Saturday a.m. Rangers things
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 25, 2009 10:10 AM CDT
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PrintAnother win, another Angels win. Still 3.5 back of Anaheim, but 3 games ahead of the M's, who were tied with the Rangers not that long ago.
Anthony Andro writes that Scott Feldman beat the best pitcher in the A.L. last night.
With Matt Harrison out for the rest of the year, Derek Holland, who starts today, becomes much more important to the rotation. Holland says he knows he needs to throw more first pitch strikes. Dustin Nippert and Doug Mathis, the Rangers' long men, aren't available today, so the Rangers need Holland to give them at least five or six innings.
Thad Levine says that while Vicente Padilla is the only Ranger with a confirmed case of swine flu, he suspects some other players will end up testing positive for it, as well.
And the Rangers are the best in the league in stolen base percentage.
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Millwood/Feldy/Padilla/Holland/Hunter
They’re all pitching pretty good right now, but is this good enough to compete for playoff spot in August/September??? Part with some prospects for Cliff Lee? Ride with what we’ve got? Bend over and kiss our asses goodbye? Discuss.
Way to not lurk and instead shit all over yourself during your first fanshot.
-FirebatM3 to Ryan2907. 6/3/09.
by SarasotaRanger on Jul 25, 2009 10:21 AM CDT reply actions
We're not contending for nothing unless we improve this offense.
We do that, then I’ll believe a little more in this idea that we’re “going for it” this year.
"After intense analysis, I have come to the conclusion that Neftali Feliz throws fucking hard." - John Sickels
I love me some Der-Hol.
I think he’s gonna be dynamite for us down the stretch.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Everyone needs to drive a vehicle, even the very tall. This was the largest auto I could afford. Should I therefore be made the subject of fun?
+1
"After intense analysis, I have come to the conclusion that Neftali Feliz throws fucking hard." - John Sickels
Holland
That trade I made could really blow up in my face if he does, but god damnit I hope he explodes big time
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
You got a steal either way.
I can’t figure out why Sprite makes some of the deals he makes.
Some are genius, some confuse me.
Guess that’s why I’m 22 points up on him ;)
Still, this deal pales in comparison to the last one you made with KOK. I almost vetoed that shit. You face raped him so hard, but I only veto if I think collusion is the name of the game. Chooo and Pasoda for effing Aardsma? F U, Rentz, you face raping son a bitch.
Everyone’s trying to give you the league, but I won’t let you have it!!!
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Everyone needs to drive a vehicle, even the very tall. This was the largest auto I could afford. Should I therefore be made the subject of fun?
by thedirkatron on Jul 25, 2009 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Its not like it's helping me any.
I just let the game come to me, I havent really actively peddled much of anything trade wise.
At least buchholz finally got the call for you, and now that im down to 1.5 (i only count baily as half a closer) closers your going to overtake that category soon. Closers are like gold in our league.
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Yah, I got tons offers for Nathan and Papelbon this Winter, but having those two is an incredible advantage.
The saves are awesome, but in an AL-only league the K’s and consistent ratio help they give you is a key. Plus they allow me to trade any middle reliever who happen to snag closing jobs throughout the year to fill other gaps, like I’ve done with Downs and Aardsma, even though the good value I got for them hasn’t worked out at all cause of injuries and Boston’s refusal to call up Meth-Head McGee.
But watch out for stupid draft dodging Nik on saves. Howell, Jenks and Sherrill is a pretty nice grab bag of mediocre closers with good holds on their jobs.
I still wonder why it took Maddon so long to figure out Howell was the no-brainer choice for that job. Oh, wait. No I don’t. It’s cause Joe Maddon is an idiot and should be deported to one of those loser countries where it’s a rare treat if the market down the street is selling milk that day.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Everyone needs to drive a vehicle, even the very tall. This was the largest auto I could afford. Should I therefore be made the subject of fun?
by thedirkatron on Jul 25, 2009 11:07 AM CDT up reply actions
no kidding
did you send every player on your roster PED’s last night?
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Yah, you're charging like a mofo.
Part of me is enjoying this crazy race we’ve got going.
But a much bigger and veinier part of me wishes I’d just run away and hide again like last year.
That was fun.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Everyone needs to drive a vehicle, even the very tall. This was the largest auto I could afford. Should I therefore be made the subject of fun?
by thedirkatron on Jul 25, 2009 2:30 PM CDT up reply actions
Well
I need power and Burrell helps me with that and I could afford to trade Bartlett with Gordon coming back by moving Beckham to short. The Davies trade has really bitten me in the ass. He’s doing great in AAA but who knew who would get cockblocked by the awesome 4/5 starters of Bruce Chen and Sidnery Ponson. Kept Liriano to be my ace and he’s been awful. Took the hit in K’s and W to try and help my era and whip with Kazmir and that hasn’t worked out. At the end of the day, it’s called team suck for a reason.
Trade for Ian Snell.
Everyone laughed at me when I traded
Vlad and Downs for Weaver….
Weaver is slowing down some now, but he has been a pretty solid addition and Vlad and Downs haven’t been that great since the trade.
In hindsight that was good
since vlad has caught DL’itis
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Yeah, I was pretty happy to sell on him
as soon as he was not on the DL anymore. Plus I have Dye holding down RF. The Downs part was the real tough one to bite, but I gave up on saves, I didn’t see myself making much of a move in that category.
Your trades always look good a month later, Troy.
Cause all the dudes you send packing get a complimentary dose of Africa-grade AIDS on the way out the door.
I still think I got great value getting Slowey and Crisp from you when they were at a low value point, but then just as they were both starting to prove me right and play up to their abilities again, they both got real sick inside and decided to die.
I swear this is your doing, Troy.
I was reading a report about Slowey’s latest setback in his minor league rehab and I swear to God I heard the sound of your shrill, spiteful little laugh coming from the woods behind my house.
I hate you.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Everyone needs to drive a vehicle, even the very tall. This was the largest auto I could afford. Should I therefore be made the subject of fun?
by thedirkatron on Jul 25, 2009 2:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Does anybody else besides me...
Hear the sound of fingernails on a blackboard whenever fantasy talk breaks out????
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
I always thought so
Than started to appreciate the glood, the exuberance, the consternation, the agonizing, the paypack pondering, the rueful regrets, dirkatron’s capsule commentary, the shrieking and gnashing of teeth over things that make others laugh, the resignation about stars going on the DL, in short the microcosm of waht makes some posters slant their commentary unconsciously. Even more, that I’m not caought up in it all! LOL
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Jul 25, 2009 3:54 PM CDT up reply actions
glood = gloom
sight checking doesn’t touch spell check.
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination." - Andrew Lang (1844-1912) also -
"Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
~Ambrose Bierce
by Ed Coffin on Jul 25, 2009 3:55 PM CDT up reply actions
yea, i think so if he realizes he doesnt have to throw 0-2 fastballs over the heart of the plate
he’s doing alot of things right, but he’s also making all the young pitcher mistakes. The good thing is, his K/BB is one of the best on this team. Now he’s just gotta cut down on throwing those HR balls.
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
I can't believe the Rangers are in contention
and they, of all teams, have come down with the Swine Flu.
This completely encapsulates what it is like to be a Ranger fan.
Go Rice Owls!
They Won't Be the Last Team
…to be affected by the Swine Flu. In spite of the media getting tired of the story, it’s continued to spread even during the summer months. Computer models suggest it may become as widespread as the 1918 pandemic, though thankfully not nearly as virulent. Well we hope. Anyway, evidence suggests that during that pandemic up to 25 percent of the US population was infected at any given time.
by Black Francis on Jul 25, 2009 11:13 AM CDT up reply actions
exactly
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Dykstra has all the money!
ElectricOkra.com
Can we get Padilla to go spit in the Angels gatorade jug?
by death of the cool on Jul 25, 2009 10:40 AM CDT reply actions
and pee in bobby abreu's eye
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
by blalock84 on Jul 25, 2009 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Here's how that goes down
1) Padilla spits in Angels’ cooler
2) Swine flu cripples the Angels, sending 19 players to the DL.
3) Texas continues to impress over the next two weeks, playing their best baseball yet
4) The LAA swine flu debacle finally ends with the Rangers 6.5 games out of first place
by Basehead on Jul 25, 2009 11:07 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
5.) LA is then hit by a swine flu epidemic of such proportions
the city gets walled off by the government and becomes a post-apocalyptic hell.
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Dykstra has all the money!
ElectricOkra.com
I can see the news reports.....
Breaking News!!!! CNN has just learned that the legendary cartoon character “Mickey Mouse” has now died of swine flu.
by death of the cool on Jul 25, 2009 11:35 AM CDT up reply actions
I bet it was an evil plot hatched by buggs bunny
and carried out by porky pig to put warner cartoons on top
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
man
I wish all those cartoons from the good ol days still came on. I hate all this Japanese crap that they’re coming out with now.
'Howard makes me fear the NKoreans less... If they shot anything at us, he’d be there to block it." - Aquaman56
"Also Ian’s season is following the same pattern as Ricky Martins Career. Both needed another hit, bad." - SaltyGoesYard
go find yourself some Boomerang
from your cable co.
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Dykstra has all the money!
ElectricOkra.com
You mean like Detroit
Fuck Detroit.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Speaking of the Angels...
I know most of us are a little frustrated that the Angels now win more than Jesus, but lets look at it from there point of view….
They have played the best over the last month+ that any team could possibly wish for…yet they are only still 3 1/2 up on the team that has been there thorn in the side all year….they can’t shake us.
by death of the cool on Jul 25, 2009 10:57 AM CDT reply actions
Let's give a
Bug round of applause for the glass half full comment.
"Purity of heart is to will one thing" - Kierkegaard
by outofnace on Jul 25, 2009 11:13 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't care if the glass is half full or half empty
I just want to know who the hell has been drinking out of my glass!!
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Dykstra has all the money!
ElectricOkra.com
Hopefully not Padilla
"He struck him out swinging! Hello no-hitter number seven!" - Mark Holtz
Let's give a
Big round of applause for the glass half full comment.
"Purity of heart is to will one thing" - Kierkegaard
by outofnace on Jul 25, 2009 11:14 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Yep...
I’ll bet the Halos are just as frustrated that the Rangers keep winning and they have put very little room between them and the Rangers while on this winning streak they’re on.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I still want us toget within a series
of them.
LAoA has not only struggled vs. us this year, but against Seattle too. Let’s hope they fall back to earth when they start playing the AL West again.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
Holland
Since he’s basically pitching to a AAA lineup, I would hope for at least 6-7 innings.
"A good start would be not giving up 900 runs again." -Jon Daniels
by Randy Richardson on Jul 25, 2009 11:19 AM CDT reply actions
thats what we said when he pitched against SD....
and he got shelled.
I am hoping for Holland to have that breakthrough stretch games where he is dominate (much like Harrison earlier in the year)
Maybe it starts tonight…
by death of the cool on Jul 25, 2009 11:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Great pitching duel last night.
Greinke had a Game Score of 74 but Scooter F checked in with a 73 (probably one of the top 3 Ranger starts of the year).
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
Scooter pitched great and was outpitched by a wider margin than suggested by Game Score.
Goes to show how important randomness is in this game.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
I think it was pretty clear what happened in yesterday's game
The Rangers defense played for Feldman while Greinke got the incompetent Hillman’s behind him.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
"I am one of the biggest Texas Ranger fans out there but I'm also one of the smartest. Deal with it."
-The Outlaw
Fighting Washingtons?
Looks like the Rangers have finally taken on the character that was expected when Washington was hired…..
Top 5 defense team
Top 3 stolen bases (highest efficiency)
Top half sacrifice flies
Top half pitching BB/9
The Rangers still rank very low on sacrifice hits (bunts, groundouts) and batter’s BB%, and those two categories appear to all that is left for them to improve in order to make the metamorphosis complete.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
I don't recognize this team (the baserunning, the defense, the pitching!!) and it's most of the same cast members
we had last year.
I’m sure Nolan Ryan’s much higher profile in the organization and this complete turnaround has been one big coincidence.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
" I don’t feel like arguing with laxtonto about it for the same reason I wouldn’t argue with him if he said the earth was flat. He’s a person who is happy with his head up his ass so why should I make him sad?"
by Josey Wales on Jul 25, 2009 11:54 AM CDT up reply actions
Well....
Ryan was a pitcher who logged lots of innings. This team’s pitching has been sub-par and we’ve seen several pitchers break down this year (Harrison, McCarthy, Fransisco), although it is not necessarily connected to his philosophy regarding pitch counts.
Washington, as described above, was a light-hitting defensive specialist. The team is playing above average defense.
I feel more inclined to give the credit to Washington on this one.
Who knows about the base-stealing good/speed thing. Daniels (gasp?). Coincidence? Not sure on that one.
Wash was a
good glove, no hit middle IF with speed. The Rangers are a good glove, goo speed team that can’t hit. Good comparison.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
OT: Mariners DFA Balentien.
They looked so promising with Jones/Balientien/Clement coming up. Woops.
Trade for Ian Snell.
Ouch.
"Guys are visual creatures, that’s how we’ve been wired, for millennia…only fat and or ugly chicks use that word you just typed." - Rodney
by inactive lsb user on Jul 25, 2009 12:42 PM CDT up reply actions
clement
they arent even giving the guy a chance to hit ML pitching
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Look on thebright side
Jones looks pretty damn good, in another division and all.
Would love for that kid to beat the Yankees and Red Sox a couple times over the next three or four years.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
Such a terrible defender.
A marginal bat/bad glove COF is a horribly easy thing to waste.
I still think he would hit if they’d just leave him in the damn lineup for a while without jerking him around. He’s torn up minor league pitching and has nothing more to prove in AAA.
As Jason Botts proved, though: It’s tough to justify giving a guy with no defensive value a lot of time to work things out at the major league level if he struggles initially.
If I were a team going nowhere this season with an opening at DH or LF I might give him a two month shot and see if he can turn it around with a consistent run of AB’s.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Everyone needs to drive a vehicle, even the very tall. This was the largest auto I could afford. Should I therefore be made the subject of fun?
by thedirkatron on Jul 25, 2009 2:36 PM CDT up reply actions
Swine Flu?
Was that the first time that’s been reported? I missed the game last night, and was generally out of the loop yesterday. That sounds more serious than Thadious is making out to be. I’d send Padz and everyone else who is feeling symptoms home for the weekend.
That's why they call them business sox
The Angels are on Fox
But its probably better if I don’t watch…
the preceding post was a great success.
Apparently
Bobby Abreu’s patience can’t be quantified by the stat book. Thanks Eric Karros!
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team. - LSJ
"I really think that" - LSJ, on being asked by AirJordan
just like ecksteins heart and brynes grit
Nobody is perfect, i am nobody, therefore, i am perfect
by 34express on Jul 25, 2009 4:05 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
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