that would be the Angel broadcast though

So that probably wouldn’t help you any.

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 29, 2008 9:12 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Like I said last night

I’m sorry.

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 29, 2008 9:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Worse:

Angels broadcast crew or ChiSox?

Aikman and Bradshaw?

Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill

by SarasotaRanger on Aug 29, 2008 9:19 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

IMO

The Angels. But I’ve admittedly only had to deal with the White Sox guys a few times.

The Angel guys are clowns, and wereas the White Sox guys make the game incredibly boring and slow. So it’s really kind of a toss up I guess.

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 29, 2008 9:24 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

You said Figgy Pudding....

…. sigh.

Aikman and Bradshaw?

Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill

by SarasotaRanger on Aug 29, 2008 9:16 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Cockroach

I prefer to call him cockroach.

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 29, 2008 9:17 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Naw

It is an interesting study in contrasts. I grew up in Fort Worth, where the worry was tornados…but with tornados, you had no warning. They just showed up.

With hurricanes, it is sloooooow. Landfall probably would be sometime on Tuesday, and here we are on Friday, having notices to make sure your gas tank is full.

With Eduoard, the town largely shut down, and it ended up being no big deal. I imagine the same thing will happen with this, if it ends up heading our way…everyone will hunker down, eat Poptarts, and watch the news show the same bits of news over and over and over again.

It isn’t really panic. It is more like your mother telling you to wear clean underwear.

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 29, 2008 9:20 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Ah, the tornado drills in the hallway in school

good times.

Aikman and Bradshaw?

Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill

by SarasotaRanger on Aug 29, 2008 9:23 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Hah

Remember eating Pop Tarts when Rita came up through NE Texas and we lost power. Usually never eat ’em, either.

The current models have it making landfall a bit east of the TX/LA border, at which point it’ll apparently cut NNE and move into NE Texas…given Tyler’s well-earned reputation for having perhaps the worst drivers in the state, as well as drivers that panic and seem to top out their speedometers at 30 mph if there’s as so much as a snowflake, it should be a fun experience trekking through this if it retains tropical storm intensity this far inland like Rita did…

So stay the hell out of this neck of the woods next week, pretty much.

Baseball Time in Arlington returns September 2nd...

by jamcadbury on Aug 29, 2008 9:30 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Apparently...

…Wal-Mart stocks a whole crapload of Pop-Tarts in areas where a hurricane is headed, because people buy a bunch of them when hurricanes are coming in.

http://adweek.blogs.com/adfreak/2004/11/hurricane_comin.html

by Adam J. Morris on Aug 29, 2008 9:34 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

I'm in New Orleans..

and I’m panicking sooo much I’m about to go have a few cocktails on Bourbon St. to calm my nerves. Actually I’m not panicking at all I’ll leave in a day or two before shit hits the fan only because my hotel may be evacuating.

"California is the most liberal state in the union. No joke that place is probably going to slide into the ocean one of these days. California is a wasteland run by liberals"

-Sharky- what a nice guy huh? I guess he doesn't watch any TV shows or movies.. If California goes so goes the entertainment industry. What a nut job!!

by LAMuscleFag on Aug 29, 2008 9:25 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Make sure to stop by Felix's and try the oysters.

Aikman and Bradshaw?

Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill

by SarasotaRanger on Aug 29, 2008 9:27 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

hmmmm I think I just walked by that place..

is it on Bourbon St? I did very much enjoy the barbecue shrimp at Pascal Manales last night..it was pretty damn good.. in Uptown

"California is the most liberal state in the union. No joke that place is probably going to slide into the ocean one of these days. California is a wasteland run by liberals"

-Sharky- what a nice guy huh? I guess he doesn't watch any TV shows or movies.. If California goes so goes the entertainment industry. What a nut job!!

by LAMuscleFag on Aug 29, 2008 9:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

It's in the Quarter

on Iberville Street.

Aikman and Bradshaw?

Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill

by SarasotaRanger on Aug 29, 2008 9:31 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

yummmm

thanks…I’ll have to go check it out.

"California is the most liberal state in the union. No joke that place is probably going to slide into the ocean one of these days. California is a wasteland run by liberals"

-Sharky- what a nice guy huh? I guess he doesn't watch any TV shows or movies.. If California goes so goes the entertainment industry. What a nut job!!

by LAMuscleFag on Aug 29, 2008 9:34 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

+1

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 29, 2008 9:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

haha prayers not necessary.. but thanks...

A big part of me wants to stay in my hotel and light up a fat one, listen to REO Speedwagons
“Riding the storm out” and order room service for a couple days til its over but the city has differant designs.

"California is the most liberal state in the union. No joke that place is probably going to slide into the ocean one of these days. California is a wasteland run by liberals"

-Sharky- what a nice guy huh? I guess he doesn't watch any TV shows or movies.. If California goes so goes the entertainment industry. What a nut job!!

by LAMuscleFag on Aug 29, 2008 9:33 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

From Dr. Jeff Masters
Today is the 3rd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s catastrophic hit on the Louisiana/Mississippi/Alabama coast. Unfortunately, I think that people living in New Orleans should mark the anniversary of Katrina by getting the heck out of the city. You live at the bottom of a bowl, much of it below sea level. While New Orleans must exist where it is, this is not natural. Nature wants to fill up this bowl with huge quantities of Gulf of Mexico sea water. There is a storm capable of doing that bearing down on you. If you live in New Orleans, I suggest you take a little Labor Day holiday—sooner, rather than later, to beat the rush—and get out of town. Gustav is going to come close to you, and there’s no sense messing with a major hurricane capable of pushing a Category 3 storm surge to your doorstep. Don’t test those Category 3 rated—but untested—levees. Conventional pre-Katrina wisdom suggested that the city needed 72 hours to evacuate. With the population about half of the pre-Katrina population, that lead time is about 60 hours. With Gustav likely to bring tropical storm force winds to the city by Monday afternoon, that means that tonight is a good time to start evacuating—Saturday morning at the latest. Voluntary evacuations have already begun, which is a good idea.

Baseball Time in Arlington returns September 2nd...

by jamcadbury on Aug 29, 2008 9:34 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

thanks Jim..

I’ll most likely leave like at 3 or 4 am Monday morning.. or maybe tomorrow night depending on how close it is…

"California is the most liberal state in the union. No joke that place is probably going to slide into the ocean one of these days. California is a wasteland run by liberals"

-Sharky- what a nice guy huh? I guess he doesn't watch any TV shows or movies.. If California goes so goes the entertainment industry. What a nut job!!

by LAMuscleFag on Aug 29, 2008 9:40 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

lol

One of the reasons people die in hurricanes is cause they have a brain like yours.

Gdawg1 wants me to die. :[

by iorange555 on Aug 29, 2008 9:37 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

ummm excuse me madam

I doubt very seriously I would drown in a 10th floor hotel room in the French Quarter which is above sea level IF I chose to stay. You don’t know what you’re talking about. The people who drowned were in the LOW lying areas which were below sea level.

"California is the most liberal state in the union. No joke that place is probably going to slide into the ocean one of these days. California is a wasteland run by liberals"

-Sharky- what a nice guy huh? I guess he doesn't watch any TV shows or movies.. If California goes so goes the entertainment industry. What a nut job!!

by LAMuscleFag on Aug 29, 2008 9:42 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

10th Floor?

I hope you can swim.

/tongue, cheek, etc.

"One man, five scoops." -- shroomer

by ghtd36 on Aug 29, 2008 9:43 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Lol

OH yea i forgot the only way you die in hurricanes is drowning…..my bad.

Gdawg1 wants me to die. :[

by iorange555 on Aug 29, 2008 9:44 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

thanks for your concern anyway LOVE ..

but I seriously doubt the Ritz is going to blow over… :)

"California is the most liberal state in the union. No joke that place is probably going to slide into the ocean one of these days. California is a wasteland run by liberals"

-Sharky- what a nice guy huh? I guess he doesn't watch any TV shows or movies.. If California goes so goes the entertainment industry. What a nut job!!

by LAMuscleFag on Aug 29, 2008 9:51 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

hahahaha..

classic stuff..

"California is the most liberal state in the union. No joke that place is probably going to slide into the ocean one of these days. California is a wasteland run by liberals"

-Sharky- what a nice guy huh? I guess he doesn't watch any TV shows or movies.. If California goes so goes the entertainment industry. What a nut job!!

by LAMuscleFag on Aug 29, 2008 9:53 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Normally ...

… I would be really jealous of you being in New Orleans, it’s one of my favorite cities. But I am not all that jealous right about now.

by Melmart1 on Aug 29, 2008 9:42 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

SMU football....

…. catch the fever.

Aikman and Bradshaw?

Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill

by SarasotaRanger on Aug 29, 2008 9:16 PM CDT   0 recs

Switching up the profile pictures?

That scene was solid gold.

Aikman and Bradshaw?

Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill

by SarasotaRanger on Aug 29, 2008 9:26 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

How can you tell I'm switching?

Yeah, I’m flipping through some pics right now to see which one looks the best.

Yeah, that scene was beastly!

Why so serious?

by Joker'z on Aug 29, 2008 9:29 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Because it showed.

Aikman and Bradshaw?

Please. They are in the same league as Trent Dilfer and Jim McMahon as QBs who were taken to the SB by great Defenses and great Running Games.
-DJCahill

by SarasotaRanger on Aug 29, 2008 9:32 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Ah, ok. Just wondering.

I still saw the old profile pic on my screen.

Why so serious?

by Joker'z on Aug 29, 2008 9:33 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Huh

And we thought McCarthy was getting lucky last night.

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 29, 2008 9:18 PM CDT   0 recs

Davis batting ninth still bothers me

has cruz apparently proven more in the majors than davis?

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

by DSheppard on Aug 29, 2008 9:29 PM CDT   0 recs

+ 1

"California is the most liberal state in the union. No joke that place is probably going to slide into the ocean one of these days. California is a wasteland run by liberals"

-Sharky- what a nice guy huh? I guess he doesn't watch any TV shows or movies.. If California goes so goes the entertainment industry. What a nut job!!

by LAMuscleFag on Aug 29, 2008 9:35 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Heh

Coco’s pitching the 9th in the Cincy/SF game. That brings back a few memories…

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 29, 2008 9:29 PM CDT   0 recs

some

I’ve tried to never remember

By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw

by Gdawg1 on Aug 29, 2008 9:30 PM CDT to parent up   0 recs

Youch

Hope Nipperts OK.

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