A Different Look at the Rangers First 20 Wins
by John Paul on May 15, 2009 3:04 AM CDT
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PrintFirst of all, let me introduce myself. I'm John Paul. Some of you may recognize my name if you have visited my somewhat new Rangers blog, Hello Win Column. Though I've been reading Lone Star Ball almost religiously for the past 2 years, I, regrettably, have never posted. That's right, I'm a lurker. But let's move on . . .
A tradition that we have over at Hello Win Column after each Rangers victory involves scouring the opponents blogosphere to provide a different point of view of the game. This is interesting for a number of reasons: 1) the remarks are often funny, and 2) fans of the opponent often see the games from perspectives that you won't find on Rangers blogs.
Given the Rangers current play, and the fact that 20 wins is as good a landmark as any, I thought this was a great opportunity for everyone to read and enjoy a different sort of game recap for the Rangers first 20 wins. I hope you guys like it.
There's quite a lot to read, so instead of posting them all, here are some of the "greatest hits" from the first part of the season. If you follow the link at the bottom of the blockquote, you can read quotes from all 20 wins so far. Have fun, and go Rangers!
From Win #1Game One: Oh, Hamburgers from Lets Go Tribe
"The Indians have produced two Cy Young winners in a row; pride of the organization. And now, two years in a row, our reigning Cy Young has totally soiled the sheets on Opening Day."
From Win #5
A breakdown of Treydaddy's Decisions: April 19th Edition from Royals Review
". . . Did a lot of first-guessing of Trey's managerial decisions as the Royals' chances to win slowly spiraled down the drainage pipe of doom . . . What more needs to be said at this point? Of course, Trey did the "conventional" move, saving his closer Soria until the Royals had taken an imaginary lead against the Texas bullpen's next imaginary pitcher."
From Win #8
Rangers 6, Orioles 5: I am SO over Ian Kinsler from Camden Chat
"What are the odds you'll get good starting pitching from Adam Eaton and Mark Hendrickson in the same week? Sucky, that's what they are."
From Win #9
Texas Takes Three from The Baltimore Sports Report
"All I’m saying is “thank goodness Texas is leaving.” The Orioles play horribly against the Rangers, I’m just glad it’s over . . ."
From Win #14
Game 27: Rangers at Mariners from USS Mariner
"You know how I keep harping on the roster being too right-handed and how it’s costing us wins?
Padilla, career vs RHB: .241/.300/.370
Padilla, career vs LHB: .299/.381/.484
The Mariners are starting seven right-handed bats and two left-handed bats today. Yea."
From Win #16
Jose Contreras is broken from Sox Machine
"I can pinpoint the exact moment where I threw in the towel for Jose Contreras' near future -- and nothing even happened on the play.
In the second inning of Friday night's 6-0 loss to the Texas Rangers, two outs, Omar Vizquel at the plate, and runners on first and third, Contreras screamed:
"I AM AFRAID OF PITCHING!"
...by trying one of those fake-to-third, throw-to-first deals.
Then, add in these two factors:
Two outs!
Two outs and Omar Vizquel!
He stalled despite that hitter being Vizquel, the one guy on the field who might be older than Contreras, and the guy who slugged .267 last year.
From Win #20
Oh Baseball, You So Crazy! from Section 331
"I dated this guy for like 3 years. When we first met, it was all whirlwind and fun . . . Eventually, I found out that he had a HUGE meth addiction all along, and that was where all our money was starting to disappear to.
That was basically today’s game, in a nutshell."16-19, Game Notes from Lookout Landing
"Today's hockey games were good . . . .
Chris Davis, by the way, has the lowest contact rate of any regular in baseball. If ever there were a good time for Morrow to take something off of his heater, that was it. Instead he played right into Davis' hands, going to the same spot with the same pitch four consecutive times . . ."
Click here to read the rest of how the victims of the Rangers first 20 wins reacted.
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It's the Pope!
Welcome to LSB!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Heh.
Former Pope anyway.
"That start was like somebody on a deathbed suddenly jumping up and doing the Lindy Hop, then speeding away on a pogo stick while playing the fiddle." - Telegraph
The first
He was cooler. But I suppose the first one was no slouch (though short lived).
The Rangers are 20-14 . . . is this real life? Is this going to be forever?
Fun to read
Probably a bit more fun that to read quotes after Rangers losses.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
Interesting . . . .
I’d have to think of a clever name for it, though, and have the patience to deal with arrogance on the part of the opposing fans (though it’s often there anyways; did you see the comment on how the Rangers are like a plastic, barbie doll team or something?)
Incidentally
that commenter from Lookout Landing may have the wrong idea about how to pitch to Davis. According to Baseball Analysts today, Davis is one of the best non-fastball hitters in baseball right now and has hit fastballs much less than other pitches thus far.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
I have to admit
that I would have lost that bet . . . it must be the high heat that pitchers set up with breaking balls that he sucks at. That pitch from Morrow was just a very hittable pitch.
The Rangers are 20-14 . . . is this real life? Is this going to be forever?
JP, you finally took the plunge!
Welcome aboard dude.
"That start was like somebody on a deathbed suddenly jumping up and doing the Lindy Hop, then speeding away on a pogo stick while playing the fiddle." - Telegraph
Great stuff.
Welcome to the jungle.
Let's change the Constitution so that Elvis Andrus can be our supreme overlord.
We've got fun and games?
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on May 15, 2009 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Cool
Someone actually “rec-ed” this post.
The Rangers are 20-14 . . . is this real life? Is this going to be forever?
Nice work, JP
I hope we see the next batch soon (though that has to do more with the team than you, I suppose)
Rangers 2-0, Yankees 0-2. Should Vandergriff Honda be worried? http://texasrangerbaseball.blogspot.com/2009/04/tuesday-watch-out-vandergriff-honda.html
by TexasRangers3410 on May 15, 2009 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions
I just realized
That link to your blog about that Vangergriff promotion was still in my sig . . . oops
by TexasRangers3410 on May 15, 2009 11:09 AM CDT up reply actions
I think
it’s just cool to see someone’s first fanpost not suck……first timers take note
by El Jefe on May 15, 2009 11:16 AM CDT reply actions 6 recs
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