Wednesday a.m. things
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 12, 2009 9:36 AM CDT
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PrintThat was a Padilla-esque outing from Dustin Nippert last night, stretches of dominance with one awful inning mixed in. Although given the way the Rangers were swinging the bat last night, even if that meltdown could have been contained, it probably wouldn't have mattered.
Jeff Wilson's game story focuses on Nippert's outing and how one inning messed it up for him.
Ian Kinsler starts a two-game rehab stint today, and is expected to be activated Friday for the game against Boston. I'm guessing that Julio Borbon gets sent down if Nelson Cruz's ankle is better.
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And here is Large Steven…
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
by Rodney on Aug 12, 2009 10:03 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Huh
what
someone say my name
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.
Padilla-esque
The only start of Padilla’s that I can recall being more dominant than Nippert’s outing last night was the 1-0 shutout in Seattle earlier this year.
Yes, Nippert had the bad inning. But it seemed that Nippert got really pissed at himself, buckled down and threw pitches that no one could hit – whereas Padilla would have gotten pissed at the batter, or just not cared.
(Wife) "So what do you want to watch on the T.V.? UFC or porn?"
(Husband) "Hmm... well, porn, I guess."
I like Nippert
if anyone cares
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
To be fair...
Nippert did seem to get pretty unlucky on a number of them.
The first two singles were on pitches that were just on the edges of the zone, and low — really nice job by the hitters.
After which, Nippert started slipping further out of the zone and walked a few guys, before coming back into the zone for strikes again.
Just a really really rough inning.
It all started with the batters being patient and a mix of being squeezed and trying to paint
He got behind in the count and the batters took advantage. They did get a few luck flairs on balls on the outside, but that’s baseball.
It kind of reminded me of softball where everyone starts 1-1. So one team just stands up there and takes pitches and the pitcher gets rattled and knows they aren’t going to swing, but still can’t hit the plate.
Nippy had a good outing, but he pulled a Feldman in that one inning and tried to start painting corners and hitting certain spots instead of just rock and fire.
On the last podcast
either Jamey or AJM said that Kinsler sitting down for 15 days or so may be a good thing because he looked like he needed a break (more mental than physical).
I hate to hope but I’m not going to disagree with that assertion. An en fuego Kinsler down the stretch could be a good addition to This Thing.
I also think we need to concentrate a heckuva lot more on the Wild Card than LAA until further notice.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
I don't think this team makes the playoffs
unless Kinsler puts up something that resembles his April performance. He doesn’t need a > 1.000 OPS, but someting north of .800 would be nice.
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
That would be good if he was hitting 3rd-5th
If he’s back to leadoff, then he needs to get his OBP north of .380 and then we can talk success in the playoffs.
Kinsler & Josh need to be themselves and nothing more.
Hank F needs to mix in more consistency. He’s been the Mike Keane of the Rangers (the hits have been HUGE but there haven’t been enough) but I wanna see a salary drive September from him.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 12, 2009 10:40 AM CDT up reply actions
Hank F
Also needs to start taking some walks, and stop making so many outs.
“Not Ready for the Show” Andrus’ OBP: 43 points higher than Hank F’s right now.
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
Yeah, he looks pretty cnonsistent to me , too
Virtually every game dating back to July 11th (roughly 1 month) is one of the folllowing:
0-4, 1-4, 0-5, 1-5
He has 5, count ’em, FIVE 2 hit games in that span.
We’ve also seen his OPS drop pretty consistently from .840 on that date to its current .789
What we need from Hank isn’t consistency, it’s that salary drive that Josey mentions. He’s always been a streaky hitter, and we need a nice long GOOD streak.
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
yea, i think Hank probably has one more nice long hot streak in him before the seasons end
but if he is still swinging at everything thrown his way it probably wont matter. I cant believe how his plate discipline has fallen apart. Its disgusting to watch.
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
Hank F's performance and meaning to the team since July 1
cannot be judged solely on his numbers. Yes, it sucks that he hasn’t taken a walk. He’s simply making way too many outs but that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been valuable to the team.
We’ve been thru the list several times – he had huge, huge hits in that two week hot streak – what 6, 7 games where he was a monster with several of those games coming v. LAA?
Then we have the much fabled post AS Break Hank F. Yeah, the numbers suck but who had the big hits in those first two games v the Bosox?
Who had the late HR that extended a 1-0 to 2-0 and enabled the team to beat ZGreinke?
Who had 3 HR & 5 RBI this past Thursday – Saturday when the team was beginning to flat-line?
Hank F has had massive value to this team since July 1 and is a big reason they turned their June Swoon around. To say otherwise is simply foolish.
Bitch and moan all you want about when is Chris Davis coming back but realize that Davis hit .143 with a .491 OPS against LHs this year.
Hank F is at .238 with a .740 OPS v LHs this year – not great but much better than Davis.
Davis can try again next year but to put him in the line-up this year when the team still has a chance to play in post-season would be dumb.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 12, 2009 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions
Hank F
“We’ve been thru the list several times – he had huge, huge hits in that two week hot streak – what 6, 7 games where he was a monster with several of those games coming v. LAA?
Then we have the much fabled post AS Break Hank F. Yeah, the numbers suck but who had the big hits in those first two games v the Bosox?
Who had the late HR that extended a 1-0 to 2-0 and enabled the team to beat ZGreinke?
Who had 3 HR & 5 RBI this past Thursday – Saturday when the team was beginning to flat-line?"
Who’s pretty much sucked massive ass the rest of the time? And who contributed a fair bit to that June swoon with a 179/254/339 line that month? (which happened to be about 80 points of OPS lower than Chris Davis’ numbers that month, FWIW)
And while we’re at it:
Sammy Sosa 2007: 252/311/468 (779 OPS)
Hank F 2009: 246/282/507 (789 OPS)
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
Sosa played on a team that was out of post-season
contention by Memorial Day, RC Cook.
Hank F plays for a team 1.5 game out of the Wild Card on August 12.
Nice try but little bit of a difference.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 12, 2009 11:49 AM CDT up reply actions
Just so I'm clear...
…it is your position that Chris Davis would be more likely than not to put up an EQA worse than .261 the rest of the season, if he came up?
BP has Blalock as sub-replacement-level offensively this year. I’m just amazed you are so dead-set on keeping a sub-replacement-level hitter, who won’t be here next year, in the lineup.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 12, 2009 11:58 AM CDT up reply actions
Did the chemistry on this team improve on July 1? That's the magical date Hank F started playing every day.
None of us really know about the chemistry but the June Swoon ended that night. Coincidence? I don’t think so.
EQA has it’s place in the world of stats but it will never supplant wins & losses and shoehorning Davis into the line-up when there was a better option on the bench (Blalock) was upsetting the chemistry. Don’t think so? Look at the standings.
Chris Davis was never ready to play in The Show this year. If he were to get 4 ab’s a night for 162 games a year, he was on a pace to strike out 266 times. He hit .143 with a .491 OPS v LH’s!!! What more did you need to see?
Maybe he comes back next year and is productive but he was drowning this year.
Blalock won’t be here next year, totally understood. But THIS year, we’re contending for the post-season and everybody – the team, management, the fans and especially Chris Davis- are better off with him in OKC and Blalock in the line-up every freaking day.
Move forward and let the healing begin.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 12, 2009 12:10 PM CDT up reply actions
So you want Hank F. to play every day...
…because you think it means better team chemistry?
I’m surprised a Bill James adherent such as yourself would advocate a sub-replacement-level bat in the everyday lineup for something like team chemistry.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 12, 2009 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions
Between Hank F
and CDavis, the better option is Hank F.
Starting in June and into early July before the plug was mercifully pulled, all pitchers were knocking the bat out of Davis’ hand with 90 mph fastballs. The kid was drowning and killing the team.
Teams continue to finagle their rotations so LH starters face us. Blalock’s numbers v LHs are fairly pedestrian but much better than what CDavis (.143 batting average / .491 OPS) did. Who gives you the better chance to win?
Next year will take care of itself. Blalock will be gone and maybe Davis retrenches but this year the team is in contention and our best option between those two to win meaningful games is Hank F.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 12, 2009 12:27 PM CDT up reply actions
Too bad
we don’t have a third option that is actually good.
What do voluntary mean?
We did have a third option at the trade deadline
but the GM froze.
Nick Johnson would have made a big difference in this line-up.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 12, 2009 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions
If you think Nolan Ryan froze
what role does JD really have with this team?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 12, 2009 12:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Agreed
I think its just about what we might have had to give up.
Are you ready to give up a decnet 2nd tier pitching prospect for a 3 month rental? Does the addition of Nick Johnson make us a real distinct possibility for the playoffs?
I’d bet the comp is probably someone like Beaven or Kiker. I think I can live without Johnson honestly, though he would get one of our weaker middle of the order hitters out of the everyday lineup.
What do voluntary mean?
I don't know that calling up Davis is the right move right now
But Hank F. has sucked this year. And since July 1, he’s got a .281 OBP.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 12, 2009 12:31 PM CDT up reply actions
How many games since July 1 has Hank F
made huge contributions with his bat, Adam?
He is making waaaay too many outs but to deny the number of big hits at crucial times that he’s had isn’t practical in evaluating him.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 12, 2009 12:36 PM CDT up reply actions
But the point is,
even if you took away Hank F’s clutch, game-winning hits, when you look at the aggregate of all the other times he has failed
we would have more wins with a replacement level player.
Who would that be?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Yeah
that .143 batting average / .491 obp from Davis v. LH pitching make that a tough case to argue.
I see more teams finagling their rotations so we see more LH pitching, not less. Witness Laffy last night and Sowers, Lester, Liriano on the near horizon.
Try again, BuckyB
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
CD has his OBP up to .400, OPS over .900
We asked him to sacrifice some home runs in order to cut down on the strike out rate and improve the walk rate, and he’s done that
He hasn’t fixed his swing against lefties, but he does have his OBP over .300 against them.
Point being, offense plus defense, our team will win more with CD in the lineup than with Blalock in it… just my opinion
but this is why we agreed to disagree
Hank did not go from platoon player to everyday player on July 1st
Since June 13th he has not missed more than one game at a time and has only missed less than 6 games total.
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.
In the month of June (think the Rangers played 26 games)
Hank had only 14 games with three plate appearances or more.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
I think the catalyst for the improvement..
had a helluva lot more to do with sending Davis down than Hank’s amazing aura.
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
This whole thought
that because CD sucked ass before he was sent down that he will suck ass if he is called up is just so retarded.
You just have to look at the Angels and Howie Kendrick for a player who was sucking wind, got sent down, and then has taken it up a notch since being called back up.
As bad as Blalock has been since the break, it definitely can’t hurt.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of growth hormones or anything else, but I could care less, and, for the most part, I don't think the fans give a (bleep). The people that care about it are the people that probably don't like baseball," - Jim Leyland
yeah, that kind of thinking belies the whole purpose of sending guys down..
If they can’t fix things and come back up improved, why do teams even bother to send them down???
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
Because his failure at the major league level this year was at such
a profound level (on a pace for 267 K’s if given 4 ab’s per game) plus the fact that his replacement moved the team in an immediate and positive direction.
Davis will get his chance next year.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Your attempt to prove causality with Blalock...
should be taught in college logic classes under the title “This will get you an F”
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
Yeah, sure bk
One big coincidence the team ended the June Swoon the exact moment Hank F stopped being platooned.
Dumbass.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
youre continuing to prove his point
just bc two things coincide doesn’t mean that one caused the other
that wouldn’t be that big a coincidence
Josey
Might want to familiarize himself with this concept:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
So Blalock's walk off v LAA was merely coincidental
to the Rangers winning?
His two-run bomb off Kazmir in a 3-1 win really meant nothing?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Not the same argument
Your point was that Blalock becoming a full-time player was the reason the team pulled out of the “June swoon.”
If you want to argue that Hank contributed to several victories in July with big hits, that’s fine, but it’s not the same thing.
And you can wishcast Hank into a good player this year all you want, but the fact is that despite a number of key hits, he’s made outs in nearly 72% of his plate appearances, which is terrible for any major-leaguer, but especially so for one that occupies a corner infield/DH slot.
Spin that any way you want, but at the end of the day, Hank’s sub-290 OBP is a big reason (along with Hamilton and Kinsler’s poor seasons) that this offense isn’t producing at the level it should be.
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
and...
as much as he has stated that CD was horrible, he refuses to attribute simply removing that black hole from the lineup as contributing to the resurgence.
Quite frankly, replacing CD with the pitcher hitting would have provided some level of improvement at that point.
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
You keep ignoring the point, but that's not shocking..
Hank hasn’t elevated this Thing at all; we replaced a way-below replacement level performer with a less-below replacement level performer.
Practically every guy on this team has a handful of highlights that could be listed which would be comparable to your Hank list.
Yeah, he had a great 2 week streak, and it helped win some games. That only serves to further highlight the utter futility of his other weeks.
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
"Practically every guy on this team has a handful of
highlights that could be listed which would be comparable to your Hank list…"
Really?
Other than MYoung, who? And get specific, bking.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Not going to do your homework in depth, but...
Here’s a quick reading of only the July recaps:
7/3 Byrd RBI double in the 5th to give us the 3-1 win, right after TB closed it to 2-1 in the top half
7/5 Byrd 2 RBI to key a 5-2 win over TB
7/7 Jones 3 run HR, Salty 2 RBI in a 8-5 win over the Angels
7/10 MY 3 run HR, Cruz 2 run HR in a 6-4 win over Seattle
7/19 – KInsler 2 run walkoff
7/20 Murph & Salty go back-to-back to key 6-3 win over BOS
7/22 Cruz’s huge catch and Elvis’ squeeze, 3-1 win over BOS
7/24 Byrd gets HR off Greinke to key 2-0 win
That’s just a quick run through that month, and SHOULD go to show that other people contributed to key wins during that month. I’m sure if I widen the search to include the whole season, my point will be proven correct, and I haven’t even addressed the stellar pitching and defense that keyed some of those games.
The point is, you haven’t proven to anyone but yourself that Hank carried us.
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
In three of the games you reference (I didn'
Hank F hit the two-run that gave the Rangers a 2-0 lead in a game they won 3-1. Byrd made a nice contribution to help extend the lead but there’s no question Hank F had the more important hit.
July 20 – It was Hank F who provided the gamewinning rbi, breaking a 2-2 tie but if you’re going to credit Byrd for having the big hit v Greinke, you better credit Hank F with the big double in the 8th inning to make the score 2-0.
Yeah, the overall numbers aren’t great and will catch up in the long run but since July 1 no other non-pitcher other than Michael Young has been more important to this team’s success since July 1 because of the big hits he has racked up.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
Should read
In three of the games you reference (I didn’t feel the need to look further), you conveniently forgot about Hank.
July 3 – …..
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
I didn't see any reason to list Hank
since you’ve posted those examples enough times to burn them into the collective consciousness here.
No “convenient” omission intended at all. I didn’t know we had reframed it as “the more important hit” in those games; I thought we were debating if Hank had carried everyone.
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
And yet
Since the All-Star Break, Hank has the lowest OPS of any hitter on the team, at .616.
That’s behind Andrus, Byrd, Cruz, Hamilton, Young, Jones, Kinsler, Murphy, Vizquel, and even Salty & Teagarden.
So he must be coming up with a big hit every time he gets on base (because we know he isn’t walking) as that’s pretty much the only way to overcome the big bag of suckitude he’s saddling this offense with otherwise.
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
I really don't know why
you guys indulge this line by Josey. I’m not going to just dismiss Josey like some but this one is pretty ridiculous.
Bored. What can I say??
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
When CDavis has a .143 batting average / .491 OPS
v. LHs, I’m not the poster who is “cornered.”
Hank F is playing over Davis because Hank F wasn’t the player that was drowning and is also apparently our best option.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
I think you need to define what you
expect from Kinsler before you want him to be “himself”. He is so schizophrenic that it is hard to know just what to expect from him.
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
Slightly OT, but....
over at BYB after the Tigers-Sox brawl, this comment made me chuckle
“Mr. Youkilis: The last guy who threw his helmet, Richie Sexson, called himself out for making a "chicken shit" move. Response?”
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Dykstra has all the money!
ElectricOkra.com
Just saw the replay of the brawl on Sportscenter
Nice takedown by the kid Porcello
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.
Yup
Just use the charging guy’s momentum against him; i.e. Pedro versus Zimmer. Or, you know, if you’re a man, grab the guy in a headlock and wail away.
Remember Red, hope is a good thing. Maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies.
Yeah, he did a great job of "choosing his ground" and protecting his arm
Then grounding Youkilis quite nicely. The kid sure seems mature for his years.
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
Youk really wussed it up
I honestly expected more from him. Not a punch, not a charge/lift/takedown. Prett much got punked by a string bean pitcher. Plus the hemlet throw was totally bitch-like. He should get suspended 1 game for charging the mound and 4 more for douching up the entire mound charging process.
Does Youkilis have kids?
If so, they have to be embarrassed.
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
If he has kids
I hope thay dont go to the same school that Tori Hunter’s kids go to. Those kids can be cruel
x
(Wife) "So what do you want to watch on the T.V.? UFC or porn?"
(Husband) "Hmm... well, porn, I guess."
haha, wow, that is amazing how easily that guy could pass as Youk the Douche
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
That was already an awesome scene, but once you factor in the Youk connection...
Ow, my sides.
J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM
Rangers can no hit curve ball. Straight ball, they hit it very much. Curve ball, bats are inept.
what a cock
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
Nah, he's more of a nub...
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
Youk's is gonna get heckled at Fenway.
there isn’t a street-scrapping Townie that is gonna let that weak-shit charge fly
we're from Texas
CJ says "Relax"
Get hung up on now bitch!
It’s John in Plano, again without a point.
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Ive been on hold for 2 hours!!!
"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it." - Mitch Hedberg
Indians fan here.
I was really impressed by Nippert. A big, intimidating presence with a nice fastball/change. He just ran into an Indians offense that has been really hot lately (6 1/2 runs per game over the past 20).
Diamondback fans must be kicking themselves that he ran out of options over there, but that’s baseball.
i kind of agree
that inning was tough on him, but he’s got good stuff, just needs to continue to hone his control. Throws a definite plus FB and the way he threw his CU last night makes him a very dangerous pitcher.
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
Today's the big day, right?
Perez on the hill for the Rough Riders this evening.
Wonderboy, what is the secret of your power? Wonderboy, won't you take me far away from the mucky-muck now. -- Tenacious D
Yup.
Think there will be a big turnout for him? They haven’t had time to get the news out really and I don’t think there’s that many baseball knowledgable folks who’ll make it.
Highly Doubt
I don’t think there’s a huge Marteen Perez following in Tulsa, OK.
"if daniels was fired today, he would almost be sure to get another shot somewhere else as a GM
i dont know if you can say the same thing abotu RW" - knockoutking
Or:
USA v Mexico.
Effin ESPN is not carrying it. How can you call yourself the worldwide leader in sports and not even broadcast the biggest international rivalry going right now on your own continent?
by GhettoBear04 on Aug 12, 2009 11:13 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
they couldnt get the rights from Telemundo, they are actually doing a first ever bit where they have a live set up at Azteca
pre-game… its a pretty big deal.
But yea, this is a pretty huge day all the way around in my sports world
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
Probably have to show that taped delayed billiards tourney.
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
Just saying...
if you’re incredibly heart broken about english translation of the game, MUN2 is showing free on DirecTV, DISH and TWC for the game today… LIVE.
"if daniels was fired today, he would almost be sure to get another shot somewhere else as a GM
i dont know if you can say the same thing abotu RW" - knockoutking
I don't know why people would be upset that it's not in English
Listening to the play-by-play in Spanish is one of the perks
Pablo Ramirez (Univision) is probably my next favorite announcer behind Nadel
by oc on Aug 12, 2009 1:42 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Not like there's a lot of play-by-play we need to keep up with....
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
Everybody in the metroplex that cares at all about soccer
could easily just go to Bob Sturm’s house and watch it there. Surely his living room could accomadate 12 – 13 people
by BEW on Aug 12, 2009 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
Underrated but I like, BEW.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 12, 2009 12:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Seriously underrated
Our local chapter of the Liverpool supporters’ group has 20-plus people in attendance per match easily, and you can double that for the big matches. I think we had around 75-80 for last season’s kickoff party.
Officially gay for Neftali Feliz
Yer kinda flat today buddy...
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
by Rodney on Aug 12, 2009 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
needs more flour.
(Wife) "So what do you want to watch on the T.V.? UFC or porn?"
(Husband) "Hmm... well, porn, I guess."
Kate Hudson started posting here?
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Rangers can no hit curve ball. Straight ball, they hit it very much. Curve ball, bats are inept.
look above
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Question
I had to run an errand and totally missed Nippert’s bad inning. Was wondering if Salty’s dead arm issue played a part. We’re they able to extend the inning because of him?
Even if he wasn’t an issue in that inning you could argue his inability to keep guys from running caused Nippert to through more pitches in at least the first few innings.
I think he had one stolen base on him and it was close. Also it was in the inning befor the big one
His arm to second isn’t an issue. It’s just getting it back to the mound. I really believe “dead arm” = “get your damn head straight and make a simple throw back to the plate.” He was benched, plain and simple. He still has a cannon and teams still need to respect that.
Salty's throw bounced about 12 feet in front of 2B
but did make it to the base. TAG called it “a good throw” but I called bs.
Salty also had one yip on a throw back to the pitcher.
I’m still not convinced he doesn’t have the Mackey Sassers.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 12, 2009 11:52 AM CDT up reply actions
Just cause a throw bounces doesn't mean it was a bad throw
If it bounces and stays low to where it lands right on the base thats better than a high throw that makes it there in the air. Its the same reason 3B and SS sometimes skip their throws to 1B. You can throw it as hard as you want and you won’t airmail the 1B.
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OT Discussion:
Most attractive female athlete?
My submission: Becky Hammon.
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Jenny Finch
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Dykstra has all the money!
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Sharapova has her and just about everybody else beat.
There is some pole vault chick who is an up n comer.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 12, 2009 11:51 AM CDT up reply actions
Allison Stokke.
I googled it, didn’t know by memory, swear.
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Bingo per Stokke-
Please tell me she’s 18 now so we’re allowed to leer at her.
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 12, 2009 12:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Per Google...
she’s 20.
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
She's old enough to drink at a party with some huge doosher
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Yeah Wall!
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
what a turd.
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
Ouch!
:)
"Back on the scene, with a gangsta lean" RW
"you gonna lose your horse. seriously." FX2
And the little bastard threw it for a swinging strike three in a 3-2 count. He’s blessed. And ballsy.
Martina Navratilova
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
yeah...she is better than decent.
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100. - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
here is a link to some photos
lots of skin, so use your own judgement at work
by death of the cool on Aug 12, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions
"I'm not sure...
…and correct me if I’m wrong, but I think I see…a nipple."
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 12, 2009 12:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Elaine Benes Christmas card episode?
"Dying ain't hard. It's living that's hard."
"Ranger players, especially veterans, weren’t surprised that Daniels couldn’t find a deal"
by Josey Wales on Aug 12, 2009 12:58 PM CDT up reply actions
Hometown article about Derek Holland
Back in Newark, Holland’s parents, Rick and Wendy Holland, watched the thrilling start, just like they do every time Derek pitches.
Rick said it never gets old.
“That was really something,” he said of Sunday’s game. "It’s just been amazing all year. You’re watching a major league game and here’s my son out there pitching. It’s just amazing. It’s some kind of ride.
“When I watch him, he’s just so composed. He just looks relaxed and like he belongs.”
by GregoryM on Aug 12, 2009 2:27 PM CDT reply actions
because I can't wait for the GDT
1. Julio Borbon, LF
2. Michael Young, 3B
3. David Murphy, DH
4. Marlon Byrd, CF
5. Josh Hamilton, RF
6. Hank Blalock, 1B
7. Jarrod Saltalamacchia, C
8. Omar Vizquel, 2B
9. Elvis Andrus, SS
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
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