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by Adam J. Morris on May 17, 2009 3:48 PM CDT
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PrintThis morning, about 10:30 or so, I found myself turning into Rainman.
I kept looking at my watch, and going, "2 and a half hours until the Rangers. 2 and a half hours until the Rangers."
I can't remember how long it has been since I looked forward to games this much, sitting here anxiously waiting for a game to start.
7 in a row. 9 games over .500. 4.5 games in front of Anaheim.
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Team. Of. Fucking. Destiny.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
You want the mustache on or off? ... ... ... Too bad.
by thedirkatron on May 17, 2009 3:48 PM CDT reply actions 22 recs
Agreed...
If you’re a Ranger fan, you’d have to be a total Cahill to be down on this year’s club.
Hey, Nobody's Perfect: Blagojevich/Stevens '12
by YourNameHere on May 17, 2009 3:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Dude, even Cahill is kind of excited... that's how wild this thing is.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
You want the mustache on or off? ... ... ... Too bad.
by thedirkatron on May 17, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
If the team plays 1 game over .500 ball
the rest of the year, it’ll end up 86-76. That may be enough in the West.
"I'd praised catcher Max Ramirez two weeks ago, but after his continued struggles I'm increasingly convinced he's not going to pan out." - crops.mlblogs.com
I was just thinking about that yesterday
All they have to do is be a .500 club and the onus is one the rest of the west. I LOVE that the Rangers now have a 10-2 record against the west.
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the anus?!?!?!?!?!?
Sorry, one of my favorite sophomoric drops for some reason….
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
Damn, you beat me to it.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Don't apologize for greatness.
I can’t hear/see that word without saying that drop immediately after
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on May 17, 2009 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh...
So that’s where the expression “Being a Cahill” comes from. Didn’t even think of that.
Hey, Nobody's Perfect: Blagojevich/Stevens '12
by YourNameHere on May 17, 2009 4:25 PM CDT up reply actions
This...
needs to be on the teams site. I’m sure it could be put to use in some nice commercials as well.
Fuck “Built for fun”.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Ha ha!!!
Good to know the game we’ll be going to in August is most likely going to be HUGE!
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by Brandon Worley on May 17, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
so much
that it became a Ticket bit back in the day.
To this day, I can’t hear ‘most definitely’ without thinking of Kidd.
There was another bit
Where they asked him if something mishap had rained on his parade a bit, and he said in response “Oh, I don’t think they were going to have a parade”.
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O'Day with the save?!??!
This is getting ridiculous.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
The radio guys
were pretty skeptical of the r/l numbers Morales carries and wondered if having O’Day instead of Ceej face him was a very good move.
Sigh ... we are sooo gonna suck again next season.
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Darren O'Day
says fuck you Tony Riggins.
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
by FirebatM3 on May 17, 2009 3:49 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
First Place Mother Effin' Texas Rangers!!!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
by Rodney on May 17, 2009 3:49 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
In answer to your query:
The DH is next Friday, the 29th.
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by Brandon Worley on May 17, 2009 3:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Ah, thank you.
I may need to go to that.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Big big thx
to whoever set up that video feed at JTV. I got to see a fun ending.
Sigh ... we are sooo gonna suck again next season.
Rangers Farm Probables
Rangers Video Highlights
Yes, thank you Joey!
:)
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Joey is teh awesome.
"Hi, I’m a fucking horsefaced moron." - John Lackey to Ian Kinsler, 5/16/09
"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
It's the RED.
The CJ hate is getting old.
"We love Wash.....As a team, we want Wash as the head of that team." Hamilton
"The NFL made me undergo a psychiatric evaluation......Please. It was an accident. If I wanted to post a picture of my penis I wouldn't have been all hunched over."- Chris Cooley.
Back to back sweeps of division rivals
Not just the puny 2 game variety either. This team is fun to root for.
The 2000-2007 Rangers simply don’t win today’s game…
PhD
You are correct
In fact the 2000-2007 Rangers probably go 2-4 in the last 6 games.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
Rangers
They out pitched the Angels.
They played better defense than the Angels.
They had more clutch hitting than the Angels.
The Rangers just out played the Angels.
Fuck the Angels!!
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
by boomer1 on May 17, 2009 3:50 PM CDT reply actions 9 recs
^^^Listen to him^^^
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Awesome job this weekend
Now if only we had a better track record vs detroit…
the preceding post was a great success.
Need to carry the momentum INTO DETROIT
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
This is actually
a bit of a different team than the one that lost to Detroit. I think if they go to Detroit now they do well.
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We shall see
Since the team DOES go to Detroit on Tuesday.
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh, yeah
duh. I don’t know how many wins they’ll get, but Detroit is certainly not a team I’m afraid of.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
The way this team is playing
I’m not really afraid of a challenge. If that’s Comerica Park, bring it on.
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions
There is no team in baseball right now
I’m afraid of with the way they are playing.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
Peculiar
Why use that when we faced Verlander?
He gave up 2 hits and struck out 8 in 5 innings
As for Jackson, we did better against him, however, he has had a couple dominant starts in his last couple games
furthermore, we looked like crap at the plate yesterday and today
bacause the
Rangers beat one of the best pitchers in the MLs.
I hate the Yankees. Especially when they hit a walkoff.
borbon
does the hamilton play mean borbon is going to be called up soon?
Fail
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 3:51 PM CDT up reply actions
doubt it
Day off tomorrow. He should be good to go on Tuesday.
by Adam J. Morris on May 17, 2009 3:52 PM CDT up reply actions
not so much for the injury
just to keep it from happening again. this is the second time in just a few weeks
they would start byrd in center before they called up borbon.
if they felt they had to move him out of CF. which i dont think they will.
the preceding post was a great success.
no
thats why you move one of your top 2 or 3 hitters into right field so he doesnt miss 20 games a year from crashing into the wall, especially when you have a better defensive option in AAA
Maybe I'm in a minority
But I like to see players going all out in defense. i don’t think moving Hamilton to RF would change that about him.
And I haven’t seen Borbon play, so I’ll reserve judgement on “better defensive option.”
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 4:14 PM CDT up reply actions
He's alway gonna go all out.
It’s his style, just like Ian.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
wont change
i dont think he’ll stop going all out, and i wouldnt want him to. i just think that there are a lot fewer opportunities to do so in RF
i like seeing him go all out
but he is MUCH less likely to get hurt in RF than CF, right?
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.
-
Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on May 17, 2009 7:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Um, RF's crash into the wall, too...
You can’t DH all your best hitters.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
You want the mustache on or off? ... ... ... Too bad.
by thedirkatron on May 17, 2009 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions
As long as he doesn't get into a mosh pit
during rookie karaoke tonight
I cannot express how badly I would love to be at Triple Play tonight for that.
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
What is this you're talking about?
There’s a rookie karaoke night tonight? For real? Where/What is Triple Play?
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on May 17, 2009 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Can't wait
for the double header in 2 weeks. I’m gonna be behind the Rangers dugout. Bought my tickets last week.
Tom Grieve is my hero.
I... I'm just totally stoked. This ballclub is incredible right now.
"Hi, I’m a fucking horsefaced moron." - John Lackey to Ian Kinsler, 5/16/09
"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
by LSJ on May 17, 2009 3:51 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Yep.
I was going to paste a Rangers player name and number on his back, but I didn’t have time.
"Hi, I’m a fucking horsefaced moron." - John Lackey to Ian Kinsler, 5/16/09
"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
You have all the time in the world. This is is just a post-game thread
by oc on May 17, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Since Hamilton made the catch that saved us...
"Hi, I’m a fucking horsefaced moron." - John Lackey to Ian Kinsler, 5/16/09
"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
by LSJ on May 17, 2009 4:11 PM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
WWJUO?
The 40 Trumps All!!!
You want the mustache on or off? ... ... ... Too bad.
by thedirkatron on May 17, 2009 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
The pessimist in me has capitulated
All I really needed to convince me was taking 2 of 3. In my wildest dreams, I never expected a sweep.
So, move over guys. I’m taking a running jump and springing onto the bandwagon.
Woo hoo!
by NorCalRangersFan on May 17, 2009 3:52 PM CDT reply actions
Haha
I think Scooter just called Teagarden “Teabag” on the post game.
The CJ hate is getting old.
"We love Wash.....As a team, we want Wash as the head of that team." Hamilton
"The NFL made me undergo a psychiatric evaluation......Please. It was an accident. If I wanted to post a picture of my penis I wouldn't have been all hunched over."- Chris Cooley.
Ha ha ha
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
No wonder Teagarden is so moody. I know what its like growing up with a funny name
by oc on May 17, 2009 3:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Teagarden is moody?
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
I think I saw him smile once at FanFest, but he could have been yawning
by oc on May 17, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
I just think he's really serious about baseball
I’ve seen him smile and being goofy in his facebook pics
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
How so?
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 4:07 PM CDT up reply actions
It's weird
That you add strangers on Facebook and then look through their pictures, noting their moods in the pictures.
by brettgardner on May 17, 2009 4:49 PM CDT up reply actions
He's the one who added me
And left all his personal pictures on there
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Ha.
Hilarious. Love to make that nick name stick here.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on May 17, 2009 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions
I heard that I literally stared at my car radio for 5 seconds... like WTF????
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
Who did you hear this from?
Hope it wasn’t the car behind you when you crashed out of amazement that he said that on the radio.
by Mark from OC on May 17, 2009 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions
If you take out that
9th inning, 2 out meltdown on Friday, the Ranger pitching dominated the Angels. I’m Luvin’ It.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Even as a Rangers fan worn down by the last 9 years...
… this team is getting harder and harder to dismiss. Keep it rollin’…
I was just talking about Rain Man with my parents today
making the same comparison with myself!
"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 May 17, 2009 3:53 PM CDT reply actions
Rev's busy cleaning his brains off the walls.
"Hi, I’m a fucking horsefaced moron." - John Lackey to Ian Kinsler, 5/16/09
"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
HAHAHAHAHA
When I see a solar eclipse I think "oh no, is the moon eating the sun?"
by Pocket Ninja on May 17, 2009 3:56 PM CDT up reply actions
niiiiiice
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.
-
Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on May 17, 2009 7:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Girl = sign failure
Future Mrs. Hamilton? Might want to make sure he’s not married first.
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
Not that I can blame her for wishful thinking
I’ve already said I’m going to marry Davis AND Teagarden, hyphenate his name and sleep between them at night.
Gotta dream big…
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow.....
so…many….bad…..thoughts……
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by Brandon Worley on May 17, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Not so much.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
You want the mustache on or off? ... ... ... Too bad.
by thedirkatron on May 17, 2009 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions
That's right
a .gif w/ animation will be expceted
In 1991, I was 8 and thought Kirby Puckett would come beat up the monster in the closet if I prayed hard enough.
by GhettoBear04 on May 17, 2009 5:26 PM CDT
Gawd
We are a bunch of perv’s.
But Knoxie is still not allowed in our clubhouse!!
In 1991, I was 8 and thought Kirby Puckett would come beat up the monster in the closet if I prayed hard enough.
by GhettoBear04 on May 17, 2009 5:26 PM CDT
Video of us sleeping
would be pretty boring. And I do believe I only mentioned sleeping ;)
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 8:13 PM CDT up reply actions
They have dirty minds...
Got your email, also…thx
In 1991, I was 8 and thought Kirby Puckett would come beat up the monster in the closet if I prayed hard enough.
by GhettoBear04 on May 17, 2009 5:26 PM CDT
Hyphenate my name
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 4:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Ha ha...no
Micah Davis-Teagarden
I think it has a nice ring to it :)
Again, I know I’m dreaming very big.
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Scooter Feldman
ERA as a starter this year: 2.17 in 29 innings in 5 starts
Why again was he pushed to the bullpen for Kris Benson?
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.
Because Benson is a veteran
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
lack of veteran goodness
Sigh ... we are sooo gonna suck again next season.
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Hes pitching better than him right now
Doesn’t mean McCarthy doesn’t have the higher upside though
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.
McCarthy is a high strikeout guy
I just tend to trust them more.
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
He's also a pitcher with fly ball tendencies
I tend to trust them less.
Signature! I don't need no stinking signature!!
by DerekSTheRed on May 17, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Because the front office...
…wanted someone sucky to boot out of the rotation come 6/1 to make room for Derek Holland.
by Adam J. Morris on May 17, 2009 3:59 PM CDT up reply actions
We should have a top 10 list
of reasons why Benson was in the rotation instead of Feldman.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
THE List
10: Tom Grieve was all practiced up on Kris Kross references
9: Afraid of opposing booths Corey Feldman jokes.
8: Wash wasn’t expecting to have his job past April and just made rotation in alphabetical order
7. Mike Maddox mustache told him to do it!
6: Scott Feldman is part goat
5. By May, we have usually gone through 10 starters anyway, so it didn’t seem like a big deal
4.Benson to old to walk from bullpen for relief apperances
3. Already had free Kris Benson autographed Sham-Wow day planned at the ballpark
2. Didn’t know season would go so well, figured they could show Anna Benson photo spreads during opposing team rallies of 10 or more runs
1. And the number one reason… BRETT FUCKING GARDNER!
CHUCK NORRIS FEARS IAN KINSLER
by Ryan1700 on May 17, 2009 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions 6 recs
Already had free Kris Benson autographed Sham-Wow day planned at the ballpark
That’s silly. The Sham-Wow would’ve absorbed all the ink out of the marker by the time he got Kri- written.
by Keynes on May 17, 2009 5:29 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
He was *supposed to* help shore up the bullpen.
Thank you, Darren O’Day.
by NoNameOnCard on May 17, 2009 4:00 PM CDT up reply actions
O'Day can't possibly be the biggest steal in this short season so far can he?
by oc on May 17, 2009 4:01 PM CDT up reply actions
I wouldn't bet against it.
Hard to imagine that the Angels didn’t think he was good enough to be on their 40-man roster.
Even harder to imagine that the Mets didn’t have room for him in their bullpen.
by NoNameOnCard on May 17, 2009 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions
Scooter in the roto:
2.17 ERA thus far
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Man, I can't wait to get Kris Benson back in there...
The 40 Trumps All!!!
You want the mustache on or off? ... ... ... Too bad.
by thedirkatron on May 17, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Shut yer pie hole.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
pretty amazing the pitching we're getting here...
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on May 17, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
It's amazing how much better pitching looks
when your defense isn’t a black hole of suck like last year.
"I'd praised catcher Max Ramirez two weeks ago, but after his continued struggles I'm increasingly convinced he's not going to pan out." - crops.mlblogs.com
The only reason Josh made that catch is because the league wants to exploit football territory to grab market share and I’m a good little doggy arf arf.
Sigh ... we are sooo gonna suck again next season.
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by shroomer on May 17, 2009 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
Well played.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
wreck
lemme give Aybar my poochie pooch a big ole smoochie smooch.
"He's old school in that he give up his groin like that. It hurt me when he do that" -- Worsh on Chris Davis' stretch at first base to end the game vs. the Angels on 5/16
"ewwww Aybar, your breath smells like a dog's ass"
"He's old school in that he give up his groin like that. It hurt me when he do that" -- Worsh on Chris Davis' stretch at first base to end the game vs. the Angels on 5/16
by tricer on May 17, 2009 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
i tried to make one but the program is giving me a mysterious error when i export
but heres the video highlight on mlb.com!
http://mlb.mlb.com/media/video.jsp?content_id=4607551
the preceding post was a great success.
Thought I screwed up he math somewhere
Credit Feldman with a 65 Game Score.
Outstanding.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
* the math
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Did you see
Lackey’s game score yesterday? 2 pitches, 46 game score. Padilla goes 8 innings, gives up 3 runs, and gets a 49. I know which performance I’d rather have. That has to be one of the weirdest game score pairs I’ve seen.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
That's the problem with looking only at game scores
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Most don't take games scores too seriously.
Even James has said it is a flawed metric…
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
all pitching metrics
have their limitations and shouldn’t be used to make definitive comparisons
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Game Scores may have flaws
but it’s a more definitive stat than a “Quality Start.”
Game Scores tell you how well you pitched with more detail than a Quality Start does.
Just so you know, Rodney also has a big bone up his ass whenever I post something (he got his widdle feelings hurt a few years ago) informative and this was another example.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
How is a game score calculated and what is defined as poor, fair, good, and excellent?
Or do you have a link at where I can read up on the formula?
I’ve seen you reference them multiple times, just never have gotten around to investigating the meaning any further.
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
Go to Baseballreference.com
click on any random pitcher’s game logs.
If you drag the cursor over GS (which is Game Scores), it will give a better definition.
Flawed metric? Maybe but not terribly.
I haven’t seen Bill James say anything negative about it and I haven’t seen anything that’s a better way to evaluate an outing.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
gamescore has
the same flaw as ERA. Pitchers are being penalized for runners that score even when they are not in the game.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Yeah, that particular thing killed Feldman's
outing when Holland gave up the double to Thome.
Took his Game Score from 65 to a pedestrian 53.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Thanks
Seems like it’s at least more useful than quality starts, which is a terribly flawed stat. In my mind, though, I see two notable problems: like someone said, it penalizes a guy when he’s pulled and a reliever allows his runs to score.
Also, with one point for each K, it has a built-in bias towards strikeout pitchers. That’s not to say that those pitchers aren’t extremely valuable, but it seems to diminish the value of an extremely efficient, pitch-to-contact guy.
Interesting stuff, though.
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
as a question
how do you even post jack shit abotu game scores after whast above w/ lackey?
thats a pretty huge flaw…
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.
-
Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on May 17, 2009 7:33 PM CDT up reply actions
I don't think game scores
are completely useless. As someone else posted above, every pitcher stat needs to be used carefully, and probably in conjunction with other stats for a more complete picture. I just posted that because I thought it was interesting and funny, not to “expose” game score.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
Now that its not the GDT anymore
Can we stop talking about how Feldman didn’t have that good of a game today?
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Bill James thought he had a damn good game
and is one of the biggest reasons we won.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
Definitely
Because 2 baserunners in an inning where you have given up 0 runs the entire game can be disastrous. And in both the 5th and 6th innings, he allowed a second baserunner only after there were two outs in the inning. Unless you expect your pitcher to be perfect every inning, there was no disaster in waiting there.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
It Just proves..
that even without his best stuff he can go out and pitch a pretty good game!
Yes, I was watching the game
He was still being pretty effective. And he wasn’t missing his spots. He just wasn’t getting them called strikes like they actually were. Look at the 6th inning:
Aybar-Ball 1 is called a bit outside when it was still touching the strike zone.
Abreu-Ball 1 was a pitch that hit the high outside corner. Ball 2 was a pitch that hit the low outside corner. Both pitches are borderline strikes but in that tight strikezone, they were called a ball.
Hunter-The second pitch was called a ball when it was clearly a strike.
Those pitches were pretty good pitches that an umpire should give the pitcher as strikes. In this strike zone, they were called balls though.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Anytime the other team ends up with a 0 in the runs column
It was a good performance.
by Black Francis on May 17, 2009 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions
He was good
He just can’t go deep into games. But hey, neither can Brandon McCarthy, so it’s all good.
"Hi, I’m a fucking horsefaced moron." - John Lackey to Ian Kinsler, 5/16/09
"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
Once again, I'm calling BS on that
His third straight start of going at least 6 innings while making it through 5 and 5.2 in the 2 games before and ending the night with a pitch count under 80. He can go deep enough into games.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
I normally hate
off days. But I think I can deal with one tomorrow.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Especially since the Tigers
just lit up the A’s for 40 runs over 3 games.
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
i saw the a's were up 6-0 in the 2nd of that game
lol. thats gotta sting.
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we always suck against them though
Also, those lineups are really good
and Boston actually has a great pitching staff to go with their great lineup
furthermore, those teams could play like shit and the second they see us every player gets hot…it pisses me off to no end, sorry
also, it kills me when they come here and it becomes a home game for them
I want the Rays, Sox and Yanks. The A.L. West buh-lows
by oc on May 17, 2009 4:21 PM CDT up reply actions
That's why
we’re going to the playoffs this year. I don’t care. I’ll take it.
"...like some Russian priest fresh off a bottle of potato vodka and a box of cigars." -t ball
by rangerdanger on May 17, 2009 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions
im pretty sure tex and a-rod will combine for 7 homeruns in the series.
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that im scared of the yankees offense crushing us?
it wasn’t a puzzle.
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I'm so used to me and you trying to top each other's comments
by oc on May 17, 2009 4:23 PM CDT up reply actions
i could write a scathing reply to you critquing someones image craftmanship if you'd like
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quick math
If we play .500 the rest of the way we win 87 games. That sound right?
Sigh ... we are sooo gonna suck again next season.
Rangers Farm Probables
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well we can't play exactly 500 the rest of the way
since there are an odd number of games left. But give or take one win, the Rangers win 85 or 86 games.
PhD
Close enough
125 games left- 62.5 + 23= 85.5
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
ESPNNews just had a crawl that the Angels defeated the Rangers 3-0
and Kershaw has a no-hitter going. Must have their B team working the desk there.
Signature! I don't need no stinking signature!!
i saw that too
wondered if anyone else saw it, had it to see it go by twice just to make sure i saw that right.
pricks
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by studcrackers on May 17, 2009 6:27 PM CDT up reply actions
is there some way to get mlb.tv to scale with the window?
all i can seem to do is regular size or fullscreen.. regular is too small and fullscreen causes the video to be choppy.
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Do it fullsize & upload it somewhere.
I have a megaupload account, usually get 450kbs D/L speed=very fast.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
This will have to hold you over until dshep gets his loaded.
by octoberty on May 17, 2009 4:08 PM CDT reply actions 10 recs
getting squeezed
i find it pretty amazing that rangers pitchers continue to get squeezed low in the zone and have still found a way to be successful
This is on HH right now- how nice to plant a seed of doubt in that team
Epic fail is an understatement Swept.
Well, maybe it’s a wake up call. This team in theory should be better than this. In theory. But I’m beginning to think that, as Seitz has posited, this just isn’t going to be a very good team, and this begins the downward slide.
Witty .sig goes here.
by scareduck on May 17, 2009 2:11 PM PDT reply 0 recs
Great weekend for the Rangers
but it’s too bad that the only reason they won is because they’re a large market team that must win to ensure the success of the league.
/sarcasm
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
SOB
I can’t stop crying tears of joy. I feel the blood flowing through every vein right now. I wish were playing TONIGHT!
I know, it's like heroin- Euphoric
Oops, thinking out loud.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
+juan
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.
-
Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on May 17, 2009 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not sure...
I can really grasp what is happening right now. Is this shit for real?
If someone pinches me and I wake up I’m going to have to swiftly kick them in the gonads.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
ESPN News FAIL
Still showing breaking news on the crawl that the Angels beat Texas 3-0 and that Weaver got the win.
Godwin's Law Version 2.0 (Rangers Edition)
"As a Ranger discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Danks, Volquez, or Young approaches one."
Are you serious?!?!?!??!?!
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions
yep - Just came across again.
Godwin's Law Version 2.0 (Rangers Edition)
"As a Ranger discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Danks, Volquez, or Young approaches one."
by LBBRangerFan on May 17, 2009 4:42 PM CDT up reply actions
I saw that now
Aesome
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Awesome even
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 4:43 PM CDT up reply actions
i hope some poor angels fan
sees that only to fell huge disappointment upon realizing the truth
by kevinkinsler on May 17, 2009 4:51 PM CDT up reply actions
FUCK YEAH! 7 games in a row...wow.
Sad I had to leave the computer and watch. Battery went out.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
nice to see
a crowd of almost 40,000 for a 1 o’clock sunday afternoon game. people are starting to notice.
Wash's comments, loosely quoted:
Was this sweep big?
The homestand was big, we played 6 great games.
Come back and ask me in September if this sweep was big.
Love it, keep your heads down and keep working, Rangers Men!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
It's amazing...
when the team is winning, pitching well, and playing good defense. Now it seems like he’s pushing all the right buttons. I can’t remember the last time I saw someone here bitching about Wash. Of course I usually stay out of the GDT’s though.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
You know the world is ending,
when I read JJT. If you read that article from this morning, the players had very high praise for RonWash…very high.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
they were bitching today when eddy was in the game
there is a segment cough*Josey*cough that will never be happy
Rays had lineup failure though
Hilarious
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
Joe Maddon is an idiot.
For all the people who bitch and moan about Wash… it could be much, much worse.
Not many people can manage a team rightout of a WS Championship.
But Joe Maddon can…. and did.
He should die in some sort of lawn mower accident.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
You want the mustache on or off? ... ... ... Too bad.
by thedirkatron on May 17, 2009 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
And Sonnanstine had an RBI double
in a two-run win.
Sometimes it just works out.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
I doubt you'd be that gracious if it was wash
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on May 17, 2009 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions
i sure as hell wouldnt be
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.
-
Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on May 17, 2009 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions
lucky?
what if sonnastine pulled his hammy in the bottom of the first inning and the ’pen had throw 8 IP?
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.
-
Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on May 17, 2009 7:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm glad to read this opinion
I tend to find Joe Maddon to be extremely overrated and is just a mediocre manager, but I seem to be in the minority of baseball fans/analysts on that one.
Plus, his glasses and faux trendiness annoy me. There are some managers that I want to like. He’s not one of them.
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
i always thought he
looked like junior soprano
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by studcrackers on May 17, 2009 6:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Spencer Tracy in
“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?”.
"I saw your act, just didn't make it for me. Just a lot of fluff."
Managers of winning teams
are almost always overrated. Managers of losing teams bear too much blame most of the time.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
Yep
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
Regular lawn mower, or one of the big ones with a seat?
Or maybe an old-school push-mower?
"Hi, I’m a fucking horsefaced moron." - John Lackey to Ian Kinsler, 5/16/09
"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
hmm
well thankfully we’ve got the off day but you hate any kind of strain…
perhaps they can just DH him for a couple days in detroit, i don’t want to lose his bat during that series. sorry hank.
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Tigers series is big.
If we take two out of three then I think it’s pretty safe to say that we have turned the corner.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Eh could just be hot right now.
But taking 2 in Detroit where we we have lost 8 straight then that would be huge. I think Bigger than sweeper the Angels.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
I agree with this to some extent
Sweeps of LAA and SEA are very fun, but two wins in Comerica would be huge. A sweep might cause the universe to implode.
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 5:01 PM CDT up reply actions
If we get a sweep
Plus 10 game winning streak? I’ll be buying my playoff tickets now.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
In 1991,
I was 8 and thought Kirby Puckett would come beat up the monster in the closet if I prayed hard enough.
by GhettoBear04 on May 17, 2009 5:26 PM CDT up reply actions
I just got out of the AF and was chasing some
model’s tail from Longview to LA.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
I was 7
The 1991 WS was the first I really remember. Kirby’s catch against the glass, the epic Smoltz/Morris duel in Game 7, that was one heck of a series.
Best World Series of the last 20 years?
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
2001 was better
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on May 17, 2009 6:30 PM CDT up reply actions
They're not models in Longview..
They’re “self-employed dancer/models”
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
heh
niiiice
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.
-
Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on May 17, 2009 8:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Heh, I was invited over by her parents as much as her.
She was not in that line of work, I assure you.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
haha
well longview is doin better these days
not as rough and tumble as it used to be (oil town)
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.
-
Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on May 17, 2009 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions
I think if we were to take 2 of 3 against the Yanks next week that may be even bigger...
they’ve been our Achilles Heel for a few seasons whether it’s home or road.
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.
Sounds like he told the manager he could go back out
But with that little bit of pain, he didn’t want to be a liability. I think he’ll be fine by Tuesday.
-- Micah
Baseball Is My Boyfriend
I'm an Andrus-caliber catch. :-)
by The Best Micah on May 17, 2009 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah, I heard that too.
It was very minor, he just didn’t want to make it any worse.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Top Ten
We should have a top 10 listof reasons why Benson was in the rotation instead of Feldman.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg1 on May 17, 2009 2:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
.
THE List 10: Tom Grieve was all practiced up on Kris Kross references
9: Afraid of opposing booths Corey Feldman jokes.
8: Wash wasn’t expecting to have his job past April and just made rotation in alphabetical order
7. Mike Maddox mustache told him to do it!
6: Scott Feldman is part goat
5. By May, we have usually gone through 10 starters anyway, so it didn’t seem like a big deal
4.Benson to old to walk from bullpen for relief apperances
3. Already had free Kris Benson autographed Sham-Wow day planned at the ballpark
2. Didn’t know season would go so well, figured they could show Anna Benson photo spreads during opposing team rallies of 10 or more runs
1. And the number one reason… BRETT FUCKING GARDNER!
CHUCK NORRIS FEARS IAN KINSLER
Reposting your own posts?
weaksauce…
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Yet when I say it
I’m an asshole.
Ah well.
by brettgardner on May 17, 2009 5:55 PM CDT up reply actions
weaksauce...
gor drunk watching the game, tought m joke was funny, it was a druken repost
CHUCK NORRIS FEARS IAN KINSLER
Attendance
Friday: 33,429
Saturday: 34,284
Sunday: 37,146
104,859 witnessed the Rangers sweep of the Angels this weekend.
"A good start would be not giving up 900 runs again." -Jon Daniels
by Randy Richardson on May 17, 2009 5:35 PM CDT reply actions
wow
34K on Sat despite the rain. There is a Ranger fever epidemic in the Metropex.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
hamilton bobblehead will do that
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on May 17, 2009 6:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Plus at least another 4 million or so on TV
Big media market and all.
by Black Francis on May 17, 2009 5:41 PM CDT up reply actions
Not like LA.
That place is like a ghost town…
The 40 Trumps All!!!
You want the mustache on or off? ... ... ... Too bad.
by thedirkatron on May 17, 2009 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Jeez . . .
Tough times at Athletics Nation.
"A good start would be not giving up 900 runs again." -Jon Daniels
by Randy Richardson on May 17, 2009 5:58 PM CDT reply actions
Nico
bit of a drama queen, that one.
But understandable. Man that Holliday trade looks 5 types of awful right now – with Carlos Gonzalez looking like Grady Sizemore in AAA and all.
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
Holliday trade
Obviously Beane knew it would happen this way and it’s part of a master plan.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
his back back back call
during the derby is the worst
by kevinkinsler on May 17, 2009 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions
he doesn't even know what's going on and just speaks gibberish
I cannot stand to even hear his voice
the guy has no idea about whats going on in baseball
thus he relies purely on teleprompters… and he apparently can’t read very well either because there are awkward pauses after every few words.
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The Royals
powder blue jerseys are terrible.
I hate the Yankees. Especially when they hit a walkoff.
What's funny...
is the rotation of Millwood, Padilla, Harrison, and Feldman are right now pitching much better then the rotation of Volquez, Danks, Young, and Galarraga.
Galarraga got bombed yet again today. He’s had 4 bad starts in a row.
I'm sorry you must be mistaken
Volquez, Danks, Young, and Galarraga are God’s gift to pitching, the greatest four-man rotation ever conceived. JD should be burned at the stake for getting rid of them. They are greater than the sum of all of his other pissant trades for prospects which haven’t amounted to anything and likely never will.
And Galloway & Co. will be back on ESPN 1033 after these messages and a local Sportscenter update.
"Elvis Andrus has just performed a miracle." -Eric Nadel
Majic beans
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
SHHHHHH!!!!!
I’ve got a blog post already written on this subject and scheduled to go up in the morning.
You are going to ruin the surprise.
by Adam J. Morris on May 17, 2009 8:53 PM CDT up reply actions
but our pitching
is no better than last year’s
I hate the Yankees. Especially when they hit a walkoff.
Should be an interesting read
Anybody realize CYoung has Game Scores of 50+ in 11 of his last 16 starts?
Everybody starting to realize the importance of your starter getting a Game Score of 50+ to these Texas Rangers?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on May 17, 2009 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions
I never thought it was important for the Rangers to get good pitching from their starters
Until you started informing us all about their game scores. Thank you so much for educating us.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
Mindless cheerleaders are generally oblivious
especially to facts.
You should read up on this guy named Bill James.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
by Josey Wales on May 17, 2009 11:57 PM CDT up reply actions
If you want to hang your
hat on game scores as the way to evaluate SPs, fine. Just realize that it is not the be all, end all stat. It has its limitations as does FIP, ERA, tRA and others.
I hate the Yankees. Especially when they hit a walkoff.
One reason I like Game Scores is because I know when a starting pitcher
has a Game Score of 50+, the Ranger chances of winning go up dramatically.
I love starting pitchers that don’t screw the game up early and give their team a better chance to win.
Yes, there are other stats but this is one I hang my hat on as one way to evaluate.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
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