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Not sure if this was already posted somewheres…

we don’t score our first 7 runs, as Davis drew a walk and got a hit just after Pudge started off with a single both times.

and why are people so scared to bat a lefty vs a lefty

I have realized we waaaaaaaaaaaay overreacted to last night. For one thing, the only thing I can argue with Wash about was not his 9th inning bullpen management but his 8th inning bullpen clusterfuck. With all we’ve been told about how they are going to be careful and protect Feliz sending him back out for the 8th inning AFTER we had gone up by 5 runs was a boneheaded decision IMO. Most likely he is now unavailable for the rest of the yankee series which, with their lineup, is much more likely to require Feliz than the Twins are.

Once Young hit his HR, ODay or Grilli should have been warming and brought in to start the inning. If things go bad you do exactly what he did which is go to Frankie. After the Boston meltdown last week Wash came out and said Frankie is still his guy so I understand not having CJ warming up last night. All year he has shown confidence in his guys and thats one reason they play so damn hard for him and like the guy, as much as it pisses alot of us fans off.

Now as for the 9th inning if you look at it the yankees weren’t smacking the ball around real hard. This was nothing like the Boston game where they were hitting doubles and home runs left and right. Damon started off with a broken bat blooper to RF, Tex walked, Wash came out and pulled Grilli (love the quick hook by the way), Arod walked, Matsui hit a semi-hard liner to RF, Cano blooped one to LF. Heck the hardest hit ball was probably the liner to Elvis to end the game.

and suggest that our offense is much better with Davis and Hamilton swinging the bat well.

gave us a nice run this year, but I am hoping we can find some internal replacements for the stretch run. Fingers crossed that two of Madrigal, Moscoso, McCarthy and Strop (with interesting reverse splits that our boy Todd pointed out last night) can step in and reinforce a bullpen that is already blessed with four studs.

“I was constantly frustrated,” said Davis, who entered Tuesday with 114 strikeouts in 258 big league at-bats. “I feel comfortable right now. I feel ready to get back to my old self.”

Hopefully the Rangers become less gunshy about sending players down if they are in terrible slumps. Just breaking the pattern is worth a lot. In retrospect, they probably should have sent Chris down earlier, and brought him up earlier.

reminds me of Chipper Jones with his bent back leg. Looks like he opened up by about a foot. He definitely took some pitches last night that he wasn’t earlier in the year.

Yeah, I was pretty nervous and pissed during that whole ordeal. But once we won, it made it all the more sweeter that all those Yankees fans got their hopes up and had to go home with a loss. Not like they’re happy that the Yankees put up a fight. And the way that they were snuffed out lickety split was pretty awesome.

I feel like I will look back fondly on this game.

Plus, I didn’t think Wash did anything wrong. A pitcher who couldn’t get any outs and who previously gave away the game in a similar situation actually held tough and got the outs he needed.

Great win.

Writing about how awesome Greinke is…

Read point #4, and his list of potential Cy Young candidates.

That game was jut full of freaky shit, and to lose would have been terrible, but there was as much good and bad luck and flukey play as you could ever wish for. That little roller that Young had to just hold onto in the 9th, some small strike zone calls (IMHO) in a couple of innings, including the 9th, and the freaky lucky play that ended the game.

Be glad it’s over and move on to the next game. No need to wonder if Washington has lost his mind, or if Frankie has forgotten how to pitch, etc. etc. etc. Frankie did not look good, but I’m not taking him out of the closer role for it. I might pitch Wilson tonight, though, with Frankie not seeming shaky on back to back outings lately.

I like WPA, but it has its limits. Last night Frankie’s WPA: .039. Just doesn’t seem like he deserves a positive number.

all night long. kept waking me up. kept telling myself “we won”. “a win is a win.”

1) The offense continues to show up.
2) Derek Holland makes us weak in the knees.

I like the way Borbon led off the game taking pitches and drawing a BB. How much of an effect does a leadoff hitter have on the rest of the line up?

If Dutch went out there and perfect-gamed the Yankees tonight?

"Expected to miss the remainder of the season, it was a surprise to see him back to pitching on Tuesday night, and it was even more surprising to see his fastball suddenly up to 93 mph."

Shroomer’s site says that Perez is next scheduled to pitch Monday, after Kiker, Kirkman, Beaven, Poveda and Ballard.

CD was more productive in one game than Hank was in the last month.

It looks like the right decision was made. Just have to wonder if it should have been made earlier and if it could have helped the Rangers win another game or two.

Hilarious. I’m glad they don’t take radio personalities seriously

anyone know what I can do about it? I can’t find any real contact info. Dumbasses.

But that’s a fairly humorous picture of Hamilton.

Perhaps he had just spit some chew out as he made contact with the ball?

Either way, the only other time I saw his head cocked like that was when he was chasing AAAA tramps in Arizona.