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Today's lineup is up

Today's lineup is up.  Matt Harrison is batting 9th, although Anthony Andro says that he won't be allowed to swing the bat, so I'm not sure if the Rangers will just take an automatic out when he comes up, or if he'll just stand there and watch each pitch go by, or what.

 

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Yeah

Seems pretty obvious that Andro meant he would bunt.

by jthig32 on Mar 8, 2009 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions  

that's gonna look funny

with no one on base.

Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"

by Longhorn on Mar 8, 2009 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions  

I'm sad I'll miss Baby Harrison's outing today

I’m going to see “Slumdog Millionaire” with a friend instead :-(

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood."
- Thomas Boswell

by The Best Micah on Mar 8, 2009 12:00 PM CDT reply actions  

don't worry Micah...

I’ll keep an eye out for the Baby Huey tears if I decide to saunter down the road a piece to Mesa..

What's the Nef tally??

by BigGuns on Mar 8, 2009 12:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

Enjoy Slumdog

It’s great.

LOL Sorry the Sooners will score more that 14. - boomer1

by vfn on Mar 8, 2009 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

+1

In reference to how good the Steelers have been in their history: "No one is even close to them."- Steal Home

by MayurP on Mar 8, 2009 1:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

on that note

i saw “Rachel Getting Married” and I think it was the only movie this year that gripped me like “Slumdog” did. I would recommend it as well.

by clark on Mar 8, 2009 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

I didn't hate RGM...

But I didn’t feel anything strongly for it. I thought, at points, that the script was the weak piece, how it would lazily create conflict (most notably the wedding dinner scene and the scene in the hairdresser) when most of the rest of the film was more discreet.

My Top 5 for the year were: The Wrestler, Slumdog, WALL-E, Shotgun Stories, and Synecdoche, NY

LOL Sorry the Sooners will score more that 14. - boomer1

by vfn on Mar 8, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

i liked WALL-E quite a bit

and Synecdoche was a great film, but I didn’t love it (if that makes sense). It was a little too long and in love with itself, I thought. Didn’t see the Wrestler (that director exhausts me) or Shotgun Stories.

by clark on Mar 8, 2009 3:36 PM CDT up reply actions  

you should still see the wrestler

my top 5:
dark knight, the wrestler, in bruges, frost/nixon and i believe wall-e. but rachel getting married is pretty interchangeable w/the last 2

havent heard of shotgun stories and havent found a torrent that has synechdoche

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by studcrackers on Mar 8, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

just watched

Changeling.

Very good…emotionally draining. dang.

Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"

by Longhorn on Mar 8, 2009 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

thought i might get lucky

and get the game local in chicago. no dice.

"To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant."

by ab03 on Mar 8, 2009 12:37 PM CDT reply actions  

Be nice if WGN decided to show this game

But we are Rangers, never get luck like that.

by thad728 on Mar 8, 2009 12:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Intraleague results:
Doug Mathis pitched four innings in the intraleague game, giving up three hits and one run. He struck out two and walked three. Thomas Diamond pitched three innings, giving up two hits. He struck out four and allowed one earned run. Willie Eyre also pitched 1 1/3 innings, allowing a hit. Mitch Moreland homered off Diamond.

- Anthony Andro

"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.

by Kinslerhomer on Mar 8, 2009 1:13 PM CDT reply actions  

intrasquad?

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by octoberty on Mar 8, 2009 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

TD

nice.

Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"

by Longhorn on Mar 8, 2009 1:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'm still

driving the Moreland bandwagon.

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Mar 8, 2009 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

By Jove a ballgame

I have fulfilled all my prophecies; all my predictions are up to date.
My train is right on schedule.

by oc on Mar 8, 2009 2:05 PM CDT reply actions  

I'm getting a talk show on 1080..

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 2:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

I think today's game is an hour later.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

Good deal, the DMN must of not taken

Daylight Savings into account, or I’m lost on what time it is.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions  

My heavens do tell

I have fulfilled all my prophecies; all my predictions are up to date.
My train is right on schedule.

by oc on Mar 8, 2009 2:19 PM CDT up reply actions  

Sorry, I punched out.

I’m sure it’s something about improving my life, I’ll try to get a transcript.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

Perfect because I don't have a fucking clue what you're talking about

I have fulfilled all my prophecies; all my predictions are up to date.
My train is right on schedule.

by oc on Mar 8, 2009 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

The paper says the game is on 1080 at 2:05

I’m getting a talk show on 1080, pretty simple. Why the hostility?

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions  

TexasRangers.com

says 3:05 central I believe

by Salman on Mar 8, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

Thanks

The DMN is really only good for the crosswords anymore.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 2:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

I just didn't know how to read that.

I have fulfilled all my prophecies; all my predictions are up to date.
My train is right on schedule.

by oc on Mar 8, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Congratulations on the show. Is it a weekday gig or something on the weekends?

I have fulfilled all my prophecies; all my predictions are up to date.
My train is right on schedule.

by oc on Mar 8, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions  

Overnights- Weekends

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Wow

David Murphy batting second? TheDirkatron is going to have a coronary.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 2:17 PM CDT reply actions  

Might I add

That if that shit happens in a regular season game, I will too.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

You won't.

I have fulfilled all my prophecies; all my predictions are up to date.
My train is right on schedule.

by oc on Mar 8, 2009 2:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

It won't kill you one game vs a right hander.

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by octoberty on Mar 8, 2009 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

True

In fact, it’s not much different than having Young bat there.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 3:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

cuba vs south africa

on mlb network right now

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Mar 8, 2009 2:30 PM CDT reply actions  

Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Sunday that he doesn’t expect Ervin Santana to be available for the start of the season.
It’s still unclear what’s going on with Santana, as the Angels haven’t released the results of an MRI taken on Saturday. They had been dismissing the right-hander’s sore elbow as a routine spring issue, but Scioscia’s statement indicates it’s more than that.
Source: Orange County Register

via rotoworld

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by octoberty on Mar 8, 2009 2:57 PM CDT reply actions  

I would be sort of a twisted justice

If Santana wound up out for the entire year, like McCarthy.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 3:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

How is that twisted justice?

Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.

by bigsteve on Mar 8, 2009 3:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

I dunno

I just hate the Angels.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

CALLED IT

I have fulfilled all my prophecies; all my predictions are up to date.
My train is right on schedule.

by oc on Mar 8, 2009 3:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

Let me guess

Through that link is a pitcher of Santana mid delivery with an inverted w

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by octoberty on Mar 8, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

picture**

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by octoberty on Mar 8, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

u forgot to add

jayslick.

Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"

by Longhorn on Mar 8, 2009 3:10 PM CDT up reply actions  

god damnit

and i just got him in a keeper league too

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by studcrackers on Mar 8, 2009 3:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

heh

i have had him since he was “johan” back in the day lol

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Mar 8, 2009 5:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

I'd like to get excited about this, but even if they lose Santana, the Angels will find a way of working it out.

They lost Escobar last year and didn’t miss a beat.

I have fulfilled all my prophecies; all my predictions are up to date.
My train is right on schedule.

by oc on Mar 8, 2009 3:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well, that's cause Santana came into his own and Joe Saunders overperformed

Without Santana, it’s Lackey, Weaver, Saunders, maybe Adenhart and then a bag of nothing at #5.

I don’t think it would make much difference for us, but that’s not much better than the A’s rotation.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well duh but who expected Santana to be lights out last year?

Who’s to say Adenhart can’t step up and have a career year?

by oc on Mar 8, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

a career year his first full year in the majors?

we wouldn’t know it was for another 8 years.

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by octoberty on Mar 8, 2009 3:41 PM CDT up reply actions  

And be as good as Santana?

I don’t think the odds of that are very good. He really regressed pretty badly lastly year after getting hammered in his MLB debut.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 3:43 PM CDT up reply actions  

Let's not forget that the Angels didn't have Lackey for the first month or so of last season either.

How they didn’t get off to a bad start last year is a mystery.

The Angels have ways my friend.

by oc on Mar 8, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions  

It sure seems like it

But they can’t keep getting that lucky forever. Sooner or later the mean is going to catch back up to those bastards.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions  

They sustained without Escobar because Santana came up so big

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by octoberty on Mar 8, 2009 3:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ya know

The DH should be standardized throughout spring training. Having the pitcher bat is a waste of AB’s that could be used to look at players who are trying to make the team.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 3:07 PM CDT reply actions  

Tell that to NL teams

I think it should be like this. Visiting team gets to choose whether or not they want a DH. The home team has to play how they normally do. So if a NL team is visiting an AL team and wants to have their pitcher bat they can. And if an AL team is visiting a NL team they can have a DH if they want.

Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.

by bigsteve on Mar 8, 2009 3:11 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yah

It wouldn’t really be fair, but hell it’s spring training.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 3:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

+1

make se sense

i doubt that any team is gonna work on strategy during ST

lol

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Mar 8, 2009 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

well as in

pitching around the pitcher and such

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Mar 8, 2009 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

Sounds like Harrison's got the curve working

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 3:15 PM CDT reply actions  

Harrison K's Soriano in the top of the first

nice

If you want some slack, bring your own rope.

by rangerfaninva on Mar 8, 2009 3:16 PM CDT reply actions  

Back to back K's now.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 3:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

Another K, woo.

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by DShep on Mar 8, 2009 3:16 PM CDT reply actions  

Davis really needs to hit one out right about now

slow spring so far.

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by DShep on Mar 8, 2009 3:23 PM CDT reply actions  

HARRISON v. BRADLEY

I have fulfilled all my prophecies; all my predictions are up to date.
My train is right on schedule.

by oc on Mar 8, 2009 3:26 PM CDT reply actions  

BRADLEY wins.

I have fulfilled all my prophecies; all my predictions are up to date.
My train is right on schedule.

by oc on Mar 8, 2009 3:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

HR?

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by octoberty on Mar 8, 2009 3:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

The DR's wbc manager is.. ugh.

Hanley Ramirez is sitting today, Reyes sat yesterday.

Play them at 3b, 2b, 1b or OF.. but they should both be in the lineup.

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by DShep on Mar 8, 2009 3:29 PM CDT reply actions  

well that would explain it

I dont see why though, doesnt seem like it could hurt anything.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DShep on Mar 8, 2009 3:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

Because to them their season is more important than the WBC

Bryan Smith (12:17:17 PM PT): Justin Smoak and Josh Hamilton. The AL West might just have found their Bash Brothers, v. 2.0.

by bigsteve on Mar 8, 2009 3:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

why would you put reyes at ss

then play hanley at DH and sit ortiz ass

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Mar 8, 2009 5:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

yea

whose their 1b now?

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Mar 8, 2009 5:13 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ranger great Fernando...

Tatis, I think.

After the show I want Greg Oden to tuck us both in and tell us stories about the old days. - Will Ferrell

by JukeboxJoe on Mar 8, 2009 7:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

Double play but run comes in.

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by DShep on Mar 8, 2009 3:34 PM CDT reply actions  

Andrus with a leaping stab.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 3:35 PM CDT reply actions  

Pitchers hitting under orders to take every pitch.

Smart, but uh yeah.. DH.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DShep on Mar 8, 2009 3:41 PM CDT reply actions  

Fx2 is on

Kinda suprised to see him this early in the game, but whatever.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 4:00 PM CDT reply actions  

Evant Grant:

Rangers Unlikely to Toy With Elvis Andrus

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by octoberty on Mar 8, 2009 4:04 PM CDT reply actions   1 recs

Evan in the KRLD booth.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

Beat me to it

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 4:09 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yeah

This really is almost akin to giving the DMN and the ST a big middle finger – lord knows they deserve it too.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions  

it's odd

the main and basic job of a newspaper is to report facts and information – the job of a beat writer. Yet, they get rid of beat writers and keep columnists.

by Telegraph on Mar 8, 2009 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

Nice AB by Salty there.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 4:18 PM CDT reply actions  

Whose pitching today?

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by octoberty on Mar 8, 2009 4:20 PM CDT up reply actions  

I dunno

I don’t think it was reported.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions  

Harrison, FX2, Holland,

Jennings, Finch-Daigle

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions  

Barnett mocking Cowboy coverage,

his best moment on the air so far.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 4:22 PM CDT reply actions  

Kins with a two run single

tied 2-2

If you want some slack, bring your own rope.

by rangerfaninva on Mar 8, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions  

Kinsler!

2 run single, tie game.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 4:24 PM CDT reply actions  

OT: Nelson Cruz singles and scores in WBC

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 4:31 PM CDT reply actions  

Fluky inning

error, intentional walk, should have been stopped single by ortiz. cruz’s single was the only clean hit.

although willy taveras got himself thrown out at home after running through a stop sign to minimize the damage.

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by DShep on Mar 8, 2009 4:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Man

Barnett and Nadel are taking some thinly veiled shots at the DMN.

I love it.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 4:33 PM CDT reply actions  

It is great,

I might even call them transparent shots.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions  

CD With the big double play!!!!

Defending Big D: A Dallas Stars blog on SBN: easy to use, free to join.

by Brandon Worley on Mar 8, 2009 4:35 PM CDT reply actions  

Ha, Davis with an unassisted DP

FU Cubs.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 4:35 PM CDT reply actions  

Jenay have better velocity this year

But he sure looks like he’s a long way from the rotation right now.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 4:47 PM CDT reply actions  

Say one thing for him though

Don’t think I’ve seen anyone be that wild yet have an effective inning in awhile.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 4:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

Saltama-locchia

Oops. He’s gonna have to work on that.

by RachelB on Mar 8, 2009 4:47 PM CDT reply actions  

Groundout for Cruz in the WBC

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 4:49 PM CDT reply actions  

Wow

A called strike.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 4:50 PM CDT reply actions  

Make that Young-Hamilton-Byrd-Davis-Salty with back to back K's now.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 4:57 PM CDT reply actions  

Elvis with a hit to break the cycle though.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 4:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

Elvis ends the Ranger K streak

with an opposite field single.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 4:57 PM CDT reply actions  

now how 'bout a stolen base

If you want some slack, bring your own rope.

by rangerfaninva on Mar 8, 2009 4:58 PM CDT up reply actions  

I could go for a Smoaked tater.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

smoaK

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 4:59 PM CDT reply actions  

who in the heel is pitching for the sox?

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by octoberty on Mar 8, 2009 4:59 PM CDT reply actions  

cubs

i mean

"My mother always taught me that if the only thing you have to say is,
‘(Expletive) Dave Samson,’ then don’t say anything at all.
So I’m not going to say anything at all.
Is my mother the greatest or what?"
- Mariners GM Bill Bavasi, after signing Ichiro to a $90 million contract

by octoberty on Mar 8, 2009 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

You mean the Cubs?

Neal Cotts.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

man

the chi sox stole him from the a’s a coupleof years back

then he had a great year

then dissapeared

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Mar 8, 2009 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions  

Derek Holland and Borbon in.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 5:01 PM CDT reply actions  

doesn't bother me at all

Team power/obp > not striking out

Although i suppose the team OBP will probably go back quite a bit without braldey’s 436 or whatever it was.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DShep on Mar 8, 2009 5:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

but high OBP, low avg players

just clog up the bases

/sarcasm

Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.

by knockoutking on Mar 8, 2009 5:17 PM CDT up reply actions  

Good inning for Holland

Flyout, groundout, infield single, groundout.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:10 PM CDT reply actions  

The Rangers where very much in the wildcard race in early August?

C’mon Eric.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:20 PM CDT reply actions  

Borbon with a walk

Nice.

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by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:22 PM CDT reply actions  

Yay, I'm back and the game is still on!

"...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
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Mar 8, 2009 5:22 PM CDT reply actions  

Bryd with the RBI single!

"...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
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Mar 8, 2009 5:23 PM CDT reply actions  

Crush struggling

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 5:24 PM CDT reply actions  

That should be a bigger story than AJ, IMO.

"...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
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Mar 8, 2009 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well, it's still a bit early

But considering the hitters where supposed to be ahead of the pitchers, it is a bit disconcerting.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

So...

What were Nadel and Barnett saying about the DMN?

by Adam J. Morris on Mar 8, 2009 5:24 PM CDT reply actions  

Basically that they where dumb to let EG go

And that sticking him on the Cowboys beat was a waste of talent.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions  

Mockingly asking Evan

if he’ll miss the Cowboys beat. And how nice it will be for Ranger fans to have good daily coverage at his blog.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

Good. EG is a better dude than a

baseball writer, and that’s saying a lot.

"...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
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Mar 8, 2009 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions  

Never have talked to him,

but it sure seems that way. I’m happy for him and us Ranger fans.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 5:31 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yay Byrd!

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:24 PM CDT reply actions  

It's The Chicken Dance!

Makes you look like an ass, but is fun as hell.

"...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
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Mar 8, 2009 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions  

Beat me to it.

"A lot of guys can hit gnats in the butt in a bullpen." - Ron Washington
"Clearly, the season is over. Fire Daniels, fire Washington, fire Maddux, burn down TBIA." - AJM

by aggierangerfan00 on Mar 8, 2009 5:27 PM CDT up reply actions  

Damn

He went down and got that.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions  

Man

Who would have thought there was really a baseball player named Doug Deeds.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:28 PM CDT reply actions  

This doesn't look like the Micah I know:

"...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
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Mar 8, 2009 5:30 PM CDT reply actions  

He's my nametwin

And he’s super nice!! I’ve watched him play more games than I can count in Iowa :)

-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood."
- Thomas Boswell

by The Best Micah on Mar 8, 2009 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions  

Is this game on TV?

"...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
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Mar 8, 2009 5:31 PM CDT reply actions  

Don't think so.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:32 PM CDT up reply actions  

Crap, walked him...

C’mon Dutch.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:35 PM CDT reply actions  

Whew

Sounds like a good play by Borbon to bail out Holland. Pretty good outing for Dutch, actually….

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions  

Bourbon pours another out into his glove.

"...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
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Mar 8, 2009 5:36 PM CDT reply actions  

I'm glad

the FO was willing to meet Boras’ demands regarding Borbon. He could be really special.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 5:38 PM CDT up reply actions  

Yah, on the defensive end anyway.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions  

And the basepaths,

I liked MJH’s Crawford comparison.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 5:42 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ya know, I wouldn't have believed it, but Adam Melhuse is quietly having a great spring

Knowing how bad he sucks though, you know it’s a fluke.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:41 PM CDT reply actions  

Heh, guess Holland can't bunt

Hopefully he’ll never need to though. Looks like they’re gonna try and let him close this one out…

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:46 PM CDT reply actions  

Yep

I certainly hope they leave him in

otherwise why in the hell would you leave him in to try and bunt….

by Horns130 on Mar 8, 2009 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions  

Funny thing is...

his profile on the team site says he’s a switch hitter.

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

by slc ranger on Mar 8, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions  

Bases drunk for the Tool Shed.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 5:47 PM CDT reply actions  

Grand Salami!!!!!!!

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 5:48 PM CDT reply actions  

GRAND SLAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Mar 8, 2009 5:48 PM CDT reply actions  

Golsonnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!

"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.

by Kinslerhomer on Mar 8, 2009 5:48 PM CDT reply actions  

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:49 PM CDT reply actions  

Heh, Cubs fans on their way out already

I love it.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:51 PM CDT reply actions  

Greg Golson's gameday pic

That looks like a pretty bad photoshop job.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:54 PM CDT reply actions  

He's got a little Willie McGee in the face,

just not as sleepy.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 5:56 PM CDT up reply actions  

Ok, here we go

Holland trying to finish it…

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:55 PM CDT reply actions  

When will Boggs

be pasted up by Borbon and/or Golson on the OF depth chart?

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Mar 8, 2009 5:56 PM CDT reply actions  

No

When will Murphy be passed up by all three on the depth chart.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

I say next year.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:57 PM CDT up reply actions  

C'mon Holland

Don’t fall apart now boy, you’ve got a good outing going…

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:58 PM CDT reply actions  

Bah

Wash pulls him. I would’ve left him in another batter myself.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 6:00 PM CDT up reply actions  

How did Harrison

look today?

Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year

by RangerMad on Mar 8, 2009 5:59 PM CDT reply actions  

Well, he had 3 K's

Despite giving up a couple runs.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 5:59 PM CDT up reply actions  

wow

there goes caring about this game…

by clark on Mar 8, 2009 6:00 PM CDT reply actions  

Not necessarily.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 6:03 PM CDT up reply actions  

Nice THO!

"...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
Yes we can! November 04, 2008

by Rodney on Mar 8, 2009 6:07 PM CDT up reply actions  

Gagree

I’d be interested to know if there where any more outtakes from that shoot.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

It seems like a cold photo shoot.

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions  

any discussion of velo

and/or good/bad secondary stuff today by the announcers?

by Goyogringo on Mar 8, 2009 6:02 PM CDT reply actions  

Well, they said there's no radar gun display at this park, so not really.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 6:04 PM CDT up reply actions  

Metcalf saves another one

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 6:05 PM CDT reply actions  

Hello Win Column

"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."

by scoop16 on Mar 8, 2009 6:06 PM CDT reply actions  

Ballgame

Daigle gets out of it.

"You can have such a massive impact on a game even when you're not getting ground balls hit at you." - Michael Young

by LSJ on Mar 8, 2009 6:07 PM CDT reply actions  

cruz is currently up on espn

the preceding post was a great success.

by DShep on Mar 8, 2009 6:11 PM CDT reply actions  

and K's.

"It doesn't look like he's trying. It kinda pisses me off," "He could throw 110 if he tried. The way it explodes out of his hand is really something special." ~ B-Mac on Feliz.

by Kinslerhomer on Mar 8, 2009 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

ah.

struck out, but it was a good at bat. Got down 0-2, fouled off a few and worked it to 3-2 before the K on a high/inside pitch.

the preceding post was a great success.

by DShep on Mar 8, 2009 6:14 PM CDT up reply actions  

So

What is the rangers record now?

by cashman on Mar 8, 2009 6:13 PM CDT reply actions  

0-0

"To be ignorant of one’s ignorance is the malady of the ignorant."

by ab03 on Mar 8, 2009 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions  

Very astute sir

Another way to put it. 0-36 in years in a world series. That however, is about to change.

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

by Ed Coffin on Mar 8, 2009 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions  

7-4

If you want some slack, bring your own rope.

by rangerfaninva on Mar 8, 2009 6:14 PM CDT reply actions  

Nice

Sucks I had to miss the televised game.

by cashman on Mar 8, 2009 6:17 PM CDT reply actions  

Galarraga

has some pretty good stuff.

Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
Jindal - 2012
"AMMIITAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABHH!!!"

by Longhorn on Mar 8, 2009 7:27 PM CDT reply actions  

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