Wednesday a.m. stuff

by Adam J. Morris on Sep 17, 2008 9:25 AM CDT

10 games left in the season. The Rangers are 2 under .500, 4 up on Oakland.

You have to give the team credit, though...they don't quit. Down 2 in the bottom of the 9th in a meaningless game, Marlon Byrd comes through with a game-tying triple, and appears likely to exceed last season's OBP and slugging percentage, even though 2007 appeared to be a career year. And Chris Davis got the game winning hit. Even in the last couple of weeks of a rebuilding year, you have to feel good about a win like that.

Byrd and Michael Young both had MRIs yesterday, and are both playing hurt. Brandon McCarthy is scheduled to have an MRI today, and says he thinks the problem with his finger isn't major, and that he hopes to get back out on the mound this season.

Young's MRI showed that he won't require surgery, while Scott Feldman is going to take McCarthy's start this weekend.

Ron Washington did a chat session at the S-T yesterday, which you can read here.

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Heh

They just won’t let Scott Feldman out the door.

Related, is it not bizarre to give a guy an MRI for a finger injury?

Here’s hoping JD doesn’t get any ideas about long-terming Marlon Byrd this winter.

Go Strangers.

by hightowersmith on Sep 17, 2008 9:46 AM CDT reply actions

Yep. Offer arbitration, try to work out a 1-yr deal...

…before a hearing and don’t be afraid to entertain trade offers.

Physician: Primum non nocere

Batter: First, make no out

by Chad Crudup on Sep 17, 2008 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions

Well

I don’t think MB should get GMJ’ed either, but I don’t know why it would be so terrible to have a 380 OBP – 850 OPS, good field OF for a couple of years at a decent cost. He could regress to pre – 07 levels but its greater than a small sample size that says he has turned a corner, offensively. He would have a lot of worth as a > 4th OF who is versatle but doesn’t necessarily play every day. Hamilton, Cruz, Murphy, Byrd is not so bad and I’m not sure that the Rangers won’t have make Cruz or Murphy part of a package for a pitching acquisition.

by mcgee48c on Sep 17, 2008 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions

x

don’t know why it would be so terrible to have a 380 OBP – 850 OPS, good field OF for a couple of years at a decent cost.

If you knew that’s what you were getting, sure.

If he’s going to give you a 725 OPS, though, that’s not so good.

by Adam J. Morris on Sep 17, 2008 10:39 AM CDT up reply actions

Yeah that's why the "one year at a time" approach...

…is the right one. Don’t forget that in addition to pre-2007 spareness Marlon also features an age on the wrong side of 30.

Physician: Primum non nocere

Batter: First, make no out

by Chad Crudup on Sep 17, 2008 10:44 AM CDT up reply actions

He has one more year of arb,

so I agree that the one year at a time approach is best. I’m only saying that if he were retained more than one year, there’s really no recent evidence to indicate that he would be some horrible burden which seems to be the assumption in these posts.

by mcgee48c on Sep 17, 2008 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions

Over MRI-ing

It seems like all pro sports team are MRI happy. Didn’t Charles Haley have one just about every other week? It doesn’t surprise me that the Rangers would do one on BMac’s finger.

by matteo25 on Sep 17, 2008 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions

Best laid plans...

They need to just buy Feldman a plane ticket to Borneo or someplace without phones and tell him to rest up. By having him on the 25, they just can’t help starting him every time someone gets nicked – and someone ALWAYS gets nicked.

by bking on Sep 17, 2008 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions

MRIs reveal

soft tissue injury, damage, and inflamation. It’s really the only way to properly asses many injuries, or the relative healing point in the healing process of a major injury.

"...my balls are really like a veiny flesh color" blueballlefty on Jun 4, 2008 7:44 PM EDT
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by Rodney on Sep 17, 2008 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions

I didn't even watch the game last night

I’m a failure. I watched a “What Not to Wear” marathon instead.

Coach John Bagonzi Q&A

by jparks77 on Sep 17, 2008 9:57 AM CDT reply actions

Well

I didn’t watch it either. But I had a better excuse.

by Adam J. Morris on Sep 17, 2008 10:00 AM CDT up reply actions

What's the better excuse?

I was at a bar with a friend watching the game. The large flatscreens were all tuned to the AAA championship game (WTF), and the tiny tube TVs over the bar were Rangers. Even in Dallas, they hide that team in the corner. Anywho, I was watching and two other dudes were going crazy in the 9th. Nobody else even turned to look at the game.

by FuturePants on Sep 17, 2008 10:45 AM CDT up reply actions

No power

by Adam J. Morris on Sep 17, 2008 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions

yeah

that whole hurricane thing isn’t a good enough excuse.

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-The Outlaw

by Gdawg on Sep 17, 2008 10:51 AM CDT up reply actions

pshh

how long you gonna milk that?

""If they'd have told me you can make the team but you've got to shine the shoes, I'd have been there shining shoes." -Bradley

by ab03 on Sep 17, 2008 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions

Is Power Back?

A friend of mine who lives downtown never lost power, although their large living room window blew out. All my other Houston relatives have power now.

by FuturePants on Sep 17, 2008 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Nope

by Adam J. Morris on Sep 17, 2008 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions

About

1.4 million of the 2.1 million without power still don’t have it back.

"Oh well, McCain is pretty communist anyway,... we can be 70% communist with McCain,"-Sharky

by DJCahill on Sep 17, 2008 12:52 PM CDT up reply actions

Sigh

I’m in the dark blue, of course:

Power restoration map

by Adam J. Morris on Sep 17, 2008 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions

I was happy to get power back,

and so was some of my family in the Woodlands. Its gonna be ugly for some other folks, especially if this beautiful weather lifts.

"Oh well, McCain is pretty communist anyway,... we can be 70% communist with McCain,"-Sharky

by DJCahill on Sep 17, 2008 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions

Monopolies are great, eh?

That sucks royally!

by Rodney on Sep 17, 2008 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions

Here's a chart by county

Chart.

by Adam J. Morris on Sep 17, 2008 1:12 PM CDT up reply actions

I was amazed to read this morning

that over 1 million were without power — in Ohio. From the same storm. And more in KY , IN, and PA.

Don't you know it's gonna be alright?

by t ball on Sep 17, 2008 1:22 PM CDT up reply actions

what not to wear

That show is awesome.

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by trza on Sep 17, 2008 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions

you should be flogged

by chrisR on Sep 17, 2008 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions

Flogged

for missing the game or for watching a show about fashion? Combo of both?

Coach John Bagonzi Q&A

by jparks77 on Sep 17, 2008 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions

Right

for watching a fashion show instead of the game.

by chrisR on Sep 17, 2008 1:49 PM CDT up reply actions

That's fair.

Coach John Bagonzi Q&A

by jparks77 on Sep 17, 2008 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions

flogged for watching a fashion show

when all you do is wear t-shirts and Vans.

"So he tore it up in AA. Yippee. ...Max Ramirez be damned." - bigsteve

by tricer on Sep 17, 2008 3:20 PM CDT up reply actions

You know me too well Todd.

Good call.

Coach John Bagonzi Q&A

by jparks77 on Sep 17, 2008 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions

I turned it on in the bottom of the eighth

In yo face, Jason, in yo face!!

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

by Brian Thomas on Sep 17, 2008 7:08 PM CDT up reply actions

2009 Texas Rangers Schedule has been released

Per Dallas Morning News:

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/img/09-08/0918rangsked.pdf

Interleague home games against Astros, Dodgers, Padres
Opening Day at home against Cleveland
4th of July at home
Memorial Day at home vs. the hated Yankees
First AL West game isn’t played until April 28th
10 Home Games / 19 Road Games in August

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by txranger7 on Sep 17, 2008 12:51 PM CDT reply actions

so, do they rangers

really have an opening day on Monday the 6th and then an off day Tuesday the 7th and then continue the series with the Trive on Wednesday the 8th?? That seems odd?

by thad728 on Sep 17, 2008 1:08 PM CDT up reply actions

It's pretty common

They do that for most teams early in the season to deal weather issues that always seem to pop up.

"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 LSBUser on Sep 17, 2008 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions

Weather

couldn’t they do that just as well by scheduling an off day after the first series instead of the first game? If the weather is bad for game 2 or 3 you’re out of luck.

Don't you know it's gonna be alright?

by t ball on Sep 17, 2008 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions

Playing hurt

What is the point of playing hurt now? Risking further problems in the future for a dozen meaningless games seems pretty stupid.

"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 LSBUser on Sep 17, 2008 1:17 PM CDT reply actions

We need to show the remaining 3,000 Ranger fans left that we're serious about finishing at .500.

by oc on Sep 17, 2008 3:22 PM CDT up reply actions

To teach the young pups

how to persevere through a 162 game season. Do you think there is one regular player out there who is not hurting to some degree after 150+ regular season games in 175 days?

by Rodney on Sep 17, 2008 3:35 PM CDT up reply actions

I don't care

From the article:

“These young guys coming in next year, if anybody has any aches and pains, we’re going to say last year Mike had the broken finger and was still out there, Marlon had the bad knee and was still out there,” Byrd said after the Rangers completed their eighth walk-off win of the season.

That’s just another one of those phantom intangibles like grit, chemistry, and leadership that mean nothing.

I really doubt that Chris Davis would miss a game late next year because Michael Young didn’t finish out the season this year with a broken finger. I can hear that conversation now….

Davis: Hey Wash, I can’t go today because my shoulder hurts a little.
Wash: We really need you today. We are only 2 games out.
Davis: Well, Mike didn’t play last September with a broken finger so why should I have to play now?
Wash: Good point, sit this one out buddy.

"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 LSBUser on Sep 17, 2008 3:46 PM CDT up reply actions

Say what you will...

about MY and his sucky defense (which I usually do) and his declining hitting, but I do admire him playing through the injuries he has had this year on both hands. Especially after seeing how many games Board Game misses in a season.

Props to you MY for that.

"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates

by slc ranger on Sep 17, 2008 5:34 PM CDT reply actions

There's a flip side to that...

…and that side is that maybe if he had rested that finger when he originally hurt it (maybe for the week that the team had originally guessed he would be out) he wouldn’t have been such a poor offensive player IN THE FREAKIN" TWO-HOLE for the rest of the year.

Physician: Primum non nocere

Batter: First, make no out

by Chad Crudup on Sep 17, 2008 7:43 PM CDT up reply actions