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by Adam J. Morris on May 25, 2009 4:11 PM CDT
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PrintIf the Rangers are going to give up 11 runs, might as well do it on a day when the offense only scores 1 run, rather than on a day when the offense scores 7 or 8.
Not much to say about this one. Philip Hughes was great, Matt Harrison was awful, and Kris Benson reminded us why we don't want him to have to be in a game in a meaningful situation.
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poor rangers, i think this is a good representation of how the game went for our poor rangers
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
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"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 on Matt Harrison
yep that's how i felt watching it....ho hum
Rodney if I had known you were going to get a mohawk, start wearing gold chains, call everyone fool, and re-name yourself Mr. R I may not have been so generous with the work-out tips. I'd re-think all that big guy.
Oh well,
back at ’em tomorrow. This year feels different in that after a loss like this, I just feel like tomorrow will be fine.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
Everyone hate on Teixeira
also, Joe Mauer just owned Papeldouche. Awesome.
"Hustle doesn't cost a dime and it looks good." - Pete Rose as Channeled by Marcus Lemon
Phil Hughes wasn't THAT great today.
See Black Francis fanpost to the left -————————————————————————>
"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 on Matt Harrison
Er, right, whatever.
"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 on Matt Harrison
I think he was very good...
…but that’s no excuse not to mount a challenge.
by Black Francis on May 25, 2009 4:17 PM CDT up reply actions
He had a couple innings where he lost control of his stuff
We coulda hit him pretty hard if we had just had some better AB’s. But instead we sucked it up and stranded three leadoff doubles today.
"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 on Matt Harrison
He was good enough.
A pitcher with plus bendy stuff and an acceptable FB is almost guaranteed success against this lineup right now.
Yeah
And that’s what’s so disconcerting.
"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 on Matt Harrison
Well Happy Memorial everyone.
the Rangers are still 8 over .500, just looking at the brightside.
"BIg whoop, wanna fight about it?"
If anyone needs me, I'll be
in the corner crying, curled up in the fetal position…
They’ll get ’em tomorrow, though!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
thats where i was
but tomorrow is a new day! lol
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
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Scout to KG: On Sandoval: "Man, that fat [expletive]-er can hit."
by knockoutking on May 25, 2009 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions
Also:
Why does the red LSB task bar look like it exploded when viewing the site in my Firefox all of a sudden?
"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 on Matt Harrison
yeah it's been happening to me recently too
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on May 25, 2009 6:51 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm guessing it has something to do with adblock plus blocking the banner ad
Before there used to just be a white section above the taskbar where said banner ad would have been, but now that’s gone, replaced by a big red section below the taskbar now. So I’m betting that’s what it is.
"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 on Matt Harrison
that was my thought as well
I’m not gonna take ABP off though — it’s too much greatness to be dropped for a crazy header bar.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on May 25, 2009 6:57 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm kind of getting to where I like the added color, myself.
"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 on Matt Harrison
Once again, use a Hosts file instead.
It works at a much lower memory priority on your machine. It blocks all the same things, and does not hurt system performance at all. And yeah, I spent big coin and time on my IT education…too bad I have moved on…lol.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
yeah
i don’t know anything about that….guess i’ll google it
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on May 25, 2009 7:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Shoot me an email
I’ll send ya’ mine, it’s just a text file really.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
So the question is
are we a good team, or a team thats good enough to kick the weaklings of baseball?
If its the second, its still not bad, because our division is so weak that being able to beat up the weak teams may still be enough to win the division.
I tend to think our low OBP players tends to mean we are going to win when we hit the longball in bunches, but we aren’t going to get our runs by tacking singles, walks and doubles together.
"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
"...aren’t going to get our runs by tacking doubles, hacks and weak dribblers together."
Fixed.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
I think
We should have a better answer to this question after the upcoming road trip, after this homestand…three games at NY and three at Fenway.
I’ll be thrilled if we win the division or if we stay in the race the entire year; it would be great to build off that experience next year.
"Andrus...smothers it! HE JUST MADE...THE PLAY OF THE YEAR!" - Josh Lewin 5/4/09
by TXRangersFan on May 25, 2009 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions
This has been my concern
We’re great against the bottom-dwellers, and that’s what winning clubs need to be. Against the stiffer set it’s a mixed bag. Of course we all need to make the playoffs and whether that is this year or next it’s gonna be great to just play post-season baseball. But going forward we will not advance if our offense cannot crack a staff’s ace or two. The playoffs are tough as heck for a team that doesn’t or won’t make the opposing staff work. In the playoffs the starters are all rested, the bullpen is all rested and you don’t face a staff’s #5 and sometimes #4 starters.
This is an issue that needs to be ironed out if we have any hope of getting past just making the playoffs.
What's the rumpus?
Dude, follow along please.
They have already faced many aces. In fact, until recently, they have drawn a ridiculous amount of top-end starters.
:)
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
this I know
But do YOU feel comfortable going against a top staff in a playoff setting with the current line-up and the current line-up mentality? I know I don’t
What's the rumpus?
For me, it depends on the pitcher
I’d rather go up against a strike-thrower who’s going to give us a few pitches to hit at this point than some scrub who can’t hit the zone. Because chances are we’re going to make the scrub look pretty good by swinging at all kinds of shitty pitches.
"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 on Matt Harrison
EG had an interesting
stat on the post game show. I don’t recall the exact niumbers but Harry is essentially an All-Star vs teams with a losing recoerd and he is a scrub vs teams with a winning record.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
I'll see if I can find that split on BR
But yeah, I’ve already heard that. He still has yet to prove he can shut down a team with a good lineup.
"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 on Matt Harrison
he did it a few times last year...
but this year, I would agree
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on May 25, 2009 5:16 PM CDT up reply actions
The split is so extreme...
…that I’d chock it up to SSS.
by Black Francis on May 25, 2009 4:28 PM CDT up reply actions
That's cherry picking crap, but here it is:
Harrison has made five starts now against teams with winning records and will be 0-4 (after today) with an 11.57 ERA in those games. He has made four starts against teams with losing records and is 4-0 with a 1.80 ERA. There is some reason for concern in that disparity.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Is that essentially
what a fourth or fifth starter really is?
by robert_d_wilfong on May 25, 2009 5:09 PM CDT up reply actions
This kind of argument is not helpful at all
It’s very possible that the teams with winning records are so because they have good pitching – not necessarily good offense. He pitched well against CWS and the M’s partly because their offense is in the bottom 5 in the entire MLB, not because they are under .500. Even then, it still doesn’t say much since all pitchers will pitch better against weaker offenses.
I agree completely.
To be fair, Evan was just fleshing out an idea a poster had.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Nothing makes me want to vomit more
than a picture of Teix sliding in to home with a Yankees uniform.
*Relieves himself on the keyboard *
¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!
I came here to split hairs. And you?
by inactive lsb user on May 25, 2009 4:37 PM CDT reply actions
no, it's the douche smile
he has after he scores and he’s on his way to the dugout. I think we should have plunked 1 of Arod or Tex, for real. None of that phantom ball grazed the jersey crap
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. ~Dave Barry
Is Padilla pitching this series?
¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!
I came here to split hairs. And you?
by inactive lsb user on May 25, 2009 4:46 PM CDT up reply actions
On the DL, remember?
"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 on Matt Harrison
Damn.
¡Prefiero morir de pie que vivir siempre arrodillado!
I came here to split hairs. And you?
by inactive lsb user on May 26, 2009 12:49 AM CDT up reply actions
x
I think we should have plunked 1 of Arod or Tex, for real.
Why?
by Adam J. Morris on May 25, 2009 4:47 PM CDT up reply actions
To remind them they're not welcome around these parts
by oc on May 25, 2009 4:48 PM CDT up reply actions
Whatever
When you’re getting your ass kicked like today, beaning a couple of guys isn’t a statement, it’s a whine.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
better question
at that point in the game. “Why not?”
i can think of a plethora of reasons why.
If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base. ~Dave Barry
yea i was waiting for that all game
was pathetic that benson couldnt even do that right
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by studcrackers on May 25, 2009 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions
just basing off the top of my head
it seemed like there 1st dozen hits or so were all hit hard, last 6 were bloops and soft hits
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by studcrackers on May 25, 2009 7:51 PM CDT up reply actions
slight confusion
Kris Benson reminded us why we don’t want him to have to be in a game in a meaningful situation
Does anybody want to see Benson in a Rangers’ uniform in any situation?
Your uncle molests collies.
Good thing I had to miss this one.
Although I would have rather been in the A/C at home watching the game. Rather than some hot ass park. Oh well since I’m watching tomorrow I’m sure they’ll win. Everything is all good.
I think the only real disappointment is we did this in front of a sell out crowd….
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Iwamura
Curious what others thought about that play…i thought the slide itself was damn close to being dirty but it may have just been an awful slide
then the guy going home on the play to me is just in incredibly bad taste and i was glad he was thrown out, just curious if i was alone in that opinion
Zero problem with the slide
that was good, hard baseball. When the guy is trying to score all the way from 2nd when Iwamura is screaming in pain… I just wish Bartlett would’ve caught that rat bastard in the earhole with the throw. That was cheap.
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 May 25, 2009 5:22 PM CDT up reply actions
no problem
with the slide or the runner going home. This isn’t soccer.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Will Carroll talked about that today
Said Chris Coghlan apologized, and he thought it was less dirty than a young player trying to play “hard” and show that he deserves to be in the majors.
by Adam J. Morris on May 25, 2009 6:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Fuck that
That was just a hard slide and we would cheer the Rangers for that type of HUSTLE. As for the runner going home we would crucify a Ranger player for not trying to steal a run.
Disagree 100%
My issue with the slide is simply that he basically barreled into Iwamura…it was more a stumbling fall than a slide
however i am 100% opposed to the runner going home and id like to think that most here would agree with that
there are things that are unacceptable in sports
I assume you think the mentality that whatever it takes to win is ok…no matter how dirty it is…classy
Who cares about class right now?
There are times when you want to be classy and maintain a good image, but when the game’s on the line, none of that should matter.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
so
if an outfielder is playing with a hurt arm should you not try and take extra bases on him? When they line the ball off the pitcher the runner usually runs until he would be out. Many times that is 2nd base. If a guy gets injured you don’t stop playing. Like mentioned above, it’s not soccer. You don’t kick the ball out of bounds.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
"you're fuckin out" (Kenny Powers)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on May 25, 2009 9:29 PM CDT up reply actions
So if you are in a one run game
and there is a injury on that play at second base and you can score the winning run on the play What do u do? Don’t play the game if your to big of a pussy to take every advantage you get to win. If you were playing football and you have a break away touchdown just being chased by one guy and he comes up lame do u take a knee?
I totally forgot about the 1:05 start
and I’m glad I did.
onto tomorrow!!!
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
Blech.
Kind of wish I had left early, but no, I stayed the entire game.
Yankee fans = not nearly as annoying as I expected. I was amused that two girls in the section next to me were acting like hard-core Yankee fans, but they had no idea who most of their players were and had the program page out for the entire game.
"You got a guy coming up there who can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat." - Tom Grieve on Richie Sexson, 5.8.2008
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
"When it comes to Jeff Mathis, the story ends with us putting one in his earhole." - AJM, 7.7.08
I was at the game too
and the Yankee fans were unbearable in my section. There was a 7 year old girl chanting “let’s go Yankees” on my row. She would have been awfully cute if she wasn’t so damn annoying. The other Yankee fans in my section laughed it up and goaded her on. I swear her high pitched voice was like fingernails on the chalk board.
Then there was the Yankee fan in front of us that told everyone in his group how well his fantasy team was doing because he had the top 4 Yankees in the lineup on his team. And then when Chris Davis was up at the plate, he never missed an opportunity to call him Captain Strikeout. GRRRR I hate Yankee fans.
Signature! I don't need no stinking signature!!
by DerekSTheRed on May 26, 2009 8:23 AM CDT up reply actions
That sucks.
Although:
And then when Chris Davis was up at the plate, he never missed an opportunity to call him Captain Strikeout.
Are you sure it was a Yankee fan, not an LSB’er? Heh.
I was annoyed that some douchebags were trying to start a “Let’s Go Yankees” chant in the concourse after the game. I told my husband it wasn’t too late for me to get into a fight.
"You got a guy coming up there who can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat." - Tom Grieve on Richie Sexson, 5.8.2008
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
"When it comes to Jeff Mathis, the story ends with us putting one in his earhole." - AJM, 7.7.08
yeah it's one thing when we say it
It’s another thing when the other team’s fans say it.
Signature! I don't need no stinking signature!!
by DerekSTheRed on May 26, 2009 9:00 AM CDT up reply actions
If only he was hitting
like the other guys at the top of the strikeout list
1 Chris Davis TEX 66 Ks .200/.259/.427 .686 OPS
2 Carlos Pena TAM 59 Ks .244/.383/.585 .968 OPS
3 Mark Reynolds ARI 58 Ks .264/.361/.541 .902 OPS
"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
as opposed to who?
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
Well, at least we didn't get shut out.
I enjoyed the game if only for the company.
A word to the wise: when you’re thirsty and out of water, a watermelon chill will not help.
There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns
heh
i would think that would make things way worse.
but i’m guilty of this all the time at the park – being thirsty and getting greasy or sticky foods/drinks to quench it.
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
this happened becasue jamey started twittering
we all know it
"I just want to comment on how it’s become like a common thing in the [MLB] for guys to fall in love with [the Rangers’s] sloppy seconds." (thanks cstorm)
Good thought.
But does the blame lie more directly on the messenger, or the delivery system?
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
didn't he already send his "I'm never doing this again" update?
There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns
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by aggierangerfan00 on May 25, 2009 6:16 PM CDT reply actions
Micah, are you still here?
I’d like to publicly address your dilemma of “your CD shirt is cursed” vs. “but Rachel bought it for me.” :-)
There’s no crying in baseball but pedicures are fine! --- BigGuns
Blah.
The placed was packed and down 2-0 from the get-go. Then 2 on no outs in the 2nd followed by 3ks. Oh well, Joba/Millwood tomorrow should be interesting.
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.
Is it just me
or were a LOT of the Yanks hits seeing eye and doubles right inside the line? Of course they had a bunch of legit hits as well, but it just seems to em that they had a lot of knocks that our defense had no shot at getting to which is kinda abnormal. I’m hoping today was just “one of those days” and that tomorrow and Wednesday the seeing eye singles and doubles will even out and our defense will actually get a shot to make some plays.
Of course if our offense doesn’t make Joba or AJ work it’s moot point, but that’s a different discussion
What's the rumpus?
Go Danks and ChiSox...
help us out.
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
Chisox up 16-3
As of 10:50 pm CDT
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
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by Ed Coffin on May 25, 2009 10:51 PM CDT up reply actions
Rangers Makeup
Isn’t the good ole rangers which score 10 runs a game and the pitching just sucks…..
That can’t be them can it?
by JackofAllTrades on May 25, 2009 7:39 PM CDT reply actions
Is it just me,
or did Harrison’s windup seem completely out of control? I know he’s working faster, and that’s all good, but his delivery looked all out of whack. I was back near the left field foul pole, and my eyes aren’t great, but he just didn’t look right. I think I remember Salty saying something to him a while back about that that seemed to straighten him out.
Also, do Rangers fans normally suck so bad at the stadium? Every game I go to seems to be against the Yankees or the Astros, and our crowd gets drowned out at all of those games. I know the play didn’t give Rangers fans a lot to cheer about, but the visiting team lovefest starts at the introductions.
Normally
it’s a pretty pro-Rangers presence.
Yankees, Astros, and Red Sox are the reliable exceptions. Last year I remember being at a Rangers/Red Sox game at RBiA, and when Paul Byrd came out of the game for the Sox, he got a standing ovation from the crowd. Unbelievable.
"You got a guy coming up there who can’t hit water if he fell out of a boat." - Tom Grieve on Richie Sexson, 5.8.2008
"I’ve been a Rangers fan all my life and I can tell you there’s been plenty of fucking crying in baseball…" - WhipSmart, 6.3.08
"When it comes to Jeff Mathis, the story ends with us putting one in his earhole." - AJM, 7.7.08
I think if they had something to cheer about it would have been louder than the yankee fans.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Nadel has mentioned his last couple of starts that he has speeded up his delivery towards the plate
It looks a little jerky, but I think it’s meant to throw off the hitter’s timing
by oc on May 25, 2009 9:41 PM CDT up reply actions
it's actually 14-3
some of the box scores are frozen though
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on May 25, 2009 10:00 PM CDT up reply actions
he's always had those chipmunk cheeks
Rodney if I had known you were going to get a mohawk, start wearing gold chains, call everyone fool, and re-name yourself Mr. R I may not have been so generous with the work-out tips. I'd re-think all that big guy.
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