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by benmor78 on Aug 3, 2009 11:57 PM CDT
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I don't know where Adam is, and I just woke up, but wow, did that suck.
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Worst loss of any year
Others have been more dramatic or more of a beatdown, but this one simply disappeared into the night.
"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 4, 2009 12:22 AM CDT up reply actions
Tough way to lose.
I’m not saying the season is over or anything, but the Rangers sure as hell better come ready to fucking play tomorrow.
"Look out, Itchy! He’s Irish!"
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Well....that was something
"I’m out there to do well, not just to serve cookies to guys..." Jason Grilli
Optomist says the future is very bright...
And that game blew.
I disagree
every single one of them worked, except the last one. And CJ was coming in a close game regardless. Besides, that’s what happens when your starter gets hurt, and the guy replacing him isn’t stretched out. THe starter only went 5 innings.
That's why they call them business sox
What about it?
Led to nothing.
"Look out, Itchy! He’s Irish!"
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He is a lost cause
I stand by my get rid of him and call up someone else
by Mark from OC on Aug 4, 2009 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions
No, we don't
The guy has a 3.04 ERA since April.
by Darrell McKown on Aug 4, 2009 12:12 AM CDT up reply actions
I think we all agree
that we’re pissed off the team lost and we’re looking for someone to burn at the stake.
Stupid.
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Eddie had little to do with this loss
But look had bad he fell apart after the all star game last year. I don’t expect him to help out the Rangers much anymore this year. Time for new blood.
by Mark from OC on Aug 4, 2009 12:16 AM CDT up reply actions
Ok, sure
let’s decide what moves to make based on what he did last year instead of what he’s doing now, good idea.
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And what is he doing now?
Falling apart. Look at his last 3 games OR the season as a whole. Eddie has not been a very good reliever.
by Mark from OC on Aug 4, 2009 12:22 AM CDT up reply actions
You're right
3 games is a big enough sample to make that decision on. Much better than the dozen scoreless appearances that preceded these three games.
It’s the offense. Guardado is well down the list of problems. Like, after repainting the clubhouse.
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Right....
Prior to his last three games, Guardado didn’t give up a run from June 17 through July 29.
He’s not a problem.
by Darrell McKown on Aug 4, 2009 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions
Thanks for making my point
a Dozen appearances is not a big enough sample to make a decision on. How about using the season as a whole. The Rangers continue to bring in a reliever who has had an ineffective season.
Yes, the offense needs major work. But Eddie is the first person who needs to be removed from the roster as soon as they find a suitable situational lefty replacement.
by Mark from OC on Aug 4, 2009 12:29 AM CDT up reply actions
You mean like AJ Murray?
J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM
Murray
Please tell me why anyone should get excited over him. He isn’t exactly dominating AAA.
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Eh, his numbers are worse than the last time I looked.
Last time I looked he had an FIP below 3.
But still, he can’t be any worse at getting left-handers out than Eddie is.
J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM
Eddie's appearance
had no affect on the game’s outcome, what the hell are you talking about? I’m fine with a better lefty replacement, but again, Guardado is just so far down the list of things we need to squawk about.
How about Hamilton and Kinsler hitting like A-ball failures? How about Millwood getting healthy? How about counting on O’Day maintaining an 86% strand rate and .255 BaBIP? I’d worry about Guardado well after all these things and more.
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Reply fail
Guess you meant this for somewhere else because I never said in that post that Eddie’s appearance had an affect on this game’s outcome. In fact, I said above that “Eddie had little to do with the loss.” I bring it up because once again Eddie had a poor performance, which has been true too often in 2009.
by Mark from OC on Aug 4, 2009 12:41 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm kind of railing
against all Eddie haters, just picked your posts to rant at, don’t mind me. I wouldn’t shed a tear if they replaced him, but he’s not really an immediate issue for me.
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All right
Actually, I like Eddie, think he can be a positive influence on certain players on the team at times, and am not a hater. But I don’t think he is an effective major league pitcher anymore, nor has he been this year with the exception of that one good streach of games. The Rangers need to learn when to cut bait.
by Mark from OC on Aug 4, 2009 12:46 AM CDT up reply actions
I truly believe EDDIE MONEYS
leadership and experience are going to be greatly praised in the post season if we make it.
That’s just a prediction.
The bloggerformelyknownasBigBaddBubbaJ
But CJ had a tough save last night (19 pitches) and ODay was fresh.
That’s not exactly Ruth, Gehrig and McCovey the A’s roll out there in the 9th and ODay should have stayed out there as long as nobody got on base.
"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"
and CJ has fared far worse in the second game of back to back games pitched
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Yep
I couldn’t fathom why O’Day was pulled (well I know why, the whole subject of “roles”)
"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 4, 2009 12:25 AM CDT up reply actions
I friggin' hate "roles".
Stick with the hot hand, dang it!
FIRE DAVE ANDERSON!
by JimCrankshaft on Aug 4, 2009 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions
I've been saying this for a long time.
on here? Not so much…God forbid anyone go against public opinion on here.
FIRE DAVE ANDERSON!
by JimCrankshaft on Aug 4, 2009 12:32 AM CDT up reply actions
and yes I was saying that at the time.
O’Day should have finished the game.
FIRE DAVE ANDERSON!
by JimCrankshaft on Aug 4, 2009 12:47 AM CDT up reply actions
they may have worked
but that doesn’t change my stance on it, whatsoever. We could have won and I still would have mentioned it. There’s no reason to use 6 pitchers when you have a shutout in the making. The more pitchers you use the better the chances that one of those guys just doesn’t have it. Wash over managed a little bit tonight I think.
heh, never thought I’d be saying that.
FIRE DAVE ANDERSON!
by JimCrankshaft on Aug 4, 2009 12:22 AM CDT up reply actions
Strangely
I couldn’t care less about the loss. I’m just Happy.
Kanye, you want to be the voice of this generation? Get in line! It goes me, Obamagirl, the Freecreditreport.com guys, then It's a tie between you-and Crocs.
-Stephen Colbert
this really hurts
but 3.5 or 4.5 doesn’t make that much of a difference right now considering we still have 2 months to go.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
So when
the Rangers win tomorow and LA loses, is it still 0 percent?
by FormerLSBUser on Aug 4, 2009 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions
Exactly...and even if we don't gain any games on them.
We play them Friday a sweep would put as 1.5 back.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
If no one else beats LAA it doens't matter how many times we sweep them
and I’m not so, so sorry iorange
they arent gonna win the rest of their games
they have batted .328 as a team in their last 28 days. aint gonna keep that up
"Elvis Andrus has just preformed a MIRACLE!"
-Eric Nadel, 5/4/09
by Jason Brynsvold on Aug 4, 2009 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions
They are going to get swept in Chicago, I'm telling you
by oc on Aug 4, 2009 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions
You really think the Angels will get beat by Jose Contreras?
And they’ve already beat Gavin Floyd once this year.
Angels offense wasn't as good last year
Also, Contreras is walking more guys this year and the Angels seem to feast on that. If the Angels had an offense like last year then I’d expect Contreras to have a similar start because his BABIP is about the same as last year (and close to his career norm).
Lackey career at Comiskey
7 GS, 44.2 IP, 52 H, 25 ER, 22 K, 12 BB, 5.04 ERA
HARD-HITTING STATS!
by oc on Aug 4, 2009 12:30 AM CDT up reply actions
Happy Happy Joy Joy
"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 4, 2009 12:35 AM CDT up reply actions
seriously
every single player is having a career month right now. kendry freaking morales is not gonna hit a homer every night for the rest of the season.
"Elvis Andrus has just preformed a MIRACLE!"
-Eric Nadel, 5/4/09
by Jason Brynsvold on Aug 4, 2009 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions
Their pythag record had them in the mid-80s for wins last year but they actually won 100
They’ve shown the ability to keep the “lucky streak” going for a long time before. “They’re due for regression” is what’s known as “gambler’s fallacy.”
come on man
what was happening before this huge hot streak. Was that just a 70 game cold streak?
"Elvis Andrus has just preformed a MIRACLE!"
-Eric Nadel, 5/4/09
by Jason Brynsvold on Aug 4, 2009 12:20 AM CDT up reply actions
ugh, I'll explain
“gambler’s fallacy” is expecting them to overcompensate their success with failure.
“due for regression” just says that it is more probable than not that they will begin playing at their expected level (my guess is ~ .530 – .540 at this point <— pulled out of ass)
I can pretty much guarantee that scenario won't happen
The Rangers might win, but the likelihood of a Rangers win and Angels loss coming on the same day rounds off to zero.
yep
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Aug 4, 2009 12:02 AM CDT up reply actions
Wow
the roller coaster mood swings on this blog kill me. Fork, really? There are a hell of a lot of games left and the Rangers play the Angels, what, 9 or 10 more times?
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We just lost Cruz man.
This offense can’t afford to lose it’s second most valuable hitter.
J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM
If Cruz goes on the DL
JD had better call up Borbon and Wash had better play him in CF and bat leadoff.
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
This was a game that we needed to win and should have won
Instead, we’re now further back in the WC and division standings behind the two hottest teams in baseball. This was a loss we couldn’t afford.
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
Whatever
It’s August 3, there’s two months left. The Rangers were not terribly likely to win the division or wild card 3 hours ago and they’re not now, but it’s not like everything hinged on this one game. That’s ridiculous.
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4 games back in the divsion now behind a team that won't lose
while our offense struggles to score 2 runs
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
All of that is true
to a point, but tonight’s game didn’t somehow clinch it.
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Its never over until its over and all that
This was a must win game to catch up to the Angels and Red Sox and the Rangers blew it. It was a huge and very horrible loss. Its going to take a lot of things going the Rangers way all of a sudden for them to get back into it and with the offense struggling as mightily as they are (and with Cruz potentially missing more time), things are looking shitty.
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
stupid, its very, very rare any game in baseball is must win. Things change in a weeks time
overreacting to one game of baseball is just dumb… Now saying that, this game sucked ass
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
Stupid, its very, very, very common a baseball game is a must win
Last year, the Twins finished 1 GB of the White Sox. In 07, the Mets finished 1 GB of the Phillies. The Rockies snuck into the playoffs thanks to a tiebreaker game and the Diamondbacks only had a 1 game lead on that division. 1 game makes a difference plenty of times in baseball. Losing a game like this when we had it locked up is a huge loss.
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
"huge loss," but not a must win, by any means
And it was already going to take a lot of things to ge tthe Rangers into the playoffs, we were 4 games back. A 1 game swing at this point in the season does not throw the Rangers into desperation mode
No, a must-win game is when you're in danger of being eliminated.
This was not a must-win game, unless you’re talking about short-term feel goodiness of fans.
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if we would've won this game, people would have just yawned and gone to bed
but we lost it and its “STICK A FORK IN US! WE ARE 4.5 BACK WITH 60 FREAKING GAMES TO GO INCLUDING 10 AGAINST THE TEAM WE ARE TRAILING”
ridiculous.
"Elvis Andrus has just preformed a MIRACLE!"
-Eric Nadel, 5/4/09
by Jason Brynsvold on Aug 4, 2009 12:27 AM CDT up reply actions
maybe
it’s people realizing that the angels are a better team and that when you are chasing a team that is hotter than you are, each game is important to keep them from building a 7 or 8 game lead
R.I.P. #34
R.I.P. JJ
W6G...Go Halos!!
always stick them up there while you're at it. then the stuck will come.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
I'm with you, t ball
this blog is full of a bunch of people that need to get their hormones straightened out.
It’s freaking baseball, losses are going to happen a large percentage of the time. They might even be unexpected, heart-wrenching losses. The fact that this is one of our first 9th inning collapses since April says a lot about this team.
The fact that it occurred on a bunch of pretty-weakly hit seeing-eye singles just means we ran into some bad luck last night.
Everyone relax
Bad luck
and bad defense. Especially Arias. No way should Jack Cust ever get an infield single off you.
"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
Hell.
Omar was missed. He makes that play every time.
Considering Arias doesn’t have much of a bat, I have no idea why he hits leadoff. I really will be happy not to see him in a major league game.
"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
Yeah
Why wasn’t Omar brought in as a defensive replacement last night?
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.
That;s the only true complaint i have about the game
omar would have charged and easily made the play, imo
That's what gets me.
"When he came up with that ball, hop or not, he looked exactly like a homeless guy who had found a long cigarette butt – only to discover it was soaked with gasoline. He could not have thrown out anyone there, even though Cust moves at about the speed of soil erosion." - Ed C.
by inactive lsb user on Aug 4, 2009 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Arias...
that wasn’t his fault. Wash is the one who had him positioned that far back. Just like he had MY guarding the line.
Arias didn’t have a chance at that ball as slowly as it was hit and as far back as he was playing.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Ever heard of charging a ball???
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
He should have charged it...
but I don’t think it would have mattered. He was playing him too far back and even Cust can beat out a ball hit that slowly with the 2nd baseman playing that far back.
It’s a mute point imo.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Heh. A mute point?
Your 2009 Texas Rangers: "Can't take a fucking to save their lives" (lisa w, 2009).
Err...
moot, yeah I sucked that one up.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
I think he meant moo point
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 4, 2009 12:37 PM CDT up reply actions
...because all the extra pitchers blew it? no
cj blew it and he was always coming in. although the first hits were luck, the 1-2 pitch that lost the game sucked. you need to go for the K in that situation and he was with the high fastball, but it wasn’t high enough.
the preceding post was a great success.
I dunno
I understand your point but i mean guarding the line and putting arias in that weird ass spot in right field just screams im going strictly by the text book… in the end it bit us in the ass… but thats all in hindsight
Like I said in the GDT
Arias needed to charge that ball and had a good chance to get the out. Young just doesn’t have any range and while I don’t expect that to be an easy out, a better 3B has a shot at that. And then the final hit that lost us the game was Cruz getting hurt and not being able to cleanly field and throw the ball back in. Horrible, horrible, horrible way to lose a game.
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 hated the young ball past him
that made me sick
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
If you're going to be defensively weak at only 2 positions in baseball
3b and 1b are at least the ones to do it at
Arias has a shot at that play if the bounce doesn't handcuff him
and theres nothing you can do about a bad bounce off the grass/dirt fringe.
the preceding post was a great success.
Sure there is... Don't be in shallow right field. Screw the Jack Cust shift.
It’s the ninth and Arias can barely throw 60 feet. Plus he doesn’t have the experience to know to charge that ball so putting him in that position to make that decision was coaching. Wash Fail.
About the shift
That is put on for Cust, Papi, Teix – Kinsler has a strong enough arm to play out there and make plays. Omar, less so. Arias, not a chance. When he came up with that ball, hop or not, he looked exactly like a homeless guy who had found a long cigarette butt – only to discover it was soaked with gasoline. He could not have thrown out anyone there, even though Cust moves at about the speed of soil erosion. I appreciate that the shift has saved some runs, but on margin, I don’t like it at all.
"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 4, 2009 1:30 AM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
Epic Ed.
"When he came up with that ball, hop or not, he looked exactly like a homeless guy who had found a long cigarette butt – only to discover it was soaked with gasoline. He could not have thrown out anyone there, even though Cust moves at about the speed of soil erosion." - Ed C.
by inactive lsb user on Aug 4, 2009 5:20 AM CDT up reply actions
CJ missed his spot.
I think it was suppose to be up and in not up and out over the plate.
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
This team has to find a way to score runs.
"[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
bingo
at the end fo the day, the offense is to blame … for this loss and for playoff hopes slipping away
Was the positioning really that bad
on the Arias and MY grounders?
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
by Keynes on Aug 4, 2009 12:00 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
on the MY one
yes
i hate that stupid logic and have ever since ive been watching baseball
I really wish I had the time
to work out the probability of a win in that situation with the different fielding positions.
I have a feeling that the ball is hit right down the line so rarely, that it would actually be worth it to just position them to field the grounder that is much more likely to be hit. Especially on a hard-thrower like C.J.
3 ground balls with two outs and nobody on
what can you do? nellie cruz didn’t look good though.
Looks like Nelly fucked himself up pretty good
CJ imploded…..What is it with this cat?…I know he’s done pretty well this year but every time he goes out I get sick to my stomach. He’s always one outing away from fucking a perfectly good game.
"I’m out there to do well, not just to serve cookies to guys..." Jason Grilli
Don't think Ceej was the problem at all
a K and two weak grounders normally gets you our of an inning.
Look at the comments under Jeff Wilson's blog post on dallasnews.com. What a bunch of rocket scientists.- Keith Law
by Keynes on Aug 4, 2009 12:03 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
CJ
He is what we thought he was.
Post.Fail.
by red shoe ranger on Aug 4, 2009 12:01 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
hes got a sub 3 ERA
give him a freaking break
"Elvis Andrus has just preformed a MIRACLE!"
-Eric Nadel, 5/4/09
by Jason Brynsvold on Aug 4, 2009 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions
Bitch, shut the fuck up.
He has one bad outing and he isn’t a closer, what about the post 2 months?
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
hes had one other bad one
in detroit. other than that, his era has been BELOW 2! Sorry he allows runs, good lord
"Elvis Andrus has just preformed a MIRACLE!"
-Eric Nadel, 5/4/09
by Jason Brynsvold on Aug 4, 2009 12:09 AM CDT up reply actions
My post still remains
I never said he was a bad pitcher, I said he is a bad closer. there is a different mindset for a closer and CJ doesnt have it.
he has 14 saves this year in like 16 chances
i agree that Frankie should be closing, but CJ is no slouch
"Elvis Andrus has just preformed a MIRACLE!"
-Eric Nadel, 5/4/09
by Jason Brynsvold on Aug 4, 2009 12:11 AM CDT up reply actions
Stop being stupid
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
kirk1005 doesn't believe in good closers unless they're 2008 Brad Lidge.
"Look out, Itchy! He’s Irish!"
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What is a good closer to you?
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
A guy
that goes after people and isnt afraid of contact because he knows his stuff is good enough to blow past guys, even if its only low to mid 90’s. No one in particular, but if you look at what Feliz did, and I understand it was just one game, but that is the mental fortitude that a closer has to have. Not saying Feliz needs to be the closer, but that mentality is what a good closer has.
isnt afraid of fucking contact?
did CJ walk anyone? no. Two of his hits were weak shit groundballs that were not in anyway CJs fault
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
He doesn't need your queer "stats"
his eyes tell him all he needs to see.
"Look out, Itchy! He’s Irish!"
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quit talking like a tard
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
Huh.
"Look out, Itchy! He’s Irish!"
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idiocracy reference
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
Never seen it :(
reference fail.
"Look out, Itchy! He’s Irish!"
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Hey...it's alright, scro. Tons of 'tards go on to live kickass lives.
My first wife was a ‘tard. Now she’s a pilot.
"Does this effectively hide my thunder?"
If you flip on...
TruTV this time of night, usually you can catch an episode of “Ow, My Balls.”
"Blalock in the cleanup spot makes gives me agita." - Dustin
Do you know what actually happened in that game?
CJ went after guys and got weak contact on balls. The defense screwed him tonight and that’s it.
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
Closers
never have bad games? How many appearances does Wilson have this year, and how many of them are “bad outings”? Ok, when you’re done with that, go find a list of closers or other relievers that have a better record this year. It’s a short list.
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Plan and simple
the roll of the closer is to get outs even in tough situations, he didnt do it tonight and every time he comes in, I get a bit weak in the stomach. The guy picks at the plate and doesnt go after people. Then gets behind in the count and has to groove one that gets driven.
"Plan and simple"
The fuck is “plan and simple”
Great articulation on your part sir..
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
Typo
Good catch, now trying adding to your vocabulary and not using a curse word in every post…really makes you sound dumb and unintelligent.
Why, that's not stereotypical at all, is it?
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
It's OK man.
A lot of people are racist. I just hope you live in Alabama or some shit.
by brettgardner on Aug 4, 2009 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Man
You just don’t know when to quit digging.
by brettgardner on Aug 4, 2009 12:28 AM CDT up reply actions
Really?
I dont even know where you came from. You werent in the conversation before this and now you come picking at people. Why dont you just stop and think before typing another post and say to yourself, “Do I even know whats going on?” Then put the PC away and go to bed.
Been hanging
around a while and before now, when I spoke my mind, and was ridiculed for my opinion by someone that just spurts curse words with no real added benefit, I thought this was a great board. Now I see its filled with people that just want to raise issues not related to baseball.
Everytime you post
I get a bit weak in my stomach
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-The Outlaw
And this is
where I leave off. It would have been nice to actually talk baseball and to have my opinion heard by baseball fans, but I see a bunch of people in this forum that arent about that. Its cool. I will continue reading and posting when I have something meaningful to say, until then, good night and lets get them tomorrow.
No one cares.
Don’t come back.
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If you've really been hanging around for awhile
You should know by now that this board isn’t lollipop and rainbow land.
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Believe me
I do know that. There have been postings that have blown my mind with the amount of information and stats, I really dig it. But, when I gave my opinion I was ridiculed. Bottom line…
Cause it was a stupid fucking opinion.
Bottom line.
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Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
Well, when you post an unsubstantiated opinion like this...
yeah, but he isnt a closer…
Period
And fail to back it up with anything but hyperbole… what do you expect?
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Who the fuck are you?
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Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
Die.
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Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
lol
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CJ leads the league by a mile in "I get a bit weak in the stomach"
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Oh, well then, I stand corrected.
Who could argue with the long list of facts you presented there. Your anecdotal evidence and “weak stomach” is overwhelming proof.
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Dumb comebacks for dumb comments.
Like CJ isn’t a closer, period.
He did very well in that role for 2 months, and now you wanna shit on his face for one bad game.
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CJ has been unsuccessful in a closer roll, overall
He has been a very strong set up guy. Keep him where he works out best
by Mark from OC on Aug 4, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions
That's just not true.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
Why was he not the Rangers closer to start the season?
For exactly this reason. He fell apart in that roll the middle of last year. Leave him where he has done best
by Mark from OC on Aug 4, 2009 12:10 AM CDT up reply actions
That and Frankie was doing ridiculously well, while CJ was injured.
It isn’t as plain as everyone makes it out to be.
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CJ hurt = Bad
CJ not hurt = Good… Its a pretty simple thing
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Are you saying CJ is hurt?
Because he was bad tonight. And he has been excellent as an 8th inning guy
by Mark from OC on Aug 4, 2009 12:31 AM CDT up reply actions
BUT HE SCREWED UP TONIGHT! HE'S ALWAYS DOIN' THAT N STUFF
UGH NOLAN WHY DO YOU LET THIS CLOWN ON MY TEAM.
/stupidity.
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He
Generally makes getting three outs look very difficult. Doe he get the outs? Yup. Does that mean he’s the best option going forward to shut things down, no.
Post.Fail.
by red shoe ranger on Aug 4, 2009 12:10 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
He is what I thought he was
A dominant bullpen arm that has some crappy luck sometimes which gets people here to claim he sucks because of his injured 2008. Does that sum things up well?
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I'm still pretty psyched
Feliz. Secondary stuff lookin’ good. Locating on the edges of the zone, throwing strikes at 3 distinct speeds — around 80, 90, and effin’ 100. Filthy. For me that was almost the pitching equivalent of last year’s Hamilton HR derby, where every pitch was like some kind of show.
I hope Cruz isn’t hurt too seriously. Maybe this brings up Boggs or Davis if he goes on the DL.
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Cruz got hurt?
The 2009 Texas Rangers offense: sigh...
by Kinslerhomer on Aug 4, 2009 12:03 AM CDT up reply actions
No offense
To dusty tits but if spares like him can get stars I’m not sure why Feliz has been relegated to the pen. Hunter, Mathis, Nippert, et al have been strong in their starts but surely we could have found starts for Feliz.
Post.Fail.
by red shoe ranger on Aug 4, 2009 12:06 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I'm inclined
to be a hell of a lot more careful with Feliz than with Nippert if I’m running the org.
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by t ball on Aug 4, 2009 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
+1
They’ve prepped him for this bullpen role, and they do need to limit his innings this year. It’s not like it was with Dutch, who hadn’t pitched out of the bullpen since rookie ball or something, and got brought up after once stinking start in AAA.
J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM
I
Wouldn’t mind seeing Feliz run out there for 5 inning starts. I think you could still be careful with him and have kept him as a starter. Obviously his results in the pen have been strong, it just seems he could have benefited from continuing to start the rest of the year. Maybe I’m just selfish and want to see him deal for more than an inning or so at a time.
Post.Fail.
by red shoe ranger on Aug 4, 2009 12:15 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
this team
also wasnt really expecting to have padilla get swine flu and millwood to be hurt after popping a pimple on his ass
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Do you think he telegraphs his breaking pitch?
Looks like he might change his arm slot.
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I thought the change up had a little bit of tell more than the breaking pitch did
but we get to see an angle the batter doesn’t, so who knows
Doc
Holland tomorrow. That makes me feel better.
Post.Fail.
by red shoe ranger on Aug 4, 2009 12:02 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Doc?
Ugh.
I'm Matt mutha-effing Bush, bitches, and mutha-eff East County.
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by Brian Thomas on Aug 4, 2009 12:44 PM CDT up reply actions
GOLDBERG!
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There's no reason
It shouldn’t be Boggs.
by brettgardner on Aug 4, 2009 12:04 AM CDT up reply actions
one reason
Boggs’ shoulder is like tissue paper – he’s an awkward dive or a wall-collision away from a D.L. stint
i'm for Borbon
but Cruz and MY have carried this offense. This will really hurt without him.
and, note to Wash — don’t put your damn scrubs in the leadoff spot. Arias is not a major league caliber player.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
I'm not sure why that means he shouldn't get called up.
If we call him up and he gets hurt it’s exactly the same as if we don’t call him up at all. And he could just hurt himself in the minors.
great
its not like this offense doesn’t struggle to score runs already.
Not to dwell on it again
But there isn’t a hitter in the system who can handle LHP who keep it down and throw breaking stuff. Unless maybe Adam Fox or Tommy Mendoca can do that, and neither of them works – one isn’t a regular option and the other is four years away from being prepped.
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by Ed Coffin on Aug 4, 2009 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Great question...
Probably a decent referendum on how the F.O. sees the playoff hopes.
Boggs is the hot hand, Julio the long-term answer with less SLG goin on.
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by hightowersmith on Aug 4, 2009 12:05 AM CDT up reply actions
Probably Boggs, becuase whoever it is will never get to play
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Let the Borbon era begin
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Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
Who the F
Kept saying that Feliz’s secondary stuff was mediocre?
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People working off of the 2008 scouting reports
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I did based on what I was reading
I didn’t stay up late to watch him pitch and if his secondary stuff is good then I’ll gladly be wrong. I was under the impression that the move to the bullpen added more velocity to his fastball and improved his secondary pitches by contrast and that as a starter it wasn’t as good. But that’s just what I read.
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
The good news is
Joaquin Arias shouldn’t be a factor when the fortypocalypse arrives.
J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM
if there's still questions about him playing short
he shouldn’t be a factor when next week arives- if all he can give us is 2B, why not plug in Vallejo and give Spider’s 40 spot to Pirate?
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by Keynes on Aug 4, 2009 12:20 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Missed the end to the game
How did Nelly get hurt?
by LiamP on Aug 4, 2009 12:05 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Fielding a blooper down the line that rolled into the corner
Pulled something in his leg it looked like.
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Nellie
I think his foot got wedged under the padding on the wall.
by thedudeabides on Aug 4, 2009 12:07 AM CDT up reply actions
Who needs Viagra when you got Feliz?
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Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
looked like he pulled
or tore something chasing the game winning hit down the line.
That bites
Hopefully he can get it worked out tonight and be fine to start again ASAP
by Mark from OC on Aug 4, 2009 12:08 AM CDT up reply actions
Couldn't really see
because of camera angle, but I thought it was funny that Young was the second guy over to help him- since, you know, he Roger Dorn’ed a grounder right before, that lead to the at-bat Nellie got hurt on.
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by Keynes on Aug 4, 2009 12:10 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
(don't take this post too seriously)
And he then wonders why CJ says most baseball players are douchebags
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Didn't see it
But I can’t imagine anything about it would be funny. Rangers lost, Cruz hurt, not really in a laughing mood.
by Mark from OC on Aug 4, 2009 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions
TURN IT AROUND OFFENSE!!!!!
im getting sick of watching us get shut down night in and night out
"Elvis Andrus has just preformed a MIRACLE!"
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by Jason Brynsvold on Aug 4, 2009 12:06 AM CDT reply actions
Cruz update:
Apparently he strained something in his vagina shortly after realizing he fucked up.
by cmkelly29 on Aug 4, 2009 12:09 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Why the hell did Cruz backpeddle on that ball?
Seemed to me that he could have run towards the line and cut it off sooner instead of having to back up on it and slide into the wall
I'm calling it now
Angels lose three straight, and we win three straight.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
im on board
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by Jason Brynsvold on Aug 4, 2009 12:13 AM CDT up reply actions
remember in the movie Saving Private Ryan
the scene where the GI is getting a knife slowly stabbed into his heart? That is what I feel like the A’s just did to me.
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Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
i can almost never watch that scene
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
I think i could get over this if cruz hadn't gotten hurt
sucky loss, but we had our share of lucky wins in the 11-3 run and it was bound to happen against us. and feliz obviously.
but then you compound the offensive problems with Cruz getting taken out… argh.
the preceding post was a great success.
This one feels like a real kick in the balls....
Ugh…
The high of Feliz’s debut is dulled by CJ’s suck…
CJ did suck
He also had bad luck though. The games he blows are always bad luck mixed with just a little suck.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
I agree on bad luck...
Two hits into the shifts made that inning…
How did he suck?
Elvis Andrus - 2009 AL Rookie of the Year
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Martin Perez - Nolan Ryan Rangers Minor League Pitcher of the Year
Starting way too many batters with ball one
I actually left the TV to make coffee – start 1-0 one, ehh. Start 1-0 twice, hey don’t do that! Start 1-0 a third time, it’s gonna be a bad night in black rock.
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by Ed Coffin on Aug 4, 2009 12:38 AM CDT up reply actions
first strikes are very important,
and need to be implemented more on this team.
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Very sad loss
CJ is just not a great closer.
Feliz is a star in the making.
M-Y looked great tonight at 3rd.
Less Eddie and that last inning, this team rocked. They looked so damn good tonight. What a tragic ending.
1. So, you’re saying CJ is a GREAT Closer? I say Wrong. Good works. Not Great.
2. Agree
3. He made play after play with perfect throws? So much better than April.
4. Agree
agree to disagree on 1.
3. He looked like a solid 3b. But his lack of range helped to cost the team the game in the 9th. I realize he was positioned towards the line, but there are 3b in the league who could have gotten to it.
That loss was as bad as the evening Frank2 domed Mrs.Bueno
with a chair.
At least we have “hope” for our offense!!
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FUCK!
I was all excited I actually got to watch a Rangers game tonight. I was all excited that I clicked on the feed just in time to see Feliz warming up. And then I don’t need to describe the feeling of those two innings.
Amazing how quickly that excitement got destroyed.
Yep.
I’m sitting here trying to get back to the feeling of watching Neffy’s debut… but that 9th inning kind of dulled the whole thing.
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stop calling him Neffy
You’re creeping me out with that for some reason
I really hope people don't start calling him Neffy
That is not a good nickname
by Mark from OC on Aug 4, 2009 12:42 AM CDT up reply actions
Has anyone blamed MY, yet?
how about David Murphy for not being supportive enough from the bench?
Everyone go change your diapers, and get ready for another game tommorow…
We still have a ways to go.
… lol wut?
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by Keynes on Aug 4, 2009 12:27 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
haha, i like it
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
It looked a lot worse than day-to-day when he was limping off the field.
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Kinsler was also day-day
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Thanks...
honestly that’s all I really cared about.
Yeah, the loss hurt. However Feliz looked amazing. Nippert again stepped in and looked strong. Fx2 looks to be back. Josh had one legit hit and a walk. That Anderson kid is going to be a big problem for many years to come.
This offense can’t afford to lose Nellie for any extended period of time. Just hope he can get back in there soon.
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you would have thought we just lost game 7 of the ALCS
that loss did suck, but man this site knows how to kneejerk. lol. It’s baseball. This happens. We still have a shot this year, albeit, the angels have to stop playing out of their minds, but if they keep it up, this game really doesn’t matter too much. We need another big game from Holland tomorrow, though. And, we get to face the Angels head on very shortly.
A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
Yep. There's three games up for grabs this weekend
by oc on Aug 4, 2009 12:24 AM CDT up reply actions
I just hope we have it down to at least 3.5 by then.
4.5 doesn’t sound good
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
no one blew anything, it's just what happens once in a while
Come down off the ledge everybody.
-bad hop single
-2 ground balls find a hole
-a jamshot bloop down the line
combination of bad luck and bad timing
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i agree lot of bad luck
CJ had no command though. If he did they wouldn’t have had a chance for that luck.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
was that his 2nd or 3rd day to pitch?
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You set yourself up for luck, good or bad.
Arias was set up for bad luck by him being put in a position to have to play a hop off that grass/dirt seam.
Omar charges that and gets it before it hits that spot. Then we’re all on hear heralding the might Happy arm as he goes out and bangs chicks with Cruz.
he charges it from there and that mid-chest hop is in his teeth
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I generally don't like the shift either
but they have alot more info on Cust’s tendencies than I
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you position based on the guy at the plate
and scouting reports plus what he’s done against you in the past
"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
You also need to understand your players as well.
Elvis’s range at SS means MY can hug the line a little closer than if Omar is playing SS. Same thinking here. Arias has a noodle arm and range is so-so. Plus he has limited experience and plate SS mainly in AAA. All I’m saying is to put him in a position to make limited decisions and mistakes. Screw the shift and get him on the dirt so the ball has no chance of making that hop.
fair points
I don’t like drastic shifts either-my statement is simply, his positioning could have just as easily saved a hit as cost one. Noodle arm or not, Cust is real slow. Oh well, hell with this game-go get em tomorrow.
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uh... what?
yea, no
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
yes
a dead pull-hitting power hitter(see Ortiz, David)would be the report on him, I would guess
"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
the reply was to ace, might wanna get the eyes checked
i agree with you
"The House That Ruth Built, 85 years old, goes out as The House That Hamilton Knocked Down"
sorry..actually I do need to get them checked
"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 agree in general on cj
but I do think you need to get that fastball a few inches higher on a 1-2 count.
the preceding post was a great success.
agreed
waste pitch-can’t be that hittable. He wasn’t great, but it wasn’t like he got hammered, as some are trying to say.
"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
Yep
He obviously wasn’t untouchable like he has in the past, but he was more than good enough to close out this game without giving up any runs.
By 2028, Mark Teixeira will be in the HOF.
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-The Outlaw
yell louder next time!
"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
Available BP arms tomorrow?
Mathis, O’Day, Eddie(sigh), anyone else?
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ty-missed him
"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 hear it's good, but depressing.
I’m a white boy who doesn’t think a black man is good enough to manage my baseball team.-Lonestarjon
Drew effing Gooden??? F U Donnie.
There were some rather depressing moments in the first 30-45 minutes or so.
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Not really
Just realistic ones. Although if you’re saying that reality can be depressing, then I completely agree.
Yeah, more of that.
The previews didn’t hint to me that it’d be as realistic and awkward as it ended up being. Nonetheless, it was very enjoyable.
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Great movie.
Adam Sandler needed a movie like this, after the abomination that was Zohan.
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I haven't seen it
But when he’s not making shitty movies (i.e. everything after Happy Gilmore), he really does have an interesting side to him.
This was by far the best Apatow (and Apatow-derivative) movie.
Probably vies with Up for best movie of the year for me.
I didn't watch Zohan either. I didn't need to.
The only dumb Sandler movie I love is Little Nicky, due to my love of metal and being 11 when I first saw it.
I had been getting sick of seeing Seth Rogan in every other movie though. Less Rogan and more Rudd.
Still need to see Up too.
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Rudd should be Paul Rudd.
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Instead of Ricky Rudd?
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by LSJ on Aug 4, 2009 1:07 AM CDT up reply actions
Maybe this will cheer everyone up...
I call it: The 1st inning of many more to come.
by ghostofErikThompson on Aug 4, 2009 12:42 AM CDT reply actions 7 recs
lol the guy looked so pissed at himself on the 2nd K
"Elvis Andrus has just preformed a MIRACLE!"
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by Jason Brynsvold on Aug 4, 2009 12:43 AM CDT up reply actions
If the tieing run is in scoring position with less than 2 outs
Neftali please.
the preceding post was a great success.
At least until he has a bad outing
than half the posters here will be calling for his head.
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No shit...
for all the BGL haters, in this and probably in the GDT as well, you’re fucking stupid.
He has saved the Rangers asses numerous times this year when Fx2 has gone down. He has been right there with O’Day and Fx2 as one of the best and most reliable guys in the ‘pen. He’s human, like every other pitcher and will have a bad outing from time to time. Get the fuck over it.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
just sayin'
Grieve: The Yanks have struggled so far. - Lewin: Yeah, cry me a bag of money.
Dykstra has all the money!
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The only demoralizing thing about this loss
is how bad the offense of Team Flyball is at this point.
"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
the white sox just swept the yanks
so i can see them taking 2 from the angels and so can we.
what do you guys think?
I'm guessing
thats where he was told to play, Soriano didn’t even play that deep so i doubt he was there on his own
by blueballlefty on Aug 4, 2009 12:47 AM CDT up reply actions
i havn't gone back and looked at it
but wouldn’t the hop have hurt him no matter where he was positioned?
the preceding post was a great success.
Wrecked.
GoET turning on Beast Mode for those who stuck around =)
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by inactive lsb user on Aug 4, 2009 12:51 AM CDT up reply actions
Hopefully Cruz is truly day-to-day
and doesn’t go to the DL like Kinsler did after his day-to-day injury. we need him in LA this weekend
"Elvis Andrus has just preformed a MIRACLE!"
-Eric Nadel, 5/4/09
by Jason Brynsvold on Aug 4, 2009 12:49 AM CDT reply actions
Olgulnick?
Is making a good point. Angel’s blew that 3 run lead to the Indians last week, and he is sure their fans were calling in all crazy. But look at what they’ve done since? Haven’t lost.
Lets hope we do the same.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
Well it helps
when they’re offense can crank out 7-8 runs by sneezing.
by behindthebag on Aug 4, 2009 12:51 AM CDT up reply actions
Get OFF CJ's ass
he wasn’t perfect tonight but he probably pitched well enough to get 4 outs in the 9th and he was VERY unlucky. He will be fine didn’t give up any hard hit balls, the guy has been lights out this year, and was two years ago, he was hurt last year, and every one seems to think he sucks because of it, I bet there would have been 20 teams lining up to trade for him if he was available, the guy has Skills
Now that we have seen Neftali Feliz
Im ready for some Pedro Borbon and Neftali Perez! The future is bright!
"Elvis Andrus has just preformed a MIRACLE!"
-Eric Nadel, 5/4/09
by Jason Brynsvold on Aug 4, 2009 12:54 AM CDT reply actions
I'm gonna watch feliz pitch again, and not think of baseball till 9 tomorrow.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
again...
the chisox just took 3of4 from the skanks…
so i can see them taking 2 from the angels and so can we.
what do you guys think?
So theres 213 new comments on GDT #1
But since the total is 1007, I’m afraid to open it. Anyone know if there’s actually anything particularly great in there?
J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM
There isn't anything good.
It’s mostly 3 guys providing color commentary to the game. One of those is Josey.
Nuff said.
Theres not enough feliz comments accross sbnation
Per the search. just us, athletics nation, and a couple each on mionrleagueball and halosheaven. I was hoping for some braves hate.
the preceding post was a great success.
Maybe somebody should create a "thanks for the prospects" fanpost over there.
J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM
by LSJ on Aug 4, 2009 1:08 AM CDT up reply actions
i really really hope
he is a starter next year. that slurve doesn’t have to be a great pitch. just something to show about 15 times a game.
beh the A's board was buzzing when he was in
"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 hope Holland is sharp
Wasn’t his last start his longest by far?
"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
no doubt
cant wait to see if he can do it again, and again, and again
"Elvis Andrus has just preformed a MIRACLE!"
-Eric Nadel, 5/4/09
by Jason Brynsvold on Aug 4, 2009 1:11 AM CDT up reply actions
is 118 in 9 1/3
really more stressful than 100 in under 5 or whatever hes done before
the preceding post was a great success.
I didn't even notice until I had already replied..duh on me!
"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
probably not now that you mention it
and they were pretty low-stress innings
"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'm sure everyone is bitching about C.J.
But if you only score 2 goddam runs off of Brett Anderson, then the pitching wasn’t the problem.
Yeah well people complained about the offense all day long
And for the past 3 months. CJ is how it ended. And of course there are multiple people defending him.
the preceding post was a great success.
Actually not so much CJ
Although he started three separate hitters 1-0. Leads to not so good results. It’s factuial that the offense doesn’t produce. But try to figure out a solution. Wash doesn’t get it that Cruz has reverse splits, moving him to cleanup against lefties. No one on the 25 (or for that matter three levels deep into the system) can hit Lefties who depend on breaking stuff down. The best player on the team (choose either one) is mired in a batting slump and has been lost to DL time. Wash sets lineups on precedent and possibility, and although better lately, has left gaps in an already less than productive sequence. And now Cruz may be too dinged up to play (hopefully he’ll rest a day or two and cortisone or other therapy the ankle in tome for the LAAA series). Anderson has become pretty good lately, and given his characteristcs, isn’t ever going to be a good matchup for the Rangers. Young was on the line and unable to get one decisive hit , and God knows why the shift was employed with Arias deep, who can’t even throw effectively from inside the dirt. And yeah it was just chance Cust’s ball was weakly hit and went right to him.
It’s just a loss. And in situational terms, an awful loss, in which things that should have worked just didn’t.
"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 4, 2009 1:41 AM CDT up reply actions
Ugh we need an edit function
And I need more sleep
"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 4, 2009 1:44 AM CDT up reply actions
You say that...
as if Anderson is a bad pitcher.
Not sure if that was your intention there or not, but that kid has been pitching very well lately. Imo he looked really good today. I actually wouldn’t bitch about the offense or BGL today. I chalk today’s game up to just one of those games that will happen a few times every season.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
+1
Fate had us, on this one.
"When he came up with that ball, hop or not, he looked exactly like a homeless guy who had found a long cigarette butt – only to discover it was soaked with gasoline. He could not have thrown out anyone there, even though Cust moves at about the speed of soil erosion." - Ed C.
by inactive lsb user on Aug 4, 2009 6:06 AM CDT up reply actions
This is how I feel
It’s baseball, this happens. Anderson is good.
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We needed to let his curveball fall for a strike a couple more times
I felt like we were chasing it a little too often, but it was a nasty pitch
The 81-83 mph pitch
Wait, was that the curve and not the slider? It looks like a slider but thats too slow and I know I had read his curve doesn’t have the typical break yet…
the preceding post was a great success.
Trip remarked to me earlier that it kinda resembled a slider and that perhaps some things had been tweaked
I’m going to assume it was the curveball, but, you know, room for interpretation and all.
by Joey Matschulat on Aug 4, 2009 1:56 AM CDT up reply actions
Was curious about that as well...
not sure how he could throw his change in the low 90’s and his slider be in the low 80’s.
Either way, it impressed the hell out of me.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
Yup.
If you didn’t come away impressed by Fleas tonight in some way, then you’re simply bad at being a baseball fan.
"Look out, Itchy! He’s Irish!"
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Worst Managing Job of the Year
This one was not on CJ., anyone who watched this team knows that he has been over used and it bit him last night, when the dumb ass manager started the inning with O’Day i said to myself well he finally made a smart move, by giving CJ a night off, next thing i know Dumb Ass is bringing CJ in, i had the feeling of a loss right at that moment.
Then you have the so called second baseman playing outside the infield lip, did this ass wipe not see the Marlon Byrd Hit, how stupid can you get, you go one night from the smartest 2nd baseman in the league to the dumbest, if the rangers do not take the next 3 and at least 2 of 3 against the Angels the season is done, and dats da facts jack.
Larry Parrish Was Da Man!
You got the feeling of a loss coming
When the guy with a 1.67 ERA and a .200/.285/.296 opponent batting line over the last three months came in?
Uh-huh.
I have no idea why Eddie Guardado pitched last night, and I think infield shifts are pretty useless (especially when you’ve got an anorexic elf with the baseball instincts of a doorknob playing second base) but you’re really going to take issue with the use of the guy who has arguably been our best reliever since May to try and get a save?
J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM
by LSJ on Aug 4, 2009 5:48 AM CDT up reply actions
I really think
they need to chain Arias to the bench unless someone gets injured.
"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
His ERA means nothing when he is worn the F*** out by this dumb ass Manager
CJ is one of my favorite players and last night was not his fault he did his best, but the guy has looked worn down of late and last night it bit him, so the 1.67 and all the other nerd numbers you whipped out are meaningless, he is not a machine, so yeah i had a feeling.
Larry Parrish Was Da Man!
I don't see how they can use CJ tonight.
He needs to rest no matter the situation.
"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"
Neftali's FIP
Is currently -.94.
That’s an amusing number.
Kanye, you want to be the voice of this generation? Get in line! It goes me, Obamagirl, the Freecreditreport.com guys, then It's a tie between you-and Crocs.
-Stephen Colbert
Does that mean
he’s actually subtracting runs from opponents while on the mound?
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
Why is one of the best defensive infielders in the history of modern baseball on the bench in the 9th?
we're from Texas
CJ says "Relax"
by eclou on Aug 4, 2009 8:14 AM CDT reply actions 2 recs
much better
to have a weak rookie with a popgun arm.
"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
Arias looked brutal on a routine ball for Kinsler
That is the difference defense makes, unseen in box.
I have no idea
why Arias is even playing.
"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
You can leave.
"Look out, Itchy! He’s Irish!"
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Had to be up at 4 a.m.
So I watch Happy’s two innings with a giant boner, then the scare in the 8th. And I stand up, and as I’m walking to bed I say “I’m just going to have to trust CJ to close this one out.”
So…I guess my point is…this one’s on me. I take full responsibility.
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
by TheJeezus on Aug 4, 2009 8:48 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
REC for accountability.
"When he came up with that ball, hop or not, he looked exactly like a homeless guy who had found a long cigarette butt – only to discover it was soaked with gasoline. He could not have thrown out anyone there, even though Cust moves at about the speed of soil erosion." - Ed C.
by inactive lsb user on Aug 4, 2009 1:29 PM CDT up reply actions
Anyone know of where I can find Neftali's outing?
I faded after the 4th….
I hate myself.
I'm Ron Burgundy?
Feliz
Purgatory's kind of like the in-betweeny one. You weren't really shit, but you weren't all that great either. Like Tottenham.
That just isnt fair
Imagine that for 6-8 innings every 5th day for 10 years. Drool…..
You are obsessed with bodily wastes A turd being held under my nose, this team being a steaming pile, Jonny Donuts having a stinky diaper, the front office pissing themselves, the team crapping the bed…
I think you should seek counselling.
(AJM to Josey Donuts)
good lord indeed
and some wanted to add smoak and others to the deal to get him
cocaine is a helluva drug
Just watched the condensed game on my iphone
Everyone who jumped all over CJ for blowing the game last night need to chill the fuck out. IF single to Cust, ground ball single through the hole, and ground ball single to where the 3B would normally be. Chalk this one up to bad luck or whatever but its not on CJ.
I can’t wait to watch the feliz innings at home. I tivod the game last night and didn’t want to watch those innings on my iphone this morning after looking at the box score and seeing his numbers
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.
Agreeance. CJ, who shouldn't have been there in the first place and then
had to get 5 outs that inning…that’s baseball.
You will like what you see with Feliz, bigsteve.
He got all three pitches over with an umpire who had a tough zone and his fastball sat 99-101.
"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"
uggh!
" This is the inning that propels us to the playoffs. Mark it down."
- Rohn Warshington on Jul 27, 2009 9:19 PM EDT
5th inning against the Tigers
was at the bar getting schnookered celebrating
then we lost. not an actual buzzkill, but definitly deflating.
for those that didn’t want to make a deal for halladay, it was good to see feliz come up and not struggle right away.
"Anyone that isn't pro-choice never met you" ~Brian Thomas on Seth...
The defense had a meltdown
after carrying the team the whole year. Neither Young, Cruz, nor Arias covered themselves in glory in the 9th. If any one of those three make the play, it might not be a loss.
"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
And it wasn't so much the defense as it was bad positioning of it, really
Well, at least where MY was concerned anyway.
J.P. can take Roy Halladay and shove him up his ass. I’ll take Derek Holland. - AJM
If Young isn't guarding the line and a ball gets by him
to the corner, everybody in here would be screaming at Washington for not using a basic defensive coverage. You can’t rail on Washington for that.
Using CJ like he did when he wasn’t rested knowing the A’s were going to most likely roll out those RH pinch-hitters when O’Day looked just fine is where I question Wash.
The one that really hurt was Cust getting on base and I’m not sure Arias throws him out if he fields the ball cleanly. There was a play a couple of innings earlier (can’t remember batter) where Arias nonchalantly threw it to 1B and barely got the runner out.
"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"
ODay had maybe 2 pitches in the 8th innning
and retired the first batter in the 9th with no problems.
He was effective, throwing strikes, had a two run cushion and like I said last night – the A’s weren’t about to roll Ruth, Gehrig and McCovey out of the dugout to face him plus CJ had a tough ride in the last game of the Seattle series. Why force the issue and make CJ pitch again?
CJ has been great this year and truly unappreciated by most in this place mainly because he’s different and outspoken (the big sins in LSB). The few times he has been ineffective usually came when he had been rode hard the night previous – see NY Yankees game in May where he threw 27 very dominant pitches and then was called on 14 hours later to get a save.
"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"
His splits against RH batters aren't great, and neither are his splits on no rest.
That said, if he wants to be a go-to guy close and late, he’s got to perform in those situations.
Your 2009 Texas Rangers: "Can't take a fucking to save their lives" (lisa w, 2009).
CJ didn't pitch badly (induced batters into hitting 2 balls that should have been outs)
but the problem was that he entered that game with only so many bullets given that he had thrown 19 fairly high stress pitches on Sunday. When those balls found holes it was church.
Washington didn’t have to make that move and tried to shoe-horn a save on CJ’s ledger when it was unnecessary.
O’Day looked just fine and given that Wash had used so many pitchers earlier in the evening, he should have tried to ride him home.
"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"
I agree with you ODay should have been left in
But CJ was not gassed. He pitched 3 very good games in a row a couple weeks ago without incident. Last night he got two balls that would normally be outs but we couldn’t convert them. Not his fault
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 think its a classic no win situation
i mean give me a fuckin break…if ron leaves O’day in and he blows it, ron would get ripped to shreds and you fuckin know it
CJ wasn't rested?
Just cause he pitched the night before doesn’t mean he wasn’t rested. I remember him being lights out 3 days in a row a couple weeks back.
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.
Then the Rangers don't have problems
because they’ve done that every time this year except how many? One?
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I would have agreed with you if you had added the word consistently.
If you can’t consistently get 3 outs with a 2 run lead then you got problems. Fortunately for the Rangers they can, last night not withstanding. You don’t win every game with a lead in the 9th. Every team will have a blown save once in a while unless you have a roided up Gagne as your closer.
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on Aug 4, 2009 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions
oh well bad shit happens sometimes...get a grip on yourself!!!
Did I hear correctly from Eric Nadel that the Rangers were 50-0 with the lead after 8 innings? If so then it’s 50-1, it’s one game, move on!!
The tenor of this here thread should be how awesome Neftali was not overshawdowed by a effed up loss, I know it’s not easy cuz it sucked but still Neftali is going to shine for years to come, that’s something to really be excited about.
Nef tally = 4 WOOOOOOOOT!!!!!
The I.Q. test has been abolished.
It is now the Gardner Scale.
Just When We CJ Looks Viable
That crap happens. I wish Francisco would have been healthy so we could have traded Wilson to a team desperate for a closer. We wouldn’t miss him
by GhostofGaryHogeboom on Aug 4, 2009 11:02 AM CDT reply actions
Disagree.
CJ has been one of our most valuable players/pitchers this season.
Frank2 hasn’t been right since early May (when Wash used him three nights in a row) and CJ has been awesome swinging between the 8th inning bridge and closing.
"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"
The real Gary Hogeboom...
…is embarrassed by you sullying his name.
by Adam J. Morris on Aug 4, 2009 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
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