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by Adam J. Morris on May 7, 2009 5:14 PM CDT
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That sucked
Only the Rangers could manage an entire game without a walk against a guy who has 18 walks in 26 IP.
And the Kris Benson thing is as done as the Guardado thing. Neither of them should be here.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
by Gdawg on May 7, 2009 5:15 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I think everything you just said is agreeable.
I award you an imaginary point. Consider it one positive numerical value, if you will.
B-Mac sucked and the offense needs Hamilton back at full strength.
Thankfully Hamilton is coming back, and Davis finally had a good day.
the preceding post was a great success.
by DShep on May 7, 2009 5:16 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
15-12 second-order record.
First in the division by three games. And, if I’m not mistaken, we just out-hit the A’s, so that probably won’t change much.
Silver lining, people. Silver lining.
By the way, third order record (which is the most meaningful): 14-13
Still best in the division by two wins, though.
There is no silver lining
Serioulsy, the Rangers inability to draw walks is disturbing. What in the hell is wrong with them? This could be the high water mark this year. Or yesterday, anyway.
by Black Francis on May 7, 2009 5:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Oh.
Well, I’ll still take being the best team in the division by a not-insignificant margin more than a month in to the season as a point of pride.
However fleeting it may eventually be.
um.
should have been a reply to the “Death to the Pixies” comment. Failed.
by Black Francis on May 7, 2009 6:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Ha!
good group man.
"So, is there any tread left on the tires? Or at this point would it be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway?"
by lost in space on May 7, 2009 6:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Death to the Pixies
"So, is there any tread left on the tires? Or at this point would it be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway?"
by lost in space on May 7, 2009 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions
I didn't see most of the game (or beatdown, depending upon how you look at it)...
So would someone care to fill us in on how McCarthy looked (and what went wrong)?
"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
Not as bad as any stats will tell you.
His peripherals probably go down as a little better than raw value. And his actual performance probably a little better than that.
He was locating excellently for much of the game just on the edge of the zone, but the ump started with a huge zone and then shrank it over the course of the game. It was insane. And then when he started getting squeezed, he lost it.
Benson
I take it he allowed 2 inherited runs to score in the 5th?
"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 7, 2009 5:23 PM CDT up reply actions
Came in the came
and gave up a HR instantly. He didn’t want anyone to forget who he was.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
And I'll say, the large zone was not too big and the small zone was not too small.
The problem was that it got changed over the course of the game.
If you want to waste a little time
Look at MLB gameday batter by batter. I think that will tell a lot of the story.
I’m not too concerned with the strike zone changing, it’s not the first time that has happened. I’m much more concerned that Brandon obviously got flustered, failed to adapt, and let the wheels fall off.
His post game comments
he seemed to realize that from what I read at the Rangers site wrap up.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
I don't like that BMac is easily flustered.
But, I still wish someone would bitch about the crazy strike zone. I really think Washington should’ve been faster out of the dugout, like after the 2nd or 3rd ball call to Giambi, to settle BMac and bitch at the ump a bit, just to show BMac that Washington has his back.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
The 4th inning was really weird.
His last game through the 3rd inning today, McCarthy had thrown 110 pitches of which 34 had been called a ball.
The first three batters of the 4th inning had 11 pitches of which 9 were called balls. It seems weird that he suddenly couldn’t throw a strike at all. So, I’m buying into the theory that the strike zone suddenly shrank, especially when it seemed to shrink to a couple of sluggers that have been fairly high OBP guys in the past.
Nevertheless, I agree with tyd3311 that it didn’t have to end in a meltdown. I think McCarthy’s perfectionist mentality has a much bigger chance than his stuff of keeping him as a #4 rather than developing into a #2.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
Didn't see the game.
But the boxscore looks gross.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
You want the mustache on or off? ... ... ... Too bad.
+1
Now I have to go about my evening resigned to the fact that we lost, and I have to wait until tomorrow for us to try to fix that fact. Sucks.
"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 7, 2009 5:21 PM CDT up reply actions
2 games series suck too
"So, is there any tread left on the tires? Or at this point would it be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway?"
by lost in space on May 7, 2009 5:34 PM CDT up reply actions
the playoffs
are played at night :-)
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain.
by red shoe ranger on May 7, 2009 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions
we need a bye,
NFL style.
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my brain.
by red shoe ranger on May 7, 2009 9:00 PM CDT up reply actions
According to Fangraphs
Our BB% is 7.2. Don’t know if that’s been updated to allow for today’s horrid display of anti-discipline, but that’s second to last in the entire major leagues. Seattle is last with a 7.1.
"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 7, 2009 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions
FanGraphs updates early in the morning
by Joey Matschulat on May 8, 2009 2:25 AM CDT up reply actions
Thx for the heads up
It would appear after yesterday we’re now dead last in the majors with a 6.9 BB%. Sweet.
"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 8, 2009 6:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Whatever, I'm done with that game
Tomorrow its Harrison vs. Contreras. We scored 7 off of him last time. I think we can manage that again.
Its a sweepable series with Millwood facing off against Danks and Padilla facing off against Bartolo Colon.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
-The Outlaw
If we win tomorrow.
Sweep for us, if we lose tomorrow sweep for them.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Winner takes all?
"So, is there any tread left on the tires? Or at this point would it be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway?"
by lost in space on May 7, 2009 5:35 PM CDT up reply actions
i like our chances against Contreras
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
Me too.
That old man has to retire soon.
"So, is there any tread left on the tires? Or at this point would it be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway?"
by lost in space on May 7, 2009 5:40 PM CDT up reply actions
When we get Hamilton back?
"So, is there any tread left on the tires? Or at this point would it be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway?"
Hopefully not until he learns how to take pitches again.
"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 7, 2009 5:37 PM CDT up reply actions
How much longer do we have to watch Blalock bat clean up?
Good lord, he’s killing me.
"So, is there any tread left on the tires? Or at this point would it be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway?"
I don't get why he's getting ABs
The guy with the shittiest plate discipline on the team (minus CD) is somehow starting over the guy with the best plate discipline on the team.
I think they are forcing RW to use him there purely for trading purposes
"So, is there any tread left on the tires? Or at this point would it be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway?"
by lost in space on May 7, 2009 5:47 PM CDT up reply actions
That's what it looks like to me too
you would think after 20 something games it become apparent that he’s not a clean up guy. I would take him at 6-7 though, either way there is no real valuable explaination having him stay at the 4 spot.
"So, is there any tread left on the tires? Or at this point would it be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway?"
by lost in space on May 7, 2009 6:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Nate Gold is in Taiwan now
In other news the La New Bears have signed first baseman Nate Gold. In 2008 the 28 year old batted .255 with 23 HRs and 90 RBIs in 127 games with the Oklahoma RedHawks (AAA).
He is keeping a seat warm in OKC
for Smoak. He was just signed to a AAA deal.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
No, Nate Gold.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
Bleh...
just got back. The only bright spot was I got to sing Wonderboy to Dutch.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 7, 2009 6:13 PM CDT reply actions
eh?
"Hang-Dai, Wu...Hang-Fu$&ing-Dai"
by Walter Sobchak on May 7, 2009 11:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Cahill
So now after watching both Anderson and Cahill pitch against the Rangers, I have to say I’m somewhat impressed with Cahill (Anderson, not so much).
I thought Cahill was extremely lucky today on some balls that were scorched right at fielders (Young’s liner to third comes to mind)… but the fact is, he put zeros up there. I can’t say I saw many pitches that the Rangers swung at that were balls (usual suspects, Blalock and Davis excepted). I thought his control was good, good movement on his pitches, and if he keeps pitching like that the Rangers will have to deal with him regularly for the next five and a half years (at which point Beane trades him to the Yankees and his arm falls off three days later).
Yeah, not that it was the difference in a win or loss most likely.
But we were on the wrong end of the luck see-saw today.
Some photos... (please click on this subject line if you hate pictures of baseball)
Kris Benson sharing with C.J. Wilson and Derek Holland the art of the 84 MPH fastball. “The key, fellas, is not being good at baseball.”
The pre-game Red Bull toast brought to you buy Derek Holland’s pink rookie backpack.
I love you, but, if barbed wire doesn’t say Oakland, nothing does.
I took more photos of the actual game, but, it was terrible so I won’t show action shots of failure.
by ghostofErikThompson on May 7, 2009 6:36 PM CDT reply actions
Man...
That last photo looks like you’re going to a ballgame on New Caprica. Or in Gitmo. Yikes.
"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 7, 2009 6:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Yeah
I remember going there, and thinking how weird that walkway is.
by Adam J. Morris on May 7, 2009 6:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Seriously, what is the deal with that? It's very uninviting.
I already didn’t want to go to OACC or w/e it is these days, but now I want to avoid it like the plague.
IIRC
That’s the walkway from the BART station to the Coliseum. It goes over the freeway, I think.
by Adam J. Morris on May 7, 2009 7:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I clicked on that subject line with teh quickness.
I’m offended by the implication that baseball doesn’t exist purely in spread sheets.
Truely the most underrated comment today.
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."
Those signs should read,
WILL CALL, YOU ARE A MOTHERFUCKIN’ NUMBER.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
about baseball
other than how to score a hot wife
NO, definitely not that
The last thing Holland needs is some kind of gold-digging, celeb wannabe skank like her.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
I hope it was learned...
…that after throwing Jack Cust a first-pitch, off-speed strike, don’t throw him a fastball for a strike on the next pitch. Ninth inning single last night, grand slam today.
1 loss
after a 5 game winning streak. It’s nothing to get horribly upset over. Move on and start a new streak tomorrow.
"calmer than you are dude" Walter (Big Lebowski)
by Arlington Stadium Legend on May 7, 2009 9:50 PM CDT reply actions
Who are facing this weekend?
"So, is there any tread left on the tires? Or at this point would it be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway?"
by lost in space on May 7, 2009 10:10 PM CDT up reply actions
I've said it before
and I’ll continue to say it, – Chris Davis is an incredible defensive first baseman.
"A good start would be not giving up 900 runs again." -Jon Daniels
by Randy Richardson on May 7, 2009 11:35 PM CDT reply actions
I'm seriously stunned.
I really thought he had the ability to be solidly above average, but he’s looking like Pujols out there. Maybe with a little less range, but better reach and reflexes.
With the value defense holds nowadays, this is an awesome development
So if, if, we do decide to trade him, were not trading a one dimensional player whose future is at the DH position.
Ugh
If the Ranger’s could just not have an embarrassing loss at the end of a winning streak, I would lose my mind.
McCarthy and Benson were both
just trying to ensure that FF got the day off yesterday and that no one was tempted to use him. They were thinking of the team first, that is the kind of teammates they are.
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."
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