But other than the meat ball he threw to Fred freaking Lewis I didn’t think Feldman pitcher poorly at all.

So there’s something kind of semi-positive.

and is just a parrot of galloway?

So she was calling for his head a month into his first season and now she’s saying she’s wrong after 2 months of good play this season. Maybe she should just be called the Little Ball of Kneejerk.

A part of me has been wondering if picking up Wash’s option was the wrong thing to do, not from the standpoint of him not deserving it (well, he doesn’t, really, but that’s not what I’m getting at here) but from a standpoint of keeping his ass motivated.

He seemed to be doing a lot better when he was managing for his job.

with Young batting 3rd is silly. He’s never hit particularly well batting 3rd, and this year he has just been trash with runners on.

…but David Brown (a.k.a. spurdynasty) has published his latest piece, this one focusing on the principles of building a winning organization.

but this team can’t win a pennant, even in a weak division, with the offense they have right now.

Salty and CD just don’t make enough contact.
Cruz and Kinsler are good offensive players, but very streaky.
Blalock and Byrd refuse to take a pitch.
Jones is looking more and more like he did last year.
Andrus continues to impress me, but how much more can we expect from him?
Young has been over-achieving, but can he keep it up?

It was maddening to watch this team hit in person and it hasn’t been any easier to watch on TV the last few days either. If the offense doesn’t pull their head out of their ass the Rangers will continue their slide and all we will hear about again is how they falter when the summer kicks in. Sigh.

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Also, Tiger needs to get it going already.

Wash (probably with input from JD ) made his first change to the lineup in order to get the offense going. I am not sure how much of a difference it will make. What other changes do they need to make?

Call up Borbon and bat him leadoff and Kinsler 2nd?
Demote CD and let Blalock play 1B fulltime?
Get other players into the DH mix?

what do y’all think about calling up borbon to play in centerfield permanently and batting him leadoff with andrus second? I know this could be an obp nightmare, but it seemed to be very affective at frisco last year. I would then bat kinsler 3rd and cruz 4th until hamilton comes back. When he does come back, evaluate and then move one of borbon or andrus to the 9 hole and kinsler back the leadoff or 2 hole. If the offense is not going to hit, then you have to start infusing the lineup with speed and try to create havoc on the bases.

The frustrating thing about this team is a) the inability to get runners in from 3rd with less than two outs, b) not scoring lead-off doubles, c) and the gigantic number of strikeouts.

Improving the efficiency of a) and b) while reducing the number c) would make the offense perform better. One could argue that c) directly influences a) and b). Therefore one solution to the problem would be to remove high strikeout players from the line-up.

Until this team fixes these problems, consistently beating good pitchers will be difficult.

WAKE THE FUCK UP.

In June

Angels 11-5 5.6 runs/gm 4.3 RA/gm

Rangers 7-9 3.6 runs/gm 4.6 RA/gm

The Angels scored 6 or more runs in 8 games while giving up 5 or fewer runs in 10 games. It is 4 and 9 respectively for the Rangers.

I am not breaking any news here. We know the problems are with the offense. I just hope the pitching is still there when the bats get going.

ESPN is reporting today that George Gillett, Hicks’ partner in Liverpool FC, has reached an agreement to sell the Montreal Canadiens for $550 million.

Like Hicks, Gillett was attempting to sell his interest in his North American club to raise money to pay off debts towards Liverpool. I don’t know that this has any effect on what Hicks is doing, but it should help get the Bank of Scotland at least partially off their backs.