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by blueballlefty on Aug 6, 2009 12:06 AM CDT
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Does this even deserve a thread? I don't know, but this has really started to become a beating.
I am speechless, so discuss our demise and how we will never score enough runs to win another game.
I am ready for us to bring somebody up that can help our offense and not just fill in in the middle of the infield, we need Davis, Boggs, and dare I say Smoak. I didn't think I would want to see Smoak before September, but I am desperate for some offense.
Also wouldn't you think that if it has to be 75 words, that they would give you a word counter instead of it being a crapshoot every time you push publish?
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Borbon>>>>>Boggs
Can’t believe we play down to shitty fucking teams. Unbelievable.
This team needed Adam Dunn.
by Too Legit To quit on Aug 6, 2009 12:14 AM CDT via mobile reply actions 0 recs
Fuck that.
Adam Dunn.
by Too Legit To quit on Aug 6, 2009 12:18 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions 0 recs
Nick Johnson was had for one fucking grade B pitcher, and the Nats even paid his salary.
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.
by lonestarJon on Aug 6, 2009 12:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
We've already discussed how small the benefits of him would have been
or replacing any one player
by BuckyB on Aug 6, 2009 9:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But an improvement, nonetheless.
Instead Blalock is playing like shit, while Andruw pops an occasional homer to keep his SLG% shiny.
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.
by lonestarJon on Aug 6, 2009 9:39 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trading away prospects
for a tiny marginal improvement — and that’s if Johnson somehow manages to stay healthy — is not a smart thing to do. I’m absolutely fine with not having Johnson. The team’s biggest problem is not lack of hitting talent, it’s big time players underperforming the expectations that talent brings. Kinsler and Hamilton should be the team’s biggest 2nd half additions when those guys start showing up again. Maybe Davis down the stretch as well.
Esteban German playing 1B against lefties might turn out to be an unexpected boost. Not a bad chance to take on a guy to pair with Blalock until Davis is deemed ready.
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by t ball on Aug 6, 2009 9:56 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, I think we've got enough depth in the B prospect area to make those types of deals
Those are the kinds of moves/improvements you make when you think you can contend but don’t want to kill the talent pool, which is supposedly what we’re trying to do. And since Johnson nets you a draft pick as a type B FA at the end of the year, it’s not like it’s a total loss.
Instead, the lineup looks like total shit, and all we can do is sit around waiting for our guys to start playing up to par, something whatever playoff chances we have don’t have time to wait for. Which is probably fine, given any playoff appearance we might make this year would likely go the way of the ones in the 90’s.
All I’m trying to say is, I’m just tired of being blasted by people who want this team to contend yet didn’t want to make any moves to make it happen. If you wanted this team to go to the playoffs, you needed Nick Johnson. Don’t bitch at me getting upset that the offense looks like shit when we don’t have him
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.
by lonestarJon on Aug 6, 2009 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No one bitches to you...
and if Nick Johnson adds 5-7 runs the rest of the year, he would not have gotten us to the playoffs.
So trading, say Beaven, a 20 year old performing well at AA, and who we’ve invested a good amount in already, would not have been worth only getting the supp pick next year.
And if Nick Johnson gets hurt, then it would have been a tragedy of a trade
by BuckyB on Aug 6, 2009 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Well, another thing is I don't have a very high opinion of Beavan these days.
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.
by lonestarJon on Aug 6, 2009 10:18 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
yeah
I don’t view him too much differently than Porcello (except cheaper), but I’m a very optimistic Rangers’ fan
by BuckyB on Aug 6, 2009 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the key to me...
you play a numbers game…there is a chance Beavan becomes very good, so why make a deal that just doesnt provide much to the team
that said, it is well documented that LSJ has a mancrush on Willingham and Johnson
by Horns130 on Aug 6, 2009 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"And if Nick Johnson gets hurt..."
And if the sun rises in the east…
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 6, 2009 11:03 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I didn't say
I didn’t want to make any moves, but I can certainly understand the reasons not to acquire Nick Johnson. We don’t know what the front office thinks of Johnson, we don’t know if they talked to the Nats, and if so, we don’t know who the Nats asked for.
Suffice it to say that this front office has earned the cred with me that if a guy they liked was available at the right price, they would have made a deal. And it is far from unreasonable to expect increased production from players already here, which makes giving up talent to acquire a wild card like Johnson a pretty iffy proposition.
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by t ball on Aug 6, 2009 10:35 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Same here
JD has shown the perfect amount of apprehension in every trade he’s made (the last couple years) it seems, so he has my trust.
by BuckyB on Aug 6, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
And doing something
for the sake of doing something makes fans (and sometimes even players) feel good, but is foolish in the long run. Even major trade deals often don’t work very well for anything other than a short term boost in fan excitement.
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by t ball on Aug 6, 2009 10:47 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Since the Texeira Trade
JD hasn’t done much.
Traded Eddy V for Josh (that trade is currently a push)
Traded Galarraga for nothing.
Traded Laird for a # 12-15 prospect.
Traded Guzman for Chris Shelton.
Traded Huglett for Broussard.
Traded Marte for Nippert
The big trade was for Josh and neither team knows what they have.
Everything else has been a relatively minor move. The Galarraga trade looked really, really bad last year but Nippert (this year) is trying to balance that out.
There is still no excuse to have not gone after NJohnson.
"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 6, 2009 10:54 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Trade for Josh
We without a doubt have the better end. Josh will at least play next season, and he’s a fan favorite across the country and a marketers dream. Volquez is fairly unknown (except to bigger fans).
My point is, he hasnt made a bad trade in all of the trades you mentioned above (except galarraga, which is marginally bad). And calling Moscoso a 12-15 prospect doesn’t change the fact that he’s performing incredibly well and a very good looking prospect right now.
And your view on NJ is well documented, agree to disagree
by BuckyB on Aug 6, 2009 10:58 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Moscoso would be a top 5-8 prospect in alot of systems
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.
by bigsteve on Aug 6, 2009 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"fan favorite across the country and a marketer's dream"...
Last year (and my household is a HUGE Josh family- book, Fat Head, autographs, framed SI cover and multiple jerseys).
That goes away quickly when you’re rocking a .661 OPS in early August.
Neither GM has definitively won that trade just yet although I’d score JD slightly ahead because it looks like he may (key word) have been able to trade Eddy V at the right time. Eddy V was just as good last year as Josh.
Moscoso? He was okay in The Show but long-term probably nothing more than bullpen fodder at this point. I don’t watch the Tigers but Laird (I was never a fan of his) seems to have helped them embrace pitching & defense.
The fact that he’s getting the majority of the playing time makes me believe he’s contributing heavily in ways not readily apparent to the Tiger success this year. Laird is probably one of those players who was never going to have big trade value and JD got what he could for 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 6, 2009 11:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Considering
both were amazing last year, and both sucked this year
Tell me who you’d rather have come ST next year when Josh his hitting 400 and Volquez is 3 months away from throwing off a mound and questions exist over whether he’ll successfully pitch again.
by BuckyB on Aug 6, 2009 11:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Tell me who you would rather have going into 2011
if Josh does this again 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"
by Josey Wales on Aug 6, 2009 12:32 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
What an odd question.
Volquez won’t even pitch next year, while the Rangers have quite a bit of pitching talent coming up and few OF prospects. Give me Hamilton.
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by t ball on Aug 6, 2009 12:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Salty and Laird
are currently sporting identical wOBA marks of .293. And Salty is cheaper, still approaching his prime, while Laird will be 30 in November and will likely decline. And Salty’s defense is as good as Laird’s this year. You’re right, he got what he could for Laird and freed up time for a young catcher to get a shot. Good job, JD. Oh, sorry, good job Nolan!
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by t ball on Aug 6, 2009 11:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
corrected
There is still no excuse, that I will accept, to have not gone after NJohnson
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
by RangerMad on Aug 6, 2009 11:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
we won the Nippert trade
as much as we lost the Gallaraga trade
by blueballlefty on Aug 6, 2009 12:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Galarraga won 13 games or somesuch last year
and is the #5 / swingman on a division contending team this year.
Nippert has a ways to go to match that.
"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 6, 2009 12:33 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and again
would we have been any better with Galarraga last year?…no
and now he is realizing that he is merely an average, at best pitcher
stop showing your ass…it is ugly as shit
by Horns130 on Aug 6, 2009 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah
we would have won more games with AG having that kind of 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"
by Josey Wales on Aug 6, 2009 1:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Would we have made the playoffs?
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.
by bigsteve on Aug 6, 2009 1:41 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
lets see
Borbon for Byrd(hopefully traded)
Davis for Blalock (hopefully traded)
Smoak for German (when Kinsler gets back)
also this team does not need Omah or Druw although I do think they
are contributing at the level or higher than we thought they would
I think we could make these moves and it wouldn’t effect
our chances at making the playoffs one bit
by blueballlefty on Aug 6, 2009 12:22 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
when are you going to trade all these guys?
they non-waiver deadline has already passed. we are in it to win it this year, boys.
What is this, Horseville? Because I'm surrounded by naysayers.
by clark on Aug 6, 2009 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
as usual
Byrd is yet again vastly underrated around here
by Horns130 on Aug 6, 2009 1:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yep.
Most likely, Borbon will be a downgrade from Byrd in his rookie year.
"I saw a soldier try to dig a foxhole with his bare hands. He didn't notice that he'd torn off all his fingernails. I got him out of there quickly; not for his sake, but for ours. Fear is poison in combat...destructive, contagious." - Band of Brothers
by DJCahill on Aug 6, 2009 1:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I really can't believe
that with the offense sucking so bad, the only thing that has been done about it, is moving Hamilton down to the 7 spot
by blueballlefty on Aug 6, 2009 12:24 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
There's not a whole lot they can do.
Borbon and Davis really aren’t garunteed improvements over Byrd and Blalock (if they are at all) and Smoak might as well stay in AAA until September. But that’s not why they need to be brought up.
If we where really going to make a playoff run, we needed to be in on Nick Johnson at the price he went for, but we weren’t. And since the only way to really improve the offense (trade deadline) is gone, we might as well just admit we’re no longer in contend mode and bring up the young guys for the stretch. If they wind up pushing us to a stretch run, awesome. If not, it makes our best season since 2004 even more productive in the long run.
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.
by lonestarJon on Aug 6, 2009 12:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I would much rather
see Borbon or Elvis leading off and Kinsler batting cleanup than Byrd hitting cleanup. the guy has a lot of doubles, just ask Lewin, so surely he is attractive to somebody. and if we want to contend next year, we don’t need to be breaking in a 1st baseman/DH and a CF at the same time, they need to get some playing time now and get used to speed.
by blueballlefty on Aug 6, 2009 12:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
metaphors
lonestarJon:Nick Johnson::Jesus:______
One bat doesn’t make this a playoff team, Did you watch Carlos Lee? He hit the shit out of everything but they still got destroyed in the race. We may still make the playoffs but I like our odds about the same with or without baseballGod.
by bushe on Aug 6, 2009 10:27 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i think he may be Johnson's brother
his absolute love for him is becoming sickening
seriously LSJ
you love johnson as much as Josey hates JD…he isnt fucking albert pujols
by Horns130 on Aug 6, 2009 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
But he has a .414 OBP man.
On this team, that would be Albert Pujols.
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.
by lonestarJon on Aug 6, 2009 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
People overreact so much.
These three games have sucked terribly, and have made me soooooo frustrated. But it is Oakland, and I can’t remember ever playing good in Oakland..I could be wrong, though. But going into this series our worst record against a division opponent was Oakland. For whatever reason. If the Angels lose tomorrow, and we win we’re 3.5 games out going into the Angels series. That is the series that will make or break us.
Season is not over…it just really sucks right now.
I'm just goofin' new boot goofin'
by iorange555 on Aug 6, 2009 12:27 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I don't think they do anything major
right before a trip into Anaheim, as you said, the season isn’t over. Win 2/3 there, and everthing changes. Play like these last 3 in Oak, and there might be some things start happening.
"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
by randyd on Aug 6, 2009 12:32 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I don't think
griping about this offense, and the spare parts on it, is over reacting. I consider myself generally
a huge homer, and very rarely say negative things about our players,
but the just complete ineptitude of our offense, and the ignoring of the fact
that a move needs to be made is pretty frustrating. I hate the
idea of Hank not being on this team, he has been one of my favorite
players for a good while now, but since we obviously aren’t going to attempt
to resign him then we should have traded him for a midlevel prospect and used the cap
space to make a trade.
by blueballlefty on Aug 6, 2009 12:34 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
not likely anyone wanted him, even for free-too much salary, not enough production
"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
by randyd on Aug 6, 2009 12:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
eggghhhhh
" 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
by gossamer on Aug 6, 2009 12:39 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
how about...
I’m ready for Chris Davis Justin Smoak
I had the flu way before having the flu was cool
by TagDon'tTweet on Aug 6, 2009 9:51 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Smoak
Still just .214/.303/.320 in OKC.
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.
by lonestarJon on Aug 6, 2009 9:57 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's too early, but
he is hitting .343 in his last 10 games and has picked up steam considerably.
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by t ball on Aug 6, 2009 10:08 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
10 freaking games in AAA
I wouldn’t be apposed to Smoak either, as long as Davis came to
by blueballlefty on Aug 6, 2009 12:09 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
the point is
he seems to be adjusting. I wouldn’t be surprised to see him called up in September, but I wouldn’t mind if he stayed in OKC until next year.
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by t ball on Aug 6, 2009 12:46 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'm sure you got Scott Lucas's email
We’ve all noticed how his numbers go up virtually every day, he’s been figuring out AAA pitching.
I don’t want to see it bc of the 40 implications, but it would be fun to watch
by BuckyB on Aug 6, 2009 10:09 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I know.
But I’d like to see him mash for a month, get those overall #’s up a bit before we call him up.
Also, I’d like to see Davis have a month at first in the majors to show what he can do before we call up Smoak and create a four-player logjam at 1B/DH for Ron to fuck up.
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.
by lonestarJon on Aug 6, 2009 10:16 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, ideally:
CD will come back, mash, and pump up his trade value big time again
give us some flexibility this off season.
I suggested trading him for Halladay last winter, and I wouldn’t be opposed to trying again this one.
by BuckyB on Aug 6, 2009 10:17 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
No Smoak this year
No Smoak until at least the end of April next year. After seeing the way Elvis has performed this year I don’t want to throw away an entire year of club control for a couple dozen games at the beginning of the season.
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.
by bigsteve on Aug 6, 2009 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Before it catches any steam
Padilla beaning Suzuki didn’t do jack shit to hurt our chances to win last night, in fact it helped them by giving us a base runner in Michael young later on.
(i saw some of this bs being discussed in the game thread)
by BuckyB on Aug 6, 2009 10:19 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Starting beanball wars is never good.
And I don’t mean from a win/lose standpoint. You don’t need your own guys thrown at, even if it does wind up adding to your run total.
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.
by lonestarJon on Aug 6, 2009 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Maybe he's on to something here!
That’s about the only the Rangers can manage to get runners on base right now.
by Bandire on Aug 6, 2009 11:02 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
we could have random call ups (should have kept Bannister for this)
to just come in and elicit retaliation beans
by BuckyB on Aug 6, 2009 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
i dont agree
i dont think he intended to hit Suzuki there
god forbid anyone ever pitch inside anymore
by Horns130 on Aug 6, 2009 1:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
from Evan Grant's blog last night:
9:18: In the 22 seasons that Stats, Inc. has compiled stats, only seven teams (from a total of 656) have had ground ball/fly ball percentages of less than 1:1. Three of them were Rangers teams of the last decade (2003-05). This team entered the game 29th in the majors this season at 1.01 grounders to fly balls, ahead of only Boston.
"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
by randyd on Aug 6, 2009 10:23 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The Rangers offense right?
I was confused at first, but this makes sense now.
by BuckyB on Aug 6, 2009 10:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
and from BBTiA
their bb/k ratio is 0.36-league avg is 0.50. They have over 840 k’s this year.
"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
by randyd on Aug 6, 2009 10:37 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
corrected
this offense happens
"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
by randyd on Aug 6, 2009 11:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree with you
no offense, and it isn’t just you,
but it’s hilarious how everyone continues to make excuses of why the Rangers aren’t 69-37. It’s the Rangers, in a rebuilding year.
If I were to tell you that Hamilton was going to be completely worthless on the baseball field this season, and Kinsler is going to be completely worthless for the entire non-1st-month of the season, then you would have scoffed at the notion of 59-47.
This offense and this team is doing incredibly and unfathomably well considering that our two best players aren’t showing up. Of course our production is going to be lame without Hamilton, Kins, and add Cruz
by BuckyB on Aug 6, 2009 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
correction: Kins' defense has been incredible
his offense has been completely worthless since mid-may
by BuckyB on Aug 6, 2009 11:21 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
I was simply stating the obvious, that this offense hasn’t a clue. I would have been surprised with this record IF Josh and Ian were having career years. It truly has been amazing, and I hope they can somehow turn around this little slide they’re on.
"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
by randyd on Aug 6, 2009 11:36 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
All or nothing = Rangers offense
I didn't know what a mancrush was. Derek Holland showed me.
by DerekSTheRed on Aug 6, 2009 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
but i was called an idiot earlier this year....
when i suggested boston had a shitty to average offense…
by Horns130 on Aug 6, 2009 1:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
You mean
the Boston team that is 4th in runs in the AL, 5th in MLB? Yeah, they suck.
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by t ball on Aug 6, 2009 5:25 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
theyve been faltering and everyone knows it...
that is why they added a bat and were looking for more
that offense is struggling…a bunch of singles hitters with no pop in there
they bunch runs together sure, but then they lose 3-2
by Horns130 on Aug 7, 2009 3:45 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sigh...
3 losses in a row in Oakland. Damn do I hate the A’s.
It wasn’t really the fault of the offense last night though. Padilla just couldn’t keep the A’s from hitting the long ball. Anyone else smile a little when Suzuki took him deep? Watching Padilla smirking a little in the dugout when MY was hit and hearing TAG say “Padilla is laughing becuase he doen’t have to hit” upset me a little. That’s the kind of shit that pisses me off about Padilla. The guy has good stuff but just acts like an ass sometimes. You get the feeling that he doesn’t really care if guys on his team or beaned because he is throwing at the other teams hitters. Not cool.
"The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance."-Socrates
by slc ranger on Aug 6, 2009 11:38 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
I also knew he was going to give up that dinger to hairston...
after the throwing error at 2B. You can always count on him for a “shoulder slumping moment” after an error.
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
by bking on Aug 6, 2009 1:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
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