Monday morning Rangers things
by Adam J. Morris on Jul 6, 2009 9:42 AM CDT
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PrintSo the Rangers head out to Anaheim today, for a three game set against the Angels, and then play four at Seattle. Pretty big road trip leading into the All Star Break.
Drew Davison says Scott Feldman didn't have his best stuff last night, but he fought through anyway and allowed just two runs.
Vicente Padilla will not start on Tuesday, after experiencing shoulder soreness. Instead, Dustin Nippert will be activated from the disabled list. I'm guessing Doug Mathis will be optioned to make room for him, and Brandon McCarthy will move to the 60 day d.l. Meanwhile, Matt Harrison says that August 1 is a reasonable target date for his return from the disabled list.
Kevin Millwood deserved to be an All Star, Jim Reeves says, but was bitten by the rule that says every team must have one rep.
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More accurately, Millwood was bitten by the unwritten rule...
That Michael Young must be this team’s token rep.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"Young is the Good version of David Eckstein. Grossly overrated because of grit. He can move one step to the right, and a half step to the left whereever you put him in the field." - DJ Cahill
and the "lifetime achievment award for guys who can't even sniff Cal Ripken"
I understand the nod for Wakefield, but really… he’s not an “All-Star” nod guy.
If Millwood go snubbed because every team can only have one extra rep
Then he got snubbed because the players voted MY in, who became our one extra rep.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"Young is the Good version of David Eckstein. Grossly overrated because of grit. He can move one step to the right, and a half step to the left whereever you put him in the field." - DJ Cahill
What about Hamilton?
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
Well yeah, Hamilton being there sucks too and you could probably blame it on him too.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"Young is the Good version of David Eckstein. Grossly overrated because of grit. He can move one step to the right, and a half step to the left whereever you put him in the field." - DJ Cahill
ESPN
Holy god, you guys, was anyone else as annoyed as I was with the broadcast team last night being so blatantly pro Rays? I mean, they are terrible all the time, but last night they went over and above their usual awfulness as they didn’t stop their homerish lovefest for every player on the Rays the whole night! The worst was how many times they encouraged the viewers to go vote for Pena in the All Star Game (not really talking about how Kinsler was up for the same vote).
I hate ESPN. So goddamn much.
My Dad even called me last night
To complain about the EPSN commentators.
Mind you, my Dad is a guy who thinks Tim McCarver is a commentating savant. And even he was annoyed by Joe and those other two boneheads last night.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"Young is the Good version of David Eckstein. Grossly overrated because of grit. He can move one step to the right, and a half step to the left whereever you put him in the field." - DJ Cahill
by LSJ on Jul 6, 2009 9:52 AM CDT up reply actions
In my opinion...
…it’s not so much pro-Rays as it is pro-AL East, in my opinion. You’ve got to remember which two teams pay ESPN’s bills — NYY and BOS — and remember that it’s in ESPN’s best interest for those two teams to have a viable common opponent, to build the drama and justify putting the Yankees and Red Sox on national television a couple dozen more times this season.
"I love winning." - rockin_rangers, on May 16, 2009
I think it has more to do with the Rays being the defending AL champs
ESPN is sports targeted at the small minded, and I think they feel like they have an obligation to talk up the defending league champions each year. I’d guess they probably do the same thing when they do Phillies games.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"Young is the Good version of David Eckstein. Grossly overrated because of grit. He can move one step to the right, and a half step to the left whereever you put him in the field." - DJ Cahill
Ok, but...
…they kept saying how the Rays are in the hunt, trying to catch the rest of the AL East, etc. etc. etc. As far as when I was watching, they never even hinted that the Rangers were in first place.
Well then
Actually a little of both may be true, I guess. I started trying very hard to ignore the commentating by the fourth inning, myself, so I don’t remember if they mentioned the Rangers being tied for first place at all, but I obviously do remember the incessant talk about the Rays.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"Young is the Good version of David Eckstein. Grossly overrated because of grit. He can move one step to the right, and a half step to the left whereever you put him in the field." - DJ Cahill
At the end of the game, they even had the balls to say that Texas is back in the hunt
Oh yeah, first place for 2 months, being tied for 1st place as of late, but only after last night’s win were we back in the hunt. Assholes.
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
Well Texas did hemorage games hard there for a little bit
So I really don’t have a problem with that statement. Again, most people just assume that this a smoke and mirrors thing going on here and that it is not sustainable. (Hell some people on this board do). I think after losing the lead like they did and then pulling back together and getting tied for first along with ten over will demonstrate to a lot of people that there may be more to this team than originally thought. So I just view it as another way to say that this team really has a chance to be competitive in September and October.
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 Jul 6, 2009 10:25 AM CDT up reply actions
How did we hemorage games?
We played .500 baseball. We are still 10 games over .500. AT some point you have to give credit to the Angels for playing really good baseball
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.
I actually agree with you
but from a national perspective they Angels just blew by us in just a few short weeks like they were supposed to do. Next the Rangers were supposed to go into operation shutdown and fall behind the M’s as well. Instead they have won 7 of the last ten and keep up with the Angels. This was the part that was unexpected. (Again on a national coverage perspective.)
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 Jul 6, 2009 10:41 AM CDT up reply actions
Well the Halos blew a 2.5 game lead
to us. This is going to go back and fourth all summer long get used to it. The national media better get used to it also because this team isn’t going away.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
The problem for the Rays
is that they won’t have any more games against the weak NL East to fatten up their win total.
Death and taxes...
…and Joe Morgan making an ass of himself. At this point in the season I’m almost numb the beating of Miller, Morgan & Phillips. You pretty much have to grit your teeth and take the swift kick to the nuts when watching those three asshats.
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
Harrison as a LAIE
Just when it looked like he was getting the league average part down, he spits the bit on the innings eater part.
Hope he can get healthy and prove durable because a LAIE is quite valuable, especially while they are cheap. But that value is largely tied to the ability to eat up 200+ innings, and Harrison’s injury history is starting to get lengthy.
There's more to the picture than meets the eye.
Injury history
Hasn’t he only had that month or two with Atlanta where he had arm problems before this season? After that, he had the turf toe thing, but that’s not exactly a future injury waiting to happen. Am I forgetting something from before this season?
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
I'd bet its the curse of the Rangers
recently McCarthy and Padilla have really I think helped people over worry about pitching injuries.
What do voluntary mean?
Hes a back end starter
with ace stuff and a minor league head/heart.
What do voluntary mean?
Scooter
I didn’t think Feldman’s stuff was bad, but without looking at the Pitch FX, I was curious last night how many times he maybe got squeezed a little. ESPN wasn’t that great at showing the pitch tracker – they only did it for a few at-bats. I wish they would have put it up there, but Joe Morgan was more concerned about talking about “Deep In The Heart of Texas” and talking about the benefit of being caught stealing.
I really love that dang pitch tracker.
I wish they’d keep it up at all times.
Shrink it down and put it up top with the score and count (kind of like they do with the little base icon that lets you know who’s on base).
The pitch tracker is a wonderful, wonderful invention that makes watching the game a better, more fun experience.
It needs further integration for sure.
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 6, 2009 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions
TAG agrees with you.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"Young is the Good version of David Eckstein. Grossly overrated because of grit. He can move one step to the right, and a half step to the left whereever you put him in the field." - DJ Cahill
the espn one is more accurate to the actual called strike zone IMO
the one FSN has calls low balls that are never called strikes definitive strikes…. Its kind of stupid
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
I like how it has that tracer that shows the pitch’s late movement. Much better than a dot just showing up on the grid, like FSSW does.
There's more to the picture than meets the eye.
Definitely
especially since the camera angle makes tracking the pitch movement with your eye live difficult at times.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
i don't think he was getting squeezed at all
looked like it at times but then i would check gameday and it looked fine. Pitch fx for the most part bares this out.
"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)
I don't think he was getting squeezed
looked like it at times but then i would check gameday and it looked fine. Pitch fx for the most part bears this out.
"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)
I read last year
Milllwood is a guy who will go out there no matter how he feels and give whatever he can
Padilla has to feel perfect or he can/won’t take the ball
Definiton of insanity-doing the same thing and expecting different results
"Introducing your 2009 Texas Rangers-Built for Insanity!"
You certainly have a way with words
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jul 6, 2009 10:06 AM CDT up reply actions
I don't think so-it was one of the PC's this winter(Hawkins maybe?)
Definiton of insanity-doing the same thing and expecting different results
"Introducing your 2009 Texas Rangers-Built for Insanity!"
well, Padilla sucks ass when he's not on usually
so im ok with this
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
Next 7 pitching matchups
Weaver-Millwood
Lackey-Dusty Tits
Santana-Hunter
Felix-Holland
Morrow-Feldman
Wash-Millwood
Bedard-Padilla
Hopefully Holland, not Dusty.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"Young is the Good version of David Eckstein. Grossly overrated because of grit. He can move one step to the right, and a half step to the left whereever you put him in the field." - DJ Cahill
Oh, wait, nvm.
Misread.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"Young is the Good version of David Eckstein. Grossly overrated because of grit. He can move one step to the right, and a half step to the left whereever you put him in the field." - DJ Cahill
Weaver-Millwood….Rangers win
Lackey-Dusty Tits….Angels win
Santana-Hunter….No idea
Felix-Holland….M’s win
Morrow-Feldman….Rangers win
Wash-Millwood….Raners win
Bedard-Padilla….M’s win
by Michael Cave on Jul 6, 2009 10:19 AM CDT up reply actions
The way Ervin Santana has pitched this year, I fully expect to smash him over the head with several folding chairs.
I’ll be pissed if we don’t.
Get on base or die, Salty.
"Young is the Good version of David Eckstein. Grossly overrated because of grit. He can move one step to the right, and a half step to the left whereever you put him in the field." - DJ Cahill
we won that game though off his relief
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
Heh.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4307928
A tale of two franchises…
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
Yay!
The Mavs get to stay mediocre for a while longer
yeah I would've called it a necessity in fact
They need a PG and he’s easily the best available considering all he cost was money and not talent (in a trade).
The Mavs aren’t done either — they’ll make another move or 2 though they might be small moves.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jul 6, 2009 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions
it'd be pretty stupid to do a rebuild in this economy
particularly when if the Mavs are just competitive, they’ll keep selling out games.
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
Any predictions on this 7-game trip based on the pitching matchups above?
I’m hoping for 4-3, but I’d be satisfied with 3-4 if we have Nippert and Hunter both starting.
Greatest Inventions Ever? 1. TiVO, 2. Boobs, 3. Baseball
4-7
is what I had the Rangers record in July before the ASB. Winning 3 of the next 7 would be satisfying but also a little disappointing since they are on a 4 games win streak now.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
5 game winning streak now
I can’t wait for that to get to an 8 game winning streak soon in a few days.
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
Ben and Skin
got fired from The Fan.
I never like to say good riddance to someone who got laid off because it’s such a sucky situation and I had to deal with it not too long ago, but those guys were terrible.
where did you see that?
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jul 6, 2009 10:53 AM CDT up reply actions
link?
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Jul 6, 2009 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Never thought they were terrible
then again, I haven’t listened to them much since their Ticket days.
I don’t think they were drive time material, but they weren’t fingernails on chalkboard like the old Mike Fisher show.
"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers
I hate the Fish
I have a friend that knows the guy. Likes him as a person but never listened to his show.
2009 Texas Rangers: Why The Hell Not Us?--ghtd36 on May 13, 2009
One of the worst
radio guys ever.
"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers
Colin Cowherd begs to differ.
"We're One Nation Under a Groove"
- Ayjayem
by inactive lsb user on Jul 6, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Seriously?
I thought they were super cheesy and not funny. Was not a (for lack of a better term), fan.
Hopefully
This also ends the Skin-on-the-Mavs’-TV-crew bit, too.
Good lord was that horrible.
by brettgardner on Jul 6, 2009 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
And those horrible Ranger ads
“Bentastic fireworks”
:puke:
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.
Found some internets rumors
http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/index.php?topic=148185.0
But nothing other than that…..
Wouldn’t really be surprising — they aren’t drive time material and were getting their asses kicked.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jul 6, 2009 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions
That sucks.
Ben is a really nice dude.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
All sports radio sucks
so I can’t see firing these two for sucking.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
they were the only guys in town that talked and promoted baseball and rangers talk though
kinda sucks, i dont think i even check that station now, its rangers games and never listen otherwise, i guess
mormons stole me and held me against my will with Oklahoma beer and 12+ hour work days.
Fired after a couple of months?
I don’t know what they expected, seems a little unfair to me.
Trade for Ian Snell.
You gotta produce ratings in radio
they were getting killed. It’s not really that surprising.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
by Dirk Diggler on Jul 6, 2009 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions
it's a new station though
how can u build an audience over night especially against one of the biggest radio juggernauts in the country. i thought when i last checked they werent that far behind GAC. or maybe they were getting killed by them too, idk id just think u should give them more time b/c it’s not like newy and salisbury are any better
go here to view my blog: http://dirtfromd.blogspot.com
they spent a ton on advertising
and all their research showed was that the ratings were low because the programming was crap
And oc's gonna be pissed at this news.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
Yes we can! November 04, 2008
*Pours a 40 out *
"We're One Nation Under a Groove"
- Ayjayem
by inactive lsb user on Jul 6, 2009 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions
newy and salisbury
are atrocities. Such a fail station.
"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers
I'm not saying it's the smart decision by CBS
it’s just that ratings are what drives the boat in radio. Gotta produce.
"He will not coddle them. Nolan Ryan doesn’t coddle." - Jeff Passan
Mike Bianucci
Finally promoted to Bakersfield.
"I will hit you, emo boy." -- my wife to a pedestrian, 8 May 2009
KLaw
Some good Rangers stuff early… He calls them a buyer.
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
Buyers usually need $$$
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland - 2009 Rangers Minor League POY
Wow...
http://www.minorleagueball.com/2009/7/6/939490/hit-and-run-july-6-2009
**One player I’m paying close attention to is Eric Hosmer, hitting a disappointing .249/.352/.367 this year for Burlington. Watching him play yesterday, I was very impressed with his selectivity….indeed, he drew three walks….he has a really good eye at the plate and doesn’t swing at bad stuff. He is also a very sharp-looking defensive first baseman. As a runner, he is slow, but heady and alert, fundamentally sound and rather aggressive. Of course, none of that will matter if he doesn’t hit, and my initial impression of his bat (other than his strike zone judgment) was negative. His bat speed look poor to me. I discussed this with a veteran scout, who told me that Hosmer has developed some mechanical issues with his swing that are short-circuiting his power production and reducing his bat speed. The scout believed that his problems are fixable, and praised the other portions of his game. For sake of Hosmer and the Royals, I hope that’s true. It was just one game, but teammate Jason Taylor and Wisconsin prospect Brett Lawrie both showed much quicker bats yesterday. We’ll see how things go the next two days.
Pretty harrowing read if you’re into the Royals.
Then this on Smoak…
**As you probably know, the Rangers have promoted Justin Smoak to Triple-A Oklahoma, where he’s gone 1-for-5 with two walks in his first two games. He’d hit .328/.449/.481 in 50 games for Double-A Frisco. Now it looks like I’ll have to head back to Oklahoma City in early August to take a good look at him. Was it a mistake for the Royals to prefer Hosmer over Smoak in the 2008 draft?
"[Font} doesn't turn 19 until the end of May and his heater can already hit 99 on the gun. That's baseball porn." - Jason Parks
Moore
Since he loves former Braves so much, maybe we can trade Beau Jones for Soria. Maybe throw in Golson, he seems to have a thing for middling outfielders, too.
G G G E-flat_______ F F F D__________....
Davis for Soria
He’ll have the heir apparent to Jacobs and all he has to give up is some scrub reliever.
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