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by Adam J. Morris on Aug 1, 2009 10:11 PM CDT
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If the Rangers win tomorrow
they would have gone 5-2 in their home stand and 10-3 since playing the Red Sox, and actually lost ground.
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
About the only good news I can think of is
The Angels can’t possibly stay this hot for the rest of the season.
J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM
They're playing like a 100-win team at the moment.
Can’t imagine that continuing.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
They're playing
like they’re looking to break Seattle’s all time win record. It’s nuts
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
Since the All-Star break
Rangers since the break: 10-5
Result: Lost 2.5 games on the Angels
by Darrell McKown on Aug 1, 2009 10:23 PM CDT up reply actions
At this rate
54-6 ain’t gonna be a problem for them, with the 6 losses all against the Rangers.
Seriously though, if they keep it going through most of the rest of the season, I can only tip my hat to them. The worst thing about losing the division this year (considering our future) is going to be that look on Rev’s smug, arrogant, douchey face.
Remember to retire Fin's number, Mark.
Well I had hope when they lost those 2 consecutive games.
But winning 4 in a row or whatever instantly cancelled that out.
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14 total
But the batters left 35 total on base when getting out – what is the name of that stat?
by Mark from OC on Aug 1, 2009 10:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Do you realize that is physically impossible in a 9 inning game?
You can’t add up each players LOB.. striking out 3 times with the bases loaded counts as 9 like that.
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I still don't get it.
How many did they leave on base when they weren’t getting out? Well, …
"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 Aug 1, 2009 11:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Option Hamilton down
IMO
"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
by DJCahill on Aug 1, 2009 10:13 PM CDT reply actions 4 recs
Rec this.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Aug 1, 2009 10:14 PM CDT up reply actions
I think
a DL trip would probably be more likely.
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
anxiety disorder
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
They wouldn't say that officially
Gotta make up something better for the public
by Mark from OC on Aug 1, 2009 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Strained batting eye
J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM
hahahahahaha
fuck lookout landing for banning me
by bigdickwillie on Aug 2, 2009 7:20 AM CDT up reply actions
Hamilton
I think you have to keep running him out there.
The only way this offense gets much better is for Hamilton and Kinsler to get back to where they were last year.
It’s not as though we have other guys fighting their way into the lineup behind him.
by Darrell McKown on Aug 1, 2009 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions
The question is
whats the fastest way to get Hamilton back? Murphy showed more improvement when they had him riding pine than Hamilton or Davis has shown trying to play their way out of it.
"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
Davis
I think he was more lost than Hamilton is now.
Hamilton is such a better hitter than Davis or Murphy that I keep thinking he’ll come around.
by Darrell McKown on Aug 1, 2009 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Hamilton is a better hitter
but he is completely lost now. What needs fixing with Hamilton looks like it can be fixed in the minors or batting cages.
"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
As long as the cages are not in Arlington, I concur...
He needs a trip to work with someone who teaches basics, not some side work with Sr. Svengali.
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
Hamilton 100% needs to be sent down right now.
He’s butt ass terrible and hurting the team.
He needs to be Volquez’d and sent all the way down to work on his shit in a pressure free environment.
The best way for him to get better is to get him somewhere where he can work on trying to get his swing back.
This needs to happen, like, today.
The 40 Trumps All!!!
Wallop! Texas Rangers shortstop Michael Young fouled the ball lofting it high into the stadium and the hand of the athletic father.
if you are serious
I think you are very wrong
by blueballlefty on Aug 1, 2009 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not saying he is good right now
but sending him down even if it was an option would not help IMO
by blueballlefty on Aug 1, 2009 10:55 PM CDT up reply actions
wonder what their record is on Ranger HoF nite?
"I’m not in the meetings and not part of the discussions; it’s not my responsibility. . My responsibility is to go out and win tonight. My focus is to win tonight. The club has to look at more than just this year." -Michael Young
I really just don't get what is gonig on with hamilton.
He is so tentative with every swing, and yet somehow even with that approach he has been striking out a lot.
Is he just having an incredibly hard time seeing the ball.. i dont konw.
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and i remember josh saying a while ago that he can't even hit his batting practice HRs anymore
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oh damn
apparently he and Rudy don’t know either-I’m a little scared for the young man
"I’m not in the meetings and not part of the discussions; it’s not my responsibility. . My responsibility is to go out and win tonight. My focus is to win tonight. The club has to look at more than just this year." -Michael Young
Well if Rudy can't figure it out
then Josh is hopeless. Trade him for some batting practice balls.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
clarification
I meant josh lewin in some random hamilton discussion. Probably should say that given hamilton’s first name heh.
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The question is, what changed between the end of last year and the beginning of this year
It seemed like Hamilton, and the Rangers offense as a whole, was unstopable last year.
by Mark from OC on Aug 1, 2009 10:20 PM CDT up reply actions
Rudy did change his swing since he sucked so bad last year
I thought it be all warm and shitty, but it just tasted like normal beer. It was still cold.
Serious or joke
That would be sad if true
by Mark from OC on Aug 1, 2009 10:22 PM CDT up reply actions
very serious, that was the excuse for the slow start,
then he was in the midst of going back to his old swing and he got hurt.
I thought it be all warm and shitty, but it just tasted like normal beer. It was still cold.
Maybe, then he just needs to get it out of his system
Have a bad year the rest of 2009, and start back from his old swing in spring training 2010. DL might not be a bad idea
by Mark from OC on Aug 1, 2009 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions
They did change his swing
But i think that has been overhyped. It was just some toe tap thing and minor adjustments or something not a radical swing change.
And supposedly some of those changes were already in place in september last year when he had a .959 ops… and he was good in spring training.
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..continuing
I just don’t think his current problem is anything to do with some swing change back and forth 5 months ago. I mean the guy took years off doing drugs and almost immediately hit MLB pitching and now he can’t correct a swing chance in months?
It doesn’t look like he has any confidence right now.
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So the solution then is a sports psychologist
If he has lost his confidence, then he just needs to re-find it. I am sure there are plenty of people that can help
by Mark from OC on Aug 1, 2009 10:28 PM CDT up reply actions
well, maybe
im just speculating obviously.
i’d assume the rangers are doing everything they can for him.
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How much day to day discovery does the organization do?
At some point, you can over-analize a problem and make it worse.
by Mark from OC on Aug 1, 2009 10:31 PM CDT up reply actions
Probably the first extended struggles he's ever had
on the field. Looks like he has lost his confidence, his timing and his swing altogether.
"I’m not in the meetings and not part of the discussions; it’s not my responsibility. . My responsibility is to go out and win tonight. My focus is to win tonight. The club has to look at more than just this year." -Michael Young
Hamilton early in the year just looked like a typical slump to me
This feels really different.
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He never really hit
worth a damn on his minor league rehab starts, did he?
"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
Hamilton..
He has got to stop swinging at everything. He usually swings at the first pitch of an AB, and its always off-speed and out of the zone. He follows that up by swinging at every other pitch thrown his way. He’s getting himself out, pitchers don’t even have to throw 1 ball in the strike zone to get him out.
by Topgun22 on Aug 1, 2009 10:34 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
he hasn't really been worth a damn since they ran off Johnny Narron
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
I guess I
wasn’t paying attention when they did that.
"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
Johnny Narron is still with the club
So, that isn’t the reason.
by Joey Matschulat on Aug 2, 2009 9:37 AM CDT up reply actions
I guess you're right
Thought I remembered a story about the club not bringing him back this season, but I can’t find anything about that – guess I remembered wrong.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
Had to figure that we would lose to Felix anyway,
maybe we got all of the crap out of our system tonight. I can’t wait to face Ian Snell, he sucks ass.
I thought it be all warm and shitty, but it just tasted like normal beer. It was still cold.
cue the perfect game
After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
What hurts about that logic...
is that would have been true if Felix were his normal dominant self. Instead, tonight, he was average and the Rangers just loafed around for 9 innings.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 1, 2009 11:19 PM CDT up reply actions
That was just a big stinking bag of suck
"What is that — five out of six? The numbers say what they say. They own us." -- Torii Hunter, 07/01/09
by NorCalRangersFan on Aug 1, 2009 10:28 PM CDT reply actions
Harrah's entire jersey is a palindrome
nothing to do with anything, just something i noticed.
by Lum on Aug 1, 2009 10:33 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
I recommend that. It's probably good for symmetry, if NOTHING else ..
"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 Aug 1, 2009 11:47 PM CDT up reply actions
Wouldn't be cool if he had a daughter named Hannah?
I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.
"I'm as passionate and knowlegeable as any fan out there." Josey Wales
by Brian Thomas on Aug 2, 2009 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions
they will, TAGs comment tonight about 5 or 6 players being on the hot list this month is very telling
Half that team is hitting absolutely out of their minds right now.
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
One positive about Big Tommy is that
his K/BB Ratio has been consistently trending upward. Despite having little control on his FB, he was still throwing a good swing and miss CU and his CB when thrown well was also effective. Too bad his FB was not anywhere close to being good tonight. He still has some regression to go, but I think he still has a chance to finish with a ROS ERA under 4.00 with our defense.
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
ROS ERA?
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
rest of the season
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
What is the formula for that? :)
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
my poop + my brain = ROS ERA
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
Also, Salty is looking 250000 times better at the plate right now
his balls just arent falling consistently, but he’s hitting the ball hard right now and having very good at bats. If he played like this all year, his numbers would look dramatically different and like one of the better catchers in the AL. Hopefully he can stay consistent with this.
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
and you needed 3 posts to explain that?
:)
After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
its baseball, you lose a bunch of games
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
Random question
But who do you think gets into the Rangers HOF next year??
After Fuentes blows a save and an Angels loss to the Indians:
"Angels still in first place" - UCI Halo
"Hey you know who would have gotten those 3 outs in the 9th?
Darren O’Day." - FirebatM3
LOL
If there is any justice...
Thomas Alan Grieve.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 1, 2009 11:20 PM CDT up reply actions
TAG is the real face of the Rangers
why is he not in this HOF and where are guys like Juan Gonzo, Raffy, even Will Clark we know Pudge will be in one day when he retires, Raffy should be in, steroids or not, anyone who watched him play for this team would likely agree
Larry Parrish Was Da Man!
Who cares?
The thing is already so diluted that it doesn’t really matter.
by Darrell McKown on Aug 1, 2009 11:49 PM CDT up reply actions
Probably
Rod Barajas. or maybe Donnie Sadler.
"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
Scarbarough Green
I thought it be all warm and shitty, but it just tasted like normal beer. It was still cold.
Jerry Hairston Jr.
He must have been one hell of a ballplayer. He is a Yankee now.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
I remember Galarraga as being a class act when here and he got us a prospect or two from the Giants
Sort of like Kenny Lofton.
Who did we get for the Big Cat?
Todd Ozias (minors), Chris Magruder and Erasmo Ramirez. The ERASER!!
The other sports are just sports. Baseball is a love. ~Bryant Gumbel, 1981
from InsidrCorner's game blog
Why does Palmeiro have a suite at the park?
9:15: It’s Rangers Hall of Fame weekend. Jim Knox is interviewing Bobby Witt in a suite and it reminded me that Rafael Palmeiro still has a suite at the park. But Palmeiro wasn’t here tonight and his suite sits empty again as it does almost every night.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
I can't wait
for us to play the angels… since no other team is ever going to do us a favor, at least we can take matters into our own hands
We're not stuck in here with them
They’re stuck in here with us!
by mtobo on Aug 2, 2009 1:38 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Heh, wrecked.
Love that scene.
"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 Aug 2, 2009 12:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Never was superstitious about uniforms
But I’m beginning to believe red is really a jinz. What is the record wearing red, anyway? Maybe I’m only seeing games in Ranger Red that the team fares badly in.
"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 Aug 2, 2009 3:34 AM CDT reply actions
Thats funny
I’d bet money the record in red is better than their blue record.
"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 don't know remember they like won three games with them, and decided to wear them again
And ever since they’ve sucked
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
they wore them when we swept the Angels
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
We picked the wrong year to be a good team
the Angels look like they are going to be the 2001 Seattle Mariners who went 116-46, every night i look up and they win, even in the Metro dome, and all of this without Tori or Vlad, hey maybe they will suck when those 2 get back, we can only hope.
Larry Parrish Was Da Man!
Angels know the fruits of domination.
They will eat that shit all night long.
by SaltyGoesYard on Aug 2, 2009 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions
We're still eligible for the Wild Card the last I checked.
BTW, NJohnson on base 4 of 5 times last night.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Gardner, What you should do is tip your cap and then move forward with your tail tucked snugly in your gash."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
It won't last forever.
They had like 6 players who were on the candidate for player of the month in July.
"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
IMO Hamilton is still hurt.
He looked decent in those first 2 games back from injury, but really didn’t hit shit in his rehab stint.
I think a split 15 Day DL / extended rehab stint would do the man quite a bit of good. It’s sad watching Josh suck.
Watching Josh and Davis suck has been extremely frustrating
and is putting somewhat of a damper on the great record we have.
Smoak/Feliz article over at Inside Corner
Says that Feliz’s breaking ball and command have improved with the move to the bullpen and there is a comp to Papelbon. Also says they are working with Smoak on pulling the ball more.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
While I would prefer Feliz
to be a 1-2 starter, I would be happy if he ends up as an elite closer. Minus the douche-ness of Papelbon.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
but there is such a huge difference in value betweeen TORGs and even a dominant closer...
That’s like saying, “I’d be happy if I found a $50 dollar bill on my front doorstep, but I’d rather it be a suitcase full of them.”
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
I realize that
and I think the Rangers will give him the opportunity to be a SP next spring.
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
Mitch Moreland -Tom Grieve Rangers Minor League Player of the Year
Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
I wouldn't be.
I mean, that’s fine, but I want to see him given every opportunity to become the next Ubaldo Jimenez. Closers are great, but we’ve got other guys who can fill that role.
J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM
by LSJ on Aug 3, 2009 2:47 AM CDT up reply actions
Brendan Donnelly
has surfaced in the Florida pen and has pitched 10 shut out innings for them.
"You can probably stick a fork in the Rangers' playoff chances for 2009." - AJM on 7/26 with the team 4.5 games out
LOL dumb Astros cut him.
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Aug 2, 2009 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions
Anyone read anything about Feliz coming up today?
A guy on the Newberg board says he spoke with him last night as he was leaving with his bags. Just what I read, not vouching for validity….
"I’m not in the meetings and not part of the discussions; it’s not my responsibility. . My responsibility is to go out and win tonight. My focus is to win tonight. The club has to look at more than just this year." -Michael Young
would be odd
I guess they could bring him up for madrigal.. but frankie should only be a few days away himself to get his spot back..
but no obviously i havn’t heard anything. will be ineteresting to see.
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A Texas Dawg source
indicated that he has been released.
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