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by Adam J. Morris on Apr 21, 2009 8:58 PM CDT
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Got in right at the end of the game but was tracking it on the phone and saw that
I was very pleasantly surprised to see Fx2 come in when the fire was really burning instead of waiting until the ninth.
Good things happen when you stick with your best reliever
and don’t freak out about whether he’s available for tomorrow’s game.
This is the type of game the Rangers have to win. They’re not going to have many starts by giving up fewer than 5 runs.
I was watching on
MLB Extra Innings so I had to listen to Toronto’s crew and they were saying that it was a bad BP handling job to bring Francisco in at that point. Thier thinking was that if you are going to have him get a 5 out save, you might as well have brought him in to begin the 8th because that one extra out doesn’t make a big difference. I wanted to put the TV on mute after that.
yeah I heard them say that and thought it was dumb of them to say
It wasn’t like it was intended..the others just got into trouble that caused it.
I am stuck in a motel in El paso
How did BMac look?
Lots of fly ball outs
Good fastball location. Breaking ball wasn’t particularly good again, but he threw some pretty sweet changeups.
Coach Washington inspires me to be an hero.
fly ball outs,
several were scorched….
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain.
by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 9:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Several were also lazy popups
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.
he looked
average at best.
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain.
by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions
He went toe-to-toe with Roy Halladay
And held the offense that has scored the most runs in the AL so far this year to 3 runs over 6 innings. Nobody’s claiming he’s going to win any Cy Youngs… but what the fuck do you want from him?
Coach Washington inspires me to be an hero.
Well, there's that.
Or the fact that rsr is Wails’ illegitimate love child.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
sorry for your visceral reaction
to my opinion that he was average but that is indeed what I thought. I admit I’m hard on B-Mac but that’s what happens after trades, you get compared to who you got traded for. For example, it makes Hamilton’s horrid start easier to stomach seeing that Volquez has a 6 something ERA.
So are you saying that he was above average? I would say that “he did good for him”. That’s kind of a backhanded comment but the bottom line is that he was simply OK. And to be fair OK will win a lot of ballgames and is better than what he normally delivers.
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain.
by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
Not saying he was above average
But that average for this team is a step in the right direction.
Coach Washington inspires me to be an hero.
I agree with the post above.
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain.
by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Why don't you just go away
While your at it pick another team to cheer for so that you will be happy.
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
were you the
captain of your highscool’s backstroke roulette team?
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain.
by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 10:08 PM CDT up reply actions
haha
Try saying something nice for a change.
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
like
STFU?
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain.
by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 10:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Just tired of your schtick
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
I was being
self deprecating with the Trey Hillman comment, even added a ;-), and you respond with STFU. so
BTW your promise to ignore me lasted 5 minutes.
I don’t post here to rile people up. I’m a Ranger fan, just like everybody else and enjoy the community. My friends and family don’t give a shit about the Rangers so it was a great success finding this blog. My tone is generally negative but like they say, winning cures all…
I will try to play nice with others, but if I think B-Mac was average, well then….
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain.
by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 10:50 PM CDT up reply actions
By the abbreviated Quality Start standard
BMac had a good game. Six innings, 3 runs. Not that QS is a be-all end-all metric of any sort. He was benefitted by some pretty good plays. But he did the 6 inning thing, and if he continues to be healthy, maybe he can get 7 innings in (fewer full counts, more strikes).
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Apr 21, 2009 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Bill James gave him a 48 Game Score
which means he was fairly mediocre.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Apr 21, 2009 11:32 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll take the under
on 180 IPs
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
As long as he keeps doing this
I think the team will trust him a bit more to pitch that extra inning. He’s getting pulled now before the 100 pitch mark which is understandable given his injury past, but I’m hoping that he has that behind him now and can make it past that mark without having everyone hold their breath with every pitch.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
average
It was an average BMac outing. Inconsistent at times with flashes of plus pitches. Sure wish he could go 7 innings sometime.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
i will take
a season of quality starts out of him. and this is a very underrated Blue Jays offense playing in their home park.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
Hell yes.
3 ER over 6-7 innings = good things on most nights with this offense.
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 21, 2009 10:06 PM CDT up reply actions
i can sleep well tonight
and dream of the Mariners and Angels losing.
The "Fire Wash Watch" is on. I say he's gone by April 26th.
Yep, Wash's bullpen management may actually be improving...
Jackie Moore’s influence, maybe?
Coach Washington inspires me to be an hero.
I new Trey
was the one that would turn the Rangers around ;-)
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain.
by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
STFU
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
all humor aside
you are a complete noodge.
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain.
by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Whatever Debbie Downer
Oh I see you think you are being funny when all you really are is a loud mouthed ass who never has anything good to say about anything. This is all I will ever say to you, from now on I will ignore you. Have a great day Josey Jr.
Keith Law on Greg Golson, "He's similiar to Cameron and Hunter in that all three are black."
http://tinyurl.com/ranger-rage
Perhaps
But sudden improvement after two years of nonsensical suck indicates some behind-the-scenes instruction.
Coach Washington inspires me to be an hero.
Could be Nolan
Giving him the Ventura for not using Frankie that last time.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Oh no, that is
unpossible, according to most here.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
I don't think it has ever left for you.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
beautiful game
timely homeruns. The lineup took advantage when people got on base against Halladay, which is what you have to do against an ace.Not to mention a pretty solid outing by McCarthy, and great bullpen managing. Solid win.
2 solid wins in a row....
hopefully Harrison can have a solid game for the first time this year.
by death of the cool on Apr 21, 2009 9:00 PM CDT reply actions
that would be great
I don’t know how many more clunkers we can roll him out there for. I think he needs to show some command of the strike zone and get deep into the game
The "Fire Wash Watch" is on. I say he's gone by April 26th.
i have a feeling
Holland makes his debut tomorrow, in about the third inning.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
ye of little faith...
I see Holland coming in in the 5th.
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain.
by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 9:42 PM CDT up reply actions
dave barnett still sucks
"If you can't get up for this kind of game, Lord have mercy, you might not have a heartbeat"
-Jerome Bettis
by Jason Brynsvold on Apr 21, 2009 9:01 PM CDT up reply actions
yea
i didnt know it was coming till he said “gone!” or whatever
"If you can't get up for this kind of game, Lord have mercy, you might not have a heartbeat"
-Jerome Bettis
by Jason Brynsvold on Apr 21, 2009 9:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, to be fair
Josh didn’t call it as a home run until it cleared the wall, and I didn’t think it was going out (watching on TV) until the very end. It wasn’t a “no doubter”.
i really can't listen to this
quite a terrible interview. frankie doesnt know what to say, and barnett is just boring
Barnett sucks
Very boring to listen to…. sad since we’ve had some good 2nd guys on the radio side for so long.
what's baseball tonight?
I use to love to hit, I use to take it serious. I only got one at bat a year, maybe...but, I took it serious. I hit 1.000 one year, if i had another at bat, I'd hit 2.000...
Wow
Rangers win, on the road, against Roy Halladay, with BMAC going going into the 7th, and the bullpen doesnt blow it.
This is our year.
http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/1/29/739765/the-socket-joint-rotator-c
by FormerLSBUser on Apr 21, 2009 9:02 PM CDT reply actions
Good times!
Get one of those close losses back. Beat one of the best pitchers in baseball on the road while starting a pitcher who’s been below replacement so far. And Wash showed good bullpen management.
And: Kinsler is still a monster.
So
In your baseball vocabulary, has “average” been forever stricken and replaced by “replacement”?
by brettgardner on Apr 21, 2009 9:05 PM CDT up reply actions
Like if you're average was 5
You could say replacement level was 0. So a player could be 1,2,3,4 and still be below average but above replacement.
Understood
And, admittedly, my understanding of the concept is a bit shaky, but wouldn’t “average” generally cluster around “replacement”?
by brettgardner on Apr 21, 2009 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions
There's "average" for major-league players...
“replacement” is any asshole off the street. Like in 1995 when they were going to start the season with replacement players… those players weren’t as good as the average major-leaguer.
Hmm
I thought “replacement” was this:
it’s the talent level for which you would pay the minimum salary on the open market, or for which you can obtain at minimal cost in a trade.
by brettgardner on Apr 21, 2009 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions
No.
A replacement level player is one you can find on the AAAA scrap heap. Not great, not suck, just essentially the bottom rung of league average production.
An average MLB player is much better.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
The only position where it's particularly close is relief pitching.
But even then, there are quite a few players between the two levels.
Basically think of replacement as...
25th man on the roster level, or maybe the first call up or two level, while average would be somewhere in the starting lineup, maybe around 7th in the order.
Ron Washington...giving hope everywhere to the kids who eat lead paint chips of being a big league manager when they grow up since 2007.
Good description.
Of course, some teams are more stacked than others. Some teams’ 25th man is a lot better than a 25th man, and some teams 25th man is a lot worse.
Is there any doubt that this is
Kinsler’s team now? I don’t think so, but that’s just me.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
That's why I chose him for my expensive jersey purchase.
He’s gonna be around for a while.
There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns
I don't think one person is leading the charge.
I think they are all sharing the torch.
by oc on Apr 21, 2009 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions
amazingly
I’ve heard many state that this Is Byrd’s team. Thats right, Marlon frickin’ Byrd.
I think he is actually the Darrell Armstrong of this thing.
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain.
by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 9:14 PM CDT up reply actions
The Indians
will win the World Series.
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain.
by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 9:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Both very, very important vets for sure.
And perhaps the glue guys, but not the team leader. Hmm, I loved Marky Mark too. Coincidence?
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
luis alecea
I use to love to hit, I use to take it serious. I only got one at bat a year, maybe...but, I took it serious. I hit 1.000 one year, if i had another at bat, I'd hit 2.000...
David Percy
So, I am getting the Toronto broadcast because of XM and they are saying that Harrison and David Percy (tomorrow’s starter) are pretty similar so far this season. Seems to bode well for the Rangers.
by Excel Hearts Choi on Apr 21, 2009 9:04 PM CDT reply actions
Harrison starting almost never bodes well for the Rangers.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
"I guess it’s tough to look good when you play on the same team as Marcus Lemon." -Trip Somers.
"Congratulations, Mr. Somers. You just made THE LIST." -The Newberg, after reading the above comment.
by thedirkatron on Apr 22, 2009 3:09 AM CDT up reply actions
You know, looking up his tRA last year, he was even worse than I thought
tRA 6.24
tRA+ 72
tRA* 5.64
I was also kind of suprised to see his tRA* was over 5 in his stints in both Frisco and OKC last year, too. Interestingly enough, it’s actually down to 5.02 in his two disastrous starts this year though (not too sure what to make of that).
I must get out of the plane, go to a nearby farmhouse - have a Dr Pepper - and call the police.
Kruk explaining why Halladay wasn't that good today
and analyzing Josh Hamilton. I can’t even pay attention to it, I’m distracted by his attempt to look professional and smart.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
I'm sorry, it's obviously a character flaw of mine...
but I can’t listen to him without thinking “one nut”. Pitiful I know.
The Texas Rangers have been synonymous with explosive firepower ever since they emptied 130 rounds into Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow in 1934. - Alyssa Milano
He's the Emmitt Smith
of the baseball crew, except without all the lovable, laughable quotes.
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 21, 2009 10:11 PM CDT up reply actions
What the hell is a meno?
The 40 Trumps All!!!
"I guess it’s tough to look good when you play on the same team as Marcus Lemon." -Trip Somers.
"Congratulations, Mr. Somers. You just made THE LIST." -The Newberg, after reading the above comment.
by thedirkatron on Apr 22, 2009 3:10 AM CDT up reply actions
just heard the kinsler homer call again
worse than i remembered
"If you can't get up for this kind of game, Lord have mercy, you might not have a heartbeat"
-Jerome Bettis
by Jason Brynsvold on Apr 21, 2009 9:09 PM CDT reply actions
Barnett is so monotone, it's painful.
He really sounds like he’s not paying attention.
Coach Washington inspires me to be an hero.
Barnett
I listened to some of sundays game on my phone and i happened to catch the switchover to barnett doing most of the calling and i hadnt heard him that much up till then.
he was just awful, so generically monotone with no inflection of level of excitement at all.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
He is awful
— When the ball is in play I don’t know what is going on or where the play is happening (Ground ball… and he’s out on a close play)
— I always know whether the pitch is a ball or a strike before he says anything. Just listen to the crowd’s reaction. Sometimes he is even two pitches behind.
— And yeah, there is no excitement.. ever.
I think he pops a valium every other inning.
He’s like the anti-Josh Lewin.
I must get out of the plane, go to a nearby farmhouse - have a Dr Pepper - and call the police.
wow
anyone see the highlights for the cleveland/kc game?
i think i counted 11 people in the stands….
I use to love to hit, I use to take it serious. I only got one at bat a year, maybe...but, I took it serious. I hit 1.000 one year, if i had another at bat, I'd hit 2.000...
I've actually never in my life been to a mostly-empty game.
Not sure if it’s a coincidence or not, but I’ve always been to packed games.
I've been to a few...
…in TBIA.
It is a little depressing.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 21, 2009 9:13 PM CDT up reply actions
In fact, despite living just three hours from a divisional team, I haven't seen the Rangers in person in almost two decades.
I was hoping they’d play the Rays at Wide World of Sports this year or something, since I’ll have a free bus ride there.
Short bus?
Just askin’…
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
LOL!
No, a bus where, if you’re lucky, you can see college kids getting it on at night until one of them pukes on the other one.
That's the best kind!
The 40 Trumps All!!!
"I guess it’s tough to look good when you play on the same team as Marcus Lemon." -Trip Somers.
"Congratulations, Mr. Somers. You just made THE LIST." -The Newberg, after reading the above comment.
by thedirkatron on Apr 22, 2009 3:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Why?
You know the place will draw big crowds later down the line.
I look at it as a nice ‘get-away game’… from the daily/weekly grind.
by oc on Apr 21, 2009 9:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Everybody loves going to see a movie in an empty theatre, right. Why not a ballgame?
It gives you a chance to be more vocal, it gives you a chance to hear the players.
Maybe its just me. Plus it never hurts having to never deal with crowds at concessions and parking.
by oc on Apr 21, 2009 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Uhh I go to see if my team is playing above replacement value
by oc on Apr 21, 2009 9:50 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Please refrain from this type of commenting please.
As documented in article 7 of the LSB User’s Guide, we have established that this form of post does not provide insight, and instead would confuse new and prospective users.
Let’s please try and set forth a better example for the community.
Thank you.
It's not just you...
I used to love going to games in Oakland when there was no one there. Of course that was a little different though because I was cheering for the visiting team.
Love me some movies in an empty theater as well.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I believe there should be a constitutional amendment
outlawing the wave.
There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns
by RachelB on Apr 21, 2009 9:32 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
they had the
wave up and running Saturday night at RBiA. I refused to stand up and my wife claimed that I was a “party pooper”. It hurt to hear that but I’ve since recovered.
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain.
by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 9:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I, too...
…refuse to stand for the wave.
The wave sucks.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 21, 2009 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
+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 21, 2009 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions
I hate the asshole
who stands up in front of me during game action to start that fucking thing. Of all the dipshits in the stadium, why’d it have to be that guy?
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 21, 2009 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions
The wave is against my religion
you can’t make me do it
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Apr 21, 2009 10:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Your kids will LOVE the wave, guaranteed.
All kids love the wave.
That’s why it happens.
Not for jaded big timey pay lawyers with fancy suites and a different tie for each day of the week like you and The Newberg.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
"I guess it’s tough to look good when you play on the same team as Marcus Lemon." -Trip Somers.
"Congratulations, Mr. Somers. You just made THE LIST." -The Newberg, after reading the above comment.
by thedirkatron on Apr 22, 2009 3:14 AM CDT up reply actions
I bet Lemon loves the wave
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Could we have just stumbled upon the source of the Newberg's hatred!?!?
The 40 Trumps All!!!
"I guess it’s tough to look good when you play on the same team as Marcus Lemon." -Trip Somers.
"Congratulations, Mr. Somers. You just made THE LIST." -The Newberg, after reading the above comment.
by thedirkatron on Apr 22, 2009 8:38 AM CDT up reply actions
I took my two nephews Sunday
they were really into it when it started. I think it was the first time they’d seen the wave. By the second or third time it went around, I think that they had already lost interest. And my guess is that they won’t give a flip next time they see it.
by Brett Perryman on Apr 22, 2009 8:53 AM CDT up reply actions
The wave starts because one guy
decides it would be cool if he could get 50,000 people to do it. Which I think is kind of cool too although I’m never the asshole who starts it haha
by slimshadty12 on Apr 22, 2009 9:30 AM CDT up reply actions
Every time our pitcher is having crucial moments this season at RBiA,
The wave gets started. I wanted to grind my teeth when it was going around on Saturday night. And was it Opening Day, when Millwood still had a no-hitter going, that it got started? Yikes.
There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns
No, but there is a theory
That has gone around for at least 25 years among the Arlington faithful – that the wave can be ignored by pitchers, but still affects them because it s harmonic changes the equilibrium of the universe. Everything tilts. So it’s OK to do the wave when an opposing pitcher is on the mound, but NOT when the home team is in the field.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Apr 21, 2009 11:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I would second this
The wave is the stupidest tradition in sports.
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm a fan, and I'm a girl, but please don't call me a fangirl.
by The Best Micah on Apr 21, 2009 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions
some guys near my section on opening day tried to start the first wave of the season an innning or two in
and the rest of the park wouldn’t pick it up. boo.
the preceding post was a great success.
ive never understood
the mass hate for the wave, it always gets me sort of giddy, plus it normally happens when there’s a giant lull in the game and the game is out of reach
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by studcrackers on Apr 21, 2009 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions
studcrackers, You seem to fit the profile of
everybody I’ve ever seen do “The Wave”
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Apr 21, 2009 10:56 PM CDT up reply actions
and you seem to fit the profile of
a guy who strokes it while staring at himself in the mirror. but what the fuck do i know?
go here to view my blog: http://dirtfromd.blogspot.com
by studcrackers on Apr 21, 2009 10:57 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
why do you like to do "The Wave", studcrackers?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Apr 21, 2009 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
why dont you like the wave
then i’ll give you my reasons for liking it
go here to view my blog: http://dirtfromd.blogspot.com
by studcrackers on Apr 21, 2009 11:03 PM CDT up reply actions
And along with your blog the airwaves are
going to be subjected to some kind of radio show by you?!??!
Really?!?!
Please, compare and contrast which stadiums have the best “waves.”
Show your work.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Apr 21, 2009 11:13 PM CDT up reply actions
im trying to annoy you
in as many mediums as i can. hell if you want you can even join me 1 day, in fact i insist (and im not kidding) id really like to have you on
go here to view my blog: http://dirtfromd.blogspot.com
by studcrackers on Apr 21, 2009 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Of course you want me, crackers....you'd actually
have a few listeners.
Get some traction, work the bugs out, show that you actually know what the hell you are doing and demonstrate a little bit of knowledge regarding all things Great Game and get back to me.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Apr 21, 2009 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions
if you come on my show
maybe you can teach me something about the great game oh wise one
go here to view my blog: http://dirtfromd.blogspot.com
by studcrackers on Apr 21, 2009 11:29 PM CDT up reply actions
I need to be a guest on the Price/Morris/Newberg
podcast before I hit your show.
M’s just won 4-2 and are now 9-5.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Apr 21, 2009 11:34 PM CDT up reply actions
hogwash
that opportunity’s not gonna come. us arguing back and forth could make for some interesting stuff
go here to view my blog: http://dirtfromd.blogspot.com
by studcrackers on Apr 21, 2009 11:39 PM CDT up reply actions
studcrackers,
you’d get crushed in a format where you couldn’t run to a moderator for safety.
Know your role and know your limitations.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Apr 21, 2009 11:43 PM CDT up reply actions
run to a moderator?
what do you think i tattle on you or something?
go here to view my blog: http://dirtfromd.blogspot.com
by studcrackers on Apr 21, 2009 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Ha
This needs to be Ben’s next movie dialogue…
by slimshadty12 on Apr 22, 2009 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions
most of the time
at Rangers games at least — the wave happens at random times. It really has nothing to do with what is going on during the game.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Apr 21, 2009 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
at the games I have attended
it has always started in the OF bleachers.
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as long as i can get a good seat
I like the theater to be full if its action, comedy or whatever where the crowd can get into it.
definitely more fun to be at a full ballpark.
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Yep
Action or comedy, crowded theater is best.
Drama, give me an empty theater.
by Adam J. Morris on Apr 21, 2009 9:37 PM CDT up reply actions
if I'm
checking out Tyler Perry’s latest I prefer an empty theater.
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by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions
is that a comedy or a tragedy?
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
the movie,
a tragedy. The thought of myself in an empty theater seeing his latest offering, a comedy.
In all seriousness where the fuck did this guy come from and how did he come to dominate black entertainment in regards to tv and film.
His explosion onto the seen and subsequent dominance reminds me of Master P a decade ago in rap. Hopefully Perry’s run will have a similar ending to P’s.
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain.
by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 10:17 PM CDT up reply actions
...for me to poop on
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"-Wayne Gretzky"-Michael Scott
by ReallyCreativeScreenName on Apr 22, 2009 2:00 AM CDT up reply actions
But in all seriousness
there’s nothing good about who Tyler Perry is or what he does
"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take"-Wayne Gretzky"-Michael Scott
by ReallyCreativeScreenName on Apr 22, 2009 2:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Why, is Ricky Williams looking for a new agent?
Ah-Cha-Cha-Cha!!!!
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"I guess it’s tough to look good when you play on the same team as Marcus Lemon." -Trip Somers.
"Congratulations, Mr. Somers. You just made THE LIST." -The Newberg, after reading the above comment.
by thedirkatron on Apr 22, 2009 3:17 AM CDT up reply actions
Sure if it's a game late in the season and your team is in the pennant
But I don’t mind the day games in April and May during the week when everybody else is working
by oc on Apr 21, 2009 9:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I vastly prefer a pckaed, electric atmosphere at a game.
Though I’ll say this… if my choice is between 12,000-18,000 mostly disinterested casual fans who aren’t into the game (or, as I like to call it, “A weekday Rangers crowd”), or a mostly empty stadium with maybe 2,000 fans in the whole place, I’ll take the empty place, cause it does offer a certain sort of charm.
I was at a D-Rays game back when they sucked and I swear to god there weren’t 2k people in that whole cavernous place, and most of them were in the bar and/or the upper deck where seat were like one dollar. We walked right up to the gate an hour before game time and bought 9th row seat right behind homeplate for like $25. It was pretty awesome. If you yelled at a player, he’d turn around. Everyone could hear you. My buddy and I had a great time.
But that can’t compare to the awesomeness of being in a packed house and the electricity of 40-50k people all rooting and cheering toward a common goal.
I’d choose that every single time.
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"Congratulations, Mr. Somers. You just made THE LIST." -The Newberg, after reading the above comment.
by thedirkatron on Apr 22, 2009 3:23 AM CDT up reply actions
It's a double-edged sword.
It’s fun to be able to go sit just about anywhere and have plenty of room to stretch.
It’s not as fun of a crowd for yelling and cheering and stuff, though.
There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns
So, if we lose the next two games, how do you feel in the logical part of your brain after the fact?
Pretty good.
Of course, I didn’t think things were so bad when everyone else was on suicide watch either.
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I'll have to ask him later
he is too busy drinking right now… he is a scary drunk
Well managed game by Wash
Nice to see him go out and try to win a game instead of letting the other team lose it. A victory today is worth much more than saving your closer for a potential save opportunity tomorrow.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
frankie could probably go tomorrow if hes really needed
hopefully we wont need him (in the good way)
and yes, this was the best managed game of the year.
i hope we get to see holland tomorrow… in the good kind of way (not down 10 in the 3rd).
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well id say
this is best win of the season, not the best played game but certainly the toughest win.
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Yep.
This is the kind of game we where losing last week. Good to see us finally close one out, especially on the road.
Coach Washington inspires me to be an hero.
no offense to pitching
but i’ll take a walk off homer over over this anytime.
go mike young.
Omar Vizquel: your starting shortstop for the 2009 AL all-star team.
supposed to be a reply
to studcrackers
Omar Vizquel: your starting shortstop for the 2009 AL all-star team.
any update
on the Umpire?
I am guessing concussion but after that lady died from the fall on the ski slopes I guess something much more ominous is always possible.
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by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 9:43 PM CDT reply actions
i saw on BGL's twitter..
he said the ump was alright.
A Cowboy fan from Dallas residing in enemy terretory since 1990..
anyone
got a career ERA for Halladay vs. Rangers. It can’t be good.
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by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 9:47 PM CDT reply actions
Before tonight
Career 5.34 ERA against Rangers. Worst against an American League opponent and only a few NL teams are worse
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.
And those 5 runs in 8 IP
will barely budge that ERA.
He’s had almost twice as many innings against the yankees, yet has given up fewer runs to them.
are the splits
relatively close or is this RBiA influenced.
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by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions
He had a couple of rough seasons
in the early 2000 and we really lit him up then. In the recent past, he was far better.
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
Sounds like it was a good game...
…wish I could have seen it.
"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.
CJ
Comimg into tonight’s game his BAbip against him was .294. It thought it would have been higher. The league average was .300.
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At what point does this get old?
Does CJ get traded or DFA’d this season?
by oc on Apr 21, 2009 9:55 PM CDT up reply actions
but but
who would hold Guitar Hero Symposiums in Victory Park?
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by red shoe ranger on Apr 21, 2009 9:56 PM CDT up reply actions
his ERA is 5.68 because of an inning with a lot of soft hits and poor defense
he hasnt looked all that bad.
today a pitch 8 inches inside was floated softly into rf, oh my.
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I've been a bit hard on him it seems.
I just looked at his game log and other than the Detroit game, he’s been pretty good. I guess I was so pissed off at him for blowing Milly’s 4-run lead that my ill will hasn’t subsided. I’ll try and cut him some slack (though I still would have left Jennings in, given that he has been awesome so far this season).
Does "what" get old?
His BAbip or my bringing him up?
As for his future, I think he gets traded before 2011. They won’t extend him, he has value and they don’t want to pay him for his 3 arb year. By then he should be expendable anyhow.
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the love brandon inge gets from the media is disgusting
as if he didn’t hit .205 last year.
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Two main questions:
1. Is tomorrow THE day for Holland?
2. What in the world do we do with Dave Barnett?
II Cor. 4:17-18
About freaking time this team won a game
where they scored 3-5 runs.
First win of that kind this season and it only took 13 games.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Apr 21, 2009 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions
uh
1. In the 7th with Rangers up 8-2.
2. Can a radio announcer be DFA’d during the season?
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A bit optimistic I feel?
"Either we need to re-calibrate our rectangle, or Alfonzo Marquez is not having a good night." - Josh Lewin
by utlonghorn24 on Apr 21, 2009 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions
man
Holland coming in for the first time in an away game in Toronto.
I’m getting Corey Lee flashbacks.
I use to love to hit, I use to take it serious. I only got one at bat a year, maybe...but, I took it serious. I hit 1.000 one year, if i had another at bat, I'd hit 2.000...
nevermind
i thought Lee came in against the BlueJays, but it was the yanks…
I use to love to hit, I use to take it serious. I only got one at bat a year, maybe...but, I took it serious. I hit 1.000 one year, if i had another at bat, I'd hit 2.000...
Thank god.
And please don’t mention that name in conjunction with Holland ever again!
The 40 Trumps All!!!
"I guess it’s tough to look good when you play on the same team as Marcus Lemon." -Trip Somers.
"Congratulations, Mr. Somers. You just made THE LIST." -The Newberg, after reading the above comment.
by thedirkatron on Apr 22, 2009 3:25 AM CDT up reply actions
The umpire update
in case anyone was wondering… he is supposedly feeling ok and is listed in good condition…
I’d tell you where I got the info, but I don’t want to get banninated…
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
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Ha ha
I know where you got it :-)
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by The Best Micah on Apr 21, 2009 11:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Mets highlights
I know some people hate David Murphy’s outfield defense. Check out Daniel Murphy from tonight. Much worse.
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Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm a fan, and I'm a girl, but please don't call me a fangirl.
by The Best Micah on Apr 21, 2009 11:03 PM CDT reply actions
He's a converted second baseman, so he's got an excuse, at least for a little while.
What I can’t understand is why they signed Gary Sheffield to take AB’s away from Ryan Church.
Manaya is retarded.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
"I guess it’s tough to look good when you play on the same team as Marcus Lemon." -Trip Somers.
"Congratulations, Mr. Somers. You just made THE LIST." -The Newberg, after reading the above comment.
by thedirkatron on Apr 22, 2009 3:27 AM CDT up reply actions
OT: NHL
That Perry-Getzlaf-Ryan line is just too much for SJ.
by Brett Perryman on Apr 21, 2009 11:04 PM CDT reply actions
Also
their “bench” reporter Lindsay Soto decided to wear a loose low cut top on a night where all they have are overhead cameras. Someone is in her ear telling her to cover up, because she’ll suddenly put her hand over her chest or pull her sweater closed as much as she can.
by Brett Perryman on Apr 21, 2009 11:07 PM CDT up reply actions
While searching for pictures of her...
I came across this: http://www.losanjealous.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/lsoto2.jpg
And I thought, what’s that guy on the left wearing? Some kind of powder blue mumu, and holding a tray with a coke and nachos or something? But he’s just sitting behind a desk, I think.
"I know you're a bit dense but no, it doesn't. Obviously lying isn't a problem for me."
Scoring table has a curtain going around it.
But in photojournalism classes, they tell you to look out for stuff like that… or the telephone pole growing out of the person’s head.
Yikes
It does look like a guy wearing a mumu at first glance.
Reminds me of the blind date I had once. When I showed up her folks said she would be down soon, she was trying to squeeze into her mumu. I knew right then it was going it was going to be a short night
Sea up 4-2 in top 8th
Washburn is pitching for a contract……
just sayin.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Apr 21, 2009 11:15 PM CDT up reply actions
hockey or beisbol, BP?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on Apr 21, 2009 11:48 PM CDT up reply actions
The Rangers have
a 3.33 ERA since they called up Holland.
"A good start would be not giving up 900 runs again." -Jon Daniels
by Randy Richardson on Apr 21, 2009 11:27 PM CDT reply actions
I'm sure Nolan has him
throwing batting practice.
"A good start would be not giving up 900 runs again." -Jon Daniels
by Randy Richardson on Apr 21, 2009 11:30 PM CDT up reply actions
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