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were you at the game last wednesday?
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Apr 12, 2009 1:54 PM CDT up reply actions
k nevermind then
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Apr 12, 2009 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Millwood learned that in conditioning
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Oh crap, Guardado in the pen?
Support your local Scott Feldman
"Josh Hamilton doesn't act like he is Josh Hamilton. He acts like a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy named Josh Hamilton."
Dominican Cabbage Patch Kid has no more hair ;(
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
do you think it made him uglier?
i thought the corn rows made him uglier
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by studcrackers on Apr 12, 2009 1:57 PM CDT up reply actions
if its funny its better though
especially if/when we are out of it
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
that reminds me
my friend interned for the roughriders last year and said for the game the rangers played there last year ron washington in his office wanted some jheri curl stuff for his hair. also he’s a heavy smoker and ocassionally he’ll go smoke a cigarette really fast inbetween innings.
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by studcrackers on Apr 12, 2009 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
This
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Wait...that's not Jason Jennings. Those are C.J. Wilson's thighs..."
by The Best Micah on Apr 12, 2009 1:59 PM CDT up reply actions
This is the most fashion oriented baseball blog on the internets
by Black Francis on Apr 12, 2009 2:01 PM CDT up reply actions
who didnt love a cabbage patch? i heard he almost got traded to the 85 sox
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
He hasnt posted
I think hes one of those people who secretly just wants bad things so he can bitch and moan
id assume
the masters
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by studcrackers on Apr 12, 2009 2:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Things I Hate
Reading about in a game day thread:
1. Inge home runs
2. fantasy baseball teams
3. golf or other totally unrelated sports
Internet is serious, serious business people.
by Black Francis on Apr 12, 2009 2:09 PM CDT up reply actions
lets go BGL
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"Josh Hamilton doesn't act like he is Josh Hamilton. He acts like a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy named Josh Hamilton."
fucking peachy
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Fuck.
"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.
haha
has anyone seen CJs gameday pic? i dont think his eyes are open
good job
cj
"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris
sigh, can we put milly back in?
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"Josh Hamilton doesn't act like he is Josh Hamilton. He acts like a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy named Josh Hamilton."
If the pen blows this, I will be violently upset.
Well, not really, but I’ll be most unhappy.
then they show that fatass laird all eating ice cream and smiling
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
Good Lord.
"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.
the cream of this
bullpen. So sad.
"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris
Now I know exactly what you are.
Now I can ignore you without feeling bad. thanks.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Fear not
My internet was out earlier, or I would of been complaining much sooner.
We choked our balls off on getting runners home earlier in the game.
by SaltyGoesYard on Apr 12, 2009 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions
jesus christ
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MY
would have had that.
"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris
I probably should
have used the /sarcasm tag, but I didn’t think it was needed.
"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris
Definately the hat
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
Double play double cup check
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Wait...that's not Jason Jennings. Those are C.J. Wilson's thighs..."
what are the odds
cj walks placido?
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nvm
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by studcrackers on Apr 12, 2009 2:11 PM CDT up reply actions
fuck my life
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"Computers can’t measure the size of a man’s heart."
- Hawk Harrelson, MLB Guru/Analyst
are you fucking kidding me?
Support your local Scott Feldman
"Josh Hamilton doesn't act like he is Josh Hamilton. He acts like a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy named Josh Hamilton."
Nobody can hear you
You are not at the game, save the ra ra shit for somewhere else.
by SaltyGoesYard on Apr 12, 2009 2:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Just something that has always bothered me
by SaltyGoesYard on Apr 12, 2009 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I prefer ra ra
to “DFA his ass,” “[insert name] sucks,” or death threats
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Wait...that's not Jason Jennings. Those are C.J. Wilson's thighs..."
by The Best Micah on Apr 12, 2009 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
ok this is cute, now fucking pull him
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
Bench this bum!!!
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
+1000
I don’t know why some fuckers are so adament against the 2-inning save. Put in Frank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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 Apr 12, 2009 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Fuck Off
Except for the HR none of those balls were hit well at all.
by Black Francis on Apr 12, 2009 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
+1
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Wait...that's not Jason Jennings. Those are C.J. Wilson's thighs..."
by The Best Micah on Apr 12, 2009 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't know what that means
But in terms of this inning…well until just now anyway.
by Black Francis on Apr 12, 2009 2:18 PM CDT up reply actions
It means he was very bad.
There was plenty of reason to question Ceej apart from this inning.
(Oh, he was below average in 2007, too.)
No question he sucked last year
None at all. I think he was overrated before that, too. But what I was saying was true. There were three lucky hits in this inning.
by Black Francis on Apr 12, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
My point was there's plenty of reason to question why he's on this team in a fit of rage.
This inning isn’t an isolated event. He doesn’t need to fuck off.
Well he's not an "isolated event" either
I don’t really care for his posts in general so I’ll tell him to fuck off. That’s not half as vitrolic as some of things said in this thread.
Let him take up for himself anyway.
by Black Francis on Apr 12, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Wouldn't go that far
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 Apr 12, 2009 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
He's...
given up a homerun, sure, bad, but, then an error on the shortstop and an excuse me double.
Let’s calm down.
by ghostofErikThompson on Apr 12, 2009 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
like he's the only ranger pitcher.....
that has ever sucked….. a lot.
most recent of many. in fact, it’s what makes him uniquely qualified to be here – the suck gene.
by sam in so cal on Apr 12, 2009 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Because walking the bases loaded is what we need.
by oc on Apr 12, 2009 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Wrong
Wash thought so
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Wait...that's not Jason Jennings. Those are C.J. Wilson's thighs..."
by The Best Micah on Apr 12, 2009 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Now sit the hell down!!!
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
KEEP IT UP CJ
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well
do you pitch to cabrera?
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guess not
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by studcrackers on Apr 12, 2009 2:14 PM CDT up reply actions
CJ almost threw away
an intentional walk pitch.
"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris
mavs just lost
couldnt make a stop
im surprised that they were able to keep up w/the hornets. not much defense played this quarter
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by studcrackers on Apr 12, 2009 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions
the NBA
is still going on?
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 Apr 12, 2009 2:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't like walking the bases loaded
with a pitcher with control problems ready to walk in a run.
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
hasn't allowed a walk this year before today
small sample size, but just saying
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he shouldnt be bending
in the first fuckin place Lewin!!!
Support your local Scott Feldman
"Josh Hamilton doesn't act like he is Josh Hamilton. He acts like a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy named Josh Hamilton."
hip hip
hooray
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can we DFA the entire bullpen!!
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"Josh Hamilton doesn't act like he is Josh Hamilton. He acts like a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy named Josh Hamilton."
Ugh
I hate bad bullpens.
"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris
Or maybe that's why
you don’t put winning run on base. Fuck life.
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
Well, to be fair, he probably should've been out of the inning.
The pitch to Inge wasn’t that bad, he knocked the bat out of Everett’s hands on that little dink single, and then the grounder that Andrus little leagued into left field.
Not saying he was great, cause he wasn’t at all, but I don’t think you can look at this outing and proclaim that he sucks.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
by thedirkatron on Apr 12, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions
"Shit" is the word we're looking for here.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
Fuck you C.J.
Way to bring a slumping hitter out of his slump.
4:1
because of the 4 runs, no doubt
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"Josh Hamilton doesn't act like he is Josh Hamilton. He acts like a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy named Josh Hamilton."
I'd pay good money
to see that.
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 Apr 12, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Juan Cruz, where are you?
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- Hawk Harrelson, MLB Guru/Analyst
is this
the rallying cry for this season?
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by studcrackers on Apr 12, 2009 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions
I think it is
And I’m already tired of it.
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Wait...that's not Jason Jennings. Those are C.J. Wilson's thighs..."
by The Best Micah on Apr 12, 2009 2:21 PM CDT up reply actions
Then find a new team
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Wait...that's not Jason Jennings. Those are C.J. Wilson's thighs..."
by The Best Micah on Apr 12, 2009 2:25 PM CDT up reply actions
How about the Rangers do better, instead?
You actually advocate people root for teams based on how good they are? Or do you just want people to not call out the Rangers and their players for mistakes?
No, I don't advocate that
I’m anti-bandwagon. However I do believe in just supporting and cheering for a team regardless of their record. That’s how I was raised.
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Wait...that's not Jason Jennings. Those are C.J. Wilson's thighs..."
by The Best Micah on Apr 12, 2009 2:28 PM CDT up reply actions
Don't you think people being pissed off by a team's failure would be because they care about them?
And would you actually think people should support idiocy or bad play just because it’s their team? We shouldn’t want the team we care about to be smart and play well?
I just don't see how it helps to get upset
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
"Wait...that's not Jason Jennings. Those are C.J. Wilson's thighs..."
by The Best Micah on Apr 12, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
It could be something about Gallaraga
but I’ll refrain.
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Good riddance
"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris
This.
I’m really annoyed that the team has so much faith in a below-replacement pitcher that they’re comfortable leaving him in right up until he blows the four run lead.
I don't think we have a single reliever
I have confidence in in their ability to pitch their way out of a jam they got themselves into.
"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris
I think Frankie might be that good.
That’s about it. The problem is, there should be better pitchers than this available. That’s the definition of “below replacement;” that minimum-wage players who can do better are out there.
I think the bullpen
is full of guys that are fine on their good days, but when they don’t have it, they are just gonna lob BP. If a bullpen pitcher struggles on the Rangers, you might as well yank em and try someone else.
"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris
Why do you think I get so annoyed at most people
Every here is a justifer, they justify everything
by SaltyGoesYard on Apr 12, 2009 2:20 PM CDT up reply actions
There are things to justify
but I don’t forgive any relief pitcher who gives up a home run to the first batter, a hit to a crappy #9 hitter, and two doubles down the line.
I love CJ and all
but he sucked balls. Don’t excuse his piss poor play.
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win
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 Apr 12, 2009 2:22 PM CDT up reply actions
fuck
this bullpen sucks right now
Keepin it Classy Gentlemen
by Hamiltons Homey on Apr 12, 2009 2:20 PM CDT reply actions
How many times did we see this exact kind of scenario with CJ last year?
Off the top of my head I’m remembering at least two games where he blew a 4 run or higher lead.
On a hard shot right down the line?
I don’t think so.
I don’t think even Beltre makes that play.
Given where he was playing... yah, Beltre'd've made that play.
Young made the oddest lunge at that thing.
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I love you, Marcus Lemon.
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by thedirkatron on Apr 12, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions
here we go cabbage patch kid
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by Hamiltons Homey on Apr 12, 2009 2:22 PM CDT reply actions
fuck
don’t throw the exact same pitch, in the exact same location 4 times in a row.
should be frankie
this is the key part of the game. frankie could K this guy and keep the run from scoring.
the preceding post was a great success.
should have been frankie a long time ago
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"Josh Hamilton doesn't act like he is Josh Hamilton. He acts like a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy named Josh Hamilton."
Your best reliever needs to be in for the most important situations.
I don’t understand how managers can’t fathom this.
does every ball hit to 3rd get by MY
cmon, someone make a damn play
"Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks, I don't care if I never get back, Let me root, root, root for the RANGERS, If they don't win it's a shame. For it's one, two, three strikes, your out, At the old ball game."
Now, the IBB
makes more sense, since run #7 might as well be run #77 against that bullpen.
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
YOU USE YOUR BEST RELIEVER HERE, WASHINGTON!
FUCK YOU! I’M GOING TO LAUGH MY ASS OFF WHEN YOU GET FIRED.
+1
"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 Apr 12, 2009 2:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Bald now
Jay Zygmunt, now that you have fired yourself, please have yourself hired by Seattle. Thanks.
why
bring a guy in and the 1st thing you do is have him give an intentional walk, especially when he’s having trouble throwing strikes. id imagine that’d fuck with you
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Because if you had CJ
give the intentional walk, he probably would have thrown a wild pitch.
"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris
laird is licking the special sauce off his lips in the circle
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by Hamiltons Homey on Apr 12, 2009 2:23 PM CDT reply actions
If Laird kills us,
I am going to go melt all my ice cream in the microwave just as spite.
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
can we fire wash now?
on the basis that he picked these assclowns?
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"Josh Hamilton doesn't act like he is Josh Hamilton. He acts like a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy named Josh Hamilton."
IBB sets up a bases loaded walk
way to go bullpen
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ONE MAN 5 SCOOPS
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The Cabbage Patch Kid!
Does it again!
Jay Zygmunt, now that you have fired yourself, please have yourself hired by Seattle. Thanks.
nice!
1 more out,….please!
"Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks, I don't care if I never get back, Let me root, root, root for the RANGERS, If they don't win it's a shame. For it's one, two, three strikes, your out, At the old ball game."
Sit down, fatness.
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
Get your Ice Cream
Engelberg
"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris
sit down
fat fuck
now let’s let inge show laird how it’s done
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frame the damn pitch salty!
"Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks, I don't care if I never get back, Let me root, root, root for the RANGERS, If they don't win it's a shame. For it's one, two, three strikes, your out, At the old ball game."
I think Warners Hat
is cutting off the circulation to his head
Keepin it Classy Gentlemen
by Hamiltons Homey on Apr 12, 2009 2:26 PM CDT reply actions
fuck!
"Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks, I don't care if I never get back, Let me root, root, root for the RANGERS, If they don't win it's a shame. For it's one, two, three strikes, your out, At the old ball game."
and ballgame
Support your local Scott Feldman
"Josh Hamilton doesn't act like he is Josh Hamilton. He acts like a guy who knows a guy who knows a guy named Josh Hamilton."
Yep.
Well, at least CJ gets a well-deserved loss.
Inge has destroyed us
"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris
Ballgame.
Later guys.
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
Fuck this team
"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.
annnnnnd I'm spent.
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Don't know why we didn't go with Fx2 to face Inge there.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
Really
CJ never should’ve been in the game in the first place. I may sound like a bitch but it’s way too early to pitch back to back games.
"Come on man you have to admit the average guy in a baseball clubhouse...... is relatively a douchebag." BGL.
The 2008-2009 Dallas Mavericks are the biggest teases in the world.
Silver lining... he screwed Team Spriteman pretty hard today.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
I love you, Marcus Lemon.
"I don’t have any respect for anybody on here. Everyone on here is a fucking asshole who thinks they’re god compared to everyone else." -iorange555.
by thedirkatron on Apr 12, 2009 2:40 PM CDT up reply actions
And is subsequently
Dropped to activate Bossman tomorrow.
"Come on man you have to admit the average guy in a baseball clubhouse...... is relatively a douchebag." BGL.
The 2008-2009 Dallas Mavericks are the biggest teases in the world.
Does anyone still think Wash knows what he is doing?
Good thing we didn’t bring in our best reliever. Need to save him for the save situation that is never going to happen.
damnit sh@# f@#k a$$
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THis bullpen sucks
Keepin it Classy Gentlemen
by Hamiltons Homey on Apr 12, 2009 2:26 PM CDT reply actions
ugh
What a game. Millwood gave it to the pen on a platter and they absolutely destroyed it. I hope the rest of the team takes a dump in their lockers.
Jay Zygmunt, now that you have fired yourself, please have yourself hired by Seattle. Thanks.
That ball when it was hit
looked like a sure hit. But Andrus kept getting closer and closer to it. He almost was there in time. Wow.
(this is silver lining…)
how has
eric nadel put up with this shit all these years?
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When will these dumb SOB's stop this automatic
Insertion of a non pitching ass wipe, if Millwood is pitching like he was, let him Pitch the 8th, i am sick of this 8th and 9th crap, if a starter cannot throw 125 to 135 pitches why are they in the Bigs to begin with, and if you are going to do bring someone in why not a right hander, the managing of this team sucks
Nolan?
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you must be a
fan of dusty baker
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by studcrackers on Apr 12, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions
It gets old
bad defense extending innings and leading to bad pitching.
"The idea that the Rangers are going to be a solid contender for a number of years is a fantasy." - Adam J. Morris
this isn't about wash or anybody else
this game is on one person, and one person alone
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
barely mattered
IBB with madrigal gave way to a Madrigal strikeout
frankie is maybe better than madrigal but its not easy for anybody to come in with runners on 2and and third with 1 out and not give up a run
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
so they keep losing when you post in the GDT
when are you going to stop?
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
Is it me?
Or perhaps the epic shitty pitching that we never want to change?
by SaltyGoesYard on Apr 12, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions
how about you dont' show up for a week so we can decide
Ceterum censeo Cat esse delendam - Cahill the Elder
I won't show up
The day the bullpen decides to show up, for just 1 day.
by SaltyGoesYard on Apr 12, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Not enjoying the outcome
Just don’t enjoy being called a hater when I just simply know what im talking about.
by SaltyGoesYard on Apr 12, 2009 2:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Such Anger
and people say I am negative.
by SaltyGoesYard on Apr 12, 2009 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Rally animals please
and we need more than 2 runs to get Frankie in. Hook it up.
Jay Zygmunt, now that you have fired yourself, please have yourself hired by Seattle. Thanks.
I gagree
why cant millwood go out in the eigth he looked fine
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by Hamiltons Homey on Apr 12, 2009 2:28 PM CDT reply actions
or if you're pulling him, at the first sign CJ is going to blow it,
bring in Fx2
Jay Zygmunt, now that you have fired yourself, please have yourself hired by Seattle. Thanks.
by 3k on Apr 12, 2009 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Bad pitching..
will do it every time. CJ was a flash in the pan. He makes me nervous every time he comes in.
remember those articles by Newberg
claiming that CJ’s trade value was higher than any other left-handed reliever in baseball?
this bullpen will destroy us
ridiculous crap. the tigers bullpen sucks too, but not as bad as ours.
cleveland looks like the worst team in baseball, so we shouldn’t get too confident about those wins.
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where was nolan?
he needs to tell helmsley to leave the starters in dusty baker style
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by Hamiltons Homey on Apr 12, 2009 2:29 PM CDT reply actions
wow, i never thought i'd miss nippert
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rodney
looks like he work for marlo’s crew
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by Hamiltons Homey on Apr 12, 2009 2:30 PM CDT reply actions
memo to MY: that is how to play 3B
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x
honestly, the save statistic is one of my least favorite things about baseball.
FF should have been in there at some point because he’s the team’s best relief pitcher and that was the game’s highest leverage situation.
Keeping him in the bullpen because it’s not the top of the 9th and the team isn’t up by 1, 2, or 3 runs is asinine. It’s 100% accepted throughout baseball, but still asinine.
that's how we make the most out of Mellie's power?
try to pull a Polanco?
Jay Zygmunt, now that you have fired yourself, please have yourself hired by Seattle. Thanks.
Our HR leader is bunting.
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why is MURPHY HITTING!?!?!?
a big o0fer
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murphy
looks like he should be in a 1998 beach volley ball tourney… what a tool
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by Hamiltons Homey on Apr 12, 2009 2:31 PM CDT reply actions
there are no words to describe how bad this is
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Murphy is awful
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It's appropriate he makes the last out
that’s about all he has been able to do this year.
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and the first, and the second
and sometimes the second and third combined
by SaltyGoesYard on Apr 12, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm all for playing him to get out of the slump
but when you are down by 2 in the 9th, don’t have him in there
Seriously?
You want them to start pinch hitting for Davis late game versus righties?
You may as well just knee jerk and send him down to AAA.
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by thedirkatron on Apr 12, 2009 2:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Its the 9th inning. Of a tight game
you bring your best chance to win in that single at bat.
Davis is sucking right now. He’s in a funk. The team just blew a lead. Get someone fresh out there. Its perfectly rationale. I don’t want him benched to start games, but seriously – in that situation, he shouldn’t have been in there.
ridiculous
like pulling a closer if he walks the leadoff man. if you don’t have faith in your guy in that situation, you might as well bench him. that’s not an option. you never sub a righty for a lefty against a righty. that’s just basic shit
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Seems to me
you want your best hitters in there in the 9th inning when you are down yet close. That is more important than lefty/righty. Murphy and Davis are just not good right now. Byrd definitely is better than either them; who cares that you lose the lefty/righty matchup.
I disagree, but okay.
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by thedirkatron on Apr 12, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions
k i'll repost what i said in gdt1...
what the motherfuck happened?!
"How long is this gonna take? I gotta get a tattoo of my balls on the back of my neck." - Dwayne Johnson as Dennis Rodman on SNL
I think r/l splits
are a great way to manage at the onset of the game.
But Rodney is an overpowering pitcher who shut down the Rangers lineup yesterday. I think Murphy, Davis, and Salty. Why send them in again this time when they were completely overmatched yesterday?
first of all, it's ridiculous of you to think that your philosophy is the norm
it’s not; doing what you did opens you up to criticism and would be deemed “playing the hunch.”
but, it was 1AB. if they looked overmatched then, they might have been able to overpower rodney the next day. 1AB is not an indicator of anything. splits are the best indicator in this situation and they tell you (very clearly) do not hit a righty against a righty. i can’t believe you think this is open to discussion
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I didn't say my philosophy is the norm
I don’t even know where I was talking about my philosophy.
I’m not saying to play a hunch.
I just don’t think that R/L splits are the only motivating factor in making decisions of who to send up to bat. In the 9th inning, the only issue you care about is scoring runs at this moment – you can sort out defense, future innings, etc later.
If against a righty, you’d rather have Murphy and Davis up there than Byrd and Jones, just because of their handedness, that’s fine. Really the question is whether the difference in splits is greater than the difference in ability. (you’d rather have Kinsler up than Murphy, right?) From the last week, Byrd has been hitting the ball well, Murphy and Davis haven’t been hitting it at all. I think that supersedes whatever split difference there is. Obviously you don’t, and obviously Washington doesn’t either.
the last week?
3 games a piece? really? yeah, i’d rather base my decision on a substantial statistical set
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Lets ignore Davis
because we all probably agree that Davis is a far better hitter than Byrd, outside of this slump.
Byrd is a better hitter than Murphy though. Just in general. Against lefties, Byrd is far, far better. Against righties, Byrd’s 2008 OPS was about the same as Murphy’s (actually, a bit better).
So they’re roughly equivalent in that situation, handedness taken into account. So I use two other pieces of info. Murphy has looked bad this year so far, lost at the plate, Byrd has looked pretty good. And Murphy was overmatched by Rodney yesterday. Both of those points would make me pinch hit there.
I'm talking about the players
Bad AB’s.
by Black Francis on Apr 12, 2009 2:37 PM CDT up reply actions
so...
what are the odds that perry/campbell/cabrera choke and either tiger or phil wins?
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good to see our best bullpen still is in AAA
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
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oh well only 6 games into the season.
we need bullpen guys who can pitch though or we’re not going anywhere.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
wow
i’ve watched every inning of this team, and i’m not sure how much i can watch at this rate
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this thing sucks
goodbye
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by Hamiltons Homey on Apr 12, 2009 2:32 PM CDT reply actions
there goes any optimism i had about this season
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fuck the tigers
and their shitty team and city.
Millwood needs to poop in everyone's locker.
Starting with CJ.
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by Maximilian on Apr 12, 2009 2:33 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Millwood needs to call these assholes out
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Cj...
should shut the fuck up about being the closer. He should be worried about being waived and sacking groceries.
This is ridiculous
"Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and cracker jacks, I don't care if I never get back, Let me root, root, root for the RANGERS, If they don't win it's a shame. For it's one, two, three strikes, your out, At the old ball game."
I blame this on Elvis....
He should have let that ball bounce and turned a double play. It would have been two outs and nobody on. CJ did his job there, and once again, the defense let the pitcher down……sigh.
The 2009 Texas Rangers..........they're awesome, man.
wouldn't have been a double play.
But nah the bullpen is the only one to blame in this game.
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Millwood handed this game to the bullpen on a silver platter. And they shat on that platter.
In memory of Nick Adenhart.
Justify
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STOP. FUCKING. DOING THIS.
by SaltyGoesYard on Apr 12, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Even still...
There’s got to be some sort of damage control…
CJ gave up to doubles down the line and couldn’t get his head back on straight..
I mean this is insane
Everyone knew the bullpen was going to be spotty. EVERYONE.
Why not pick up a free agent, especially when they were so inexpensive this off season?
but but Tom Hicks is NOT CHEAP!!
Josh Hamilton puts his pants on one leg at a time just like you but once he gets his pants on he hits baseballs 420 feet.
Exactly. Why the HELL would they not put in Frankie? To save him for this next series at home maybe?
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BECAUSE HE IS THE CLOSER!
THE CLOSER KNOWS HOW TO GET THE LAST THREE OUTS AND THAT IS WHY YOU SAVE HIM BECAUSE IF YOU USE HIM BEFORE THE 9TH INNING NO ONE WILL BE AROUND TO GET THE LAST THREE OUTS!
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by SaltyGoesYard on Apr 12, 2009 2:39 PM CDT up reply actions
not it shoudln't
u have warner there, u have to use him in that situation, or he shouldn’t be on the team…
Stability is key, and JD is a Beast.
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the bottom of the 8th in a tie game with the winning run on 3rd?
how the hell do you figure that?
the preceding post was a great success.
Millwood should have never been pulled
I have said it before and I will say it again, Ron Washington needs to be fired and CJ needs to be dumped, and not just because of this game, the dude can’t manage his way out of a paper bag, and as someone else here said, CJ was a flask in the pan
millwood shouldn't have been pulled why?
because he couldn’t trust the bullpen with the lead? that is ridiculous. you have to give the ball to your setup guy in that situation. turn these games into 7 inning games. the only flaw in the plan is a terrible 8th inning performance. that’s it. there is no magic trick, there is nothing the offense should have done differently, there is no other game plan that should have been executed. the 8th inning guy is not supposed to give up 6 runs and he did.
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I will not defend him
I think there were three balls that were lucky on the Tigers’ part. At some point, though, the team needs to contain the damage. They shouldn’t have allowed more than two runs in that inning.
Does he have options? I wouldn’t mind seeing him sent down until he grows a set of balls back. He doesn’t take bad luck well. Gets frustrated too easily…seems to me that he thinks the game should be easier, which may be a sign of Wilson thinking he’s better than he is. In other words, arrogance.
by Black Francis on Apr 12, 2009 2:46 PM CDT up reply actions
if he gets sent down, we're not seeing him again
not that that should detract us from sending him down – just saying. he wont’ be able to come back from that
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Has he lost velocity?
I thought I remembered him around 92-95 a few years ago. He never had control but he use miss some bats with his fastball.
After the show I want Greg Oden to tuck us both in and tell us stories about the old days. - Will Ferrell
He's actually gained velocity.
I’m too lazy to look at what other peripherals and such say right now, and I can’t really see through the blinding red.
You can have a look here, though.
Cool
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Yep
He appears to be way too weak mentally to come back from being sent to the minors.
Well then he certainly doesn't belong in MLB...
….pitching late innings.
by Black Francis on Apr 12, 2009 2:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Well that's what this year should be about
Figuring out who sticks and who needs to be replaced.
by Black Francis on Apr 12, 2009 2:57 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah
he’ll get a few more chances at the 8th inning role. He’s certainly not getting canned in an inning extended by an error. but i bet we’ll see him again in the 8th inning at least 2 more times.
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exactly
why anyone would say that a guy can’t handle getting demoted but can handle high-pressure MLB games is beyond me.
He can’t handle the pressure for some reason.
My dread is that the Rangers will let go of him and he’ll figure it out at some point in the future, and everyone will blame JD. But maybe someone will hold up games like this to explain why.
I wish I could screencap Tom Grieve's subtle look of disgust
by Joey Matschulat on Apr 12, 2009 2:37 PM CDT reply actions
well look on the brightside...
detroit deserves this after the mess of an economy they’re in
/sarcasm
//tired of hearing that
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but on a positive note
you can buy a home for 1500 bucks there. im thinking of getting 3….
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
Too California Cool,
too straightedge, TOO WORRIED ABOUT IMAGE! God, I wish they had signed at leat one decent reliever!!
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this is funny
http://www.wlwt.com/news/19136024/detail.html
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well
maybe not entirely funny
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by studcrackers on Apr 12, 2009 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions
C.J. Wilson's WPA: -0.731
That’s astounding!
It’s fun to say “so and so single handedly cost us the game,” but that’s rarely true and usually stupid if it’s meant as anything more than exageration.
But Ceej came pretty close by WPA, today. He was almost worth an entire loss all by himself in the span of one inning.
I was saying that while it was going down
…but at some point you have to buckle down and get a strike out or something.
by Black Francis on Apr 12, 2009 2:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Seems to me 6 games in the rangers are the same
as they were last year, they have 2 starters (need to find 3 others) and 1 or 2 in the bullpen who are worth a crap, they did nothing in the off season and so here we are right back where we started, with a Manager who is a good coach but does not have the tools to manage and an owner who Only cares about money and not winning
Last year they didn't even have two starters
so we’re a little better off if Padilla and especially Millwood can keep this up.
Wash’s managing is what it is. CJ is at the place in the depth chart that puts him in that game right there. He stuck with him too long. But he can only work with the guys he has.
I don’t know what the last three days have revealed about Hicks, other than the fact that he should have signed Cruz. But who knows where that decision was made. And many teams were out on Juan Cruz for some reason or another, not just the Rangers.
Everyone focuses on Cruz
But there was Joe Beimel, Will Ohman, Denys Reyes, will Ohman, Joe Nelson….all cheaper than Cruz, I believe.
"Who died and made you King?"
I agree that they should have tried to address it
but I simply don’t attribute their not addressing the bullpen to Tom Hicks being cheap. That is just a huge leap.
My guess is the team just didn’t like any of those options more than their current mediocre options.
There should be plenty of relievers, in fact.
An average pitcher is roughly a little bit above replacement level as a reliever. By definition, that means plenty of average pitchers who can pitch from the bullpen are available and shouldn’t cost more than league minimum.
C.J. Wilson was WAY below average last year (63 tRA+) and slightly below two years ago (97). So we have a reliever who should have trouble getting a job anywhere and could likely cheaply be replaced #2 in our bullpen depth chart.
This is pretty fail.
how many of those teams had the worst pen in the league last year?
or 2nd worst or whatever it was. the rangers needed a good reliever.
the preceding post was a great success.
Mental Toughness
Great late-inning guys have it, I don’t think CJ does. Any adversity, and he crumbles.
talent yes, mental toughness no. And Wash has no better options.
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